helene_t Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Google ads apparently uses some AI method to fetch relevant ads. Sometimes its recommendations can be insulting (why does it think that I need a facelift?), sometimes its an enigma, sometimes it's amazingly clever. Most often its trivial, pointing me to sites I already know and use. Sometimes its funny. Like the painkiller ad that accompanied the story about a prisoner who had a lightbulb removed from his rectum. But this one puzzled me: Is it a sort of joke, or is it really as un-intentional as it seems? Gmail's own spam folder gave me a link to a spam recipe. Please contribute to this thread with your own funny findings from Google ads and similar automated link/content providers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 I think the spam recipe came out of their algorithm and they just left it their as a joke, would be typical for Google. The funniest ones for me were those that always showed up when I was looking at the e-mail exchange with my collaborator on computing Hodge integrals on moduli spaces of twisted stable maps to classifying stacks of cyclic groups: "Need Math Tutoring? Calculus made easy!" etc. Ok I guess not everyone will find that funny :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 (why does it think that I need a facelift?) Yeah! And why does it think I need a dictionairy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 The funniest ones for me were those that always showed up when I was looking at the e-mail exchange with my collaborator on computing Hodge integrals on moduli spaces of twisted stable maps to classifying stacks of cyclic groups: "Need Math Tutoring? Calculus made easy!" etc. Ok I guess not everyone will find that funny :P Yeah I don't get the joke. What's a stack of cyclic groups? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 yeah... don't search for help on the wonderful typesetting scripting tool called LaTeX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted September 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 yeah... don't search for help on the wonderful typesetting scripting tool called LaTeX ha-ha, I've had that one as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpace Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 The funniest ones for me were those that always showed up when I was looking at the e-mail exchange with my collaborator on computing Hodge integrals on moduli spaces of twisted stable maps to classifying stacks of cyclic groups: "Need Math Tutoring? Calculus made easy!" etc. Ok I guess not everyone will find that funny :) Yeah I don't get the joke. What's a stack of cyclic groups? That is why it is funny... LOL :( People who talk of Hodge Integrals on blah.. don't need no freaking calculus tutor... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Yeah I don't get the joke. What's a stack of cyclic groups? You can get a short or regular stack with sausage or bacon on the side at the International House of Pythagoreas :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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