# ATTN: computer geeks **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 4, 2005, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-computer-geeks/177482 "2005-10-04T07:05:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rookee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rookee/32/5972_2.png) [@rookee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rookee)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-computer-geeks/177482/1 "2005-10-04T07:05:51Z")
[http://www.sun.com/events/google/](http://www.sun.com/events/google/) what’s up with this? anyone know anything interesting? :stupid: ---
**Author:** ![ninjenn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@ninjenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninjenn)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-computer-geeks/177482/2 "2005-10-04T08:50:10Z")
:dunno: ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-computer-geeks/177482/3 "2005-10-04T09:46:47Z")
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**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-computer-geeks/177482/4 "2005-10-04T09:47:59Z")
btw - we like to be called “IT professionals” ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-computer-geeks/177482/5 "2005-10-04T09:56:24Z")
let me guess!!! Sun wants a piece of the Office Biz Google wants a piece of the Office Biz ---
**Author:** ![ninjenn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@ninjenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninjenn)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-computer-geeks/177482/6 "2005-10-04T09:57:06Z")
I read somewhere google is going to “make their own internet”… possibly [reuters.com](http://reuters.com) Edit: At least that was the speculation. ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-computer-geeks/177482/7 "2005-10-04T09:57:55Z")
> [@huskysgrl](#): > > I read somewhere google is going to “make their own internet”… possibly [reuters.com](http://reuters.com) > > Edit: At least that was the speculation. that was a while ago when they were buying up a ton of dark fiber, not sure what will come of that ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-computer-geeks/177482/8 "2005-10-04T10:14:02Z")
dark fiber is good for a ‘rainy day’ ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-computer-geeks/177482/9 "2005-10-04T10:23:47Z")
this could be a good time ot buy stock in google… ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-computer-geeks/177482/10 "2005-10-04T10:27:47Z")
I hear Google is going to offer free wireless internet service to ALL OF SAN FRANCISCO. ---
**Author:** ![JackdUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jackdup/32/6015_2.png) [@JackdUp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JackdUp)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-computer-geeks/177482/11 "2005-10-04T10:30:39Z")
> [@fshowcars](#): > > this could be a good time ot buy stock in google… Some more info… > **[Yahoo Finance - Stock Market Live, Quotes, Business & Finance News](https://finance.yahoo.com/)** > > At Yahoo Finance, you get free stock quotes, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources, international market data, social interaction and mortgage rates that help you manage your financial life. ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-computer-geeks/177482/12 "2005-10-04T10:33:20Z")
The alliances are forming to take on the malevolent dictator… :eek4: ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-computer-geeks/177482/13 "2005-10-04T11:08:38Z")
> [@JackdUp](#): > > Some more info… > > [Yahoo Finance - Stock Market Live, Quotes, Business & Finance News](http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/051004/sun_google.html?.v=2) haha nice look at my post time! woot ---
**Author:** ![rookee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rookee/32/5972_2.png) [@rookee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rookee)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-computer-geeks/177482/14 "2005-10-04T11:12:20Z")
i hear google implanted chips in all ‘IT professionals’ and will soon have minions that will wreak havoc on anything with a phone jack and power source :dunno: ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-computer-geeks/177482/15 "2005-10-04T11:17:30Z")
> [@rookee](#): > > i hear google implanted chips in all ‘IT professionals’ and will soon have minions that will wreak havoc on anything with a phone jack and power source :dunno: They’re actually a techno-organic collective whose goal is to assimilate all life on earth… ---
**Author:** ![ninjenn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@ninjenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninjenn)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-computer-geeks/177482/16 "2005-10-04T11:20:31Z")
> [@ShalerPunk](#): > > They’re actually a techno-organic collective whose goal is to assimilate all life on earth… resistance is futile :mrT: ---
**Author:** ![JackdUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jackdup/32/6015_2.png) [@JackdUp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JackdUp)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-computer-geeks/177482/17 "2005-10-04T11:34:43Z")
> [@whitey](#): > > [quote=JackdUp]… haha nice look at my post time! woot[/QUOTE] Nothing’s official until a reputable website is linked! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![newchic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newchic/32/5989_2.png) [@newchic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newchic)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-computer-geeks/177482/18 "2005-10-05T04:46:13Z")
> [@fshowcars](#): > > btw - we like to be called “IT professionals” hahahahha…