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The Google Navy

Posted by timothy on from the but-it's-on-the-internet dept.

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!"

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  1. Re:Cooling by nategoose · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google Earth sees the pirates before they get close. I'm not sure what Google Boat does then, but it may involve ninjas.

  2. GoogleWay by newr00tic · · Score: 5, Funny

    No.

    GoogleBoat will GoogleFloat to a (Google)Safe (Google)Location.

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  3. Re:Cooling by Molochi · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's unpossible. More pirates would cause a corresponding drop in global climate temperature.

    Ramen.

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