| Date: | October 3, 2005 / year-entry #289 |
| Tags: | non-computer |
| Orig Link: | https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20051003-09/?p=33933 |
| Comments: | 13 |
| Summary: | Sure, I like saying "withered hand", but Google took this a bit too far and made me the top hit for the phrase withered hand, making me more popular than Jesus with respect to that phrase, at least for now. I apologize to all the people looking for the Miracle of the Withered Hand. Fortunately,... |
Sure, I like saying "withered hand", but Google took this a bit too far and made me the top hit for the phrase |
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More popular than Jesus? Methinks not
http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=raymond+chen&word2=jesus
Of course, adding this post with a link back to the old one isn’t going to help matters much.
And here I thought it was a reference to Dumbledore in the latest Harry Potter book…
Google has the right idea. Jesus and his withered hand have been around for such a long time, but your withered hand, now that’s new and exciting! Something people really want to know about!
Dude, Jesus totally kicked your ass!
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php?date=2004-08-04
The composer, John Adams, wrote a piece titled "Christian Zeal and Activity" that features a sample of a preacher going on and on about a withered hand. It’s on "The Chairman Dances" CD – thought you’d like to know.
Kevin: Indeed, it was that track that put the phrase in my head.
Jesus! You guys need to read more carefully. the correct Google search is
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Withered+hand&spell=1
at of 7:12PM PDT, Raymond was the top search result.
It would have been nice if the miracle link went to a modern english translation.
Now you just have to get more popular than the Beatles…
That’s not fair. You compare a "first name + last name" combination with only the first name.
http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=raymond&word2=jesus
Raymond gets much closer to winning. He wins when you include the last name:
http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=raymond+chen&word2=jesus+of+nazareth
Do No Evil
BTW Raymond, Have you noticed that you’re among a very select band (39) of microsoft employees that has their own wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Chen, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Microsoft_employees)