Comments on: Google ponders offshore data center http://futurismic.com/2008/09/10/google-plans-floating-offshore-data-center/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tom Marcinko http://futurismic.com/2008/09/10/google-plans-floating-offshore-data-center/comment-page-1/#comment-16244 Tom Marcinko Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:45:38 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3909#comment-16244 Justin, anything that quotes Sterling AND Captain Jack Sparrow has got to be bookmarked and looked at more closely. Story ideas herein, folks. Thanks for the link, Justin. Justin, anything that quotes Sterling AND Captain Jack Sparrow has got to be bookmarked and looked at more closely.

Story ideas herein, folks. Thanks for the link, Justin.

]]> By: JustinP http://futurismic.com/2008/09/10/google-plans-floating-offshore-data-center/comment-page-1/#comment-16242 JustinP Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:57:29 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3909#comment-16242 @Tom - I wrote <a href="http://justinpickard.net/?p=165" rel="nofollow">an essay on the subject</a> for my undergraduate degree, which might be of interest. @Tom – I wrote an essay on the subject for my undergraduate degree, which might be of interest.

]]> By: Paul Raven http://futurismic.com/2008/09/10/google-plans-floating-offshore-data-center/comment-page-1/#comment-16240 Paul Raven Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:04:34 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3909#comment-16240 Neal Stephenson's <i>Cryptonomicon</i> looks a little at the idea of autonomous datahavens towards the end, IIRC. Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon looks a little at the idea of autonomous datahavens towards the end, IIRC.

]]> By: Tom Marcinko http://futurismic.com/2008/09/10/google-plans-floating-offshore-data-center/comment-page-1/#comment-16235 Tom Marcinko Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:31:59 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3909#comment-16235 I know, Justin... "don't be evil" only goes so far. The few stories I can recall about data havens seem to accentuate the positive. It'd be interesting to explore the down side. Certainly not everybody who banks in Switzerland is what we would call nice. So ... I know, Justin… “don’t be evil” only goes so far.

The few stories I can recall about data havens seem to accentuate the positive. It’d be interesting to explore the down side. Certainly not everybody who banks in Switzerland is what we would call nice. So …

]]> By: Justin http://futurismic.com/2008/09/10/google-plans-floating-offshore-data-center/comment-page-1/#comment-16231 Justin Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:50:11 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3909#comment-16231 Data center =/= data haven. If today's Google bowed to the pressure of China regarding censorship, I think that - minus some shift in corporate culture - a semi-autonomous GoogleHaven is unlikely. Data center =/= data haven. If today’s Google bowed to the pressure of China regarding censorship, I think that – minus some shift in corporate culture – a semi-autonomous GoogleHaven is unlikely.

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