We live in a time where in a flash your message can be communicated to the far reaches of the globe.

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Within minutes, Welsh recalls, the director of the NSA was notified and the decision was made to send a rare "FLASH" message -- the highest priority -- to the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum via the State Department.

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Grandmaster Flash is considered one of the founding fathers of hip hop, and was behind classic '80s tracks The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on The Wheels of Steel and The Message.

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Of course, I get an error message on my iPad which I find most annoying, telling me that my device does not support Flash.

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