Eric Lippert has updated his favorite search terms, which inspired me to examine my referrer logs again and find the most interesting ones. The following are all search terms that people have entered into Google to get to this blog.

“How to spot a terrorist”

Hmm, I hope this wasn't the FBI searching Google trying to learn how to spot terrorists. I am not an expert, but I bet it is probably pretty difficult to spot a real terrorist. Many innocent people have been harrassed at airports because they happened to go to the bathroom too many times, or winked at someone else on the flight. Probably the only way is to infiltrate a terrorist group (either in person or electronically) and identify the people associated with that group.

“I'm sorry you feel that way” apology

I once said that the phrase “I'm sorry you feel that way” is not a genuine apology. You're not apologizing for your actions, or for hurting the other person. You're basically telling the person “You're wrong to feel like that”.

“You're more likely to die” lottery

Given that most major lotteries have a 1 in 14 million chance in hitting the jackpot, and death is a 100% certainty, you are definitely more likely to die than win the lottery. So if you think about it, you are more likely to die than do almost anything.

1 in 50 die in “car crash” peanut butter

This reminds me of the strange story that you are more likely to die from the carcinogens in peanut butter than the radiation from a nuclear power plant, yet people are not afraid of peanut butter but often are very afraid of nuclear power.

10 billion dollars to talk to me for one minute through my brains

I won't pay 10 billion to talk to you for one minute, whoever you may be. But what intrigues me about your proposal is how you expect me to talk to you THROUGH your brains. Do you have multiple brians? My brain actually hurts thinking about the possibilities here.

Are NDP socialists?

The New Democratic Party in Canada are indeed a socialist-like party, although they would rather use the term progessive. The party proposes increasing taxes to support more government programs, such as free prescription drugs, higher pensions and unemployment benefits. They are heavily supported by labor unions, but only enjoy 15% popular support nationwide.

ASP.NET jobs $100 per hour

If you find any ASP.NET jobs that pay that, drop me an email.

Bill O'Reilly Donald Trump double date

Apparently, it really happened. According to Bill O'Reilly's last book, he once went on a double date with The Donald. I haven't read the book, so I can't tell the full story, but I will assume it was a one-time occurrence. I wonder who the lucky ladies were. 

As an aside, I don't understand how my web log has become such a magnet for searchers looking for Sean Puffy Combs, Mark Cuban, Donald Trump and/or Bill O'Reilly. My referrer log is full of those references.

Employment with Sean Puffy Combs

Sean Combs, or P. Diddy as he is sometimes called, runs Bad Boy Entertainment, Sean John clothing, and a number of other empires. The Bad Boy web site doesn't have a Jobs link, so I don't know how you'd go about applying for a job. How about calling their main number and asking for their fax number?

See pictures of easy gymnastic moves with instructions on how to do them on the net

I guess with the Olympics on, people want to do the gymnastic moves themselves. That is admirable, but not advisable. Seriously. You could hurt yourself. Falling from a balance beam hurts. Are you trying to do the Iron Cross on the rings? Don't bother - you can't. (It's ok, neither can I.) Maybe you can do a cartwheel, which I can't even do.

What do Brazilians look like?

Brazil is the largest country in South America. Brazilians looks a lot like other Americans, but with more of a tan. And they wear less clothes apparently. According to the CIA World Factbook, Brazilians are 55% white, 38% mixed, and 6% black.

What does Bill Gates do for a living?

Well, Bill, or “The Gatester” as he lets me call him, is the Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft Corporation. He provides technical leadership to Microsoft, and probably gets involved in the biggest decisions, such as where the company should invest its technical future.