Alphabet Announces Third Quarter 2016 Results

Re:Alphabet Announces Third Quarter 2016 Results by gbog on Friday October 28, 2016 @01:28AM (#12813337)

Side note: did anyone else notice how choosing "Alphabet" as the name of this entity, while apparently neutral and universal, is actually quite heavily loaded? Who in the world is not using "alphabet", i.e. an alphabetic language? China. So this "Alphabet" name just excludes a quater of humanity. Is it by purpose?

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Re:Alphabet Announces Third Quarter 2016 Results by ieatkittens on Friday October 28, 2016 @02:46AM (#12813637)

Our alphabet is made up of the letters A-Z. If we then take the letters 'L', 'I', 'Z', 'A', 'R', 'D' we can compose the word 'lizard'.

Lizard people confirmed.

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Re:Alphabet Announces Third Quarter 2016 Results by T2_t2 on Friday October 28, 2016 @02:56AM (#12813664)

No, they claim they chose it because it was an ALPHA, BET:

https://abc.xyz/

> We also like that it means alpha‑bet (Alpha is investment return above benchmark), which we strive for!

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Re:Alphabet Announces Third Quarter 2016 Results by labster on Friday October 28, 2016 @06:00AM (#12814448)

Plenty of people who use abugidas use Alphabet products too. But rest assured that people who use computers in China use pinyin input, and that is alphabetic.

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Re:Alphabet Announces Third Quarter 2016 Results by gbog on Friday October 28, 2016 @08:23PM (#12821877)

Yes but no. Almost all writing systems are alphabetic, but the Chinese characters. It makes them very special and different. And China has its culture rooted in its characters. So using "alphabet" as the name of an entity with an universal reach just means the guys behind either do it by purpose or have a 25% sized blind spot.

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