Bing is not watching the results. It is watching the clicks generated by the user. In this particular experiment, it wouldn't matter whether the particular link was 1st or 500th in Google's results - if that was the only one the users clicked, it would end up as #1 on Bing's results for the term and none of the other results would.

The Bing results are not based on Google's returned results. They are based on the fake data generated by the Google engineer showing that a user searching for those search terms then visited those sites. For the purpose of this test, that site would end up on top of Bing's results even if it were the 558th link in Google's results - if that was the only one the Google engineer clicked on.

"The moral of this story is: if you use IE, then your information is being passed to Microsoft and being used. Even if you go to Google. "

This used to be a technical site. Now it's populated by idiots with no knowledge of technology. It's installing the Bing toolbar that sends your data to Microsoft, not using IE.

You missed a few steps:

Step 1:Google seeds a randomized word and associates a link for that word into their search engine.

Step 1.5: Google employee installs Bing toolbar

Step 2: Google employee searches Google for that word and up comes the random link

Step 2.5: Google employee with Bing toolbar installed generates fake user click data showing that a user searching for that randomized word then clicks on the "random" link

Step 3: Google employee searches Bing for the exact same word and up comes the same link.

The bolded steps are the only really relevant ones here. Bing is responding to falsified click-stream data (which is the only data for that randomized word) by promoting the particular link in its search results for the randomized word. The fact that Google returned that particular link in its search results is almost entirely irrelevant to anyone who's not trying to confuse you into believing Bing is "copying" Googles results.

The lesson here seems to be that casinos can deny you a slot machine win any time they wish by claiming software errors

This idiotic assertion does not seem to be supported by the facts of the case.

You're just making the parents argument that government power should be limited. All you've done is listed examples of governments abusing their power.

The division formally known as Div I-A is now called FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision). The championship game (and a few other high-profile bowl games) for this subdivision are organized by the BCS (Bowl Championship Series).

The division formally known as Div I-AA is now called FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) and it does have a real championship playoff.

Search for Slashdotte: 415 results. Go to page 9 of the results: Now there's only 89 results.

From Scott Meyer's book:
FileSystem &tfs()
{
  static FileSystem fs;
  return fs;
}

You now get to control and log all access to your global variable and have the opportunity to change any semantics associated with it in one place instead of 5000. Please don't use global variables. Anyone who has to maintain your code will be eternally grateful for it.

You can apply for citizenship 3 years after getting it as long as you've been married to a US citizen for at least that long. You can do this whether or not you got your green card due to marriage.

FTL travel does strange things to the timeline.

8 core Mac Pro with 10GBs of RAM and I only get 5fps on Safari and 2fps on Firefox.

SBC training is about limiting the companies liability when there is a lawsuit. The purpose is not to "train" or "educate" employees. The purpose is to be able to say "we made it clear that this is not how you should act so this is the employee's fault - don't sue us".

So you let your wife have an iPhone but get mad when your employees do, Steve?

Defense Lawyer: "Is the reception worse than most other phones on the market?"
Expert Witness: "Well no, but..."

My wife and I upgraded our phones from Razr's (also with AT&T) to iPhone4's on launch day. AT&T's network is not nearly as bad as the iPhone makes it. I can't make or receive phone calls in my office any more. We get calls dropped all the time. We've had occasions when one phone shows 4 bars and can make and receive calls and data while the other one just shows "Searching...". The only solution I found was to reset the Network settings. I can call my phone while it claims to have 3 or more bars and I'll hear ringing before being directed to voicemail on the calling end while the iPhone remains completely silent on the subject. I don't get notified of voicemail until hours later - all while the phone pretends it has connectivity.

My friends tell me this is just what you expect with the iPhone and that my phone actually works better than their previous generation iPhones. So your statement might be correct if you define "most other phones on the market" as all the previous generations of iPhones but is completely false otherwise.

The iPhone is a really shitty phone but it's a testament to how well it does everything else that I'm still only "considering" returning it.