Floating pirate city draws interest from tech startups

[Derrick]

Floating pirate city has tech startups keen

Tech startups are jostling for a position on a planned “floating city”...

 

[cookiemonster]

3rd quarter 2013... not 2012...

 

[grok]

This has been done before ..

Wikileaks is/was considering hosting on Sealand, a refueling platform used in the war.

Read the full article here .. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/03/sealand-and-havenco.ars

 

[w1z4rd]

This has been done before ..

Wikileaks is/was considering hosting on Sealand. Read the full article here .. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/03/sealand-and-havenco.ars

Thats not really a floater

 

[The_Unbeliever]

One problem - electricity for the servers.

Won't be feasible having a genny for which you'll have to supply diesel etc...

 

[w1z4rd]

One problem - electricity for the servers.

Won't be feasible having a genny for which you'll have to supply diesel etc...

You can easily run a line from the shore out to the boat.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

You can easily run a line from the shore out to the boat.

Quick answer.

I assume they will also filter the sea air so as to prevent corrosion from starting on the delicate (dainty?) server components...

 

[twicode]

The Somali Pirates should consider doing this. Ground some large tankers next to each other and make the junkyard so big it won't be possible to raid.

 

[biena]

The floating city will station itself 12 nautical miles from the coast of California, and have a crew of between 200 and 300 people.

Under the law of the sea, an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is a seazone over which a state has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources, including production of energy from water and wind[1]. It stretches from the seaward edge of the state's territorial sea out to 200 nautical miles from its coast.

Still under the jurisdiction of the USA so why bother ?

 

[falcon786]

The Somali Pirates should consider doing this. Ground some large tankers next to each other and make the junkyard so big it won't be possible to raid.

It seems ja wanna be a pirate too me matey (or however dey say it in somalia)

I was under the impression that they are still existing because they cant be tracked easily?So tactically your idea could be their downfall no?

 

[w1z4rd]

Still under the jurisdiction of the USA so why bother ?

Its not within any territorial claims thats the US might have, so no. Its not under US jurisdiction.

 

[Billy]

This has been done before ..

Wikileaks is/was considering hosting on Sealand, a refueling platform used in the war.

Read the full article here .. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/03/sealand-and-havenco.ars

Actually it was a Gun Platform . More information here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunsell_Forts

 

[Tpex]

This has been done before ..

Wikileaks is/was considering hosting on Sealand, a refueling platform used in the war.

Read the full article here .. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/03/sealand-and-havenco.ars

And so did TPB, the difference is that the companies in the above mentioned article actually have billions at their disposal.

One problem - electricity for the servers.

Won't be feasible having a genny for which you'll have to supply diesel etc...

Solar, wind and hydro power?

 

[zamicro]

Interesting concept. Except to be confined to such a small area, would drive me nuts.