*begins slow clap*

Is this really an organization? In other words, are they srs?

I followed the link in the article but can't find the software anywhere... Is it open source? Does it run on Linux? :)

Western Union and Moneygram are prohibitively expensive.

This sounds like the kind of crackpotedness my conspiracy-theorist friend would come up with. You know the kind of fellow I mean, the one that has all kinds of things to say about the Federal Reserve and probably watched the Zeitgeist movie too many times. I mean, I understand the legal theories behind it, but it seems too off-the-wall to be something that is actually happening.

Are the files needed to print one of these up on Thingiverse yet?

I'm sure you'll have a lot of people disagree with a lot of your proposals, so bear with me and do keep in mind that I fundamentally agree with you that some major changes are needed in this country. However, I would like to suggest that you give a bit more thought to one particular point in your diatribe that you may have included without giving it much consideration:

Having been to jail a few times myself I can attest that a large selection of cheap paperbacks can make the experience a lot more bearable. Some kind of work during the day wouldn't hurt, either, but the ability to mentally remove oneself from the immediate surroundings is made possible for a very small expense, and does wonders for an inmate's state of mind. I've personally made quite a few donations of old paperbacks to local jails and juvenile halls for this very reason.

Entirely off-topic, but that was my first DVD purchase as well.

Knowing your real name reveals the cleverness of your username. I award you one internets.

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I wonder how large the black hole's HOSTS file is...

Why not? Car geeks are a perfectly legitimate variant of geekdom. I think it is the underlying "take it apart, how's it work" urge that defines us, regardless of what's being dismantled.

Um, duh? 20+ years real-world testing and updates and bugfixes from pretty much the entire open-source community vs. something that was released last week? Why don't they benchmark it against Google Plus and Bitcoin while they're at it?

Honestly I prefer FBReader on my G1. I did try calibre on my laptop, but it wasn't my cup of tea.

Distributed.net is a 404. Please fix your link, I really do want to follow it.