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Re: Question to the list
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2012 Apr 5, 21:14 -0700
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2012 Apr 5, 21:14 -0700
Yeah, I remember that one, too. Half a decade ago or more. I live in Silicon Valley Sent from my iPhone On Apr 5, 2012, at 4:13 PM, Alexandre E Eremenkowrote: > Thanks, Lu, > > I knew Google can do everything, > but sometimes it makes you think how. > > I remember a job advertising from Google, which was a road poster > that read like this > thefirsttendigitsprimenumberindecimalexpansionofpi.com > If you are smart enough you compute this number, say X, > then go to X.com on the Internet, and they propose you to apply for a job > with them. You file an application, and then they do some additional screening and testing:-) > > > Alex. > > On Thu, 5 Apr 2012, Lu Abel wrote: > >> >> Entering lat/long into Google Maps is extremely simple -- just type in a pair of numbers. First latitude (in decimal degrees), a space, then longitude (again, in decimal degrees, not dd mm.mmm as navigators prefer). By convention, west longitudes and south latitudes are described with negative numbers. >> >> So, for example, the Kurz Technology Center at Purdue would be described to Google Maps as 40.4650 -86.9286 >> >> >> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: "eremenko---purdue.edu" >>> To: NavList@fer3.com >>> Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2012 11:19 AM >>> Subject: [NavList] Re: Question to the list >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> My car is inside the garage, and the photo only shows the roof of this >>> garage, with other people's cars parked on it. >>> But I still have to figure our how to use this. >>> (How to enter Lat and Long, for example). >>> >>> Alex. >>> >>> >>>> Alex, >>>> >>>> Try Flash Earth which shows Latitude and Longitude in either DMS or D.DD >>>> >>>> http://www.flashearth.com/ >>>> >>>> See Linked pic 140 and maybe you can spot your car ;-) >>>> >>>> >>>> Greg Rudzinski >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> NavList message boards and member settings: www.fer3.com/NavList >>>> Members may optionally receive posts by email. >>>> To cancel email delivery, send a message to NoMail[at]fer3.com >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=118739 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=118752 >> >>