Media Contributed by Rick
Google's first production server ...with the hair pulled back, revealing a rack of cheap networked PCs, circa 1999. Each level has a couple of PC boards slammed in there, partially overlapping. This approach reflects a presumption of rapid obsolescence of cheap hardware, which would not need to be repaired. Several of the PCs never worked, and the system design optimized around multiple computer failures. According to Larry and Sergey, the beta system used Duplo blocks for the chassis because generic brand plastic blocks were not rigid enough. We held an event at the Computer History Museum yesterday, and I noticed this new item in the collection. It pre-dates the Google Master Plan.
Google logo since September 1, 2015. The letters of "Google" are each purely colored (from left to right) with blue, red, yellow, blue, green, and red in Product Sans font.
Guido Van Rossum at the Dropbox headquarters in 201
Buildings of the University of Amsterdam The front building houses the Academic Club of the university
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt An anatomy lesson taking place in Amsterdam in 1632, the year the University of Amsterdam was founded. Nicolaes Tulp is considered one of the forefathers of the Faculty of Medicine.
