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I've posted a basic translation here and there's a few others available in the directory.

I've posted a basic translation here and there's a few others available in the directory.

Yeah ... check some of the pictures from this post too, the "Sealand Security" guy makes me laugh, that's really gonna scare the British Para's or Ghurkha Regiment (think little ninja style soldiers kicking ass)

It's not even a natural island... it's a very small platform about the size of a McDonalds, it doesn't even look like an island, it's just resembles an oil platform :)

The Brits could literally blow it off the face of the earth in a second if they wanted to, and do you think these guys are gonna be any defence against a cruise missile? ;-) (how about one of those Tomahawk's the Brits have just bought off the US?)

There's a picture of some geeks inside the place too. And one of the boss, Sean Hastings, did anyone say Alan Cox?

Also, the island has to patch its satellite/microware link back to the mainland somewhere, the government could just put pressure on the upstream provider.

Considering the Brits actually built the island as WW2 defence platform, maybe this could affect the sovereignty of the island. When the courts last ruled on the independence of the platform, it was purely a humours peculiarity bought forward by an ex-military eccentric, obviously they didn't envision data heavens when they made the ruling back in the 60's, after all, who would want a decaying remote platform stuck on the east coast, they thought. I'm sure the government were happy to give the platform away so they didn't have to bother paying maintenance or demolition costs (at the time).

Being only 20 miles of the coast is a little precarious, it could be annexed at any time.

It's not even a natural island... it's a very small platform about the size of a McDonalds, it doesn't even look like an island, it's just resembles an oil platform :)

The Brits could literally blow it off the face of the earth in a second if they wanted to, and do you think these guys are gonna be any defence against a cruise missile? ;-) (how about one of those Tomahawk's the Brits have just bought off the US?)

There's a picture of some geeks inside the place too. And one of the boss, Sean Hastings, did anyone say Alan Cox?

Also, the island has to patch its satellite/microware link back to the mainland somewhere, the government could just put pressure on the upstream provider.

Considering the Brits actually built the island as WW2 defence platform, maybe this could affect the sovereignty of the island. When the courts last ruled on the independence of the platform, it was purely a humours peculiarity bought forward by an ex-military eccentric, obviously they didn't envision data heavens when they made the ruling back in the 60's, after all, who would want a decaying remote platform stuck on the east coast, they thought. I'm sure the government were happy to give the platform away so they didn't have to bother paying maintenance or demolition costs (at the time).

Being only 20 miles of the coast is a little precarious, it could be annexed at any time.

It's not even a natural island... it's a very small platform about the size of a McDonalds, it doesn't even look like an island, it's just resembles an oil platform :)

The Brits could literally blow it off the face of the earth in a second if they wanted to, and do you think these guys are gonna be any defence against a cruise missile? ;-) (how about one of those Tomahawk's the Brits have just bought off the US?)

There's a picture of some geeks inside the place too. And one of the boss, Sean Hastings, did anyone say Alan Cox?

Also, the island has to patch its satellite/microware link back to the mainland somewhere, the government could just put pressure on the upstream provider.

Considering the Brits actually built the island as WW2 defence platform, maybe this could affect the sovereignty of the island. When the courts last ruled on the independence of the platform, it was purely a humours peculiarity bought forward by an ex-military eccentric, obviously they didn't envision data heavens when they made the ruling back in the 60's, after all, who would want a decaying remote platform stuck on the east coast, they thought. I'm sure the government were happy to give the platform away so they didn't have to bother paying maintenance or demolition costs (at the time).

Being only 20 miles of the coast is a little precarious, it could be annexed at any time.

It's not even a natural island... it's a very small platform about the size of a McDonalds, it doesn't even look like an island, it's just resembles an oil platform :)

The Brits could literally blow it off the face of the earth in a second if they wanted to, and do you think these guys are gonna be any defence against a cruise missile? ;-) (how about one of those Tomahawk's the Brits have just bought off the US?)

There's a picture of some geeks inside the place too. And one of the boss, Sean Hastings, did anyone say Alan Cox?

Also, the island has to patch its satellite/microware link back to the mainland somewhere, the government could just put pressure on the upstream provider.

Considering the Brits actually built the island as WW2 defence platform, maybe this could affect the sovereignty of the island. When the courts last ruled on the independence of the platform, it was purely a humours peculiarity bought forward by an ex-military eccentric, obviously they didn't envision data heavens when they made the ruling back in the 60's, after all, who would want a decaying remote platform stuck on the east coast, they thought. I'm sure the government were happy to give the platform away so they didn't have to bother paying maintenance or demolition costs (at the time).

Being only 20 miles of the coast is a little precarious, it could be annexed at any time.