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Google's Copernicus Center
Brad Barnich was one of countless readers to note that Google has begun accepting job applications for its new Copernicus data center. I imagine this will eat a sizable portion of their IPO profits, however with this new center not opening until 2007, they at least can take their time!
2007?
By that time, we'll have entered President Kerry's third term in office, with Saddam's trial nearly over, and...
Oops, never mind, I'm not really from the future, don't really know what's going to happen... put that gun down...
You are in error. No-one is screaming. Thank you for your cooperation.
Well, at least its not india...
Finally, a first post that's relevant.. What is this, april fools day?
Online Starcraft RPG? At
Dietary fiber is like asynchronous IO-- Non-blocking!
Sure... Google's going to the moon just because of the fact that... ... there's no minimum wage laws. ... they'd be outside of every tax jurisdiction. ... there's no labor practice laws. ... there's a weaker gravity law there. ... the longer moon days that can be used to justify workdays. ... there's a 0% employment rate there. ... a large building's roof can also serve as an earth-visble billboard ...
The journalist quotes a couple
How'd you like to spend your time at work reading Sla... oh, wait...
Simple Unexpected Concrete Credible Emotional Stories
Sorry for being recursive, but I did a Google search for this and found nothing.
I found a use for this. In breaking up with my really not all there girlfriend. I can send this to her and tell her I got a job there and that I'm sorry but I have to move away. I would love to see her buy into this. She actually would too.
Evolution or ID?
My favorite part of the gag was when they said that the Googlunaplex would feature "a sushi chef formerly employed by the pop group Hanson." Maybe it's just my love of self-referential deprecations.
Once the facility is built, the real work begins. Google will be exploring a number of exciting research projects that have the potential to advance search science to a new frontier. Among the questions Googlunars will seek to answer are:
Exactly how far does the Worldwide web extend? Can it become an interplanetary utility? If so, will it replace Water Works on Monopoly(R)?
What are the likely effects of link attenuation over extreme distances? Is there a limit to link strength, or is it infinitely extensible like bubble gum that gets stuck to the bottom of your shoe?
What happens to PageRank in the proximity of a black hole? Is there distortion that might result in link relevancy reduction or popularity warping? Could this somehow be harnessed to generate more dates for engineers?
Does spam go on forever?
ps - yes, I know. Its called playing along.
Did you read the fine print though on GMail? They're going to be showing ads based on the CONTENT of your email. Now, I'm sure people will say that everyone already shows ads based on who you are. But I for one don't want a half-page ad for a penis enlarger showing up on my monitor at work when I'm trying to discretely communicate via email with my doctor about the real thing- a $10,000 surgery I'm lining up!
Good News: I got 5 moderator points to use or lose! Yipee!!!
Bad News: It's april 1st! BOOOOO!!!!!
The road between democracy and tyranny is paved with secrecy in the name of security.
Clearly, we can conclude that Google has been infiltrated all the way to the upper levels with Masonic/Illuminati players.
Very astute of you to notice these weird connections, p0rnking.
XML causes global warming.