Lawsuits Fly Over Google Founders' Party Plane 238
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."
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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!
This will serve as a stark warning... (Score:5, Funny)
That's not the half of this vast conspiracy (Score:3, Funny)
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.
If this is a problem (Score:5, Funny)
The only questions that remain now are... (Score:5, Funny)
Hammocks? (Score:4, Funny)
It takes real guts to use a hammock in an ornithopter.
1200 Emails = Involved? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Doing the job well? (Score:3, Funny)
Soko
Slashdot Editors... (Score:3, Funny)
Bah (Score:4, Funny)
Evil masterminds... (Score:5, Funny)
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*
Internet Planes? (Score:1, Funny)
Apparently TechGranny thinks Google is trying to invent a new kind of internet plane.
TechGranny on the internet planes. [hackingbluegrass.com]
Ok, I know the score... (Score:1, Funny)
But I did see "$200,000", "party", and "lawsuit" -- and I think we can all conclude the stripper's probably lying.
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Re:Why is this news? (Score:3, Funny)
Dude, this is
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That's nice. Does he do airplane interior design, too?
Re:Doing the job well? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:This will serve as a stark warning... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Must be a slow news day (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Evil masterminds... (Score:3, Funny)
Next problem for Google... (Score:3, Funny)