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Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy > HGTTG: Googleplex Starthinker

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message 1: by Jan (new) - rated it 5 stars

Jan | 774 comments I know the official story how Google got its (second) name is different, but had someone else a feeling when reading the name "Googleplex Starthinker" that someone may have gotten their actual inspiration for the name Google from Hitchhikers?

For me I have decided I will believe this book is the actual origin of the name... 😜


Steve (stephendavidhall) | 156 comments The IT company I work for incorporated the number 42 into its name, as a direct homage, but apparently clients have mistaken this for a typo of 24 (in the sense of 24 hour service).


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Pete (petea) | 27 comments It's funny that both Douglas Adams and Google both spelled it wrong because the actual numbers are Googol and Googolplex.


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