The Jungle, globalized.

[Dave Aitel <dave () immunityinc com>]

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I'm in Singapore, the urbanized rain forest - a concrete jungle, if
you will. Faintly through the hotel window I can hear an endless
commercial playing on a 52 inch TV next to the place I had dinner. The
advertisement is of international superstar Tiger Woods, who I'm sure,
at some point, has taken the 18 hour flight to come here to play golf.

I will say this: I've been a few places in the past years. Singapore
is the most welcoming. The service on Singapore airlines is better
than all the airlines everyone swears are really good. I never fly
business class unless they give me a free upgrade, but Singapore Air
economy is better than the business class on domestic flights in the
states. Of course, it would have to be, on an 18 hour flight, the
longest commercial flight available.

Remember back when you would come into the United States, show your
passport, and the desk officer would stamp it and say "Welcome Home"?
That's the feeling Singapore gives to travelers - on purpose, of
course. It's shrewd business policy. When you enter into the United
States now the desk officer interrogates you a bit, and then growls at
you to go, as if disappointed you aren't a threat. This is as bad for
business as Argentina's PSP-stealing customs policy. (Immunity bought
Dami a PSP for Christmas, and then the customs officer stole it.
Getting computers to your employees in Argentina can take months, and
sometimes their pay goes into strange black holes. It's the dark side
of offshoring that no one ever talks about. The global economy is
fickle. Countries either fix these sorts of issues or become the next
. . . )

As the flip side of the coin, Singapore is globalization personified.
There's a Starbucks within spitting distance of my room, and no less
than five 7-11's. I grew up in 7-11s, and it's weird to see them here
selling rice balls and steamed dumplings. Where's the little machine
that rotates the hot dogs? Anyways, I need caffeine within reach since
tomorrow I start a full week of Unethical Hacking training. The very
first one with ImmDBG. As always, I teach my classes with the CVS
version of CANVAS and VisualSploit. Keeps me on my toes.

- -dave
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