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Google Moon

http://moon.google.com/

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I just saw that this morning too...haha this is cool...time to look into some property on the moon...or is it all sold out already?

That's really fucking cool. Nice, man.

Re: Google Moon

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Originally posted by Tordan Zoom in at 100%

Cheese. Hardy har har.

Re: Re: Google Moon

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Originally posted by Irishaddict Cheese. Hardy har har.

pure jokes! gotta love their sense of humour

oh those silly google people.

Should post this here:

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=213503

Google employees working at the Moon location can now find the way to work.

http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html

Is it just me, or is this forshowding things to come?

I think google is going to take over the world. maybe it will run better then!

^^^ Their satellite map thing is pretty awesome.

You can freak people right out if they don't know that it exists.

I'm watching you.

in related google news

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ht...ooglelee20.html

This is HUGE. THis guy was specially appoint by M$ to help thwart Google's advances in search technology...

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Gone to Google: Microsoft sues over exec's defection By Kim Peterson Seattle Times technology reporter Kai-Fu Lee becomes the highest-ranking Microsoft employee to leave for competitor Google. For months, Microsoft has suffered a mini-exodus of top talent to Google. But one departure announced yesterday clearly hurt � so much so that the company sued the outgoing executive and Google, which Microsoft said improperly encouraged the move. Kai-Fu Lee, a corporate vice president, resigned to open a research center for Google in China, becoming the highest-ranking employee to leave for a company that unmistakably irritates Microsoft's leadership. Lee, 43, joins several former co-workers in moving to Google's newer � if not greener � pastures. He said yesterday that while he is grateful to Microsoft for all he has learned there, the new job was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. "Everybody I talked to [at Google] really has an incredible passion and excitement," he said, describing the company as "a very collegiate environment in which I think I can really amplify the ideas I have." Lee was involved in developing the Web search engine that Microsoft officially released in January, in part to better compete with industry-leading Google. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, he also helped lead the company's business strategy in China. Microsoft lawyer Tom Burt said yesterday that the company knew Lee was going to head an office for Google in China. That alone was enough to cause concern, he said. But Microsoft didn't know exactly what Lee would be doing until company executives read a news release from Google yesterday. "The job they hired him to do is absolutely in direct competition with the work he was doing at Microsoft," Burt said. "Not only is it at a competitor, it's directly competitive work." Within hours of the hiring announcement, Microsoft filed a lawsuit against Lee and Google in King County Superior Court. To become a vice president at Microsoft, according to the lawsuit, Lee signed an agreement in 2000 that said if he left, he couldn't do any work that competes with Microsoft for one year. The suit also said Lee was among a small number of executives privy to highly confidential details about Microsoft's business. His contract said he cannot disclose any of the company's trade secrets or other confidential information. There is no indication, however, that Lee has done so. The lawsuit also admonished Google, saying the rival essentially should have known better than to encourage Lee to jump ship. Microsoft and Google are trying to recruit employees from each other all the time, Burt said, and Google knows that these kinds of noncompetition agreements are in place. Injunction may be sought Suspecting that an announcement was coming, Burt said Microsoft contacted Google on Monday and reminded them of Lee's contract, but received no response. He said Microsoft plans to request an injunction soon to stop Lee's move until the lawsuit is resolved. There's a certain code of conduct in the technology industry when it comes to luring away an employee, Burt said. An interested company generally comes clean and discloses whom they want to hire. Google didn't do that, he said. Lee would not comment on Microsoft's lawsuit yesterday. In a written statement, Google said it had reviewed Microsoft's claims and found them to be completely without merit. "We're thrilled to have Dr. Lee on board at Google," the company said. "We will defend vigorously against these meritless claims and will fully support Dr. Lee." Noncompete agreements in employee contracts are fairly common, said Steven Winterbauer, a Seattle employment-law attorney. These cases usually end in settlements, he said. "In my experience, these cases often are as much about emotion as they are about legitimate or justifiable concern regarding a threat to the company," he said. "There's this almost sense of betrayal." Other defectors to Google include Mark Lucovsky, founding member of the team that created Windows NT; and Joe Beda, who previously worked on a team developing Microsoft's next operating system. Adam Bosworth, a software pioneer at Microsoft, left to start his own company but moved to Google last year. Still others who have held lower-ranking positions at Microsoft are also at Google. Lee joined Microsoft in 1998 and founded the company's research lab in Beijing. Before that, he had worked at Silicon Graphics and Apple Computer, helping to develop the QuickTime media player and other products. Reputation for excellence He was a pioneer in the speech technologies field, having developed such systems while working as an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University. After founding Microsoft's Beijing lab, he moved back to Puget Sound and worked again on speech technologies in Redmond. "Many people consider him sort of the father of speech technology for his work," said Jim Larson, who co-chairs a group that sets standards for the development of speech technologies. "His reputation is widely known." Recently, however, he began to focus more on Web search, Microsoft said, and at one point was responsible for the overall development of MSN's Web search engine. Microsoft and Google are core rivals in search technologies, although recently the two have begun to compete in other areas, such as e-mail and mapping services. Kai-Fu Lee Age: 43. Born: Taipei, Taiwan. Education: Doctorate in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University, bachelor's in computer science with highest honors from Columbia University. New job: Leading Google's product research and development center in China, serving as president of Google's Chinese operations. Old job: Corporate vice president of the National Interactive Services Division at Microsoft. Accomplishments: Founded Microsoft's Beijing laboratory, which has become one of the key research centers for the company. Past employers: Silicon Graphics, Apple Computer, Carnegie Mellon Trivia: Developed a computer program that plays the game Othello. The program defeated the human Othello world champion in 1988. Sources: Microsoft, Google, Kai-Fu Lee Lee will lead Google's Chinese research and development center, which is expected to open in the next few months. Google has not said where the office will be located.

LOL @ Microsoft filing a law suit.

Holy sore losers.

The technology market is the most competitive one this side of the earth. Unless Mr. Lee broke any contract specifications, including releasing information to Google regarding Microsoft's research venues and future software development plans, then he is under no obligation to reside at the company. Microsoft is not "above the law" when it comes to making their jobs "attractive to employees." If Google recruited Mr. Lee fairly and Mr. Lee chose to leave Microsoft as a result, then there's nothing that can be said by either parties.

Suck it up Microsoft.

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Originally posted by Irishaddict LOL @ Microsoft filing a law suit. Holy sore losers. The technology market is the most competitive one this side of the earth. Unless Mr. Lee broke any contract specifications, including releasing information to Google regarding Microsoft's research venues and future software development plans, then he is under no obligation to reside at the company. Microsoft is not "above the law" when it comes to making their jobs "attractive to employees." If Google recruited Mr. Lee fairly and Mr. Lee chose to leave Microsoft as a result, then there's nothing that can be said by either parties. Suck it up Microsoft.

Usually a contract is signed whereby an employee can't leave for a competitor...this seems to be a case just like this I of course don't know the circumstces but MSFT has a pretty good chance of winning this lawsuit depending on how good Google lawyers are and how much are they willing to pay damages.

My mom was sued exactly the same way but it was settled in a pretty silly manner lol...she left one company for a competitor...

reminded me of this track

http://www.metropolis-records.com/a...udio/160-07.ram

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Originally posted by Irishaddict Microsoft is not "above the law"

I agree with you, wouldnt it be nice that were true Unfortunatly, America is run by corporations with army of lawyers and a big pocket.

To quote someone else on the net discussing this issue..

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.... Wasn't M$ sued by the government, M$ lost, and was ordered to split into 2 seperate companies? What happened? Appeal, appeal, appeal. And wait for a new administration, and new attorney general. Microsoft is not following the law, they are not even obeying the law. They are using the judiciary to rewrite the laws with selective interpretation. Think about how involved M$ is with government. How much money do they donate each year to canidates they want? Then when it comes time to appoint judges, there is M$ again. Sooner or later, M$ will end up in a court with a judge they hand selected. It is the same method the Mafia used, get their thugs in positions of government. If Microsoft was held accountable for every contract they broke, they would cease to exists. ...

..and then people say my dislike of Microsoft is weird.. pfft.. blah! ..It's beyond their bad software and monopolistic practises. These fukcers represent a big part of what is wrong with this world.

In this case, about the contract issue with Mr. Lee, I dont know, It could go either way. There are non compete contracts for executives so M$ might have a chance/point in going after Lee. But after Google? The contract was between Lee and MS. MS is just jelous that all its best employees want to work at Google now, because Yes, Google is the "hip" place to work at now, no longer MS. MS wants to attack them however way it can.

Let the battle begin..

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Originally posted by starsearcher My mom was sued exactly the same way but it was settled in a pretty silly manner lol...she left one company for a competitor...

Same as when my mom left a corporation of hospitals for a smaller community hospital and they caused a ruckus. There's always elements of sore loser to this kind of stuff. I'm sure Microsoft regrets seeing Mr. Lee go, but I'm sure they're not at a loss to have the ability to fill that position.

Hey, look what else the Google peeps found on the moon! I always thought it was a rabbit... but no!!

You might have to look closely for this one.

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Originally posted by Irishaddict Same as when my mom left a corporation of hospitals for a smaller community hospital and they caused a ruckus. There's always elements of sore loser to this kind of stuff. I'm sure Microsoft regrets seeing Mr. Lee go, but I'm sure they're not at a loss to have the ability to fill that position.

See thats the problem, they are hard to come by.

Mr. Lee was highly respected in his field. I remember reading an article on how M$ was going to tackle google, and they had appointed him especially to take on Google.

Articles:

Gates: Good Techies Are Hard to Come By

GATES VS. GOOGLE - Search and Destroy

^^ that article is absolutly awsome. Its really long though, but a great read. It really show how scared MS is of Google.

Re: Re: Re: Google Moon

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Originally posted by Orko pure jokes! gotta love their sense of humour

Yea, that was pure jokes. Highly enjoyable -- top-notch sense of style and humour!

Now Tiesto can use this service to scout for future locations for TIC on the moon...Now that Space Mountain has been done, inevitably the moon is the future destination

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Originally posted by Tordan Hey, look what else the Google peeps found on the moon! I always thought it was a rabbit... but no!! You might have to look closely for this one.

Bwahahahahahahahah

That is fucking CLASSIC! OMG holy shit! LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

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Originally posted by starsearcher Now Tiesto can use this service to scout for future locations for TIC on the moon...Now that Space Mountain has been done, inevitably the moon is the future destination

Dude, you just KILL me too John! LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

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