June 18, 2005

Q: Is 'Google Smug Smart A$$ Response' the next big thing to come out of Google Research?

Maybe its just me being a little over sensitive but apparently Google has decided its tired of carrying the load for all my XSLT-related questions and in its own subtle way is suggesting "Hey, if your'e such an XSLT expert, why don't you tell me?".

When querying for a way to perform an XSLT transformation in Safari/KHTML I decided that the phrase: 'invoke xslt transformation in safari khtml' should get me what I was looking for.

Well would you look at that:

<XSLT:Blog />: January 2005 Archives
It makes use of the Saxon 8 XQuery/XSLT engine for transformations, ... Supported:
Gecko (Mozilla, Firefox etc), IE, KHTML (Konqueror, Safari). ...
www.xsltblog.com/archives/2005/01/ - 299k - Cached - Similar pages

Hmmm... well that kind of sucks.

Actually...

Hey W3C! You might want to be careful. While you might own the number one spot for the query 'XSLT' I now own 'invoke xslt transformation in safari khtml'.

If not quite yet obvious to you its obvious to me its only a matter of time before I own 'xslt transformation in safari'.

And if I own 'xslt transformation in safari' whats gonna stop me from owning 'xslt in safari'? Huh? HUH???!!!

Thats right, you better be scared. [Question to Inner Self: How Smart is it really to taunt the W3C?]

Hmmmm... Hey W3C.. I was just playing.. it was just a joke, you know, all in fun? [Thought in Inner Mind: Don't think they're buying it. Maybe you could distract them by going after Google instead! Then they'll just forget the whole thing as they will be too preoccupied watching you and Google going toe to toe..]

[Response to Thought in Inner Mind: Hey, good idea!]

[SlyBaitSwitch("Google")]
Now I just need to figure out a hack to make it work as the post that Google was 'POSITIVE' had the best possible answer for 'invoke xslt transformation in safari khtml' was a post that was actually a question in an of itself, wondering if the way Manos had written the intro for the Sarissa project meant that there was full XSLT support for both Safari and KHTML already.[NOTE: Actually, they linked to the monthly archive... the actual post in and by itself is here.]

Hey Google.

How ya like them apples, huh? HUH?? Outsmarted your Smart A$$ engine.

That's right. You better run!

No wait, wait, I meant you better run the '> other way >'....

Ahh, shit... He's looks pissed!

RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![Follow-Up ("winded")Response to Thought in Inner Mind: Great Idea There Champ! What next, Oracle? Or how bout just go straight to Microsoft Campus and egg BillG's 959??? That ought to be a fun one... Damn My Creative Side! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!]