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The Google Navy
theodp writes "Is Google preparing to launch its own Navy? In its just-published application for a patent on the Water-Based Data Center, Google envisions a world where 'computing centers are located on a ship or ships, which are then anchored in a water body from which energy from natural motion of the water may be captured, and turned into electricity and/or pumping power for cooling pumps to carry heat away from computers in the data center.' And you thought The Onion was joking when it reported on Google's Fleet of Naval Warships!"
But there's the matter of pizza delivery.
So presumably these ships will connect through a series of Google-Sats in geo-stationary orbits, linking to a Google-hub in each country. And behold, Google shall inherit the Earth. Thankfully, a network of Microsoft terrorists will be able to track then using Virtual Earth and infect the servers with Windows, thus rendering them useless and saving us all.
Smivs on the intertubes!
It will be water logged!
Google Earth sees the pirates before they get close. I'm not sure what Google Boat does then, but it may involve ninjas.
No problem, 120 angstrom is a really really short distance.
No.
GoogleBoat will GoogleFloat to a (Google)Safe (Google)Location.
A horse can't be sick, you know, even if he wants to.
AC at 2 cycles per day.
Or just patrolling sharks with mounted lasers!
I think they can manage 12 nano meters
... but patenting it? WTF?
Sorry, Google, but the patent really doesn't fit with "don't be evil." Do you guys remember that phrase?
even worse, it's a submarine patent!
Ohhhh the year was 1778
How i wish i was in sherbrooke nowwww.
A letter of marque came from the king for the scummiest vessel i'd ever seen!
wait ... Topic....
True but government sanction piracy would have to consist of smaller forces to maintain plausible deniability. The kind of piracy you're describing is the kind i can see getting it's ass kicked if google hired a security force with the kind of revenue they'd have to be making to justify these kinds of ships to begin with.
The only question after that would be when it becomes profitable to do so despite considering those costs.
Ice Cream has no bones.
Google Earth sees the pirates before they get close. I'm not sure what Google Boat does then, but it may involve ninjas.
Ahem... that would be Google Ninjas(TM).
... but they're still in beta.
DT
Is this thing on? Hello?
Every company dies. But not every company truly lives.
That's unpossible. More pirates would cause a corresponding drop in global climate temperature.
Ramen.
"The Adobe Updater must update itself before it can check for updates. Would you like to update the Adobe Updater now?"
"Ahem...that would be Google Ninjas(TM)....but they're still in beta"
Ahem...that would be Google Grasshoppers(TM).
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
Ask and you shall receive
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7329799.stm
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