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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!
Google Earth sees the pirates before they get close. I'm not sure what Google Boat does then, but it may involve ninjas.
No.
GoogleBoat will GoogleFloat to a (Google)Safe (Google)Location.
A horse can't be sick, you know, even if he wants to.
Or just patrolling sharks with mounted lasers!
I think they can manage 12 nano meters
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?
That's unpossible. More pirates would cause a corresponding drop in global climate temperature.
Ramen.
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