tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post2843434008110421159..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: S.P.E.C.T.R.E.'s floating HQ?Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-11013505450942866292013-11-01T19:49:26.399-04:002013-11-01T19:49:26.399-04:00Cryptonomicon 2013 / Google Money?Cryptonomicon 2013 / Google Money?Overload in Coloradohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277277751144486368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-57002441181429244942013-11-01T16:43:01.224-04:002013-11-01T16:43:01.224-04:00Umbrella Corporation prototypes for the Arcadia?Umbrella Corporation prototypes for the Arcadia?Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66795617119919534242013-11-01T15:31:20.201-04:002013-11-01T15:31:20.201-04:00Sigivald,
"Don't log in with a Google Ac...Sigivald,<br /><br />"<i>Don't log in with a Google Account and it won't know you're you.</i>"<br /><br />I <i>do</i> know how it works, thank you. ;)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-152142762149397542013-11-01T14:55:56.864-04:002013-11-01T14:55:56.864-04:00The first time I did a Google search on my phone a...<i>The first time I did a Google search on my phone and the autocomplete feature showed searches I'd done that morning on my desktop</i><br /><br />Don't log in with a Google Account and it won't know you're you.<br /><br />(On the datacenters, using water for cooling is clever.<br /><br />Assuming the hippies don't have too big a fit about it.)Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-11782036382146643122013-11-01T13:56:33.543-04:002013-11-01T13:56:33.543-04:00I was an enthusiastic user of the "grand cent...I was an enthusiastic user of the "grand central" telephone service, which was acquired by Google and became Google Voice. I still use my Grand Central number as my primary work/mobile number, because the features are so useful.<br /><br />But the first time I opened a browser window and found Google ads relating to something I had just been having a telephone conversation about....Douglas2https://www.blogger.com/profile/18142485990801143191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4202964684036938622013-11-01T13:20:48.163-04:002013-11-01T13:20:48.163-04:00All the speculation about this thing staying in Sa...All the speculation about this thing staying in San Francisco bay aside, one wonders if possibly Google is foreseeing a day when having land based server farms will be less than optimal for various political reasons. <br /><br />With the NSA getting all covetous of what everyone is doing online, and the talks of regulating the internet, eliminating internet anonymity, and so on and so forth ad nauseum, one wonders if the idea behind such a vessel isn’t to have it based in San Fran bay at all, but waters of a more, shall we say, international variety? <br /><br />Sort of like the old “pirate radio” stations that sat offshore of old blighty back in the days when the folks running the show were still buttoned-down, “nifty fifties” sorts while the people consuming the product were more of the “free love, sex, drugs, and rock n’roll” types that couldn’t have their auditory entertainment needs met by the “approved” stations. <br />Gooberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358115439453465833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-32611552460052555872013-11-01T13:19:24.484-04:002013-11-01T13:19:24.484-04:00Drudge passes along this CBS story; supposedly, th...Drudge passes along this <a href="http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/10/31/googles-secret-revealed-barge-to-offer-high-end-showrooms-party-deck/" rel="nofollow">CBS story</a>; supposedly, the barges are "luxury sales rooms" for high-end customers of Google.<br /><br />The Obama's post-Presidency address? (Can't think of a higher-ended Google customer off- hand.)Will Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13454533450309633627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-55432743928481646252013-11-01T10:20:38.197-04:002013-11-01T10:20:38.197-04:00Anybody see a bald guy with a white Persian cat lu...Anybody see a bald guy with a white Persian cat lurking about the docks?Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14448573800625757326noreply@blogger.com