On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 12:59 -0500, -ray wrote: > On Thu, 14 Oct 2004, David Jackson wrote: > > > Here's a pic of Sealand. I hadn't seen one before, and I was actually > > kind of let down. I was expecting a rocky, Castle Wolfenstein-style > > fortress, but instead, I got what looks like an offshore oil rig. > > Cool, thanks for the pic. I'd heard of Sealand before, but reading the > history today and learning it was a man-made military fortress, and not > actually an island, i kinda figured it'd look something like an oil rig > platform. But yea i'm not nearly as impressed anymore. Doesn't look like > a place you'd want to visit on vacation, haha. > > ray
Another little tidbit I picked up today was the HavenCo, the company side of Sealand which operated their commercial data haven enterprise, is sliding into stagnation. It's actually quite an interesting story. One part of it is apparently a huge scandal where the head tech left Havenco, disgruntled: http://www.metacolo.com/papers/dc11-havenco/dc11-havenco.pdf David
