You can, and you'd be right, if the government owns the internet. It doesn't, and shouldn't for that exact reason. I also said that you have a right to pursue anonymity. That means using strong encryption and employing other anonymizing technologies like Tor, I2P, VPNs, etc.

I have have a natural right to remember everything I experience. This right trumps any interest by anyone else for me to forget it. Persistent storage is an augmentation of my memories, and therefore an extension of my body. I own my body and my persistent storage. Therefore any suggestion that there is a "right to be forgotten" is total nonsense, and should be dismissed as such. You have a right to pursue anonymity, but if I identify you, too bad. If you want me to forget you, you have a right to pursue it, but not a right to force me. I can be friendly, and oblige your request; or I can refuse, and you can attempt to ostracize me. It's then my reputation that delivers my fate.

^ this 100 times.

I don't understand why we aren't talking about colonizing the moon at all. It doesn't make any sense to go straight to Mars. Robots sure; but humans, why send people there to die? At least on the moon, if something bad happens, there's a slight possibility of recovery. If something happens on the way to, or on Mars, the team is pretty much screwed.

What am I missing here?

That's GNU Linux Torvalds!

Unfortunately, there's this whole right to remember and augment that memory. This sort of trumps your right to pursue anonymity.

The name of the bill was apt when it was initially drafted, by the likes of Justin Amash. However, like many laws, they get corrupted and watered down, and in this case completely bastardized from its original form.

Give that man a raise!

In a world where we desperately need a new secure communication medium to replace email and social media, Google Wave was created to do just that. It was decentralized, federated, modular, and built on some standard protocols. Those of us who were exposed to it saw potential, but unfortunately it was ahead of its time. This project above all the others I wish was revived.

*nudge* *nudge* http://incubator.apache.org/wa... *wink* *wink*

PHP is OK. Zend Framework makes it great. Even if you don't use the framework in your application, reviewing the library alone gives great insight into how PHP is supposed to be written.

I for one would prefer to see this device used ON police; rather than, BY police.

Since we're talking about XMPP, can I suggest Google Wave be brought to the table again?

Through the Wormhole is a pretty good one too.

There are other JavaScript frameworks, beside jQuery, that support CSS selectors. i.e. Prototype

The grassroots, "teabaggers", and Ron Paul libertarians, did not get what they wanted. They were exiled from the party. The party rules were changed so that any sort of grassroots rebellion could be extinguished.

I understand the theory you're suggesting. It isn't working though. We aren't getting the liberty, peace, and prosperity we deserve. We're getting more of the same.

What we need to do is to choke that stubborn senile elephant, and replace it with what it use to stand for, libertarianism.

As far as the Democrats are concerned, well... keep it classy.