[AusNOG] Web filter a runaway success: Exetel

[Damien Gardner Jnr]

Surely if you're out in international waters though, the patent only  
applies if they have bigger guns than your DC? ;)

Re the earlier post about using seawater for cooling, I wonder how the  
greenies would jump on that for causing warming of our oceans and  
melting the polar ice? :)

--DG

On 06/05/2009, at 4:46 PM, McDonald Richards wrote:

> It's a US patent. I'm sure as far as they are concerned it applies  
> anywhere
> on (or off) the planet :)
>
> Macca
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of James  
> Andrewartha
> Sent: Wednesday, 6 May 2009 4:42 PM
> To: ausnog at ausnog.net
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Web filter a runaway success: Exetel
>
> On Wed, 6 May 2009, McDonald Richards wrote:
>
>> You?ll have to pay Google a licensing fee if you want to build a  
>> floating
> DC now :)
>>
>>
> http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/05/floating-data-center-patent-gra
> nted-to-google.ars
>
> Surely patents don't apply on the high seas?
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