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Oracle cites 'force majeure' to shield itself on controversial data center

155 points · 153 comments · simonpure

ozlikethewizard · 1790260446 · focus · HN ↗
Doesn't 'Force Majeure' mean exceptional events outside ones control? Pretty sure everything involved here is Oracles own making lol
1. mckirk · 1790261554 · focus · HN ↗
  "Well a wave hit it"
  1. 468854259853 · 1790263045 · focus · HN ↗
    A wave hit the Oracle?
    MrMorden · 1790277997 · focus · HN ↗
    And then the front fell off. The data center had to be towed outside the environment.
  2. throw0101c · 1790264605 · focus · HN ↗
    > "Well a wave hit it"
    I'm assuming this is a reference to the classic Clarke and Dawe skit:
    * <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM
    * <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke_and_Dawe" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke_and_Dawe

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