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<html> <head> <TITLE>Vince Cate, Anguilla</TITLE> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFE9C0"> <center><h1>Vince Cate</h1></center> <img ALIGN=RIGHT src=turtle.jpg vspace=16 hspace=16> In November of 1994 I moved from The States to <a href=http://net.ai/>Anguilla</a> in the Caribbean. I think of this as <a href=http://votewithyourfeet.com>"voting with your feet"</a>. Anguilla was a <a href="http://www.offshore.com.ai/finance.html">great place to do business</a>, with a consumption-based tax system that encourages savings, investment and growth. However, there is now personal income tax and very soon a VAT tax. I started <a href=http://www.offshore.com.ai/>Offshore Information Services Ltd</a>, We have had <a href=http://www.ai/publicity/>some publicity</a> over the years. My <a href=http://www.offshore.com.ai/vince/resume.html>education and training</a> are in Computer Science.</a> I have a BS in EECS from Berkeley, a MS in CS from Carnegie Mellon, and did most of the work for a PhD at Carnegie Mellon (I am ABD). My thesis project was the <a href=http://offshore.ai/ftp-pub/alex/usenix.wofs92>Alex Filesystem</a> that lets you access FTPable files on the Internet just like you access local files. <img ALIGN=RIGHT src=mei3-15.jpg vspace=16 hspace=16> When I moved to <a href="http://news.ai/search.html">Anguilla</a>, I rented a nice 2 bedroom house in Old Ta. As is true of many many houses in Anguilla, I have <a href=view.jpg>a fantastic view</a>. My rent was only $500/month. I figure a similar house with a good view in California would cost me $1,500/month (partly higher because in The States probably $500/month would be going to the landlords property tax). In The States I would have to earn $3,000 before taxes to be able to pay the $1,500. So the result really is $2,000 to government and $1,000 to the landlord. So I would have to earn 6 times as much to pay rent there, and 2/3 of the money would really go to governments. <img ALIGN=RIGHT src=vc3.jpg vspace=16 hspace=16> I think that the internet and encryption are going to make for some fun and exciting changes in society. The Cypherpunks mailing list is for people with similar views. I have setup my own <a href=http://www.offshore.com.ai/security/> Cryptorebel/Cypherpunk Pages</a> on this topic. Years ago I set up an <a href=http://online.offshore.com.ai/arms-trafficker/> ITAR Civil Disobedience page</a> that let you click on a button saying, "Click here to become an International Arms Trafficker". I am also one of the founders of the <a href=http://ifca.ai/>International Financial Cryptography Association</a> that puts on a Financial Cryptography conference. For the first 4 years and the 10 year this conference was held in Anguilla. <img ALIGN=RIGHT src=vc1.jpg vspace=16 hspace=16> Years ago I experimented with a <a href=boat/> small electric or kite powered boat</a> here in Anguilla. Lots of fun. The <a href=http://perpetualtravelers.com/> perpetual travelers</a> idea of traveling around the world so that you were never in one place long enough to be captured by the government seems interesting. In practice though, it seems better to find a nice place like Anguilla. <img ALIGN=RIGHT src=machete.jpg vspace=16 hspace=16> I could walk to Katouche beach from the first house I rented in Anguilla through the bush in about 20 minutes. There was hardly ever anyone there when I was there. There are many such seldom used beaches in Anguilla. Being a long and skinny island without all that many people makes for a fantastic miles-of-beach/person ratio. :-) <img align=right src=wedding.jpg vspace=16 hspace=16> On November 21, 1998 <a href=http://web.ai/sam+vince> I married Samantha Hodge! </a> Eleven people from my family came down to Anguilla for the wedding. They all liked Anguilla alot. Samantha's mother <a href=http://www.ai/millys>Milly</a> is in the white hat just to my left. My mother is just to the left of Milly. Samantha and I have <a href=ethan>4 boys</a>. Some of my other web pages are <a href=http://votewithyourfeet.com>votewithyourfeet.com</a> and <a href=http://spacetethers.com>spacetethers.com</a>. I also like the idea of a <a href=http://floatingislands.com>floating island</a>, or at least a floating harbor out in the deep ocean. I have done some <a href=http://wiki.seasteading.org/index.php/User:Vincecate>stuff on seasteading.com wiki</a>. In particular I did some <a href=http://wiki.seasteading.org/index.php/User:Vincecate/Models>model testing</a>. I have written some about <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Vincecate> my non-standard beliefs</a>. I have been playing with a <a href=http://offshore.ai/vince/cave>cave on our property</a>. Looking at <a href=http://online.offshore.com.ai/balseros/>two string kites pulling rafts</a> for playing on the ocean and maybe going between islands. We have a boat so <a href=http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=535724&l=6b6af64659&id=1443900750>we can play on the ocean</a>. <img align=right src=mei9-10.jpg vspace=16 hspace=16> I renounced my US citizenship in 1998 though it was <a href=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1999-04-22/pdf/99-10022.pdf> published in the 1999 Federal Register</a>. I am an Anguillian citizen now, though there is more to that story... I have a <a href=http://seastead.ai>seastead.ai</a> site where I am trying to figure out a design for a Seastead to build. My sons and I are working on our own <a href=http://www.letsfly.ai> rc solar airplane design</a>. I <a href=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1999-04-22/pdf/99-10022.pdf>renounced my citizenship</a>. Have just started a blog at <a href=http://www.bestbot.ai>bestbot.ai</a> to try out different open source chat bots as they come out. I am <a href=https://github.com/vincecate/electronwaves>working on software I call ElectronWaves that simulating electrons using a GPU.</a> I am <a href=http://skysentinel.ai/>working on a project called skysentinel.ai</a> where the idea is to make a plane that can patrol Anguilla's waters for illegal fishing or do search and rescue work. <img align=left src=juggler.gif> This juggler gif seems like a good image for life sometimes. You have to juggle work, family, hobbies, etc. <pre> Vincent Cate 949 Shoal Bay The Valley Anguilla, East Caribbean Phone: (264) 497-3255 Email: vince lastname at gmail dot com. </pre> </body> </html>