Some CIOs have reacted to this shift by vigorously defending their turf from these encroachments.

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They are apprehensive about Russia's encroachments in the region especially after the 2008 Russia-Georgia war.

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But recently we've seen encroachments from two of the most popular wireless networks: WiFi and Bluetooth.

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Besides, she had been referring not to the encroachments of the European Union but in a general way to this century's two world wars.

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Throughout Zimbabwe's land crisis the police have been criticised by for failing to stop the encroachments onto white-owned farms, which are backed by the Zimbabwean Government.

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But now that the principle of hypothecation has been accepted, it may be difficult for it to resist further encroachments into its control of the public finances.

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Other technologies, such as internet wiretapping and the ability to track the location of mobile phones, will arguably make much more substantial encroachments on privacy over the next few years.

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Pagon says he has also been unable to coordinate a viable defense with DirecTV against the encroachments of EchoStar's satellite service, whose market share increased from 39% to 42% in the last year, at DirecTV's expense.

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Whether from natural catastrophes, economic collapse or the slow encroachments of sand or water, it seems likely that at least some of today's cities will meet the same fate as Ozymandias, the king of kings who built a monument to himself.

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