2. Be owner of a company that makes tiny servers. 3. Financial Freedom!

Are we talking a water bed or a foam mattress? Over or under the covers?

Great explanation. Thank you.

Yeah people, if you had ever watched 30 Rock you'd know this. Alec Baldwin runs these companies and their subsidiaries.

Kill switch is just a trigger for a nationwide DDOS.

Perhaps if your computer, the telecom switch and datacenter were right next door and your telephone wires were made of gold.

You had other reasons?

Ditto that. The SheevaPlug sounded like an intriguing and novel way to have a low power, always-on server, but until I see evidence that the overheating issue won't cause a premature failure, I won't be buying such a thing. It's a cool idea though.

It's a standalone network that is not physically connected in any way to the public networks we know of as the Internet. Learned that from a Gibson novel.

They're not trying to destroy it, rather to PWN it.

Then who cares.

Perrin, please make a Power wrought screwdriver for me--Rand's orders.

1) Would-be thief uses gizmo to cause the TPMS light to display on the dash. 2) Unwary driver pulls over, gets out and begins to inspect the tires. 3) Thief jumps in and takes off. 4) Profit. This not only takes technical expertise, but also stealth and a high level of physical fitness.