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Rob Pike's Excellent Adventure

Posted by timothy on from the good-work-if-you-can-get-it dept.

Frisky070802 writes "The Newark Star-Ledger has an article about Rob Pike's move from Bell Labs to Google. The article has some interesting points, such as how Pike took a "huge pay cut" to go there just to work on cool things. And in a nostalgia trip for those others of us who've walked the halls of Bell Labs, the article compares earlier days at Bell Labs to the heady days at Google (Claude Shannon on a unicycle, and the famous Penn & Teller trick on Arno Penzias, then the head of Bell Labs research). Most of all are the differences in real-world impact: 'But products trickled slowly, if ever, from [Bell Labs]. They blast from Google at hyperspeed.'" (Painless demographic-only jump-through screen to read it.)

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  1. Academic research making a difference by Ithika · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I wonder when the next big thing in computer science is going to come along. (Random musings...)

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  2. Re:Captain Pike! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Really? What kind of bait do you use for it?

  3. All I can think about is Apple right now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm sorry, but I have to get this off my chest. I've sitting here reading slashdot for over 7 hours now. Every few minutes I click the refresh button to see if any new comments are posted, or some news that the whole thing was a joke. Fuck. My life is a goddam wreck. I'm so depressed right now. I need someone so bad.

  4. Re:I know something we'd all love to PIKE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    she's so hot

  5. Re:Captain Pike! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Really? What kind of bait do you use for it?


    I use masterbate. It's a substanc with abnormal viscosity; alternating chunky to fluid. I string the chunks on the hook, dip in WD40, and cast near the waterlillies. Any excess not used for the day is stored with the tapioca pudding.
  6. Re:Captain Pike! by nzlemming · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So I've finally seen something on /. that made me go "ewww"

    I mean, really, "tapioca"?

    Eeeewwwwww!

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