Google's Copernicus Center 147
Brad Barnich was one of countless readers to note that Google has begun accepting job applications for its new Copernicus data center. I imagine this will eat a sizable portion of their IPO profits, however with this new center not opening until 2007, they at least can take their time!
Email Autoresponder (Score:5, Informative)
Thank you for contacting Google about our Copernicus Research Center.
We've received an overwhelming response to this opportunity and are not currently accepting additional resumes. We will, however, keep your information on file should we have an opening in the future. At the current staffing levels, we anticipate that we may need additional applicants on or around April Fool's Day in 2104. Until then, we appreciate your interest in Google and your taking the time to write us.
Sincerely,
The Googlunar Recruiting Team
Now, would Google have been able to be this kewl if they had gone public?
Josh.
Mod parent up (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Email Autoresponder (Score:3, Insightful)
I'm sure someone out there is like "sweet! My resume is gonna be on file for two years with google!"
Ever hear of the spaghetti tree incident in (I think) Sweden? Now that's a AF joke.
Re:Email Autoresponder (Score:3, Informative)
karma's a bitch (Score:1)
Re:Email Autoresponder (Score:3, Funny)
YAAFJ (Score:1)
Re:YAAFJ (Score:5, Funny)
Clearly, we can conclude that Google has been infiltrated all the way to the upper levels with Masonic/Illuminati players.
Very astute of you to notice these weird connections, p0rnking.
Re:YAAFJ (Score:2)
Wow! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Email Autoresponder (Score:5, Interesting)
Of course not.
Everybody knows that on the day of IPO, a company is required to trade in their human souls for "professional" corporate-drone modules.
A sense of humor is a liability; it's much safer to offend no one by pandering to the lowest common denominator, and shareholders love the corporate monotone almost as much as they love short-sighted profits.
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Re:Email Autoresponder (Score:2)
Email message was as follows (if you're interested):
Damn. (Score:3, Funny)
> Greetings.
>
> I have been responsible for monitoring communications from your planet
> for some time now. It's been a largely dull and unsatisfying job, the
> highlights until recently being the discovery of fire and the wheel. The
> last couple of years have seen the creation of search engines; a
> development that proves you may be worthy of our further interest.
>
> I am communicating with you to tell you that we have a sleeping opeartive
> on your p
Re:Email Autoresponder (Score:1)
2007? Seems so far away, still... (Score:3, Funny)
By that time, we'll have entered President Kerry's third term in office, with Saddam's trial nearly over, and...
Oops, never mind, I'm not really from the future, don't really know what's going to happen... put that gun down...
Re:2007? Seems so far away, still... (Score:3, Funny)
We'll all have universal broadband by then! (Score:1)
Spazmatic Time Scaling (Score:1)
Re:Spazmatic Time Scaling (Score:2)
Doesn't make me any more sane, but I stand corrected.
Re:Spazmatic Time Scaling (Score:2)
Your refference to Kerry's third term in office in 2007 clearly indicates you have already disrupted the timeline and wiped out the event of Kerry's initial election. Your temporal incursion must therefore predate 1992.
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Outsourcing (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Outsourcing (Score:3, Informative)
http://www.google.com/jobs/sw-bangalore.html [google.com]
Re:Outsourcing (Score:1)
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Speaking of Google... (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Speaking of Google... (Score:1)
yadda, yadda, yadda. twenty seconds should be over pretty quickly now i assume hopefully...
Re:Speaking of Google... (Score:1)
Re:Speaking of Google... (Score:1)
Re:Speaking of Google... (Score:1)
gmail (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:gmail (Score:2, Informative)
But who knows...
april fools (Score:1)
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Re:april fools (Score:2)
Not only you, news sources around the globe were carrying gmail news today...
:?
Re:april fools (Score:1)
Too many people were taking gMail seriously so they had to up the ante...
Re:april fools (Score:1)
wow (Score:3, Interesting)
next story, "google accepts microsoft take-over bid"?
Best of all?? (Score:2, Funny)
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Heh. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Heh. (Score:1)
Re:Heh. (Score:1)
lame (Score:2, Funny)
they must be outsourcing them to india.
Enough is enough... (Score:2, Interesting)
I'll take a story on a new kernel, even a BSD article. Anyhing!
The real reasons (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The real reasons (Score:1)
An interesting concept. One of many "what if"'s you get when you re-read Heinlein's stuff today.
Re:The real reasons (Score:1)
There's also a 0% unemployment rate.
You spread your sour glass-half-empty attitude around here and think nobody will notice. Hmph.
April fools according to Reuters (Score:5, Informative)
Re:April fools according to Reuters (Score:5, Funny)
The journalist quotes a couple
How'd you like to spend your time at work reading Sla... oh, wait...
If you really want a job... (Score:2, Funny)
Waitaminute (Score:1, Funny)
I call BS on that -- any data-driven company that can't ship me digital video on-demand while onsite isn't worth a damn.
Among other things... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Among other things... (Score:4, Informative)
This proves GMail is for real (Score:2, Insightful)
Only 1000 users get to test GMail from today. Those lucky bastards.
Re:This proves GMail is for real (Score:1)
Re:This proves GMail is for real (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This proves GMail is for real (Score:2)
They can afford that because they're moving all of their jobs to India. I, for one, won't be using it.
Re:This proves GMail is for real (Score:2)
Re:This proves GMail is for real (Score:1)
No. Read the terms of service. It says the only type of ads that will be on website would be targetted text ads.
Missing poll option (Score:2)
Oh wait...
Slashdotting (Score:2)
Forbes says Gmail real, Copernicus joke (Score:3, Informative)
Forbes says Gmail real, Copernicus joke [forbes.com]
Re:Forbes says Gmail real, Copernicus joke (Score:2)
most of the forbes "article" contains only a slashdot summary along with a few google PHB comments that i recall reading this morning.
Re:Forbes says Gmail real, Copernicus joke (Score:2, Informative)
Created on..............: 1995-Aug-13.
Expires on..............: 2006-Aug-12.
Record last updated on..: 2004-Mar-31 16:50:22.
seems interesting they've had this url for a while and updated it last around gmt april fools day.
Re:Forbes says Gmail real, Copernicus joke (Score:3, Insightful)
>>> Last update of whois database: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 07:02:53 EST
I wonder if Google used that domain for internal e-mail prior to the public venture.
Re:Forbes says Gmail real, Copernicus joke (Score:1)
Really shouldn't be a joke (Score:2)
Gullible enough? (Score:3, Funny)
I'll do it... (Score:1)
Pink Floyd BBC (Score:1)
Do you think they'd give me, like, stock in exchange?
A Use for this (Score:5, Funny)
Re:A Use for this (Score:2)
Are you saying she's imaginary? ; )
Re:A Use for this (Score:2)
and a
Ok, enough with the jokes (Score:1)
Just wait til someone puts an SCO article up. It'll be so bizzare nobody'll be able to figure out if it's real or not.
Re:Ok, enough with the jokes (Score:1)
Re:Ok, enough with the jokes (Score:1)
SCO (Score:2)
My favorite part (Score:5, Funny)
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The current research projects envisioned (Score:3, Funny)
Once the facility is built, the real work begins. Google will be exploring a number of exciting research projects that have the potential to advance search science to a new frontier. Among the questions Googlunars will seek to answer are:
Exactly how far does the Worldwide web extend? Can it become an interplanetary utility? If so, will it replace Water Works on Monopoly(R)?
What are the likely effects of link attenuation over extreme distances? Is there a limit to link strength, or is it infinitely extensible like bubble gum that gets stuck to the bottom of your shoe?
What happens to PageRank in the proximity of a black hole? Is there distortion that might result in link relevancy reduction or popularity warping? Could this somehow be harnessed to generate more dates for engineers?
Does spam go on forever?
ps - yes, I know. Its called playing along.
5 mod point on April 1st. (Score:5, Funny)
Bad News: It's april 1st! BOOOOO!!!!!
Re:5 mod point on April 1st. (Score:1)
Bad News: I didn't get accepted to Google's new job offering, apparently, I'm "under-qualified". What a drag.
Good News: I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico.
G.C.H.E.E.S.E. (Score:1, Funny)
--HiDeHiDeHo
The real Gem in this article (Score:5, Interesting)
http://www.google.com/jobs/britney.html
My two favorite mispellings:
buttney spears
brititany spears (more appropriate than you would first think)
Re:The real Gem in this article (Score:2)
grittney spears
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all your data are belong to us (Score:1)
What you say!! Someone set up us the bomb!
Umm... (Score:1)
Wha?
Acreage on the Moon is still cheap! (Score:2, Funny)
No wonder Google looks like it's positioning itself to take over the world...
they really should have called the... (Score:3, Funny)
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GCheese? HiDeHiDeHo? (Score:2, Insightful)
Grammatical error... (Score:1, Redundant)
There should be no apostrophe on 'its' in this case. Unless you're trying to say that Google is a new Copernicus data centre (or 'center', as you Americans incorrectly spell it).
Ooh, I can't wait to get modded down!
The Google Response to Resume (Score:2)
Anyone else think (Score:3, Informative)
Cruel (Score:1)
Are they Paying...? (Score:2)
Re:I Don't Know About Anyone Else (Score:2)