It is doubtful that that phrase, without context, will be used against you. Words on their own have no standing without context. Now, if you pull a knife, wave it menacingly at an individual and scream "I'm going to kill you!", now you are talking about something that will get you in trouble. People scream, whisper, shout, say and text 'I'm going to kill you' all day every day with no repercussion and there shouldn't be any repercussion, because that phrase is a well known idiom.

While it is true that you can't pull words back from the past, you can, figuratively, unsay most comments. How successful the unsaying is debatable and dependent upon the comment, to whom it was said and in what context you made the comment you wish to retract.

IANA expert in revolutionary movements... However, it seems to me that if authoritarian governments can be toppled in such places as Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and others in the mid-east, then perhaps a popular uprising in the U.S. does have a chance for meaningful change.

I don't doubt that there would potentially be terrible (even horrific) situations, but if your point is that is can't happen unless the change to the U.S. government comes from within, I think you are mistaken. In the history of the United States there have been significant changes in the position of the Federal Government due to civil unrest and even riotous uprisings.

You asked:

The answer is yes. Weapons come in more packages than just guns, tanks and bombs.

One man alone can't effect change to the massive momentum and overwhelming power of a government, but that one man can speak, can sway others to his point of view and that small group can grow. Do you think that Martin Luther King would have stood a chance had he marched alone? MLKj started by speaking from the pulpit, then he worked in the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955. Then MLK along with others (Ralph Abernathy chief among them) started the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the rest followed. From 1955 to 1968 he spearheaded peaceful revolution. He never held office, but the USA was a different place when he died.

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We all know the Data is fully functional.

I believe it is possible, but not a sure bet, that we will have less access to our devices as time goes forward. Prices for the individual integrated devices will become more affordable, smaller and these 'integrated devices' will become more accepted. This means that it will not be cost effective to buy components for a DIY server for the majority of people. Having said that, it will also be a standard that a fully integrated network will build itself in your home. Internet and local devices will be all on the network - just like now, except more so.

To me the real issue is the storage of my personal data - most of which is information I don't want to store on a shared 'cloud'. Currently I have what I think will become the standard setup (although more integrated and smaller); Home server/storage that can act more like a cache of the larger data such as movies and the like, but also a secure device that holds important data, such as identity and banking information. I also use a web-hosting account to act as my external storage. On this external storage I have my music, selected movies in a format for on the go viewing, a copy of all my e-books, a copy of my photos, and other important (to me) data. finally I have a third location that is just backup - for all my devices, tablet, PC, phone, etc.

Mrs. Moore seems to be well educated in the political science of this era and her political outlook seems to be leftward leaning, perhaps a meaningful conversation could be had. If Mrs. Moore needs better information on how the Internet and in particular the FREE internet functions, perhaps some of you /.ers can provide her with the proper instruction. Also for those of you who have the desire to educate Congress, she could be the conduit. (This in no way implies any malicious acts or negative attention for Mrs. Moore.)

Stephanie Y. Moore, Minority Counsel, House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet
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Stephanie.Moore@mail.house.gov
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Education: Oberlin 1982 BA; Harvard 1985 JD
Career: Counsel, Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives; Counsel, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property

I think you may have some rather high expectations on this one...

Let's not be coy, by the word 'sting' you mean 'solicitation' or 'entrapment'. This is not how you investigate, this is how you manufacture criminal behavior.

You wanted a suggestion, how about police investigations. In other words, FBI detectives should be detecting...

Yes, crime detection is harder than just creating a criminal act, but it is actually locating and stopping a criminal, rather than duping some nut into it. Sting... what a cute colloquialism for fraud.

Hey, great! That is if monetizing your site is the priority. I'd think it was getting the leading edge tech-goodness in front of us nerds (which seemed to be the message in your earlier post). I'd focus on the delivery a bit more, HTML5 and the rest of the feasible suggestions, until you've gotten things nailed down properly.

You know, once you've had a chance to get things working correctly, perhaps adding some revenue stream or other would be fine. Until then, however, poking us in the eye with an ad is probably a bit of a reach for an initial roll-out.

As I recall, the four boxes were:

• - Soap
• - Ballot
• - Jury
• - Ammo

No, the problem is that money is how voting gets done these days. Those that have more money get more voting power.

Rather than allowing voices to actually be heard, bank accounts now speak loudest. Until that is changed, democracy in the United States is dead. People advocating funds for lobbyists to stand in opposition to this (and any other proposed laws) are just as guilty as companies funding Congressmen/women.

There isn't any way to "fix" this problem. This has gone far beyond the point of no return, a serious and significant reset must happen before anything can be accomplished. I am in fear for our future and I can see no way to avoid it.

We as United States citizens now blithely accept violations that in the past have destroyed political careers, started the revolution and the civil war in our country. Remember the 4 boxes? How many are left that haven't been completely compromised?