Larry Page's Vision of the Future

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Larry Page's Vision of the Future

Posted by timothy on Sunday May 1, 2005 @01:00PM from the you-too-can-be-a-kajillionaire dept.

adamjh writes "Yesterday, Google co-founder Larry Page gave an amazing talk to the 2005 graduating class of the University of Michigan College of Engineering. In true geek form, I made sure to record Larry's entire speech on my mobile phone in order to share with the Slashdot community a rare glimpse into Larry's thoughts on the past, present, and future -- on topics ranging from dropping out of Stanford to start Google to "Thinking Big" and the abundance of venture capital to traveling to Mars, curing world hunger, and well, much much more."

13 of 303 comments (clear)

Drop out..... by wpiman · 2005-05-01 13:04 · Score: 5, Funny

Well- seems he dropped out of Stanford. Seems all the successful CEOs drop out- Gates, Ellsion, and Page. Seems all the people he was preaching to are already doomed to be losers.
1. Re:Drop out..... by timeOday · 2005-05-01 14:57 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  He dropped out of GRADUATE school. There's a difference. Bill Gates never finished undergrad.
  Yeah there's a difference... B.G. is still worth about 7x as much as Larry Page!
2. Re:Drop out..... by Headcase88 · 2005-05-01 19:05 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Damn! Imagine how rich I'd be if I dropped out of Elementary School >:(
  
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3. Re:Drop out..... by donothingsuccessfull · 2005-05-01 22:23 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  > B.G. is still worth about 7x as much as Larry Page!
  Yes, I for one would be willing to trade one Gates for seven Pages. Or one Page for a seventh of a gates, so long as they used a saw.
Re:Peak oil (again) by wpiman · 2005-05-01 13:06 · Score: 3, Funny

Well damn... I gues it is time to invest in that oxen farm......
Re:EMAIL ME IF YOU WANT THE FILE by The_Fire_Horse · 2005-05-01 13:07 · Score: 3, Funny

Hello helpful person!
Could you please email 2 copies to me - one is for my cousin.

THANKS IN ADVANCE!
Well... by Xarius · 2005-05-01 13:08 · Score: 3, Funny

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Conspiracy by AndrenidEnder · 2005-05-01 13:10 · Score: 2, Funny

Someone's vision for the future next to the story about the time travellers' convention.
Re:EMAIL ME IF YOU WANT THE FILE by Anonymous Coward · 2005-05-01 14:13 · Score: 2, Funny

billg AT microsoft.com

I LOVE LARRY!!!! ^o^ XD
Re:The Google and the future from another one by sabinm · 2005-05-01 15:04 · Score: 3, Funny

Monday, Mar 10, 2014, Skynet becomes aware.

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Re:I was there too (though I've not graduated) by Fizzl · 2005-05-01 16:12 · Score: 2, Funny

Where's the "-1 WTF?!?"-moderation when you need one?

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Re:In other news by zulux · 2005-05-01 16:13 · Score: 4, Funny

It seriously is becoming a site for Google and Apple fanboys

I'm tired of it too -- where's the site for fans of MSN and Emachines?

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Re:Textual transcript, anyone? by shizzle · 2005-05-01 16:33 · Score: 2, Funny

Reminds me of an old SNL Weekend Update line (Kevin Nealon, I think... paraphrased from memory): "If you would like a transcript of tonight's broadcast, get a pen and write down everything I say really fast."