in reply to how to apply for a job :)

Well here is a little Perl program to calculate e to N decimal places to get you started. 

sub e {
$N=pop;$a[$_]=int(1+1/$_)for 1..$N;for(;$N>9;print int$x)
{for($n=$N--;--$n;$a[$n]=$x%$n,$x=10*$a[$n-1]+$x/$n){}}
}
e(1000);

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When you get there you will find the question. 

Congratulations. You've made it to level 2. Go to www.xxxxx.org and en
+ter xxxxxxxxxxx as the login and the answer to this equation as the p
+assword. 

 
f(1)= xxxxxxxxxx 
f(2)= xxxxxxxxxx 
f(3)= xxxxxxxxxx 
f(4)= xxxxxxxxxx 
f(5)= __________

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Now when you solve that you get to see: 

Congratulations. 

Nice work. Well done. Mazel tov. You've made it to Google and we're gl
+ad you're here. 

One thing we learned while building Google is that it's easier to find
+ what you're looking for if it comes looking for you. What we're look
+ing for are the best engineers in the world. And here you are. 
[snip]

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You have to hand it to them, it will be fascinating to see how the upcoming Search wars turn out. I don't know if M$ can compete with the level of creativity we are seeing out of Google.

cheers

tachyon

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