Google the future

[resonant]

A conservative, hawkish, and suspiciously clean-cut young man won the primary here for Republican candidate for Congress. Today as I was dreamily staring out the window, I saw a yard sign with his name on it, and I thought: "I should Google him to find out when he'll be propositioning a male undercover cop in a public restroom."

Like, for that split second, it seriously seemed completely plausible to me that it ought to be possible to Google for things that haven't happened yet.

I mean, think of the repercussions! If I GoogleFuture a book that hasn't been written yet and pass off parts of it as my own, is that plagiarism? If I GoogleFuture things I actually wrote (only not yet), could I find out what fandom I'll be in ten years from now?

If I GoogleFuture myself and find my obituary, would I be better off looking at the date or not?

Comments

[raqs.livejournal.com]

SK points out that you can set Google to notify you as soon as "his name", "boy prostitute," or "undercover cop" hit the newsfeeds. but we agree, it would be neat if you could actually get Future hits (I think they'd be up at the top with Images and Maps.)

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I wonder if Google keeps track of which subjects get a lot of Google report requests? If somewhere back in the office they're going, "This fellow in Illinois must be up to something -- look at all these people who want to get reports of him getting arrested."

[raqs.livejournal.com]

you gotta HOPE they don't - since their motto is "don't be evil" - but since they essentially are, they probably do.

but then they could go and set the guy UP with a hopelessly attractive boy prostitute, thus CAUSING the future to happen - AS YOU REQUESTED IT TO!!

boy, google IS powerful.