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Six bed, four.5 bath, one billion gallon fish tank

There is obviously bigger news today but I have been wanting to post this article for a few days now.

"For the US, the financial stakes are huge. With its wide continental margins, it stands to gain economic control over additional territory larger than the 48 states combined, with an estimated value of $1.3 trillion in minerals, oil, and fish."

Could you imagine national flags alongside major oil and mining company flags on the bottom of the seafloor? Deep sea exploration just got a huge infusion of funds and entrepreneurs. Cheers, -Ali

Now I get it

You think all the electronic gadgets for the Holidays are just a sign of the times? Oh no, there is something far more sinister going on! -Ali

The new MAD

The tenants of MAD still apply mostly to the Nuclear world but I've often wondered when MAD will become synonymous with a series of botnet deployments. And at what point does a botnet become the next Cuban Missile Crisis? When do Kaspersky and Symantec become Blackwater?

I found some reading from Schneier and John Robb on the topic (be sure to read the comments). Cheers, -Ali

Packet loss

(The last two personal posts have been deliberately removed.)

So it's been a few days, err.... months... well almost a full year but that's beside the point. I'm back and better tha.... err. Umm. -Ali