[ladbroke]

Anyone know the significance of the queen being on Google's homepage today? Not her birthday/s, so can't think why.

[MK Chris]

That's why:

[MK Chris]

Also here.

[ladbroke]

Ah I see. If only I'd hovered over the logo!

[AndyJ]

I want to work there. It looks like a great place to work...

[Munki Bhoy]

Nice to see she's put her stamp on the web site.

Yeah, I'll get my coat...

[dimtimjim]

I want to work there. It looks like a great place to work...

Yeah, its meant to be.... Who'd-a-thunk 2 blokes in a shed would start something so big....

[TIAL]

I'd love to work there, but I can't help thinking it's a terribly unproductive workplace. It seems like they encourage people to muck about the whole time!

[thenamesarnold]

I think it would be very easy to get side tracked whilse working, also the rule of no one is 100m from food would cause my eating habits to change rapidly. If it was all free food which i guess it is that would make it even worse.

For those who havent seen this clip from a while ago check it out :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7292600.stm

[Munki Bhoy]

My job is in IT. Whenever something is broken and I'm not sure how to fix it, my first stop is Google.

What on earth do the people do at Google when something is broken?

[Yudster]

They Ask Jeeves.

[thenamesarnold]

They Ask Jeeves.

But Jeeves Retired, its just Ask now

[Munki Bhoy]

Apparently the tour was notable for a couple of things.

1) They showed the Duke of Edinburgh Buckingham Palace on Google Earth. He asked to see the office he was standing in, but when they went to it the image was too old. All they could see was an empty patch of land!

2) They showed the Queen a youtube video of a baby laughing. It made her laugh, and she reportedly said "Lovely little thing isn't it. Amazing a child would laugh like that." What, does she not know children can laugh ridiculously?! Right enough, it's not like she raised her own kids.

[foot-loose]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P6UU6m3cqk][/youtube]

[Yudster]

That should be available on prescription foots, thanks!

[Munki Bhoy]

Haven't seen it since I got back from the US, but the Cow & Gate advert along similar lines always brought a smile to my face.

In my opinion, babies are the greatest design known to man. Their laugh is so brilliant and infectious that you want to hear it over and over and over again. Their cry is so annoying that you just want to stop it as quickly as possible. You just want them to be laughing all the time and not crying at all - hence they get brought up right and so forth.

[MK Chris]

You are annoying. And wrong.

[Andy B]

I'm with Lalottie on this one.

[Sunny So Cal]

Awww. Munki. Well said!

AndyB, you're always wrong. Just be quiet and go sit in the corner. Babies are brilliant!

[S4B]

I'm with Lottie and Andy B. This could split the forum!

[Munki Bhoy]

Come on, this doesn't make you smile?

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIlJw5h_eNc][/youtube]

[foot-loose]

Is there actually anything that ISNT on YouTube?

I mean, why the hell has someone uploaded that?

What did you do today? Oh I sat uploading adverts for Cow and Gate milk onto the internet. It was fuuuun.

[Munki Bhoy]

I did wonder that. After I thought "I'll just have a look on you tube just in case..."

I'm not sure what's weirder. The fact I immediately thought it might be there, or the fact that it was.

[foot-loose]

No - I would have done the same. I would assume it was there and then be annoyed if it wasn't.

But as you say, that's probably just as odd as the fact it WAS there in the first place. It's a mad world we live in.


*goes off singing that song from Donnie Darko*

[Ezza]

I'm with Lottie and Andy B. This could split the forum!

I agree. Is it harsh to tell a baby to shut the * up?