OverExpressed » Funny http://overexpressed.com a big, delicious science & technology sandwich Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:30:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Google has a problem with DNA analysis http://overexpressed.com/2009/07/22/google-has-a-problem-with-dna-analysis/ http://overexpressed.com/2009/07/22/google-has-a-problem-with-dna-analysis/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:25:24 +0000 Rick Henrikson http://overexpressed.com/?p=158 About a year ago, my roommate started a little DNA analysis journal club here at Berkeley. It was just meant to be a group of like-minded students discussing recent advances in analytical DNA technologies.  He tried creating a Google group for that club, not expecting the fairly judgmental response he received…

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Note that Google’s skilled text parser caught our hidden innuendo:

This group name is not suitable.  You cannot include the text “anal” in the group name.

This is particularly amusing considering Google’s close ties with a certain consumer genetics company in the bay area.  We ended up going with “DNA Journal Group” instead.  Thanks for keeping it clean, Google!

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