Google buys YouTube for $1.65 bajillion

seriously, a bajillion and a half, plus

No shit. And the countdown begins to the black dawn when Sergey and Whatsisface will put YouTube on ice, as they’ve so long dreamed of doing. So much for all my lovely videos.

White ‘n Nerdy, we hardly knew ye.

4 thoughts on “Google buys YouTube for $1.65 bajillion

  1. synthetron says:

    Please join us in the collaboratively filtered realtime discussion:

    TOPIC: google youtube

    START TIME:

    2006-10-10 , 00:00 CEST (Brussels, Paris, Rome, Madrid, Stockholm).
    2006-09-10 , 23:00 BST (London, Dublin, Lisbon).
    2006-09-10 , 18:00 EDT (New York, Detroit, Toronto, Montreal).
    2006-09-10 , 15:00 PDT (Vancouver, Los Angeles, Tijuana, Yukon).

    TO JOIN:

    go to the following url:

    https://www.synthetron.com/account/tag/conversation/googleyoutube

    Confirm [yes] to the security warning [edited by raincoaster: make up your own mind after reading the warning] and follow the instructions.
    (In some companies a proxy login dialog box will appear. You then need to type your company internet username and password).

    YOU NEED:

    A Java plugin installed on your browser.

  2. raincoaster says:

    That’s very close to spam, but I’ll let it stand while I think it over. Also, editing out your instruction to say yes to the security warning; people should make up their own minds.

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