IMO,

it is plank's belief that there is a LOT going on behind the encryption curtain....and continuation babies.....the fact that it is pending makes it fertile..iMO, also the prior art date of 2004, if plank is correct...and plank believes we will bootstrap encryption to nunchi ---somehow..well, i guess we will rule the world....and right after we cook em and fry em...then we'll be a benevolent ruler!