From: Enzo Michelangeli <enzo@ima.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 13:37:20 +0800
To: Vincent Cate <vince@offshore.com.ai>
Subject: Re: Floating DataHaven
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What about pirate attacks, acts of war from hostile countries etc.?
Actually, also being a sovereign state won't help much if you are small,
and I'm not referring to obvious dope-smuggling fronts like Noriega's
Panama: in the fifties, the 700-year old Republic of San Marino cancelled
plans of opening a casino after Italy sealed its border (the only border
San Marino has).

Enzo

On Thu, 15 Aug 1996, Vincent Cate wrote:

> 
> William Knowles <erehwon@c2.org>
> > 
> > Something that I thought would make an excellent data haven would
> > be older offshore oil platforms,
> > [...]
> > You have to wonder how cheap these could sell 
> > for just to get them off the oil companies hands? 
> 
> A floating DataHaven is probably the way to get the ultimate in 
> freedom.  
> 
> There is someone on Anguilla that bought a used floating oil platform for
> $1 million.  It is big enough for 200 people to live on.  It is not here,
> so I have not seen it. 
> 
> There is someone else here who says that there are some really old ones
> that you can get just for hauling them away. Some countries will not let
> owners just sink them. 
> 
> You can get Internet via radio links for reasonable prices.  And via
> satellite for almost affordable prices.  When Bill Gates 900 satellites
> get up there it should be very affordable. 
> 
>   --  Vince
> 
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