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Geek Culture / Google uses goats to cut grass instead of lawn mowers

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puppyofkosh
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Posted: 4th May 2009 23:52
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http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/mowing-with-goats.html

I've always thought google was a cool company, they're taking a low carbon approach to cutting gas, bringing in goats to eat it.
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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 4th May 2009 23:56
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I wonder how much "better" a goat is than a lawnmower beyond preconceptions?

If you REALLY wanted to help the environment you'd just let the grass get a bit untidy.

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David R
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Why is this news? It's just common sense - the things eat grass, and you have long grass. Let them eat it. Why is this heralded as so amazing?

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Black Rebel Heart
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Posted: 5th May 2009 00:08 Edited at: 5th May 2009 00:09
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I enjoy mowing my lawn. I would never let an animal eat my lush, super plush grass.

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Robin
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How much CO2 does a goat produce?

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bergice
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Quote: "How much CO2 does a goat produce? "


Less than a cow

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Posted: 5th May 2009 00:41
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Quote: "How much CO2 does a goat produce? "


Are we talking an alive goat or a dead one? Or an alive one on fire or a dead one on fire?

I imagine one that's burning whilst alive will produce harmful gases, though I am sure that is the least of the goat's worries.

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Posted: 5th May 2009 16:13 Edited at: 5th May 2009 16:13
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How much C02 does a rotary push mower make?

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Van B
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Posted: 5th May 2009 16:30 Edited at: 5th May 2009 16:33
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Sounds like a sure fire way to turn your lush green property into a field of goats. If this was the 60's then Google might be one of the best companies to work for, but it's not, so have a shave you crusty old hippy wannabes, stop praying for legalization, and give the goats back.

Personally I have little time for goats, even novelty watch them out the window while at work ones... They are ill-tempered, smelly, and irritating poop machines.

Some things your lawnmower won't do...
1. eat cigarette buts then lick your face
2. take an dump on your nice clean lawn
3. try to goad you with their horns.

I would rather see an untidy, overgrown yard full of mini-beasts, birds, hedgehogs, squirrels etc etc.


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David R
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Posted: 5th May 2009 18:18
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I sense someone has had a bad experience with a goat

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Benjamin
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Posted: 5th May 2009 18:25
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Goats are wonderful creatures.

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 5th May 2009 18:28
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Don't get on their bad side, though, as the League of High Levelled Mage Goats are almost as powerful as Chuck Norris himself.

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Grandma
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Only when they combine their powers to form the GoatBot3000. But that's only happened twice in recorded history anyway. I wouldn't worry.

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Van B
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The goats are not the problem, I don't like them but they're not the problem. It's google, they can't decide if they're a world dominating online mega-corporation, or a freakin petting zoo .

It seems to be a fashion these days, they instigate these impressions of how they work, how great they are to work for and be associated with, all of it spin and really I miss the days when they were more honest. These companies start out full of win, good attitudes and practices, then they get sold on, make a load of money, or whatever - and their practices take a new 'financial' direction and we are expected to view them the same way. The minute things like adverts start to be a burden instead of a suggestion is the same minute that they drop in my estimation.

When a web company gets sold on or makes a load of money, it's not the same as a few years ago when we'd admire them and feel like they deserve it - now we know that at the end of the day it's us that will inevitably pay for it with intrusion and annoyance.

Hehe, and you thought I could rant about goats!


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Sid Sinister
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PETA's response: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/01/peta-on-the-google-goats-let-them-eat-grass-but-they-need-perks/

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Omega gamer 89
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Posted: 5th May 2009 23:52 Edited at: 5th May 2009 23:54
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<obvious post>
I don't cut my grass. I taught my grass to be emo, so it cuts itself.
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but lolz, that is goofy. As someone already mentioned, push mowers, while much slower and cumbersome, produce no pollution.

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DestroyerHive
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Omega Gamer, you took that line from a picture on Google, I SAW it. And goats are awsome... let them eat their grass.

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Omega gamer 89
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Posted: 7th Jun 2009 21:33 Edited at: 7th Jun 2009 21:33
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Quote: "you took that line from a picture on Google, I SAW it."


WRONG SIR!
In fact, I did NOT take that line from Google! I got that line from someone's signature on gamefaqs!
You lose, sir! YOU LOSE!


p.s. you all just lost the game.

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JRH
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I thought Time Berners-Lee invented the internet. Or is he also God

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n008
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Posted: 9th Jun 2009 00:05 Edited at: 9th Jun 2009 00:06
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WRONG SIR!
In fact, I did NOT take that line from Google! I got that line from someone's signature on gamefaqs!
You lose, sir! YOU LOSE!


p.s. you all just lost the game."




Anyway, the quote definately goes

"I wish my lawn was emo so it would cut itself..."

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mamaji4
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A male goat and a female goat can make some more goats (besides providing a years supply of milk to boot, for all the hungry staff.) Self replicating machines. Can lawnmowers do that?
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Posted: 9th Jun 2009 01:41
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Not yet

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Omega gamer 89
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Posted: 9th Jun 2009 06:19
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mine can.

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...

if it were just me, I'd just go out there with a machete (or similar cutting implement) and cut it all myself. Great for stress relief!

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I'm just not seeing why google offends people like Van? They've always been weird, and there are a million worse faceless soul crushing corporations to be associated with than google. And the goat idea is just so silly it would probably make visiting their office 10x more interesting when you see a swarm of goat on the field.

I don't mind goats, even though they've always attacked me on our farm.
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