Google's Copernicus Center

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday April 1, 2004 @08:31AM from the international-outsourcing-is-for-pansies dept.

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!

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Email Autoresponder by digitalvengeance · 2004-04-01 08:31 · Score: 5, Informative

Emailing the email address given on the last page generates this auto-reply:

Thank you for contacting Google about our Copernicus Research Center.

We've received an overwhelming response to this opportunity and are not currently accepting additional resumes. We will, however, keep your information on file should we have an opening in the future. At the current staffing levels, we anticipate that we may need additional applicants on or around April Fool's Day in 2104. Until then, we appreciate your interest in Google and your taking the time to write us.

Sincerely,

The Googlunar Recruiting Team

Now, would Google have been able to be this kewl if they had gone public?

Josh.

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1. Re:Email Autoresponder by Em+Emalb · 2004-04-01 08:34 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  the funny thing is they took the time to spell out it was an april fools joke.
  
  I'm sure someone out there is like "sweet! My resume is gonna be on file for two years with google!"
  
  Ever hear of the spaghetti tree incident in (I think) Sweden? Now that's a AF joke.
  
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2. Re:Email Autoresponder by tds67 · 2004-04-01 08:42 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Sorry for being recursive, but I did a Google search for this and found nothing.
3. Re:Email Autoresponder by wheany · 2004-04-01 08:57 · Score: 3, Informative
  
  The spaghetti tree story was on BBC, link
4. Re:Email Autoresponder by Saeger · 2004-04-01 09:06 · Score: 4, Interesting
  
  Now, would Google have been able to be this kewl if they had gone public?
  Of course not.
  Everybody knows that on the day of IPO, a company is required to trade in their human souls for "professional" corporate-drone modules.
  A sense of humor is a liability; it's much safer to offend no one by pandering to the lowest common denominator, and shareholders love the corporate monotone almost as much as they love short-sighted profits.
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2007? Seems so far away, still... by The+I+Shing · 2004-04-01 08:32 · Score: 3, Funny

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...

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Outsourcing by nickroethemeier · 2004-04-01 08:32 · Score: 5, Funny

Well, at least its not india...
Speaking of Google... by rougewisp · 2004-04-01 08:32 · Score: 5, Informative

GMail has been updated and has a few tidbits of new information.
wow by monkease · 2004-04-01 08:32 · Score: 3, Interesting

google sure is taking this april fool's thing quite seriously...

next story, "google accepts microsoft take-over bid"?
Mod parent up by cmburns69 · 2004-04-01 08:33 · Score: 5, Funny

Finally, a first post that's relevant.. What is this, april fools day?

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The real reasons by LostCluster · 2004-04-01 08:35 · Score: 4, Funny

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 ...
April fools according to Reuters by mosabua · 2004-04-01 08:37 · Score: 5, Informative

According to Reuters the lunar job is a hoax, but qmail isn't. We will see..
1. Re:April fools according to Reuters by syphax · 2004-04-01 08:42 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  The journalist quotes a couple ./ posts.
  
  How'd you like to spend your time at work reading Sla... oh, wait...
  
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A Use for this by millahtime · 2004-04-01 08:46 · Score: 4, Funny

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.

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My favorite part by wcbrown · 2004-04-01 08:51 · Score: 4, Funny

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.
The current research projects envisioned by dAzED1 · 2004-04-01 08:55 · Score: 3, Funny

Something like this is obviously going to be a research facility, primarily. When you read through the announcement, you find:

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.
Re:This proves GMail is for real by bwy · 2004-04-01 08:58 · Score: 5, Funny

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!
5 mod point on April 1st. by handmedowns · 2004-04-01 09:01 · Score: 5, Funny

Good News: I got 5 moderator points to use or lose! Yipee!!!

Bad News: It's april 1st! BOOOOO!!!!!

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The real Gem in this article by SpyPlane · 2004-04-01 09:17 · Score: 5, Interesting

Is this:

http://www.google.com/jobs/britney.html

My two favorite mispellings:
buttney spears
brititany spears (more appropriate than you would first think)

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Re:YAAFJ by scotch · 2004-04-01 09:40 · Score: 4, Funny

Yes, there is something strange with that. "April fool' day in 2104" can be written as 4012104. Note firstly that this is a symmetric date. Also note that digits add up to the tripplet (3 numbers) 525, which add up to (or directly) 12, which adds to 3. So we have 2 occurrences of 3 and 2 occurrences of 5. We all know that the Illuminati mark their works with symmetry and the special Illuminati numbers 3 and 5.
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.

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Re:Among other things... by OverlordQ · 2004-04-01 11:36 · Score: 3, Informative

hate to burst your bubble but that was their 4-1 Joke a few years ago.

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Anyone else think by farghen · 2004-04-01 11:53 · Score: 3, Informative

The picture in the article looks like the technodrome?