One of my favorite bits from Vernor Vinge's _A Fire Upon the Deep_ - >>> WARNING! The site identifying itself as Arbitration Arts is now controlled by the Stra

One of my favorite bits from Vernor Vinge's _A Fire Upon the Deep_ - >>> WARNING! The site identifying itself as Arbitration Arts is now controlled by the Straumli Perversion. The Arts' recent advertisement of communications services is a deadly trick. In fact we have good evidence that the Perversion used sapient Net packets to invade and disable the Arts' defenses. Large portions of the Arts now appear to be under direct control of the Straumli Power... "Sapient net packets" seem like a really, really bad idea . . .