网易100天---44、Anecdotes about Google

Anecdotes奇闻异事 about Google

5 Fun Facts You Didn’t Know About Google

Google is an unconventional company with a huge stake in our online lives. It is a source of fascination for many, including us, but what really happens in the Googleplex? And what cool factoids and stats exist from the company’s relatively short past? Here we bring you 5 fun facts about Google to quench our own thirst for Google knowledge as well as hopefully offer you a distracting diversion from your daily life.

1. The First Google Storage Was Made From LEGO
   Legend has it that the reason for the LEGO construction was that the Google guys needed an easily expandable, and cheap way to house 104 GB hard drives, and LEGO fit the bill. Whether the primary colors of the bricks used were the hues that went on to inspire the Google logo’s design is up for debate, but we’d guess it wasn’t just a coincidence.

2. The Google Logo Was Not Centered Until 2001
   Google’s famously sparse homepage is considered a classic design in the online world. The Google logo, however, wasn’t actually centered on the page until March 31, 2001.

3. Google Rents Goats
   This one isn’t actually one of Google’s infamous April Fools’ Day jokes: Google rents out goats. Yes you read that right. It rents goats from a company called California Grazing to help cut down the amount of weeds and brush at Google HQ. The operation of 200 goats (plus herder and a border collie) is kind to the environment, and as Google puts it: “A lot cuter to watch than lawn mowers.”

4. Google Is Dog-Friendly
   Google is a super dog-friendly company. Less senior staff are also allowed to bring their dogs to the office. According to Google’s “Dog Policy”, one indiscretion too many on the Google carpets, or aggressive behavior, means Lassien 姑娘；少女；恋人 will have to stay at home in the future. Strong bladdered and friendly canines are more than welcome across the campus.

5. Google Has a Company Dinosaur
   By all accounts, there are many wondrous sights to be seen at the Googleplex, but one of the most arresting is surely the gigantic T-Rex skeleton — nicknamed “Stan” after a “real” dino found nearby — that looms menacingly at Googlers in Mountain View.

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Anecdotes奇闻异事 about Google

你所不知道的谷歌五件趣事
5 Fun Facts You Didn’t Know About Google

Google is an unconventional company with a huge stake in our online lives. It is a source of fascination for many, including us, but what really happens in the Googleplex? And what cool factoids and stats exist from the company’s relatively short past? Here we bring you 5 fun facts about Google to quench our own thirst for Google knowledge as well as hopefully offer you a distracting diversion from your daily life.
谷歌是一家不同寻常的公司，对我们的线上生活起着至关重要的作用。对于包括我们在内的许多人来说，谷歌极具魅力，但谷歌总部内究竟是如何运作的？在相对较短的过去中，它又存有什么很酷的消息和数据呢？
在这里，我们将给您介绍关于谷歌5个有趣事实，希望给您提供一个不同于日常生活的视角，满足大家对了解谷歌的渴望。

1. The First Google Storage Was Made From LEGO
   1.第一款谷歌存储是由乐高制作的
   Legend has it that the reason for the LEGO construction was that the Google guys needed an easily expandable, and cheap way to house 104 GB hard drives, and LEGO fit the bill. Whether the primary colors of the bricks used were the hues that went on to inspire the Google logo’s design is up for debate, but we’d guess it wasn’t just a coincidence.
   传闻，之所以是乐高结构，是因为谷歌需要一种易于扩展和廉价的方式来容纳104GB硬盘，而乐高符合这个要求。这些积木的原色是否就是启发了谷歌标志设计的色调还有待商榷，但我们猜测这不仅仅是巧合。

2. The Google Logo Was Not Centered Until 2001
   Google’s famously sparse homepage is considered a classic design in the online world. The Google logo, however, wasn’t actually centered on the page until March 31, 2001.
   谷歌的主页设计是互联网业内的经典设计。然而，直到2001年3月31日，谷歌的徽标才居中。

3. Google Rents Goats
   3. 谷歌出租山羊
   This one isn’t actually one of Google’s infamous April Fools’ Day jokes: Google rents out goats. Yes you read that right. It rents goats from a company called California Grazing to help cut down the amount of weeds and brush at Google HQ. The operation of 200 goats (plus herder and a border collie) is kind to the environment, and as Google puts it: “A lot cuter to watch than lawn mowers.”
   这个实际上并不是谷歌愚人节的笑话：谷歌租山羊。是的，你没有看错。它从一家名为California Grazing的公司租山羊，来减少谷歌总部的杂草和灌木。
   200只山羊（加上牧民和边境牧羊犬）吃草有益于环境，正如谷歌所说的那样：“这比割草机更有价值。”

4. Google Is Dog-Friendly
   Google is a super dog-friendly company. Less senior staff are also allowed to bring their dogs to the office. According to Google’s “Dog Policy”, one indiscretion too many on the Google carpets, or aggressive behavior, means Lassien 姑娘；少女；恋人 will have to stay at home in the future. Strong bladdered and friendly canines are more than welcome across the campus.
   谷歌是一家对狗超级友善的公司。级别不高的工作人员也可以带他们的狗到办公室。
   根据谷歌的“狗狗政策”，这些狗不可以在地毯上随地大小便，或攻击他人，否则这些狗狗们就必须待在家里。公司欢迎友好的狗狗们。

5. Google Has a Company Dinosaur
   5.谷歌有公司恐龙
   By all accounts, there are many wondrous sights to be seen at the Googleplex, but one of the most arresting is surely the gigantic T-Rex skeleton — nicknamed “Stan” after a “real” dino found nearby — that looms menacingly at Googlers in Mountain View.
   根据各种说法，谷歌总部有许多令人惊叹的景观，但其中最引人注目的无疑是在山景城向谷歌员工发出威胁的巨型霸王龙骨架——以附近发现的“真正的”恐龙命名，绰号为“斯坦”。

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你所不知道的谷歌五件趣事
5 Fun Facts You Didn't Know About Google
From Mashable · 644 words · 6 mins
"Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one." So began the "letter from the founders" penned by Sergey Brin and Larry Page in the company's securities registration form in 2004. Despite ever-increasing commercial success since that date, Brin and Page have kept to their word. 

Google is an unconventional company with a huge stake in our online lives. It is a source of fascination for many, including us, but what really happens in the Googleplex? And what cool factoids and stats exist from the company's relatively short past? 

Here we bring you 5 fun facts about Google to quench our own thirst for Google knowledge as well as hopefully offer you a distracting diversion from your daily life. 

1. The First Google Storage Was Made From LEGO

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As proud hosts to Google back when it was still a research project, and known as "BackRub," here Stanford now showcases the original Google storage from way back in 1996. It's made up of a whopping 40 GB (less than a modern iPod) and it's made from, as fans of the building bricks will be delighted to see, LEGO. It even has funny mini-figures on the top. 

Legend has it that the reason for the LEGO construction was that the Google guys needed an easily expandable, and cheap way to house 104 GB hard drives, and LEGO fit the bill. Whether the primary colors of the bricks used were the hues that went on to inspire the Google logo's design is up for debate, but we'd guess it wasn't just a coincidence. 

2. The Google Logo Was Not Centered Until 2001

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Google's famously sparse homepage is considered a classic design in the online world. The Google logo, however, wasn't actually centered on the page until March 31, 2001. As early users will remember, the homepage had a bias to the left-hand side, and even earlier — back in 1998 — Google sported a Yahoo-style exclamation mark. 

3. Google Rents Goats

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This one isn't actually one of Google's infamous April Fools' Day jokes: Google rents out goats. Yes you read that right. It rents goats from a company called California Grazing to help cut down the amount of weeds and brush at Google HQ. 

The operation of 200 goats (plus herder and a border collie) is kind to the environment, and as Google puts it: "A lot cuter to watch than lawn mowers." 

4. Google Is Dog-Friendly

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Google is a super dog-friendly company. It proudly names "company dogs," like Yoshka (described as a "free-range Leonberger") pictured above. Yoshka accompanies Urs Holzle, senior VP operations and Google Fellow to the Googleplex. Less senior staff are also allowed to bring their dogs to the office. 

According to Google's "Dog Policy", one indiscretion too many on the Google carpets, or aggressive behavior, means Lassie will have to stay at home in the future. Strong bladdered and friendly canines are more than welcome across the campus. 

Unfortunately, cats are not quite as welcome. Here's an excerpt taken directly from Google's Code of Conduct: "Google's affection for our canine friends is an integral facet of our corporate culture. We like cats, but we're a dog company, so as a general rule we feel cats visiting our offices would be fairly stressed out." 

5. Google Has a Company Dinosaur

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By all accounts, there are many wondrous sights to be seen at the Googleplex, but one of the most arresting is surely the gigantic T-Rex skeleton — nicknamed "Stan" after a "real" dino found nearby — that looms menacingly at Googlers in Mountain View. 

Joining Stan in the unique campus decorations is a scale replica of the SpaceShipOne, enormous Android-themed models, pink flamingos, a large LEGO man, Google-colored phone boxes and grown-up size ball pits. One thing seems for sure — just like the company itself — life at the Googleplex must be far from dull.