Can a Pi even utilize a GigaE anywhere close to its limits? I'd think that even 100M would be idle a good percentage of the time.

You can make the "TEH GUBMINTZERS!!!!" argument all you want. In small towns, "the government" is made up of the townsfolk, and they tend to know each other. I'm not saying that everything in small towns is unicorns and glitter, but people are likely to heed the words of the officials that they actually know if those officials say "danger Will Robinson, danger!"

And I've gone to the employment page on a number of web sites that didn't play well with chrome and/or Firefox. I'll reject any potential employer who can't even find the talent to build a website that's compatible with most browsers.

Oops, Cyprus.

Obligatory "except in Cypress" comment.

I'm wondering how this compares with snail mail. If I write a letter, hold on to it a few days at my home, mail it, the recipient reads it then holds on to it for some period of time. Except in cases where the sender or recipient voluntarily gives up the information, wouldn't a search warrant be required for any government official to get the info? They must get a warrant to search either house. They can't intercept mail without a warrant either, I believe.

For email, usually a user name and password is required for you to access your email client so that you can read or send emails. That implies, even if the email is transmitted in clear text, that some sort of privacy is expected. Just like wire taps on telephones, you should need a warrant to 'tap' into the net to capture emails as they are sent. Where I'm storing the email is irrelevant; username/password is something like a locked door, or even an unlocked door. Without probable cause, the government can't just walk in.

That's true, but in the case of health insurance benefits, the company subsidy covers a pretty large portion of it. I know a guy who has a wife and four kids and the total cost of the insurance, per person, was about $900/month. This was a couple of years ago. He pays something like $100-$150/month out of $5,400/month. And of course he pays any co-pays and deductibles. The amount that the company covers is pretty sizable, and he is hit with no tax on that amount. On life insurance, he'll pay tax on "excessive coverage" or whatever the hell the feds call it when the value exceeds a certain amount. I've never worked anywhere where health benefits caused extra withholding for taxes.

If your company provides health insurance benefits, you don't get taxed on that income either. People who don't have that benefit pay with after-tax dollars. I know people who get virtually all of their health insurance costs, other than deductibles and copays, for their entire families, paid for by their employer. For a family with 3 or 4 kids, that can add up to additional untaxed income that's close to what the average US household income is.

Well, I don't travel by air much, so I don't have a lot of personal data to go on. Awhile back, I forgot and left a cheap, small pocket knife in my shaving kit. The TSA agent politely told me that I could check my bag. My response was that they could toss the knife. End of issue. OTOH, I have a sibling who travels frequently, and got into a 'situation' with one agent. As the story goes, the other agents nearby seems to be on edge/nervous, as apparently this agent had anger management issues and had had run-ins with other travelers. I'll bet that as with any government agency, getting rid of bad apples could be difficult.

Based upon some of the other responses here, I get the impression that most passenger interactions with TSA agents are uneventful.