D’oh! On the eve of one of the most anticipated stock offerings in a while, why would Larry Page and Sergey Brin risk something like this? It was probably harmless or Playboy may have said, “Hey, we won’t run this article until after your IPO” (or not), but there are a certain set of rules by which you abide when your S-1 is filed and there’s no sense in doing anything like this.

Especially when so many people are watching…