#linux (on irc.linux.ie) has been getting some unwelcome attention lately from a script kiddie and a network of ‘zombie’ machines.
Which makes today’s UserFriendly even more apt than normal.
If you’re joining us on #linux in the next few days and you’re not a regular … send a message to me (pron) for an invite if you can’t normally get in. (We’ve occasionally had to set the channel to invites only because of the attacks)
The Google talk last night was definately interesting. Urs Hoelzle is a very interesting guy, who had (for once) stuff to share about how google does its thing.
To many what would seem like rocket-science was described as “Embarrassingly Simple”. That said, the overview of what they do, the magic behind the very simple fascade that is a href=”http://www.google.ie/”>Google and the people present made it a very interesting evening.
As was pointed out to me though – no-one asked the question “How many machines do Google have ?”
The only answer I’ve ever seen given to that is “Enough !”
If you’re interested in working for Google, you should really check out that link. Some really great jobs, but their interview process is rumoured to be <ahem> comprehensive !