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A Coveted Landing Strip for Google's Founders

Posted by samzenpus on from the he-who-has-the-gold-makes-the-rules dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The NYT reports, "In the annals of perks enjoyed by America's corporate executives, the founders of Google may have set a new standard: an uncrowded, federally managed runway for their private jet that is only a few minutes' drive from their offices. For $1.3 million a year, Larry Page and Sergey Brin get to park their customized wide-body Boeing 767-200, as well as two other jets used by top Google executives, on Moffett Field, an airport run by NASA that is generally closed to private aircraft."

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  1. That's not evil... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...it's just badass.

    1. Re:That's not evil... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      I think it's pretty cool because I imagined it going like this: Google: Hey, NASA... NASA: Hello, there, Google! Google: So you're running low on cash, huh? NASA: Yea... that damned "War on Terrorism" is raping our budget. Google: So $1.3 million a year would really help you then. NASA: We could do something with that... ok I suck at this... post anonymously FTW

    2. Re:That's not evil... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I suck

      +1 Insightful

  2. Larry's had that for a while by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 4, Funny

    I had something witty and intelligent to write, but I just got an email notification that a message just arrived from Northwest Airlines. I get to fly in economy, those guys get to fly in their own plane.

    The only consolation is that I get to rack up miles while they don't. Are first class accomodations and free blowjobs from hand-selected stewardii worth the loss of airline mileage?

    Sadly, I don't think I'll ever know.

  3. Question by eclectro · · Score: 2, Funny

    So the experiments they are gonna do for NASA, are they with the nurses or on the nurses??

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    1. Re:Question by martin-boundary · · Score: 2, Funny

      Technically, here's no "up" or "down" in space... Uhm, never mind, it seems that sex in NASA vehicles is an urban myth... But now I have a mental picture of Adam and Jamie strapping in the next shuttle to test it :(

  4. It's collecting information by simong · · Score: 5, Funny

    So it's still doing Google stuff. And it's going to have a portable Googleplex built in.

    *incredibly loud jet sound*
    *knock on door*
    "Hi, I'm Larry, and this is Sergei, we heard that you were having a party. We brought, well, er, the contents of the local Walmart's liquor counter."
    "Well, that's very nice... say, how did you find out about the party?"
    *shifty look*
    "You sent out invites through gmail..."

    1. Re:It's collecting information by orkysoft · · Score: 2, Funny

      My guess is the GP lives in the UK (look at his homepage fqdn), where the supermarkets actually carry liquor.

      Or maybe the joke is that they're very stingy, and brought nothing :-P

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      I suffer from attention surplus disorder.
  5. private airstrip by MindKata · · Score: 2, Funny

    "just open it up to any commercial flights"

    You can't open it up to commercial flights. Everyone who's seen a bond film knows the bad guys need their own private airstrip.

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    There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't.
  6. How nice,,,, by apodyopsis · · Score: 4, Funny

    How nice it is to see ordinary, good people who can manage the responsibility of having vast sums of money without it going to their heads...

  7. Re:Used to live near there by Saint+Stephen · · Score: 3, Funny

    I love to be honest, when I thought of "coveted landing strip" the first thing I thought of was not a runway! ahem ahem ahem

  8. So what's next? by Chemisor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Air Force, this is Google-one, requesting fighter escort...
    Sorry Google-one, all our fighters are currently in Iraq.
    Air Force, would 13.4 million dollars help?
    Your fighters are on the way, Google-one.

    1. Re:So what's next? by MS-06FZ · · Score: 5, Funny

      Fighter escort, please shoot down Microsoft private aircraft in our flightpath...
      Gonna cost ya, Google One...

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      ---GEC
      I'm but the humble pupil, seeking to snatch the scratchbuilt pebble from the master's fully articulated hand
  9. Re:not really the first by frank_adrian314159 · · Score: 2, Funny
    John Travolta gets to pull his jets right up to his house in Florida.

    Yes. But then John Travolta adds so
    much to our economy, both cultural and monetary...

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    That is all.
  10. I don't want know. by Oktober+Sunset · · Score: 2, Funny

    As much as I love Brazilian bikini waxes, I don't think this will suit them.

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