Global warming may alter the condition and distribution of land suitable for cropping. In addition, socioeconomic development may infringe on the current agricultural resource base. It seems that Napster-clones like Gnutella have shown the future way of the Internet to the big guys. The system handles the distribution and storage of the encrypted data bits and guides users to the required files. Applications like Gnutella or Mojo Nation in principle provide the perfect tools for the scientific community to share required information and research, without having to crawl through tons of junk, wasting valuable time.
Possible applications are endless.
On the other hand, if everybody becomes a server and nobody knows what information he hosts, any attempts at regulating web content or copyrights become even more difficult if not at all impossible. Good or bad, decide for yourself. The most striking feature about cyberwar is that everybody can be a participant, and it is usually not so straightforward to distinguish between good and evil. That can be dangerous. It can be forced to create a fully functional email attachment that does not show up in the header.