On Sat, 15 Jun 2002, Andy Davidson wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 June 2002 19:04, Matthew Sackman wrote:
> > I guess the answer may be to have colocated servers on some weird
> > private little Island
>
> However, the "island" is a hole, six miles off the Kent coast. It's a bit
> like the Island of Sheppey, only less inbred. It's not even a natural
> island, check out
There's a wodge more photos here if you can be arsed to go through them,
some of which feature Ryan Lackey so I guess they're either from a cruise to
drop kit off, or an/the initial visit or something.
http://www.simson.net/photos/2000/sealand/
It's the other extreme compared to http://www.TheBunker.net/ in that it
offer's legal, rather than physical protection (being a neutral territory).
So as Andy said, I guess all they can do is blow it up if the physical
security is ever threatened; I can't see the self-declared Prince and
Princess whipping out the harpoon gun to defend a bunch of boxes belonging
to paranoid geeks! :-)
For those who can't be arsed, it's basically a pair of massive round
cylinders sticking out of the sea with a [large] plank across the top.
-Paul
PS. I never knew Pitcairn existed until the ICANN .pn row; It's a little
bit short on 'net access, but I'm not sure what the legalities would be.
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