XMPP is what made this happen... BuddyCloud does this ;)

Inter-Stellar Kredits (not so much Icelandic Kroner). Litecoin wouldn't be bad either. Whatever I already have more than most people would be good.

Yes of course - but why Wave over tools provided in a modern social network? Technologically BuddyCloud is similar - and BuddyCloud has protocols documented, and because of their modular nature they don't represent a moving target.

Who else uses it? I know this is a catch-21 sort of thing. I don't see what Wave really offers over social networks (in conjunction with good old email).
How about tickling your fancy with email and a federated social network such as http://buddycloud.com/ and good old email?

I can't imagine what it would have taken to leave a girlfriend like his. Geeks just don't get girls like that... EVER!
At first I was unconvinced of the effectiveness of what he did because he didn't really tell us anything we didn't already strongly suspect (or know) but the dialogue created has successfully provoked public awareness far beyond my expectations. It's reasonably clear that Snowden *could* gain a lot from this - but he definitely hasn't even tried. Anyway, as far as I am concerned he deserves some book deals and lecture tours.

Haiku in a VM and rsync the CDs across. Though, if the tagging is done in BFS metadata then that may be an interesting problem (though not particularly difficult) to solve.

I routinely stop alien invasions. Their lazors are no match for my hands (and let's not mention my other weapon... in my pants).

Your move NSA - what have you done lately?

Sherlock.

I swear, read the fucking summary before commenting! Changing OS is not an option, changing platform (and therefore "the way the computer is used") is not an option, abandoning MS Office is not an option and OP is not asking for recommendations on an Internet Security package.

(Also, NoScript is really problematic for "normal people", so stop recommending it. AdBlock takes away most nasty things anyway)

Everybody knows Goonswarm (EVE Online alliance) is a CIA front. Glenn Beck obviously knows what's up.
http://themittani.com/media/glenn-beck-goonswarm-cia-front

I don't think I have seen *any* innovation or indication of long-term strategy from eBay. They seem to be basically the same as they were in 2000.

At the moment Australia is looking at desalination to support the growing population and as a backup for when floods and droughts cause problems with our existing dams. Desalination tends to take up a lot of energy so you have to wonder if pumping this fresh water is a better solution. We already run some large pipelines so what's a few more?

This is no secret... And yet it's not really done enough. At Griffith University a language called MaSH is used to lower the bar and allow people to actually make stuff happen, while still being a good introduction to *real* coding (it's a subset of Java and a few specialised APIs). Simple text processing, simple graphics, simple robotic control. http://www.ict.griffith.edu.au/arock/MaSH/

Get peanuts.
What we saw in this election was the other edge of the double edged blade which is democracy. There's wisdom of the crowds, then there's the complete opposite too.

Call me when they levitate that thing.