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Old 04-01-2011, 12:02 AM   #1
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thats seems like a lot of work and time consuming...
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thats seems like a lot of work and time consuming...
Agreed.. I rather just use the 2 seconds to click reply rather than doing some wii motion shit
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Old 04-01-2011, 12:16 AM   #4
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Agreed.. I rather just use the 2 seconds to click reply rather than doing some wii motion shit
google spent a lot of engineering time on this. google engineers = $100k/yr. a lot of time * $100/yr per engineer = a lot of money

dont let their investment go to waste or you might have to start paying to do google searches
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ill just use bing if that ever happens
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just to confirm that it's an april fool's joke, go to gmail.com/motion and try it haha
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I immediately knew this was a trick when I read the title
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