On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:

> > Small offtopic anecdote: google.com just redirected me to google.co.il.
> > the "Ani Khash Bar-Mazal" button is now "Yoter Mazal Me-Sekhel". Vulgar
> > title after an agressive redirect.. Israelis will always beIsraelis :-)
>
> You have ot admit that it is a better translation.

no it's not. I preffer oxymorons like "Himur Batuach" or slangish "Ani
Mazalist Ha-Yom", rather than "Yoter Mazal Me-Sekhel"... which is
usually said about an idiot that succeeded regardless of his
miscalculations and choice of action.

> Anyway, set a preferences cookie to get an english language, or make sure
> that your browser sends "en" as the first language. The hebrew interface
> makes reading english (or any other LTR language) results less readable.

odd. I block cookies, and yet it remembers those preferences!

in any case, to completely circumvent the Hebrew UI, cookies and such,
change your link to http://google.com/intl/en/

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