A brave new frontier in search science.

[Joeychgo]

Google Copernicus Center is hiring
Google is interviewing candidates for engineering positions at our lunar hosting and research center, opening late in the spring of 2007. This unique opportunity is available only to highly-qualified individuals who are willing to relocate for an extended period of time, are in top physical condition and are capable of surviving with limited access to such modern conveniences as soy low-fat lattes, The Sopranos and a steady supply of oxygen.

The Google Copernicus Hosting Environment and Experiment in Search Engineering (G.C.H.E.E.S.E.) is a fully integrated research, development and technology facility at which Google will be conducting experiments in entropized information filtering, high-density high-delivery hosting (HiDeHiDeHo) and de-oxygenated cubicle dwelling. This center will provide a unique platform from which Google will leapfrog current terrestrial-based technologies and bring information access to new heights of utility.


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[Joeychgo]

Google to advertise on the moon


Search giant pays $1bn for lunar rights


Arif Pollo, vnunet.com (http://www.vnunet.com/) 01 Apr 2006
In the most wide-scale advertising attempt ever known, Google (http://www.google.com/) plans to brand its logo into the surface of the moon so that it is visible from Earth.
The search giant will pay the US government an estimated $1bn for the rights to the lunar land.
"You've heard of Google Mars (http://www.google.com/mars) and Google Earth (http://earth.google.com/), where we show you maps of those planets? Well this is Google Moon, where we become the world's biggest brand," said an unnamed source at the company.
The Americans were the first to lay claim to the moon back in July 1969 when Neil Armstrong (http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/armstrong-na.html) took "one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind".
Planting the flag on the Moon's surface has always been considered a gesture of being there first, but that claim has now paid off in real money terms for the US government.
Google announced this week (http://www.vnunet.com/2153017) that it would sell a further 5.3 billion shares to raise $2.1bn.
Google's official filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission (http://www.sec.gov/) said that the sale of shares was designed to raise additional capital for future acquisitions, but the company declined to be more specific about any current agreements or commitments.
Analysts speculated at the time that the company must have a major purchase in mind and it is now clear where the funds will be heading.


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