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Yeah, I remember that one, too. Half a decade ago or more. 

I live in Silicon Valley

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On Apr 5, 2012, at 4:13 PM, Alexandre E Eremenko  wrote:

> 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:
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>> 
>> 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
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>>> ________________________________
>>> From: "eremenko---purdue.edu" 
>>> To: NavList@fer3.com
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2012 11:19 AM
>>> Subject: [NavList] Re: Question to the list
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>>> 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
>>>> 
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