Google to use seaborne servers

[chainprayer]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,423441,00.html

Anyone else think this is crazy? I can see the headlines now... "Pirates steal Google" :p

[ravenvii]

And yesterday was Talk Like a Pirate Day... coincidence?

[mdhwoods]

they money they save in property taxes will be spent in flood insurance.


lol

[Tilpots]

They say their doing this to save money on cooling and property taxes, which is all well and good, but I'm sure that's not why they're really doing it...

If they're offshore, they don't have any countries laws to follow.

Admiralty Law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralty_law)

International Waters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_waters)

Don't know if these links are the right ones to show what I'm referring, but somebody else maybe able to shed a little more light?

[rdowns]

Sounds like the first step in Google seceding from the US.

[Tilpots]

Sounds like the first step in Google seceding from the US.

Either that or they're going Steven Segal style "Above the Law!":D

[spikespike]

Sounds like the first step in Google seceding from the US.


I was all ready to call you on incorrect usage but
"to withdraw from an organization (as a religious communion or political party or federation)"