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Google 'Solve For X' Website Goes Live

Posted by Soulskill on from the where-the-equation-is-undefined dept.

alphadogg writes "Google on Monday released a website and video regarding its Solve for X project, which the company says is 'a place where the curious can go to hear and discuss radical technology ideas for solving global problems.' It's got a TED-like think tank feel to it, but possibly with oodles of Google resources behind it. It appears related to Google's up-to-now largely secretive Google X research lab that the New York Times recently shed some light on."

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  1. Priority #1: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Figure out what the hell is on top of Donald Trump's head.

    1. Re:Priority #1: by Miseph · · Score: 5, Funny

      The terrible truth is that the Thing on Trump's head is, in fact, Donald Trump. The grotesque fleshy appendage below, commonly believed to be his actual body, is really the partially consumed remains of a deformed orangutan. That Thing, as it were, is a partially-sentient trans-dimensional parasite, using its host for the purposes of locomotion, sustenance, and reproduction: which it accomplishes by implanting slug-like larvae into the ears of human hosts between the ages of 17 and 32. The larvae then gestate for approximately 23 years, using that time to invade the central nervous system, and at the moment of maturity seize full motor and sensory control from the victim, leaving their former host a helpless, but conscious witness to the atrocities their former bodies will then commit.

      The day of reckoning will come, Trump shall rule this world, and his Glory shall build an Empire to span our universe. All shall know Him and tremble at his Might and Power. We shall be His eternal servants, in life His serfs, in death His sustenance. Those few deemed worthy may even be given the Great Honor of serving as Trump's Host for some years, until our flesh is no longer fit to carry His Magnificence and we are ceremoniously cast into the sun as tribute to our Master.

      All Hail Trump.

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  2. I finally get it by should_be_linear · · Score: 5, Funny

    Point of video is: "If you own Google stocks, sell".

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  3. Good Idea! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds like a good idea! How long til they pull the plug?

  4. So, the question everyone is asking is: by Seumas · · Score: 4, Funny

    The question everyone is probably asking themselves is "what countries is this censored in?".

  5. Google announces closing of Solver for X by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google today announced the closure of the Solve for X website immediately. A Google spokesperson said the site had not obtained a "large enough marketshare to warrant its continued development" and that they "valued everyone's participation utp to this point." Google suggested Google+ as an alternative website where the discussion can be continued, and said that with their next projects they plan to announce the cancellations prior to launch to spare users any more inconvenience.

  6. Re:fridge that can order food by ColdWetDog · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm sorry Dave. I can't do that.

    (Your supposed to be on a diet, remember?)

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  7. solve for X by MadMaverick9 · · Score: 3, Funny

    will this help me solve my problems with X Windows?