Schneier on Security

"strong enough to cut through a steel cable"

what size?

the infamous shark-eating video makes the squid v. whale stories seem plausible, but more likely to be the wily octopus, no? i thought this writeup had some interesting comments about the diver's perspective on the feeding routine in an acquarium. haven't heard any comparable squid stories, but then again i guess they don't have any of the giants in captivity.

http://www.tonychor.com/archive/000313.html

Hmmm...I prefered the Weekly World News report of the event (August 27. 2002):

" GIANT SQUID WASHES UP ON SHORE-- & USES RESTROOM!

A FREAKISH giant squid weighing 550 pounds washed ashore in Tasmania-- and stunned eyewitnesses by crawling into a nearby restroom and cleaning its tentacles in the sink!

"It hauled itself onto the beach, crawled into a public restroom, turned on the faucets and splashed soap and water on its body to clean itself up," said marine biologist Dan Tetherton.

"The squid also splashed cold water in its face-- perhaps it was trying to get some salt water out of its eye," Tetherton speculated.

"Then the 10-armed creature left and went back to the sea."

The brainy super-squid was later recaptured and hauled by trailer to a research facility."

"scientists have struggled to build up a profile of the giant squid"

I bet if that squid ever flies anywhere near the USA it will be profiled...

omg lol not squid spam again

"It is believed they rarely have an opportunity to mate, and live isolated lives, but it is still unknown where the squid fits on the food chain."

In other words, squids are geeks.

"it is believed they rarely have an opportunity to mate..."
yeah, but quality is more important than quantity. they get to shtup weightless, 1000 meters below the ocean surface in what must be the perfect ambient temperature for them, with ten arms each to wrap around their inamolluskerata. the boy squid never has to feign interest while the girl squid parses her feelings.

Looks like friday is squid/octopus day on the 'net:

Giant Octopus Attacks Sub
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/27/227240

Sperm whales are also known to eat giant squid - I doubt that a architufus (whatever) could consume even a small whale. So I'd be surprised if the above is accurate - "marks" are often made when eating prey, as well as being eaten by one.

Recently researchers could one on film by following sperm whale mgration and leaving motion-sensing cameras on the end of food pots on the end of giant fishing hooks.
The only giant squid they filmed fought for hours with the hooks, and finally got free, but left a tenticle behind.

That science guy made an interesting
security tradeoff. He did not insure his
200k$ minisub. I wonder what his agenda
looks like.

That's not a security trade-off, it's a financial trade-off, and quite a common one. An underwriter, faced with an unusual object like that sub, wouldn't be able to assess the risks and would probably ask for far too much of a premium.

@Jake

He made a decision between added
security (insurance for his equipment)
and his wallet. Thats trading security
against finances. So we are both right,
depending from which side you look
at it.

Not being able to access the risks, does
not mean that doing a risk assessment
cannot be done. Risk assessment is done
according to the agenda of the decisionmakes.

Can't they do some kind of squid DNA testing to see if suction marks on dead whales come from the same squid or type of squids?

i meant, that giant octopusses or aliens are only fairytales from weekly world news.

Squid attack? The whale being hurt or even killed by a squid, is proof of a fight.

But it doesn't prove that the squid attacked. And it seems strange that they appearently attack sperm whales only?

Your sight needs more pictures

no,its true. u guys r really dumb! go search at google or yahoo! n c the pics!!!

Were is the food chain.

I hate it.