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Google's Floating Datahaven
PDG writes "Google has pending plans to take its data centers off-shore, literally. By moving their data centers to floating barges in international waters, they are able to save money on taxes and electricity (using wave based power) as well as reside their operations outside the jurisdiction of governments. There is mention of hurricane and other caveats, but I wonder how they plan to get a bandwidth pipe large enough and still be reliable. Seems like a chapter out of a Neal Stephenson novel." You might recall earlier discussions on the same subject.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announces a multi-billion dollar investment in a fleet of submarines.
Rich And Stupid is not so bad as Working For Rich And Stupid.
You see, Neal was born in 2014, he was only allowed to come back in time if he wrote some 'science fiction' novels that would cover up the fact he was a time traveller by just making him look like he made some lucky guesses.
Google satellites of course!
My ism, it's full of beliefs.
From the article it's clear that they want to patent the idea.
I don't understand that. What's the use of a patent if somebody infringing it is also in international waters and not bounded to patent law?
I can't wait until they start burying pirated DVDs and stolen WoW cards in the islands on the coast of New England. Just imagine a bunch of digital pirates raiding an off-shore data center. Hilarious.
No, I haven't had my coffee this morning, not yet.)
Don't worry. Each barge has a team of ninjas assigned to it to fight off pirates.
if they have any plans to deal with corrosive salts from the oceans?
They're breeding a dolphin/deer hybrid to swim around the facility and lick off the salt.
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Those terrists will use Google maps to locate where it is and Google will just point them to wherever they like.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
Slashdot needs to re-run the "Most Frequently Pirated" Poll, adding this Data-Barge to the list.
Follow the law is neither good or evil. It's being lawful, which is the opposite of chaotic. That being said, as long as you're not a paladin, you don't have to worry about laws that aren't good.
"Lack of speed can be overcome. In the worst case by patience." --Znork
I guess BlackWATER would be up to the task ;)
See "HTTP status codes": http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html
No sig today...
...legal degrees?
So, Scientologists then?
How will the prepare our feeble wog minds for the attacks?
Tom Cruise in Mission Inaccessible?
Katie Holmes in Batman: Wrath of the Pinguin?
Seinfeld asking us "What's the deal with data?"?
Why doesn't Google just buy Sealand?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand
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You have to recode the latex Linux kernel...
Fetish much?