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September 7, 2009
Google's Unexplained Phenomenon: Tip To Old Video Game?
Google has been playing games with its logo and Twitter over the weekend. First came the UFO logo beaming up the second O in the Google home page (as shown below). Second came the string of numbers in Google's Twitter post.
The number string: 1.12.12 25.15.21.18 15 1.18.5 2.5.12.15.14.7 20.15 21.19 - translates when assigning letters to the numbers in a straight code you get: All your O belong to us. Perhaps a nod to Zero Wing -a computer game that was big 20 years - replacing O for zero.
Was it a test of Twitter's power to refer traffic to Google for even an oblique message? Or could it have been an oblique accounting reference - "Zero-base budgeting does not use the previous year's budget or expenses in setting a new budget, since the company's circumstances and finances may have changed".
Obviously that last one is a stretch, but if you leave cryptic messages there will always be speculation.
Posted by Frank Watson on September 7, 2009 2:14 AM
Comments
Sid Shumate September 8, 2009 1:42 PM
"All you base are belong to us."
DUH.
DUH September 12, 2009 3:00 PM
It is a reference to "All your Base Belong to Us". A web fad phenomenon that started with a poorly translated from Japanese to English space opera video game script, and turned into a viral web song and video a few years ago. Google it.