Posted on 03/02/2016 9:00:40 AM PST by BenLurkin
In this case, the pirates still had a lot to learn about hacking. They didn't encrypt their commands or use proxies, making it easy to trace their activities. They also weren't skilled enough to compromise systems as much as they wanted. However, those tidbits aren't about to comfort other shipping companies. If there's a pirate outfit that's both well-armed and technically savvy, it could create havoc by plundering ships with relatively little fear of getting caught.
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Bring back the Q ship.
Exactly.
Armed merchantmen would be an even better idea, but is impossible given the firearm unfriendliness of most counties.
If you hope to become an advanced civilization, you have to keep the primitives in the dark. Which is exactly what libs don’t want to do. They want the barbarians all to have PhDs in computer science.
Batten down yer access codes!
That’s why you have armory ships outside the sovereign limits.
Why not just go here for real time worldwide shipping traffic? http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-25/centery:16/zoom:6
It is darkness which makes you and I primitives. The light of knowledge lifts you and I out of our primitive condition.
Barbarians with PhDs certainly sounds bad, until you and I pause to reflect on how many “civilized” men with PhDs helped organize the deaths of millions of people.
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