Monday, July 12, 2004
Turning coffee into theorems
Those clever nerds over at Google are at it again. Recently, they placed a generic billboard in Silicon Valley with a math problem on it as a way to attract potential employees.
According this News.com article, "the billboard read:"{first 10-digit prime found in consecutive digits e}.com." The answer, 7427466391.com, would lead a puzzle-sleuth to a Web page with yet another equation to solve, with still no sign the game was hosted by Google."
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Those clever nerds over at Google are at it again. Recently, they placed a generic billboard in Silicon Valley with a math problem on it as a way to attract potential employees.
According this News.com article, "the billboard read:"{first 10-digit prime found in consecutive digits e}.com." The answer, 7427466391.com, would lead a puzzle-sleuth to a Web page with yet another equation to solve, with still no sign the game was hosted by Google."
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