Message no. 1

From:	Spike spike1@*******.co.uk
Subject:	Hmmmm... It's starting to happen....
Date:	Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:30:02 +0100 (BST)

Not in Denver, but off the coast of the UK...
(I saw this on shlashdot last night... so check out the story there...)

Data Haven To Open For Business - Today

Posted by timothy on Sunday June 04, @**:03PM from the
ready-or-not-they're-coming dept. pq writes: "The real world
catches up with Neal Stephenson's 'Cryptonomicon' on Monday, June
5th, when a data haven opens on a WWII military fortress six miles
off England's coast. Read the (nologin) NYT article here about the
strange case of HavenCo and the independent principality of
Sealand: yes, they'll host DeCSS, Metallica songs, even pictures
of Natalie, all for a price." (More below.)

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