By JENNIFER 8. LEE New York Times<p> MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--At Google's squat headquarters off Route 101, visitors sit in the lobby, transfixed by the words scrolling by on the wall behind the receptionist's desk: animación japonese Harry Potter pensées et poèmes associação brasileira de normas técnicas. The projected display, called Live Query, shows updated samples of what people around the world are typing into Google's search engine. The terms scroll by in English, Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Japanese, Korean, French, Dutch, Italian - any of the 86 languages that Google tracks. people who shouldn't marry "she smoked a cigar" mr. potatoheads in long island pickup lines to get women auto theft fraud how to. Stare at Live Query long enough, and you feel that you are watching the collective consciousness of the world stream by. <p>***Please use complete sentences and correct punctuation, Jennifer 8. And editors: It's not cute. It's not "cutting-edge. It's just plain bad writing.***
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