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Google Campus to Become Solar-powered
prostoalex writes "Reuters is reporting that Google is equipping its headquarters with a solar panel 'capable of generating 1.6 megawatts of electricity, or enough to power 1,000 California homes.' This will make Google's Mountain View campus the largest solar-powered office complex in the United States."
I can only google stuff when the sun is shining in Mountain View?
I wonder how easy the transition will be for them to leave Linux behind in favor of a sun powered setup.
Oh yes. I went there.
"Better to be vulgar than non-existent" -Bev Henson
Yeah but wait til Google becomes too powerful, the only option we'll have to shut the computers down will be to black out the sky :-/
I think I heard a story about it once...
The revolution will not be televised... but it will have a page on Wikipedia
They'll all show up at your door one day and go, "Wern't you the guy who dropped incredible internet science at slashdot? Our one single panel broke, and we're out a vast amount of money. Apparently, you're the man who will lead us into the next generation of solar powered offices."
"Old man yells at systemd"
Two words: Duct Tape.
Navicula hydraulica plena anguilarum est. Omnes castelli tuus nostri sunt. Ed elli avea del cul fatto trombetta.
you know they'll have to have one....
Ballmer unleashed....yes, a campus run on fear
Maybe if they bought New Mexico and turned it into one big panel array though.
So, they'd be replacing New Mexico with something useful? And the catch is?
Well, I guess that's one way to keep people from working late...
"This Search Powered By The Sun" -Now with 1/3 Less Evil?
The article didnt say anything about its physical size.
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Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
I had JUST read this on Google's blog, and when I clicked back to Slashdot, boom: deja vu on the top of the front page (and not from a dupe! :P).
:)
This is obviously a sign that you should submit it, and it'll make the front page tomorrow!
Two words: Duct Tape.
Would that be to fix it or to shut up the person who revealed the problem?
Twitter supports and protects racists - by smearing their critics with the "Hate Speech" label.
The windfarms will take care of the birds. Crisis averted!
hmm, I have this weird image in my mind of it looking something like this. notice the giant shadow cast over Nevada ?
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Remember: There are only two tools in life. WD-40, for when something doesn't move, and should, and Duct Tape, for when something is moving and it shouldn't.
Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves? -Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
what they should do, is use the heat the data centers produce to produce steam, to run a generator, to make electricity, to run the datacenter, to generate heat...
So does the universe explode if you spray duct tape with WD-40?
Lets conduct an experiment and investigate what will happen if duct tape is sprayed with WD-40.
But, before we use any power tools, let's take a moment to talk about shop safety. Be sure to read, understand, and follow all the safety rules that come with your power tools. Knowing how to use your power tools properly will greatly reduce the risk of personal injury. And remember this: there is no more important safety rule than to wear these -- safety glasses and a funny hat.
I have with me a brand new roll of duct tape, and a fresh can of WD-40. Next to me is my trusty lab assistant, Timmy, who will be assiting in this experiment.
I am now going to rip a piece of duct tape approximately six inches long off of the roll and have Timmy hold it.
(I rip tape and hand it to Timmy)
Ok, Timmy, hold the tape tight, I am going to commence spraying the tape.
(I spray the tape)
Ok, Timmy... continue to hold it as we observe what happens.
(wait 5 seconds)
Timmy has told me it is starting to shake and do funny things...
OMG! A black hole has opened where the tape was. Timmy, hold on to it... this is the crucial moment...
Uh, oh! I think we are going to need another Timmy! It looks like Timmy was consumed by the black hole.
Luckily, I was prepaired for this. I will now throw into the black hole a few New Kids on the Block tapes and a copy of the movie Hobgobblins. This should cause the blackhole to enter "terminal suckage phase" and end its existance.
(I throw in the NKotB tapes and the copy of Hobgobblins. The black hole immediately ceases to be)
Well, it looks like yet another experiment has occured.
Tune in next week when I will show everyone how to build a perpetual energy generator using a cat and a slice of buttered toast.
Navicula hydraulica plena anguilarum est. Omnes castelli tuus nostri sunt. Ed elli avea del cul fatto trombetta.
Why don't they just hire the russians to build them a big floating nuclear plant?
"Women are just like ninjas; They lie even when it is more convenient to tell the truth." ~ Unknown
With a bit of luck, small dust-devils will clean off the panels and it will end up running years longer than it was designed for....
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A fine philosophy indeed. I salute you!
I mean the "not being part of the problem" bit - I'm a bit concerned about your combination of tofu, handjobs and watermelon.
What's your GCNSEQNO?
Yeah yeah, but they only did it because they predicted Google would do it! To look better than Google! See, Microsoft, is evil...
The AACS key is NOT 0xF606EEFD628B1CA427BEA93A9CA9773F
It's down to about ten years to payback the cost of household solar system
What an age we live in.
"Nine times out of ten, starting a fire is not the best way to solve the problem." - my wife
This is a HIGH TECH company we're talking about. Who's going to get out of their aeron chairs and leave their grape-feeding brazillian fan-women behind to go on the roof and scrape bird shit?
This is what the not-operator is for.
No bird shit?
-"Bird Shit"
simple as that.
No bird shit or tree sap?
-"Bird Shit"|"Tree Sap"
See how easy it is?
What, exactly, do you think those server farms do all day?
I think a "..duh.." is in order here.
Damn... Shell is fast with their comments today....
Well that does make sense. Because I've always said that the Matrix would be better off using animals as batteries because a group of renegade cows would do nothing in the Matrix.
Can I bum a sig?