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Visiting #Google campus for first time. As @jra says,"this is Google, your money's no good here". Gratis Food, beverages, snacks everywhere
Friday, 22-Oct-10 19:02:36 UTC from web- Julian Aloofi likes this.
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@bkuhn: Don't let them trick you with their corporate for-profit ways! (Also, pls ask them to stop being evil with chromium.)
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@bkuhn Wow. I wish I was there... Oo
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@fabsh Doesn't every geek :-P
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note to self: ride @bkuhn's coattails to a free lunch at Google. so um.... where is my invitation? ;)
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@jezra It would be a good chance to ask for another phone.
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@yamanickill Yeah.... Lucky git..... :)
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@bkuhn You'll be at the summit? Hopefully I'll see you and get a chance to say hello!
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@jakeroberts that reminds me, I took your advice and wrote to Dell. So far, they have been as silent as Google.
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@jezra, AFAICT, all you need is one Google employee to invite you to visit them at work. You don't need my coattails at all, but a Googler's
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@bkuhn There is no such thing.....
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@bkuhn I take it you're visiting the #Googleplex?
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@bkuhn Hands shaking, no? And my concentration is mostly shot anyway as you must have noticed at GUADEC.... ;)
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@fabsh, yeah, I also grind my teeth when I've had too much caffeine. Also, slight nausea along with hand shaking & concentration.
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@bkuhn That totally happens to me. My jaw tightens, muscles clench, ears ring, and I get cranky and incoherent.
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@bkuhn Where does "Googleplex" originate?
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@bkuhn Ah, sorry about that, didn't realize. I'll keep that in mind in future.
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@bkuhn Interesting. The worst I get is a slightly off-kilter stomach. That and I get very fast at doing things.... :)
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@fabsh, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googolplex is the origin of the word, but obviously they spell it differently, which is a help.
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@bkuhn Heh. I'd thought it had to do with the guy from the Bond films..... :D
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@jamestait Nope, not for me....
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@fabsh I get headaches and an ache behind my eyes when overcaffeinated. Not pleasant :(
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@jasonriedy Isn't Google just a corruption of "goggles"?
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@jamestait You told me that once.... :)
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@jasonriedy, yeah, that's a point. I generally hate company names that coopt English words regardless, but it's hard to fight tendency.
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@psquid Yeah, I get that. But not only from caffeine....
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@fabsh: It probably won't be the last time, I have a terrible memory!
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@frankenspock Cute! I love the logo back then..... Man, the good times. :)
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@jasonriedy "Google" is a proper name; "Googleplex" is an informal nickname. So that's kind of a difference, right there.
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@fabsh Bring back the "beta"! ;)
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@jasonriedy Really.... Who cares? This is the Pedantic Net tonight....
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@psquid LOL. A beta company..... Very neat! :)
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@frankenspock Oh. Thought they had renamed the universe after themselves. They have that power, ya know.
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@fabsh So, you really don't remember when the main value of Google was for searching #Linux Web sites? http://ur1.ca/25h2e
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@fdroid,Good point: Java, Oracle & Sun all do bother me. I guess GNU doesn't bother me b/c I didn't know what a gnu was until I heard of GNU
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@evan It still works, too: http://www.google.com/linux :D
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Despite trying to stop,I keep thinking of this comment from #Conan O'Brien all day here at #Google: ur1.ca/25h3p (I tried it, you don't BTW)
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@evan Dude.... I was born in '83. I got on the bloody net in late '98. Always too late. Story of my life.... :/
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@bkuhn: Its okay, you're probably not talking to anyone in that group.
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@spot, so if you have an agenda item, I'm happy to raise it w/ them. Wel, at least, if it sounds like something I agree with. :)
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@spot, e.g., #Google Checkout'd *suck* worse than PayPal for !Conservancy if it weren't for OSPO ppl fixing things for NGOs at our request.
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@bkuhn: It's not something I could appropriately or thoroughly brief you in this format, but this is a start: http://is.gd/gdo9x
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@bkuhn Can you ask them to fix Google Apps as an Android account email? Pretty please.... ;)
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@fabsh It should work as of a Google Apps upgrade they're slowly rolling out - my psquid.net setup's got it, but psychedelicsquid.net hasn't
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@fabsh Haven't actually tested whether it does work yet, though - all my bought apps are stuck on my GMail account.
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@silner Age increases hangovers.
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@bkuhn I'd advise adopting FaiF apps and working *with* the community, but I know the latter won't fly. ugh.
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@psquid Heh.... How do i know?
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@bkuhn LOL. OK..... Forget it then..... ;)
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@psquid Yeah. That sucks..... :/
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@silner Same.
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@evan See.... I'm normaly exactly like that! ;)
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@jasonriedy, yeah, #Google has problems in this regard. Most of the OSPO ppl get it & try to communicate it inside company, but it's tough.
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@fabsh There's a notification on the dashboard, since it isn't automatic. Also switches on a number of other previously GMail-only services.
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@bkuhn Can't be higher than mine. I live on the stuff. @opensourcegeek tried to keep up and bailed immediately....
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@psquid Really? Haven't been to the dashboard in ages. What does it say?
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@fabsh, 4 shots of espresso/day is my standard, but I *try* to keep at 3 & often FAIL. 6 shots if got too little sleep. 8 shots is overdose
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@fabsh Don't remember, sorry. It should be fairly clear if it is there, though.
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@bkuhn I usually drink about two litres of drip coffee a day. I think...
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@psquid OK, cool. Thanks! :)
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@bkuhn Meh. You American's can't brew coffee for shit. German coffee is just STRONGER! ;)
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#Google hangs coding tutorials above toilets (like how some restaurants hang a newspaper). I find this practice #disturbing & distracting.
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@bkuhn Good to hear that there are people inside who get it. That's a start.
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