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Re: Google's data centers are guarded by stormtroopers

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The pranks emphasize how carefully Google narrated each shot on here. Earlier today on HN I saw a link to a Wired article about Google giving us an insight into their datacenter. Although somewhat true, the article is very superficial and hardly mentions any tech details, and the indoor street view very carefully avoids the interesting stuff. Try going next to a server on the streetview, it'll skip right past where y…

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Re: Google's data centers are guarded by stormtroopers

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Someone was stupid enough to leave a computer terminal running with what I can clearly make out to be Google's future strategic plan. http://goo.gl/maps/d0tD5 --- Enormous Android figure locked up in a cabinet: http://goo.gl/maps/7Njc6 --- Guy getting Rickroll'ed twice http://goo.gl/maps/7IJMk --- I'm going to assume this is Buster from Arrested Development, hiding inside of a box. http://goo.gl/maps/61kbM --- "Pleas…

at least the super secret strategic plan is being displayed in chrome :)

The main joke here being that PUE < 1 is impossible by definition, by the way.

Re: Google's data centers are guarded by stormtroopers

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Someone was stupid enough to leave a computer terminal running with what I can clearly make out to be Google's future strategic plan. http://goo.gl/maps/d0tD5 --- Enormous Android figure locked up in a cabinet: http://goo.gl/maps/7Njc6 --- Guy getting Rickroll'ed twice http://goo.gl/maps/7IJMk --- I'm going to assume this is Buster from Arrested Development, hiding inside of a box. http://goo.gl/maps/61kbM --- "Pleas…

That reminds me of the recursive elevator sign: http://www.thescrabbled.com/posts/66891-The-Recursive-Escala...

Re: Google's data centers are guarded by stormtroopers

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Someone was stupid enough to leave a computer terminal running with what I can clearly make out to be Google's future strategic plan. http://goo.gl/maps/d0tD5 --- Enormous Android figure locked up in a cabinet: http://goo.gl/maps/7Njc6 --- Guy getting Rickroll'ed twice http://goo.gl/maps/7IJMk --- I'm going to assume this is Buster from Arrested Development, hiding inside of a box. http://goo.gl/maps/61kbM --- "Pleas…

The 'sharp edges' sign came from a Fark PhotoShop contest many years ago.

Re: Google's data centers are guarded by stormtroopers

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Did anybody else notice the RoombaMaster error thrown when you have a Flash debug build?

  TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
    at cityblock.flash.flash10.feature.roomba.controls::ElevatorControl/handleNewConfig()
    at cityblock.flash.flash10.feature.roomba.controls::ElevatorControl()
    at cityblock.flash.flash10.feature.roomba::RoombaMaster()
    at cityblock.flash.flash10.feature.roomba::RoombaModule/constructRoombaMaster()
    at cityblock.flash.flash10.feature.roomba::RoombaStub/handleLoadComplete()
If that's an easter egg then they really went deep :)
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