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29th March 2005, 17:32
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| Madshrimp  Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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 | Irrational Building Number Causes Tragedy at Google Mountain View , CA – What once seemed a harmless, whimsical choice in building numbers, turned a simple call for help into a tragedy. Google numbered its building 0, 1, e and pi to satisfy the intellectual superiority that many Google employees feel. Unfortunately, the county’s 911 system was unable to deal with the irrational numbers and tragedy befell the search engine company. http://www.bbspot.com/News/2005/03/google_numbers.html Operator: "Okay, we'll dispatch a fire truck there immediately. Which building are you in?." Google: "Building 'pi'."
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29th March 2005, 18:04
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 |  Tragic indeed; I only hope the caller turns out unharm. Lesson learnt - there is nothing perfect in this world. We could only try harder.
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29th March 2005, 19:19
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| Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| uhm.. notice the icon in front of the thread + url name 
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29th March 2005, 19:44
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| I know  You did not fool me this time.
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