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beussery [PersonRank 10]

Sunday, May 17, 2009
15 years ago7,947 views

Announced last week at Google Searchology, "Google Squared" seems to be close to launch! The URL had been an "Error" but now resolves to a page that says:

"Google Squared – Coming Soon

Google Squared will be coming soon. For now, why not have fun squaring some numbers?"

http://www.google.com/squared

Tony Ruscoe [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Some "hidden" easter eggs:

[times]
[be there]
[alpha]
[42]

Mrrix32 [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Hands up. Who's first number was 42?
(Go on, Try it! :P)

Mrrix32 [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Ah beat me to it.
Is checking the source the first thing you do for everything? :P
(I only looked at the source after your post ;))

beussery [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

"1440 Broadway" Times Square NYC he...he...he... :)

Above 5 comments were made in the forum before this was blogged,

beussery [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

"Through archival recordings, he relates the story of a race of hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings who built a computer named Deep Thought to calculate the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. When the answer was revealed to be 42, Deep Thought had predicted that another computer, more powerful than itself would be made and designed by it to calculate the question for the answer. (Later on, referencing this, Adams would create the 42 Puzzle, a puzzle which could be approached in multiple ways, all yielding the answer 42.)"

-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy

Also, building 42 at GooglePlex is where ES's office is located I believe...

PierreS [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Yup, 42 was my first reflex as well :-)

PierreS [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Actually squaring Google or googol or 10000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000 doesn't do a thing :-(

beussery [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

To bad they missed the magic number :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxmKRyLdBho

James Xuan [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

I love that song!

govindseo [PersonRank 0]

15 years ago #

nice update by Big Google!!!

Ian M [PersonRank 1]

15 years ago #

Aww it won't let me square pi, e or i :(

Me [PersonRank 8]

15 years ago #

[put at-character here]Ian M
I was just about to post that EXACT comment (I missed the orig. post)

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