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Schneier on SecurityA blog covering security and security technology. « Time Bomb Neckties | Main | Automatic Profiling Is Useless » July 4, 2008Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Found off Santa Cruz CoastIt's twenty-five feet long, with tentacles the size of human legs. Posted on July 4, 2008 at 4:20 PM • 12 Comments • View Blog Reactions To receive these entries once a month by e-mail, sign up for the Crypto-Gram Newsletter. tenticles = tentacles/testicles? Is the frequency of seeing/finding giant squid increasing? It seems to be every 2nd or 3rd month there is an event whereas a few years ago there were virtually none. Cyclical appearances?? Posted by: Ronnie at July 4, 2008 5:38 PM @ Ronnie > Is the frequency of seeing/finding giant squid increasing? Yup, has to do with global warming. You see, a while back someone asked Bruce to comment on the security implications of global warming, and he didn't know what to say. A totally untenable situation for someone like Bruce. So he started this Friday squid thing, knowing that it would at least give him an oportunity to try to tie in global warming somewhere.... Posted by: RonK at July 4, 2008 6:28 PM @ Ronnie Posted by: igloo at July 5, 2008 6:55 AM tenticles the size of human legs. I know what you meant, but now I have this amusing visual in my head of a 25-foot long giant squid, with a 22-foot long head and 3-foot long tentacled :D Posted by: Ian Toltz at July 5, 2008 2:25 PM What's all the shit about with all these squids all the time. Maybe there was something, or is? or whatever. Squid sound like spam to me. Is this all about spamming the internet? Posted by: marask at July 5, 2008 4:21 PM Squid mentions increase blog interest and audience capture with cognitive dissonance - Schneier effectively demonstrates reader exploit. Posted by: Operator at July 6, 2008 1:36 AM When I first read this, I thought: Holy CR*P, it had TESTICLES the size of HUMAN BEINGS? ~EdT. Posted by: Ed T. at July 7, 2008 1:30 PM Not yet official: http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_9712244 "The results of a genetics test, which will confirm whether it is in fact a giant squid, will not be available for a couple of months, according to Oliver." Profiling gone awry again. Posted by: Davi Ottenheimer at July 8, 2008 3:25 PM Could this also be to do with the deep sea being contaminated by chemicals we used 30+ years ago? Maybe like frogs they are moving to try and find a cleaner environment. Posted by: Morgan Storey at July 10, 2008 10:05 PM @Operator Imagine greenpeace posting about weapons, and there technical details. Also no relation -> leads to confussion -> they would get more attention. But at what cost. Sounds to me like the Benetton campaign of Oliviero Toscani, which I disliked a lot. Point is I dislike mostly everything, that tries to manipulate. Give you some kind of information at cover to get your attention for something completly else. Posted by: marask at September 13, 2008 12:08 PM Post a comment
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