Geek Pride
There are banners in the Harvard T station (and in other techy parts of the country) that read:
{the first 10-digit prime found in consecutive digits of e}.com
I figured it was a pretty ballsy company behind it; it's
Google's new recruiting ad. Naturally, it's not enough to just figure out the answer (
7427466391). From the Google blog:
Last week we unveiled a billboard that's a bit unusual in that it promotes Google only to one very narrow constituency: engineers who are geeky enough to be annoyed at the very existence of a math problem they haven't solved, and smart enough to rectify the situation.
In other words, the billboard (which offers problem-solvers the URL to, sorry, a page containing an even harder problem), is a recruiting campaign. We've always worked hard to hire the smartest engineers we can find, and we thought this would be a cool way to find a few more. Perhaps including you. If you're a math or computer whiz who doesn't happen to live within shouting distance of Palo Alto -- good luck, and we're looking forward to hearing from you.
* Ray, 9/07/2004 08:40:37 PM
