Re: three simultaneous cable cuts in mideast

[Bruce Ediger <eballen1 () qwest net>]

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008, Paul Vixie wrote:

> if i were armed and angry and concerned that my culture was being diluted
> by too much western influence, this is something i might think to do on
> purpose.  just a thought.

I kind of doubt it.  The Principle of Reverse Parsimony should be
applied to this:

> > > Most of the B to B traffic between Europe and Asia is rerouted
> > > through the USA.

Ah ha!  That makes it legal for the NSA to read all the B-to-B traffic of the
western world.  Somebody just needed a little inside info to make some good
stock purchases:

http://www.slate.com/id/2203121/

Man, they're just handing Dan Brown his next book on a platter!
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