On 31 Jan 2009 at 10:43, Rick Froman wrote:

> Looks like it actually happened

You betcha, scoffers.   And it wasn't a virus or worm either (otherwise 
strange that it would have affected both my and my wife's computer 
simultaneously).

It turns out to be....wait for it...human error. A single errant 
keystroke, would you believe.  

Wait 'till I give my Google-resident daughter an earful on this. Have 
they no decency, Sir?

See: 

Google blacklists the entire Internet
Glitch causes world's most popular search engine to classify all web 
pages as dangerous
The Guardian, Jan 31/09
/www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/31/google-blacklist-internet
or
http://tinyurl.com/ang54a

Aren't you sorry you missed the excitement?

Stephen
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