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Subject: 
Google founder uses Mindstorms to model new working environment
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Date: 
Thu, 1 Apr 2004 21:37:10 GMT
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From a description of Google's new facility, planned on opening in 2007.

Quote:
  "The Googlunaplex is a working environment that will be unique both because of
its location and its design. Based on a working model constructed by Google
co-founder Larry Page from Lego® Mindstorms™, the facility features compact
living quarters and a state of the art server farm that are co-mingled to
maintain a delicate bio-technical balance. In traditional Google style, space
will be used with extreme efficiency, with Googlunars sharing quarters with
machines that generate search results as well as enough heat to warm the entire
Googlunaplex and several hot tubs."

http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job6.html



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  Re: Google founder uses Mindstorms to model new working environment
 
(...) Yes, and it goes on: Naturally, Google's earth-based culture will be replicated as closely as possible. An extreme sushi chef will harvest kelp and aquatic life from giant lava lamp oxygenators and the living space will be filled with colorful (...) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-04, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Google founder uses Mindstorms to model new working environment
 
You just gotta love April Fools Day! :) This is just too funny. - Jim (...) (21 years ago, 2-Apr-04, to lugnet.robotics)

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