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The Admiral · 01-15-2003, 06:03 AM

Quiet, don't wake the moderator. I'm gonna try to sneak a computer question in under the guise of science.

I am running 4 computers. On three of them i access google from an icon on the desktop. Two W2000, one XP home. On the fourth, W2000, I can get google by typing the address in manually and I can put an icon on the desktop, but the icon doesn't work. I get that message that says I must create an association. If I put google in the favorites list I can access it from there, but that's not as convenient as the desktop icon.

The Admiral

Ernest Sparks · 01-15-2003, 09:14 AM

What is with Googol anyway?

Either I address "www.googol.com" and get Tim Beauchamp's home page, or I save Googol search form as a favorite, same address. I would like to try their browser control buttons, but they seem to be hung back at Windows 98/NT and IE4/5 level.

Hasn't somebody come up yet with search technology that is just as good as Googol?

The Admiral · 01-15-2003, 10:33 AM

Ernest

Not googol. google.

One of the better search engines.

The Admiral

Wyz_sub10 · 01-15-2003, 02:07 PM

yawn *rubs eyes*

wha....what's going on in here?? Computer talk!?!?

wade-w · 01-15-2003, 03:26 PM

What you need to do is right click on on your desktop, then in the pop-up menu that comes up, select new->shortcut. In the wizard that starts, type in http://www.google.com. The next screen will ask you for a name. Google is probably a good choice here, but name it whatever you think best. That should be all you need to do.

Ernest Sparks · 01-15-2003, 04:22 PM

Oh, "google"! I couldn't see that! Thanks!

googol: 10^100, or 1 followed by 100 zeros

googolplex: 10^(10^100), or 10^googol, or 1 followed by a googol zeros

Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as by scientists. The name 'googol' was invented by a child (Dr Kasner's nine-year-old nephew) who was asked to think up a name for a very big number, namely, 1 with a hundred zeros after it. He was very certain that this number was not infinite, and therefore equally certain that it had to have a name. At the same time that he suggested 'googol' he gave a name for a still larger number: 'Googolplex'. A googolplex is much larger than a googol, but is still finite, as the inventor of the name was quick to point out. It was first suggested that a googolplex should be 1, followed by writing zeros until you got tired. This is a description of what would happen if one actually tried to write a googolplex, but different people get tired at different times and it would never do to have Carnera a better mathematician than Dr Einstein, simply because he had more endurance. The googolplex then, is a specific finite number, with so many zeros after the 1 that the number of zeros is a googol. A googolplex is much bigger than a googol, much bigger even than a googol times a googol. A googol times a googol would be 1 with 200 zeros, whereas a googolplex is 1 with a googol of zeros. You will get some idea of the size of this very large but finite number from the fact that there would not be enough room to write it, if you went to the farthest star, touring all the nebulae and putting down zeros every inch of the way.
-- Kasner and Newman. Mathematics and the Imagination. 1940

???
Googol? Google? Oh, well!

The Admiral · 01-15-2003, 05:05 PM

Wade

Thanks, but I've already tried that. That yields a "file not found" error.

I think there must be some obscure setting somewhere, a box with a check mark that needs to be removed or an empty box that needs to be checked. I'll have to run a comparison with the other computers to see where the discrepency lies.

The Admiral

fando · 01-15-2003, 08:23 PM

I'm not certain, but I think if you go to google.com in your browser, you can save the page from the file menu to your desktop and it'll create an icon for you which will launch the browser and load google.com.

Jeremy Pallant · 01-15-2003, 08:39 PM

[Moderator]

Elects to emulate Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen.

[/Moderator]

...if that's a tad too obscure...

Holds telescope to blind eye. "What thread about computers?"

The Admiral · 01-16-2003, 05:26 AM

Fando

Thanks. Good try but no cigar. That puts the icon on the desktop okay but the icon gives me the same "create association ". Must be a setting.

Loud cry from lookout: Admirall!!! Mods off the starbrd bow.

Admiral: Hoist all sail, left standard rudder, man starbrd guns, we'll give 'em a wiff of grape.

The Admiral

01-15-2003, 06:03 AM	#1
The Admiral Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Racine, Wi. USA Posts: 768	shhh Quiet, don't wake the moderator. I'm gonna try to sneak a computer question in under the guise of science. I am running 4 computers. On three of them i access google from an icon on the desktop. Two W2000, one XP home. On the fourth, W2000, I can get google by typing the address in manually and I can put an icon on the desktop, but the icon doesn't work. I get that message that says I must create an association. If I put google in the favorites list I can access it from there, but that's not as convenient as the desktop icon. The Admiral

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01-15-2003, 09:14 AM	#2
Ernest Sparks Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 1,248	What is with Googol anyway? Either I address "www.googol.com" and get Tim Beauchamp's home page, or I save Googol search form as a favorite, same address. I would like to try their browser control buttons, but they seem to be hung back at Windows 98/NT and IE4/5 level. Hasn't somebody come up yet with search technology that is just as good as Googol?

01-15-2003, 10:33 AM	#3
The Admiral Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Racine, Wi. USA Posts: 768	Ernest Not googol. google. One of the better search engines. The Admiral

01-15-2003, 02:07 PM	#4
Wyz_sub10 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the land of two boys and no sleep. Posts: 9,890	yawn rubs eyes wha....what's going on in here?? Computer talk!?!?

01-15-2003, 03:26 PM	#5
wade-w Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Silver City, New Mexico Posts: 1,872	What you need to do is right click on on your desktop, then in the pop-up menu that comes up, select new->shortcut. In the wizard that starts, type in http://www.google.com. The next screen will ask you for a name. Google is probably a good choice here, but name it whatever you think best. That should be all you need to do.

01-15-2003, 04:22 PM	#6
Ernest Sparks Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 1,248	Oh, "google"! I couldn't see that! Thanks! googol: 10^100, or 1 followed by 100 zeros googolplex: 10^(10^100), or 10^googol, or 1 followed by a googol zeros Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as by scientists. The name 'googol' was invented by a child (Dr Kasner's nine-year-old nephew) who was asked to think up a name for a very big number, namely, 1 with a hundred zeros after it. He was very certain that this number was not infinite, and therefore equally certain that it had to have a name. At the same time that he suggested 'googol' he gave a name for a still larger number: 'Googolplex'. A googolplex is much larger than a googol, but is still finite, as the inventor of the name was quick to point out. It was first suggested that a googolplex should be 1, followed by writing zeros until you got tired. This is a description of what would happen if one actually tried to write a googolplex, but different people get tired at different times and it would never do to have Carnera a better mathematician than Dr Einstein, simply because he had more endurance. The googolplex then, is a specific finite number, with so many zeros after the 1 that the number of zeros is a googol. A googolplex is much bigger than a googol, much bigger even than a googol times a googol. A googol times a googol would be 1 with 200 zeros, whereas a googolplex is 1 with a googol of zeros. You will get some idea of the size of this very large but finite number from the fact that there would not be enough room to write it, if you went to the farthest star, touring all the nebulae and putting down zeros every inch of the way. -- Kasner and Newman. Mathematics and the Imagination. 1940 ??? Googol? Google? Oh, well!

01-15-2003, 05:05 PM	#7
The Admiral Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Racine, Wi. USA Posts: 768	Wade Thanks, but I've already tried that. That yields a "file not found" error. I think there must be some obscure setting somewhere, a box with a check mark that needs to be removed or an empty box that needs to be checked. I'll have to run a comparison with the other computers to see where the discrepency lies. The Admiral

01-15-2003, 08:23 PM	#8
fando Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Los Angeles Area Posts: 1,372	I'm not certain, but I think if you go to google.com in your browser, you can save the page from the file menu to your desktop and it'll create an icon for you which will launch the browser and load google.com.

01-15-2003, 08:39 PM	#9
Jeremy Pallant Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tucson, Arizona, USA Posts: 1,242	[Moderator] Elects to emulate Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen. [/Moderator] ...if that's a tad too obscure... Holds telescope to blind eye. "What thread about computers?"

01-16-2003, 05:26 AM	#10
The Admiral Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Racine, Wi. USA Posts: 768	Fando Thanks. Good try but no cigar. That puts the icon on the desktop okay but the icon gives me the same "create association ". Must be a setting. Loud cry from lookout: Admirall!!! Mods off the starbrd bow. Admiral: Hoist all sail, left standard rudder, man starbrd guns, we'll give 'em a wiff of grape. The Admiral

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