And we have regulations to prevent things like that. Sarbox, for all the bitching about it, does a reasonably good job of insuring that Google won't just fail

And we have regulations to prevent things like that. Sarbox, for all the bitching about it, does a reasonably good job of insuring that Google won't just fail overnight and shock everyone -- makes it much harder for them to cook the books and stop people from seeing it a year out. Of course, the libertarian purists argue that we shouldn't have sarbox and shouldn't bail companies out -- which makes me think that if they were in charge the last few years, my electricity wouldn't be working by now.