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I've been using Google Reader recently, following the lamented death of Planet Fleck, and I suppose I have to admit its better. Here are some "shared items" if, for some reason, you want to read what I read.

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Stoats and Weasels

Category: fun
Posted on: May 24, 2007 4:20 PM, by William M. Connolley

Following JFs example, I've created a rather more useful comparison: see google-trends-stoat-weasel.png. Proof that weasels are more popular than stoats. Isn't technology wonderful?

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1

It's understandable really: somehow "let's pin a tail on it and call it a stoat" doesn't sound the same.

Posted by: Mark Hadfield | May 24, 2007 6:02 PM

2

Also, Lubos and Motl are more popular than Real Climate, Stoat, and Mustelid.

http://www.google.com/trends?q=motl%2C+real+climate%2C+stoat%2C+mustelid%2C+lubos

Posted by: Lubos Motl | May 24, 2007 6:33 PM

3

They moved the Lumometer away from concrete and the LumoHeatIsland, which proves there is no LumoWarming.

Best,

D

Posted by: Dano | May 24, 2007 8:07 PM

4

Yeah... that's because 'stoat' is a peculiar British-ism. We don't have stoats in North America: we have weasels, no matter what their taxonomic status. (I didn't even learn the meaning of 'stoat' until I was in my teens.)

Maybe while you're at it, you can calculate the relative citation frequency of people named 'Randy' in the UK and N.Am.!

Posted by: djlactin | May 31, 2007 3:06 AM

5

Dear Dano, a small problem with your query is that I am the Google's #1 Lubos and #2 Motl, while you are very far from being Google's Dano. Best, LM

Posted by: Luboš Motl | June 3, 2007 4:54 PM

6

Comedy is always more popular.

Posted by: Eli Rabett | June 3, 2007 8:08 PM

7

I've deliberately skewed my query, Lubos, and I won't give you the data to audit, because I have an agenda to present Dano in a hockey-stick shape and to show the permafrost isn't melting despite your popularity.

Best,

D

Posted by: Dano | June 3, 2007 11:52 PM

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