Google Sells Maine Barge For Scrap 79
An anonymous reader writes "Reports indicate that Google has sold one of its two mystery Google Barges. The barge in question is located in Portland, Maine. While Google's Maine barge is to be scrapped, the fate of its second barge – located in Stockton, California – remains unknown. From the article: "Now, instead of planning a future unveiling of the finished project, Google apparently dropped it. In an email response to eWEEK, a Google spokesperson would only confirm that the barge had been sold and declined to reveal any more about the now-defunct project or any such future endeavors. The scrapping of the barge in Portland Harbor was first reported July 31 by The Portland Press, which said it will be heading out to an undisclosed location after being purchased by an unnamed international barge company. The barge carried 63 shipping containers that were arranged to create a four-story building and was slated to be filled with technologies that were to be displayed to the public."
Re:Why is this news? Seriously? (Score:2, Informative)
May some more informed Slashdoter advise me on why exactly, Google's selling of a bunch of shipping containers is news worth Slashdot's attention?
I will be most grateful.
Because Google.
Re:Why is this news? Seriously? (Score:5, Informative)
If a mysterious project from a major tech company gets dropped silently how is this not news for nerds?
Re:Why is this news? Seriously? (Score:4, Informative)
Yeah it's been on /. previously a bunch, so probably some people are interested in the follow-up: 2008 [slashdot.org], 2008 again [slashdot.org], 2013 [slashdot.org], 2013 again [slashdot.org]. Might've missed some others in between.