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Lawsuits Fly Over Google Founders' Party Plane
Mr. Soxley writes to tell us that the Boeing 767 recently purchased by Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page is at the heart of what promises to be quite a legal battle. From the article: "Now the Delaware holding company that technically owns the 767, Blue City Holdings LLC, is embroiled in multiple lawsuits with an aviation designer hired to plan and oversee the massive plane's interior renovation. [...] But last October, Blue City terminated Mr. Jennings's contract, saying he wasn't doing his job properly. Mr. Jennings then filed a nearly $200,000 lien against the aircraft with the Federal Aviation Administration for payment he hadn't received. He later filed a complaint related to the matter against Blue City and Gore Design Completions Ltd., the San Antonio executive-jet outfitting firm that worked on the plane, in District Court in Bexar County, Texas."
WGAS tag?
Didn't you see the slashdot story graphic? This is about your rights online and it affects us all dearly.
I can only hope that in this particular case, Google sends its lobbyists to Congress to change laws affecting how the FAA administers leans against aircraft so that all of us slashdotters with our own 767-200's don't have to worry about the judicial system screwing us over once again. This is about all of our ONLINE RIGHTS!
-THE END-
...for the rest of us concerning our modified 767s. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
I also hear Mr. Brin also had a dispute with his home gutter contractor.
And let's not ever forget this gem from the article:
Mr. Jennings says Messrs. Brin and Page "had some strange requests," including hammocks hung from the ceiling of the plane.
I think stockholders should be quite wary of corporate executives reckless enough not to require aviation-class hammocks with wicker seatbelts.
arguing over who outfits my fuck off jet, its a problem I would be happy to have.
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
What does Star Jones think of all this, and is the northeast still flooded?
If you don't know what AltaVista is (was), get off my lawn.
The idea of hammocks in a big jet doesn't sound unsafe.
It takes real guts to use a hammock in an ornithopter.
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Yeah, his lawsuit defense will never fly. I'm sure it'll crash and burn in the courts...
Soko
"Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm." - Anonymous
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People think this doesn't matter, but one thing is for certain, there is no stopping them, Brin and Page will soon be here. And I, for one, welcome our customized-767-hammock-flying overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted member of Slashdot, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground server caves.
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
Why does this remind me of Austin Power's psychedelic 747 with bachelor pad interior?
Sergey: "Do I make you horny, baby?"
Cute chick: "Sergey, it's not the 90's anymore."
Sergey: "What do you mean, baby? Of course it's the 90's! As long as people use the internet mostly for porn and piracy of music and software, the 90's will always be alive!"
Dr. Evil: "I'm going to fucking kill Google!" *throws henchman's chair*
Dr. Evil: "So, about those Killer Chair Robots With Lasers I ordered..."
Henchman: "Well, it's about that, sir."
Dr. Evil: "Yes?"
Henchman: "We... could not complete the LongChair project. It kept crashing on us, I mean more than usual, in fact the prototype blew up spontaneously."
Dr. Evil: "Well, okay, what do you have?"
Henchman: "Ottomans."
Dr. Evil: "Ottomans?"
Henchman: "Ottomans, sir."
Dr. Evil: "Do they have frickin' lasers on their heads?"
Henchman: "No, sir."
Dr. Evil: "Saw blades?"
Henchman: "No, sir."
Dr. Evil: "Flamethrowers?"
Henchman: "No, sir."
Dr. Evil: "Well, what the fuck do they have?!"
Henchman: "Sir, we have integrated a Google search bar into their sides. It's really quite useful, you can Google while you lounge in-"
Dr. Evil: "I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL GOOGLE!!!!" *throws chair with henchman through window*
Apparently TechGranny thinks Google is trying to invent a new kind of internet plane.
TechGranny on the internet planes.
Make the world better. Quit hating.
Alright, I'll admit it-- I didn't read the article, and I barely read the summary.
But I did see "$200,000", "party", and "lawsuit" -- and I think we can all conclude the stripper's probably lying.
Think of it as tech celebrity gossip. Tomorrow we'll discuss whether or not RMS's boobs are real.
The /. equivalent of laugh tracks in comedies appear. With the help of subtle high-lighting of the funny parts of the text, you'll never be in doubt when you're supposed to laugh.
- These characters were randomly selected.
Seriously. Why should anyone care?
/. Maybe tomorrow the story will be "Google founder's cousin shits green after drinking lime vodka."
Dude, this is
"I know Jesus."
That's nice. Does he do airplane interior design, too?
But what was an anonymous coward doing on the plane?
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
No, but with him on board, you won't have to ever worry about severe storms or turbulence, and you will be able to land the plane on any body of water anywhere in the world!
...Snakes on a motherfucking Google plane.