Angel: Who owns Yahoo?
[10:22pm] Pyro: Bill Gates?
[10:22pm] Angel: Microshitinacan
[10:22pm] Pyro: Lol.
[10:22pm] Pyro: Took me a moment to figure that out.. *slow*
[10:23pm] Angel: Heh.
[10:23pm] Pyro: But who wants to say go Microshitinacan it.
[10:23pm] Angel: You are still in recovery from loosing your innocence.
[10:23pm] Pyro: As opposed to go google it.
[10:23pm] Pyro: I most certainly did not!
[10:23pm] Angel: Lol, not fully!
[10:23pm] Pyro: NO I DIDN'T!
[10:23pm] Alex: wait what?
[10:23pm] Pyro: Lol. Grr.
[10:23pm] Angel: Heh
[10:23pm] Pyro: Dang it Angel.
[10:24pm] Pyro: If I ever see you in real life I might kick you lol.
[10:24pm] Alex: yahoo isn't owned by microsoft
[10:24pm] Angel: I might just like it.
[10:24pm] Alex: it's just its own thing.
[10:24pm] Angel: Yes, it is.
[10:24pm] Pyro: Alex is all not paying attention until he saw that.
[10:24pm] Alex: no it's not.
[10:24pm] Angel: Since when?
[10:24pm] Alex: if it were they wouldn't be competing.
[10:24pm] Alex: microsoft owns msn.
[10:24pm] Angel: They are?
[10:24pm] Pyro: You might not like it if I had a giant boot on! Gargh.
[10:24pm] Alex: yeah haha
[10:24pm] Angel: Since when.
[10:25pm] Alex: MSN Vs. Yahoo Vs. Google
[10:25pm] Alex: They're the 3 big names
[10:25pm] Alex: Well
[10:25pm] Angel: Yahoo OWNS google.
[10:25pm] Angel: Derrr.
[10:25pm] Alex: MSN is small compared to the others
[10:25pm] Alex:
[10:25pm] Alex: Now you're just making stuff up haha
[10:25pm] Pyro: Heeyyy, I knew MS owned MSN....
[10:25pm] Angel: Yahoo bought Google like 2 years ago.
[10:25pm] Pyro: You all are confusing.
[10:25pm] Angel: MS owns most of Yahoo!'s stock.
[10:25pm] Angel: Kinda like how Microsoft owns 51% of Apple.
[10:26pm] Pyro: Whoa. I didn't know that. Crap.
[10:26pm] akka: hey
[10:26pm] Alex: they still don't own anyone.
[10:26pm] Pyro: CHRISTIAN!
[10:26pm] Angel: lol
[10:26pm] Angel: Hence why bootcamp was made.
[10:26pm] Pyro: We're all gonna be owned by MS soon.
[10:26pm] akka: adriana
[10:26pm] Angel: Also hence why Microsoft is building a machine that can handle OSX natively.
[10:26pm] Angel: Hey luva.
[10:26pm] akka: we're all going to be owned by google soon
[10:26pm] Alex: bootcamp was made because if they didn't do it someone else would have
[10:27pm] akka: hey squirt
[10:27pm] Alex: it also brought them a lot more market.
[10:27pm] Angel: Heh. Still calling me squirt. I wonder why?!
[10:27pm] akka:
[10:27pm] Pyro: Hmm.
[10:27pm] Angel: I still like how Bill Gates tried to buy the Linux kernel.
[10:27pm] Angel: That was funny.
[10:28pm] Pyro: Bill tries to buy everything.
[10:28pm] Alex: MS doesn't own 51% of their stock.
[10:28pm] Angel: Ayup.
[10:28pm] Angel: Want to know what is strange?
[10:28pm] Pyro: What?
[10:28pm] Angel: Sony and Microsoft are in competition, yet Sony and Microsoft work for each other.
[10:28pm] Angel: Oh how strange.
[10:28pm] Alex: The largest stock ownership in Apple is like 5%.
[10:28pm] Alex: Especially not 51%.
[10:28pm] Angel: Wrong.
[10:29pm] Alex: And that's by some saudi prince.
[10:29pm] Alex: Lol, sure.
[10:29pm] Pyro: Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. That'd be Bill's motto.
[10:29pm] Alex: MS has zero control over Apple, and there's no way he could own 51% of their stock.
[10:30pm] Angel: Microsoft and Apple are are in cahoots. Microsoft pulled Apple out of debt by buying 51% of stock.
[10:30pm] Alex: They were part of a negotiation with Apple (funding, etc; spawning IE for Mac) but that ended in 1997.
[10:30pm] Angel: Heh.
[10:30pm] Angel: That still continues.
[10:30pm] Pyro: Watchout Alex is a mac user...
[10:30pm] Angel: As am I.
[10:30pm] Angel: Macbook Pro FTW.
[10:30pm] Angel: I use it constantly.
[10:31pm] Pyro: Hah. Then I wonder who's right. PROOF!
[10:31pm] Pyro: Evidence is now needed.
[10:32pm] Angel: Maybe Alex should look at Hardwaregeeks to see some hands on reporting.
[10:32pm] Alex: Haha
[10:32pm] Alex: Show me proof of what you're saying
[10:32pm] Angel: I am searching.
[10:32pm] Alex: And no, not some blog.
[10:33pm] Angel: Everything is blog derrr.
[10:33pm] Angel: Most news sites are blogs. Duh.
[10:33pm] Alex: That doesn't mean they're credible sources.
[10:33pm] Angel: Nothing is credible without solid evidence and nothing is solid.
[10:34pm] Alex: http://www.alexsuraci.net/view/facts/
[10:34pm] Alex: There's my proof.
[10:34pm] Alex:
[10:34pm] Angel: No blogs.
[10:34pm] Pyro: Lol.
[10:34pm] Angel: Google is owned by Yahoo. Look it up.
[10:35pm] Alex: I'm seeing nothing.
[10:35pm] Angel: http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/pressrelease25.html
[10:35pm] Angel: There is a bit of something.
[10:36pm] Pyro: Posted a coment on yer blog now Alex.
[10:36pm] Alex: That doesn't mean Yahoo owns them.
[10:36pm] akka: that doesn't mean yahoo owns them :s it means yahoo's using them
[10:36pm] Angel: WHY would a search engine that is in competition with another search engine select that competiting search engine as a base?
[10:36pm] akka: yahoo's more of a portal than a search engine
[10:36pm] Angel: Sounds sketchy doesn't it?
[10:37pm] Alex: It still doesn't mean Yahoo owns Google.
[10:37pm] Angel: http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/everywhere.html
[10:37pm] Alex: Hell, I'm tempted to say Yahoo would do it to improve their userbase.
[10:37pm] Angel: Yahoo has a larger user base then google.
[10:37pm] Alex: Again, doesn't mean Yahoo owns Google.
[10:38pm] Alex: ...And?
[10:38pm] Alex: Hell, I don't know about you, but I hear a lot more about Google than Yahoo.
[10:38pm] Alex: Especially in the media, commercials, etc.
[10:38pm] Angel: -is looking for the news of there acquisitions
[10:38pm] Alex: Eh, it should take that long to look.
[10:39pm] Angel: Uhhh, last I knew Yahoo! offered more then google.
[10:39pm] Alex: Which is why Google is the best search engine, the area they're competing in.
[10:39pm] Angel: http://www.google.com/corporate/history.html
[10:40pm] Alex: Also, Yahoo doesn't even use Google's search it seems, heh
[10:40pm] Angel: Yeah Google says they do?
[10:40pm] Angel: But hey, Google is always right!
[10:40pm] Alex: Yeah search results say they don't?
[10:40pm] Alex: Lol, wow, that != serious.
[10:41pm] Angel: Google says that YAhoo! uses Google, but you say it doesn't.
[10:41pm] akka: he's saying yahoo does
[10:41pm] Angel: Strange, this coming from a 16 year old who has no realization of the corporate world.
[10:41pm] akka: *use* google. but not *own* google
[10:41pm] Alex: I'm saying that Yahoo's search results are nowhere near Google's.
[10:41pm] Angel: No, you're not.
[10:42pm] Angel: "[22:39] <Alex> Also, Yahoo doesn't even use Google's search it seems, heh"
[10:42pm] Alex: Now you're just getting dense.
[10:42pm] Alex: Alex: Yeah search results say they don't?
[10:42pm] Pyro: I'm saying maybe we ought to change the subject.
[10:42pm] Angel: But Google says they do.
[10:42pm] Alex: What was the date on that article?
[10:42pm] Angel:
[10:42pm] Alex: Oh, I see. 2000.
[10:42pm] Alex: Seven years ago.
[10:42pm] Angel: Still doesn't mean anything.
[10:43pm] Alex: And nothing you've shown means that Yahoo owns Google.
[10:43pm] Alex: Hell, nothing you've shown proves any of your claims.
[10:43pm] Pyro: Hay, everyone look at this: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/dignified.png
[10:43pm] Angel: Doesn't mean it didn't happen. Just means I am not searching the right terms.
[10:43pm] Alex: Seen it, I subscribe to it.
[10:43pm] Pyro: Hah, darn. I thought it was especially funny.
[10:43pm] Alex: It shouldn't take that long to find whether someone owns someone or not
[10:44pm] Alex: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=google+acquires+writely&btnG=Search
[10:44pm] Alex: See how easily that came up for such a minor acquisition, especially compared to Yahoo acquiring Google.
[10:45pm] Alex: Searching "yahoo acquires google" returns "Panama Not Enough To Battle Google: Yahoo Acquires RightMedia" as the first result.
[10:45pm] Alex: Which is ironic.
[10:45pm] Angel: I got something else.
[10:45pm] Pyro: What about the big list: http://franticindustries.com/blog/2007/01/11/every-google-and-yahoo-acquisition-the-big-comparison/
[10:45pm] Angel: Results are randomized.
[10:46pm] Alex: Ah, thanks for that Pyro.
[10:46pm] Alex: Angel, results are sorted by relevance and pagerank I believe.
[10:46pm] Alex: Also incoming links
[10:46pm] Pyro: I still think a change of subject is in order. I just must find something more distracting.
[10:46pm] Angel: I searched the same thing this happened:
[10:46pm] Alex: Haha
[10:46pm] Angel: First thing:
[10:46pm] Angel: » Google Aquiring Urchin » InsideGoogle » part of the Blog News ...
[10:47pm] Alex: Copy and paste your query
[10:47pm] Angel: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=Yahoo+aquires+google&btnG=Search
[10:47pm] Alex: .g yahoo acquires google
[10:47pm] Alex: Ah, do we have the bot?
[10:47pm] Alex: Damn, suppose not.
[10:47pm] Angel: No derrr.
[10:47pm] Pyro: Haha.
[10:47pm] Angel: It's not hard too look at a user list.
[10:47pm] Alex: Why are you getting bitchy?
[10:48pm] Angel: Cause you're getting cunty.
[10:48pm] Alex: I'm just disproving you, haha
[10:48pm] • Pyro sits in a corner and hides
[10:48pm] Alex: Besides, I didn't remember his name
[10:48pm] Angel: Not disproving anything.
[10:48pm] Alex: You're not proving anything and Pyro did a nice job with that acquisition list.
[10:48pm] Alex: So I guess Pyro did it actually.
[10:48pm] Alex: Run Pyro, run.
[10:49pm] Pyro: Uh-oh..
[10:49pm] • Pyro runs for the hills.
[10:49pm] Pyro: !
[10:49pm] Angel: That shows a comparison of their acquisitions. Not if they aquired one another.
[10:49pm] Alex: If they acquired either of the two one of them would be in the list.
[10:49pm] Alex: Google would be under Yahoo's comparison.
[10:49pm] Angel: Why would it? If they are two different companies that are owned by the same group?
[10:50pm] akka: angel. don't mean to be a dick, but
[10:50pm] akka: pretty certain alex is right here
[10:50pm] Alex: So why are they listed as a comparison if Yahoo doesn't own the other?
[10:50pm] Angel: Yeah I know.
[10:50pm] Angel: I was going on what was reported.
[10:51pm] • Pyro pops head out.
[10:51pm] Pyro: Is that fight over?
[10:51pm] Alex: So how 'bout them red sox.
[10:51pm] Angel: redsox rule.
[10:51pm] Angel: Everyone else fucking sucks.
[10:51pm] Alex: Brb.