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I was thinking exactly the converse: why so much effort for gossip? It's pure tech celebrity gossip in my opinion and brings nothing to the party. Why not spend

I was thinking exactly the converse: why so much effort for gossip? It's pure tech celebrity gossip in my opinion and brings nothing to the party. Why not spend some more effort on the link between google and NSA? We still don't know how they steal our data.

dannyr 13y ago
I've seen hundreds of report regarding the link between Google & NSA. Isn't that enough? This is just not gossip. It's not about Sergey Brin's love affair. This is about a piece of technology that is possibly built by Google.
smackfu 13y ago
You have a very broad definition of gossip.
duaneb 13y ago
> We still don't know how they steal our data. Actually it feels to me like they're stealing it anyway they can... so if there is a legal recourse, I think it's safe to assume they've taken it, along with many illegal ones.
jameshart 13y ago
Don't you think that one of the interesting issues raised by a floating data center might be a jurisdictional one? Is it possible that google is actually considering putting some of their infrastructure beyond sovereign control? Maybe this isn't just gossip...
- nraynaud 13y ago
  this has been answered, it's not possible. It's about making substantial business in the US. The territorial water is 12 miles wide, it's far. Exclusive economic zone is 200 miles wide, it's really far. Who want to be that far from the coast in the winter without a good reason on the most powerful and dangerous ocean? In the article they say 3 to 7 miles, that's completely territorial and for a good reason: on the first winter storm they'll be plenty happy with sovereign state helping them shelter the thing and save everybody. Moreover, how do you anchor the thing in international waters? It's very complicated and expensive if the water is deep (which is more or less implied by 200 miles from the shore).
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johncole 13y ago
I actually think this is a pretty substantial find, not just gossip. They're moving on a really cool concept.

dannyr 13y ago

I've seen hundreds of report regarding the link between Google & NSA. Isn't that enough? This is just not gossip. It's not about Sergey Brin's love affair. This is about a piece of technology that is possibly built by Google.

smackfu 13y ago

You have a very broad definition of gossip.

duaneb 13y ago

> We still don't know how they steal our data. Actually it feels to me like they're stealing it anyway they can... so if there is a legal recourse, I think it's safe to assume they've taken it, along with many illegal ones.

jameshart 13y ago

Don't you think that one of the interesting issues raised by a floating data center might be a jurisdictional one? Is it possible that google is actually considering putting some of their infrastructure beyond sovereign control? Maybe this isn't just gossip...

nraynaud 13y ago
this has been answered, it's not possible. It's about making substantial business in the US. The territorial water is 12 miles wide, it's far. Exclusive economic zone is 200 miles wide, it's really far. Who want to be that far from the coast in the winter without a good reason on the most powerful and dangerous ocean? In the article they say 3 to 7 miles, that's completely territorial and for a good reason: on the first winter storm they'll be plenty happy with sovereign state helping them shelter the thing and save everybody. Moreover, how do you anchor the thing in international waters? It's very complicated and expensive if the water is deep (which is more or less implied by 200 miles from the shore).
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johncole 13y ago

I actually think this is a pretty substantial find, not just gossip. They're moving on a really cool concept.