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Re:The Hoba meteorite, estimated at 66 tons, left no crater ... by nwatson on Saturday November 10, 2018 @10:53AM (#18421809)
An interesting story about a meteorite, but what struck me was a sign of the deification of Google ... a reader comment after the article reads: "Wonderful description and High Quality Pictures. >>> Thanks Google<<< " -- emphasis is mine.

The source material, writing, comments system tied to the article all have nothing to do with Google, yet the reader is attributing their joy in the article to Google. I've seen Google deified in jest, but I don't think the reader here is anything but serious.

Praise Google, Glory Be to Google, Google is Good, Google is Author of All That Brings Us Joy. Google's Yoke is Easy and Their Burden is Light ... Google only asks for your email and search/location/browsing history. We Are Google's Image. Come to Google Just As You Are.

(Full Disclosure: I am happy to make the trade with Google ... for some reason I trust Google and Amazon, don't think Apple has a clue outside their hardware & associated software, and hate Facebook / Twitter.)

Re:The Hoba meteorite, estimated at 66 tons, left no crater ... by seandougall on Saturday November 10, 2018 @07:48PM (#18424385)
Among its many other offerings, Google does still sport a quite serviceable search engine. Perhaps the commenter simply meant to convey that that was how they found the article?
Re:The Hoba meteorite, estimated at 66 tons, left no crater ... by jacobush on Sunday November 11, 2018 @04:38AM (#18425615)
It struck me too.