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  1. So, if Sealand isn't part of the UK... by caluml · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Has HavenCo's Data Haven Shut Down?

    From http://www.bobleroi.co.uk/ScrapBook/Sealand_Fire/Sealand_Fire.html : "A security guard has been airlifted to hospital after a fire broke out on an old sea fort in the North Sea." and "More than 20 fire fighters have been drafted in to tackle a blaze at Sealand off the coast of Felixstowe." - I wonder which country's hospitals, helicopters, and firemen helped out here.

    Aaah. "Thames Coastguard, Harwich RNLI lifeboat, Felixstowe Coastguard rescue teams, firefighting tug Brightwell, the RAF rescue helicopter from Wattisham and 15 Suffolk based firefighters from the National Maritime Incident Response Group (MIRG) were all called into action to tackle the blaze"

  2. Re:Lack of funding, maybe? by cshotton · · Score: 5, Informative · on Has HavenCo's Data Haven Shut Down?

    Pics of the fire. Not a place I'd base my business computer infrastructure...

  3. Re:Prior art. by Acapulco · · Score: 1 · on Google's Floating Datahaven

    Maybe AL can clear this up. I don't think prior art would apply because Sealand never actually became a datacenter per se.

    The Principality of Sealand is the micro country that houses HavenCo.. I think Google's idea is different, starting with the energy system. Besides, I hardly think this quallifies as a data center. Even if nowadays is completely restored and operational I just can't find that much similarities among them.

  4. Haveco crippled severely? by BlahSnarto · · Score: 1 · on Web Hosting For Privacy Activists?


    I could of swore a lot of their colo EQ was damaged in a fire

    http://www.bobleroi.co.uk/ScrapBook/Sealand_Fire/Sealand_Fire.html

    Someone correct me if im wrong.

  5. Re:Sealand is all but destroyed by Alioth · · Score: 1 · on Sealand Put Up For Sale

    There's some pictures here http://www.bobleroi.co.uk/ScrapBook/SealandFire_3/ SealandFire_3a.html

    The whole place looks pretty desperate. Even without having been burned, the place would be pretty desperate. It looks like it's starting to suffer from concrete cancer too, and there's a great deal of corrosion.

  6. Re:If I was Mr. Burns, and he was real by Slashcrap · · Score: 1 · on Sealand Put Up For Sale

    ....I'd buy it to dump nuclear waste. I doubt it has the strictest waste regulations in the world.

    No, but as it only has room for about 3 barrels you're unlikely to make a great deal of money either.

    Here's some pictures of your new "nation" :

    http://www.bobleroi.co.uk/ScrapBook/SealandTwo/Rou ghsSealand.html

  7. Re:Sealand is all but destroyed by Reziac · · Score: 2, Informative · on Sealand Put Up For Sale

    My impression from the before and after photos (see http://www.bobleroi.co.uk/ScrapBook/Sealand_Fire/S ealand_Fire.html) is that the entire site was feeling its age and was in rather poor repair all around. It strikes me that the most cost-effective method over the long haul might be to scrape the platform down to the naked deck, and build a new facility from scratch. The existing remainder appears to be a maintenance nightmare in the making.