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Yahoo Map Engineers Prank Google

Posted by Zonk on from the show-offs dept.

pete314 writes "Yahoo engineers apparently couldn't help themselves, and Yahoo Maps had a great prank on the folks at Google. The beta of the new Yahoo Maps for a short while listed 'The Dude's Fish Store' at 1600 Amphiteatre Parkway in Mountain View, CA. The address is better known as the headquarters for Yahoo's competitor Google." From the post: "The phone number listed is for guy named Ruben Suterwitz (or that's what it sounds like on his voicemail). His voicemail gives the option to get assistance, forwarding callers to the Google front desk. There are several hints pointing to a Google prank. The search engine's co-founder Sergey Brin was born in Russia and both he and his buddy Larry Page were students at Stanford when they founded the company. "

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  1. Where the..?? by Kuku_monroe · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'll wait for google guys response, to have the complete laugh. Meanwhile, i'll keep looking for the fish store...

    --
    //WR
    1. Re:Where the..?? by NetFusion · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think this image was doctored by Steve Ballmer so he could say...

      "Apple? I fucking buried them too!"

      *throws chair

  2. Innovation! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cool! With Google, MSN and Yahoo I can have maps on three different computers now!

    (...continues reading his buzzword magazin...)

  3. Har de har by Fusen · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just want to say, this prank is hilarious -.-

  4. Re:And this makes me trust Yahoo's map how? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah! I went to 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway for some quality fish, and all I found was Google.

    Great.

  5. This doesn't make me feel so bad... by Jack+Earl · · Score: 5, Funny

    Knowing that people munge the maps makes me feel not so bad. The other day I looked at a map of my house and in the description it said "Loserville. Population: You."

  6. Re:So the way it looked to me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    I'm an idiot?

    do you post on /. ?

  7. You'd think they could afford a special panther by artifex2004 · · Score: 3, Funny
    One of the reasons I left : Too many ants all over the place.


    You'd think they could afford a special panther, to take care of the problem.
    You know, one that comes with its own soundtrack. Bright pink?

    Dead ants! Dead ants! Dead ants dead ants dead ants, dead ants Dead ANNNTS...
  8. Google Responds... by Ingolfke · · Score: 2, Funny

    By buying Yahoo! and razing it to the ground.