Spinner

#1

Post by hakanito » Tue, Jan 24, 2017, 11:44 PM UTC

Spinner
google.com

Re: Spinner

#2

Post by buckbova » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 2:10 AM UTC

Origin story?

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#3

Post by carsongross » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 2:13 AM UTC

The urban dictionary result (#1 for me, I hope this doesn't say anything about me) provides an excellent counter-point to the charm of this tool.

Ah, the internet.

Re: Spinner

#4

Post by busted » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 2:30 AM UTC

https://www.google.com/search?q=random%20number%20between%20...

Probably fairly easy for engineers to add these

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#5

Post by csours » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 2:32 AM UTC

is there a google search that finds a list of search terms that show special pages?

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#6

Post by motoboi » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 2:33 AM UTC

What am I supposed to see? It just shows a dictionary entry for spinner and normal results.

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#7

Post by ralfd » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 2:35 AM UTC

motoboi wrote: post #6

What am I supposed to see? It just shows a dictionary entry for spinner and normal results.

Same here. I suspect because google insists to redirect to my non-US country?

Re: Spinner

#8

Post by problems » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 2:38 AM UTC

motoboi wrote: post #6

What am I supposed to see? It just shows a dictionary entry for spinner and normal results.

It displays a graphical spinner (think a wheel from a game show or something) and spins to a random number on it.

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#9

Post by jat850 » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 2:39 AM UTC

ralfd wrote: post #7

motoboi wrote: post #6

What am I supposed to see? It just shows a dictionary entry for spinner and normal results.

Same here. I suspect because google insists to redirect to my non-US country?

Not sure where you're located, but in Google Canada I see the spinner.

Re: Spinner

#10

Post by bitmapbrother » Wed, Jan 25, 2017, 2:42 AM UTC

This is cool. There's also:

Flip a coin

Roll a dice

Play Pacman