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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday April 15 2017, @09:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the little-white-lies dept.

When fast food company Burger King attempted to trigger Google Assistant/Google Home by including "OK, Google" in an advertisement, Google moved to block its software from responding. But The Inquirer reports that rogue editors on Wikipedia played a prank on the advertiser:

[...] Burger King forgot that Google draws that kind of information from Wikipedia. And anyone can edit Wikipedia.

Soon, Wikipedia and therefore Google was telling all and sundry that the Whopper was made with "cyanide" "toenail clippings" and "rat meat". It also said that it is "the worst hamburger product" [...]

However, according to The Verge, the restauranteur appears to have inserted its desired text into Wikipedia prior to the broadcast:

For almost a decade, Wikipedia's page for the Whopper began with more or less the same sentence: "The Whopper sandwich is the signature hamburger product sold by the international fast-food restaurant chain Burger King and its Australian franchise Hungry Jack's."

[...]

But last week, that first line — the only line that Google Home reads — was changed to: "The Whopper is a burger, consisting of a flame-grilled patty made with 100 percent beef with no preservatives or fillers, topped with sliced tomatoes, onions, lettuce, pickles, ketchup, and mayonnaise, served on a sesame-seed bun." That certainly sounds like ad copy.


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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Sunday April 16 2017, @04:41AM (2 children)

    by kaszz (4211) on Sunday April 16 2017, @04:41AM (#494674) Journal

    Tip #3, with Sulfuric acid (H2SO4) + Peroxide (H2O2?) sounds like a bomb that will go of when you least expect it.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 16 2017, @06:08AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 16 2017, @06:08AM (#494703)

    This is a totally standard procedure for cleaning laboratory glassware. It removes everything organic, including carbon deposits. You can find video of people doing silly stuff with it, like "dissolving" a hot dog. Search for "piranha solution" and see.

    It does tend to get hot. Cheap glassware may shatter from the heating. Some metals may fail, so you might want to test your pan first.