Mysterious banners at a Cambridge, Mass., subway stop have commuters scratching their heads. The signs, challenging passers-by to solve a complicated math problem, are actually a cryptic pitch by Google, which is looking to hire more brainy engineers.
The message at Harvard Square also appears on a billboard in California's Silicon Valley, but Google's name is nowhere to be found on the ads. It simply states:
{first 10-digit prime found in consecutive digits of e}.com
In case you're wondering -- or forgot -- e is the base of the natural system of logarithms, having a numerical value of about 2.71828 (though the number goes on forever).
The correct answer to the banner problem leads to a Web site that poses yet another puzzle. Eventually, the determined problem-solver lands at a Google Web page that asks the smart, or lucky, few for a resume.
Well now, you night shift geeks, can you guess the number and the website????
Okay, fine... here's it...
http://www.7427466391.com/
Hope I can find a job in Google... but heck, am happy in Coimbatore....
Okay, RC has said e equals 2.718281828. The people at Google are so fond of 'e'. Check this out:
ReplyDeleteWhen Google filed for its IPO, they put down $2,718,281,828 as the amount they hoped to raise.
Geegle would have been a better name for them!!!!!
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