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This reminds me of Google on April Fools' Day, creating a project willing to do exactly that. http://www.google.com/virgle/ http://www.google.com/virgle/
by aaco 19y ago
This reminds me of Google on April Fools' Day, creating a project willing to do exactly that.
http://www.google.com/virgle/ http://www.google.com/virgle/
- epi0Bauqu 19y agoThat's funny, but it is also a shame Mars colonization has become a butt of jokes instead of a reality. Or perhaps it means it is getting closer to reality in peoples' minds if it is an April Fools Joke (in the sense those jokes are often supposed to trick people)?
- jcl 19y agoGoogle's previous April Fool's caper -- a sewer-based ISP -- wasn't too different from some real-life proposals: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/Apr/01/googles_toilet_isp_not_so_far_fetched.html http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/Apr/01/goog...
- aaco 19y agoOr perhaps it means it is getting closer to reality in peoples' minds if it is an April Fools Joke I think that's true, but I don't see it as a shame to be a joke in any way. I mean, in Google case, the joke is more in the application form and other subtle things, like the last FAQ question (http://www.google.com/virgle/faq.html#11 http://www.google.com/virgle/faq.html#11) and the error page (http://www.google.com/virgle/error.html http://www.google.com/virgle/error.html), which says, amongst other things: "... Virgle isn't real. Yet."