Google at Sea?

TheMercenary · 09-15-2008, 12:29 PM

Sounds a bit far fetched to me, not to mention risky and an easy target for terrorism, storms, and loss of a huge investment. Maybe they are just fishing for a solution.

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/...cle4753389.ece

classicman · 09-15-2008, 12:44 PM

very interesting, but if they are looking to save money that plan doesn't really seem feasible to me. Too many variables - getting people to and from the ship, dealing with inclement weather... and so on.

TheMercenary · 09-15-2008, 12:54 PM

Osama bin whoever could easily sink something like that without significant defensive measures, those which can't even be ensured by our own warships.

Flint · 09-15-2008, 12:59 PM

No effing way--these are the end times. They're building their own separate nation, in international waters: above the law, independant from the powers-that-be. They already know everything about us...and now this.

Youuu'll see! Youuu'll be sorry! Yer laughin' at me now, but you ain't seen what I seen!

TheMercenary · 09-15-2008, 01:28 PM

Well with as much money as they make they should just go up and buy up Greenland or something and declare independence. It would be doable.

ZenGum · 09-15-2008, 10:25 PM

I was thinking of making a thread about micronations, ever since my mate declared the back seat of his car to be an independent country.

footfootfoot · 09-15-2008, 10:30 PM

My neighbor and I have declared our corner as a sovereign nation. We are much bigger than the back seat of many cars.

Clodfobble · 09-15-2008, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

My neighbor and I have declared our corner as a sovereign nation.

Man, it never works, having two kings...

[JB:] Dude, the red phone is flashing. Let me scoop that up. Hello? Two Kings.
[KG:] Who is it?
[JB:] What?! No! No fucking way!
[KG:] What?
[JB:] Rage, there's a potato famine in Idaho, you gotta go down there!
[KG:] Oh my God... what?
[JB:] Dude, I gotta stay here!
[KG:] Why do I have to go?
[JB:] Please! Please!
[KG:] Oh, God, okay.
[JB:] Awesome... is he gone? Alright, emergency meeting of Parliament.
All right Parliament, I know this is fucked up,
but Rage, he can't be King anymore.
Dudes, he's encroaching on my decrees!
Seriously, let's make him Duke, a kick-ass Duke?
Or "leader formerly known as King," but-- uh-oh he's comin' back...
[sung]
We'll lead as Two Kings, oh yes
we'll really lead as Two Kings.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-16-2008, 12:16 AM

Seven miles offshore (or less), the only tax they would avoid in property taxes. There are plenty of harbors safe from storms. It would work.

09-15-2008, 12:29 PM	#1
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Google at Sea? Sounds a bit far fetched to me, not to mention risky and an easy target for terrorism, storms, and loss of a huge investment. Maybe they are just fishing for a solution. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/...cle4753389.ece __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

09-15-2008, 12:44 PM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	very interesting, but if they are looking to save money that plan doesn't really seem feasible to me. Too many variables - getting people to and from the ship, dealing with inclement weather... and so on. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-15-2008, 12:54 PM	#3
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Osama bin whoever could easily sink something like that without significant defensive measures, those which can't even be ensured by our own warships. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

09-15-2008, 12:59 PM	#4
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	No effing way--these are the end times. They're building their own separate nation, in international waters: above the law, independant from the powers-that-be. They already know everything about us...and now this. Youuu'll see! Youuu'll be sorry! Yer laughin' at me now, but you ain't seen what I seen! __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-15-2008, 01:28 PM	#5
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Well with as much money as they make they should just go up and buy up Greenland or something and declare independence. It would be doable. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

09-15-2008, 10:25 PM	#6
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I was thinking of making a thread about micronations, ever since my mate declared the back seat of his car to be an independent country. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

09-15-2008, 10:30 PM	#7
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	My neighbor and I have declared our corner as a sovereign nation. We are much bigger than the back seat of many cars. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

09-16-2008, 12:16 AM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Seven miles offshore (or less), the only tax they would avoid in property taxes. There are plenty of harbors safe from storms. It would work. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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