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- Efflux, on 04/21/2008, -3/+34I for one, welcome our new Google overlords.
- Marijuana, on 04/21/2008, -4/+25Google is the big brother we all expected but never expected.
- ogisdan, on 04/21/2008, -2/+16I would kill a hamster to work for Google.
- RFKirb, on 04/21/2008, -2/+14better google than microsoft....
- Shadowgamers, on 04/21/2008, -2/+13Time to buy some stocks before it's too expensive...
- YodaJones, on 04/21/2008, -0/+8Imagine Godzilla and King Kong having babies, that's how big Google is.
- Shadowgamers, on 04/21/2008, -0/+6And Duct Tape. The essential tool for builders the world over
- meatmcguffin, on 04/21/2008, -1/+7Twice as large as half its size
- Charlatan22, on 04/21/2008, -2/+8Interesting, I never knew google was a powerful company
- Neticule, on 04/21/2008, -0/+5but istead its built with money, and glue.
- poidh, on 04/21/2008, -0/+5uuiU = Rick Roll I believe.
- vanden9, on 04/21/2008, -0/+5Here I was expected a picture of how big google is
- h4ppydotcom, on 04/21/2008, -0/+4The punchline you are missing is this:
1 googol = 10^100
1 Google = $10^100 - breakaway, on 04/21/2008, -1/+5|-------------|
- FrancoisLyon, on 04/21/2008, -0/+3Great. If Google is to double in size in the next few years, look for another doubling of Bay Area real estate.
- mikkee07, on 04/21/2008, -0/+3Looks like google won't be very hurt with all this dollar crisis. UK earnings are impressive.
- Genma, on 04/21/2008, -1/+4haha... "too expensive" being a relative term of course, I think that ship has sailed for most of us long ago.
aug. '04:
ipo: $85
cap: $23bn
today:
price: $535
cap: $169bn - Shadowgamers, on 04/21/2008, -3/+63.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209 7494459230781640628620899862803482534211706798214808651 3282306647093844609550582231725359408128481117450284102 7019385211055596446229489549303819644288109756659334461 2847564823378678316527120190914564856692346034861045432 6648213393607260249141273724587006606315588174881520920 9628292540917153643678925903600113305305488204665213841 4695194151160943305727036575959195309218611738193261179 3105118548074462379962749567351885752724891227938183011 9491298336733624406566430860213949463952247371907021798 6094370277053921717629317675238467481846766940513200056 8127145263560827785771342757789609173637178721468440901 2249534301465495853710507922796892589235420199561121290 2196086403441815981362977477130996051870721134999999837 297804995105973173281609631859502445945534690
- inactive, on 04/21/2008, -1/+4i would kill myself to work for google
OH SHI- - poidh, on 04/21/2008, -0/+2Yes, but this is about Google the company not googol the number. But we're all impressed that you know how to write one hundred zeros after each other in a row. Well done.
- chazza125, on 04/21/2008, -0/+2How big is a piece of pie?
- Shadowgamers, on 04/21/2008, -1/+3Take out 20 credit cards with a few thousand G's credit each and then pray to god they don't find where you live
- NonLeftistDiggr, on 04/21/2008, -0/+2corporate profit = bad? c'mon where are you folk on this one?
- 4LeggedtriPod, on 04/21/2008, -0/+2Try a different URL next time. Everyone knows that one by now.
- jefflundberg, on 04/21/2008, -0/+2I love Google, but lets put things into perspective, Google made $4.2 Billion on $16.59 Billion in revenue in 2007, with $17.2 Billion in the bank. That's a lot, right? Microsoft made $14 Billion on $51.1 Billion in revenue in the same period, and has another $40 Billion in the bank. Cisco made $7.3 Billion last year on $34.9 Billion in revenue. So, take Google's profits, multiply it by 3.34, and you have what Microsoft made. Another way to look at it: Google makes 30% of what Microsoft makes.
- jackflap, on 04/21/2008, -1/+3Yeah, google may be making money, but I'm finding that there's a concept of 'old money' and 'new money', and it's the 'old money' players which I think may have more power, despite not making as much money. These are the people who have been in corporate, powerful positions generationally. Money and businesses have gone down from parents to children for many generations, and their money is very tied into political power.
Just look at George Bush, or Rupert Murdoch, it's much more difficult to stop these people from getting what they want than it is for, say Richard Branson, or even Google I think. - luckyguy2000, on 04/21/2008, -0/+2wow, ive never googled whether this is bad or not.
- mithrasinvictus, on 04/21/2008, -1/+3What's your position on privacy and interoperability?
- xenxes, on 04/21/2008, -1/+3Or drown trying :(
I love metaphors. - mj1903, on 04/21/2008, -1/+3The idea that Google must grow because it grew in the past is preposterous. If that was the case then whatever happened to the other 11 companies that were part of the original 12 as part of the Dow Jones Industrial Index?
- FDisk, on 04/21/2008, -1/+3Better me than google or microsoft :)
- xienze, on 04/21/2008, -1/+2I'm sure someone said that when it hit $700-ish... right before the stock shed 40% of its value.
- Shadowgamers, on 04/21/2008, -1/+2Hope you've brought your life-savers :V
Jesus christ this metaphor just keeps going and going... - Neticule, on 04/21/2008, -1/+2Wow! And that is just from one country. I don't think they can be stopped any time soon, and I dont yet know whether that is a good, or a bad thing... I have not decided yet :oP
- RSTaichi, on 04/21/2008, -1/+2AOL, Netscape, Yahoo... Internet companies are as disposable as pop stars. just more hype and money at stake.
- greatgatsbyII, on 04/21/2008, -1/+2It's crazy to think about how many free services they offer and how they can still make money is beyond me. That a lot of ad money.
- scamper22, on 04/21/2008, -1/+2really sad thing: better Google than the government.
- Neticule, on 04/21/2008, -1/+2Its not already? I could maybe afford one if I saved up... lol.
- SwordFish666, on 04/21/2008, -1/+2Go Google!
- pw378, on 04/21/2008, -0/+1soon:
price: $985
cap: $311bn
and a bit later:
price: $1250
cap: $394bn
Yup. Too late. :) - Giga, on 04/22/2008, -0/+1(Not to scale)
- fokov, on 04/21/2008, -0/+1When corporations get big, the lines start to blur. Examples: any other industry in existence. Food, Coal, Oil, Energy (other), banking, etc.
- Psych77, on 04/22/2008, -0/+1Depends what size you want.
- drpaidout, on 04/21/2008, -1/+2Oh yeah, of course.. Google's great.. it'll keep growing.. and in 20 years time, it'll be larger than the world economy!
........... - inactive, on 04/21/2008, -0/+1Abe Vigoda?
- Morality, on 04/21/2008, -0/+1tinyurl ftw
- Psych77, on 04/22/2008, -0/+1Except they probably scan and store every mail, looking for more opportunites to "offer services".
- inactive, on 04/21/2008, -0/+1I just know that the Minority Report reality will catch us up drinking the Google kool-aid.
- Bmarofsky, on 04/21/2008, -1/+1Be careful what you wish for......or
If it sounds too good to be true...... -
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