Speaking of our future cephalopod overlords, I finally got to see the Wild Discovery episode on the Humboldt squid. It's one of the best hours of TV I've seen in a while. And while they effectively make the case that the vicious sea beasties are mostly curious and benign when not being hunted by Messkins, seeing them pissed off on IMAX convinced me that diving in the Sea of Cortez is overall a bad idea.
Best part of the show: the special forces guy who dives alone with the squid. He wears a protective armor dive suit designed by--I shit you not--Star Wars costumers.
I guess you do need a Storm Trooper suit to deal with this guy.
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