Near the "Super Secret Strategic PUE Plan" computer there is a shredder with something left out of it [1]. I'm dying to figure out what it says. The paper is clearly a plant since a) the document wasn't fully shredded and b) the shredder isn't near a power outlet.
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 you clicked and only show you close-ups from empty racks or racks without servers. Also I can't see anything about their cooling systems, which you hear a lot about and would be interesting.
Also, don't mention how some things are blurred out, and how there is a huge curtain on one end of the streetview tour. I was honestly disappointed by how little Google told us, compared to the sensational title.
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 :)
Never say never... If you really want to make it, study a subject in depth, show your skills by working on some good projects, open source or not, and you have good chances.
My favorite Google data center prank was the Oregon one. Next door to where they built it was a window factory, so a sign appeared on the data center fence which read "Voldemort's School of Defenestration"
"If your account is less than a year old, please don't submit comments
saying that HN is turning into Reddit. (It's a common semi-noob illusion.)"
pg, is it time to update the guidelines? Or at least ask that people read and follow them? This submission and its comments seem to indicate that the illusion is becoming reality. More specifically, there is already a story[0] on Google's datacenter in which one's intellectual curiosity can be gratified. This one is little more than a meme with Google's name on it.
http://goo.gl/maps/d0tD5
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Enormous Android figure locked up in a cabinet:
http://goo.gl/maps/7Njc6
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Guy getting Rickroll'ed twice
http://goo.gl/maps/7IJMk
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I'm going to assume this is Buster from Arrested Development, hiding inside of a box.
http://goo.gl/maps/61kbM
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"Please keep the door closed... Or I'll call the Brute Squad"
http://goo.gl/maps/DJJYr
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"Caution - This Sign has Sharp Edges"
http://goo.gl/maps/Mo0uE