Google logo contest

[bigu]

I don't understand what's this?

[Schmoopy]

It's morse code, spelling out "Google".

A dash is a long beep and a dot is a short one.

If you google morse code you'll find out more about it.

[Medyman]

It's morse code, spelling out "Google".

A dash is a long beep and a dot is a short one.

If you google morse code you'll find out more about it.

I've seen some of Samuel F. B. Morse's (inventor of Morse code) original notes and research. It's extremely fascinating stuff. I actually ran across it accidentally when I was doing research in the NYU archives for my undergraduate thesis (on a completely unrelated topic).