Now we're going to need lobbyists to represent our banking interests to the corrupt bankers.

You mean not a replicant like he he wasn't one in the story the book was based on? Blasphemy.

Ridley Scott should never have tried to imply that Deckard was a replicant. It's a terrible choice for the movie and it's clearly not in line with the book. The story is about the dehumanization of Deckard while simultaniously humanizing the replicants. Deckard being a replicant just doesn't make sense in that context and ruins the entire point.

My concern is this-
The NSA decrypts all messages to see if they need to read those messages. Those decrypted messages go into a database which, like the cellphone metadata database, is opened to other agencies (the police) to browse. Pretty soon the only messages the police will need a wiretap to gather are those which are easiest to collect.

Why would they need something so fancy to damage your cartilage and repair tissue?

A bunch of rich guys on a private island in international waters with no laws? How long until a drug cartel with boats decides to make a quick buck?

Americans are getting smarter, no thanks to Obamacare.

With TPB abscent where else should I go?

No no, that was RAID proof the whole time. There is no redundancy of any kind in the pirate bay's system.

Or, since hacks already reach in and modify memory anyway, you just also hack the hardware id.

Unlike a trial there isn't such a straight-forward course of action to appeal being wanted for questioning. Likewise, he can't fight extradition to the US from Swedish holding until he's already being extradited. Assange is screwed until he decides to enter the labyrinth, and he's probably twice as screwed when he does.

The mere fact that 90% of discourse about government wiretapping has turned instead into a discussion about Snowden himself shows that trumping up bogus charges against Snowden is unnecessary. Instead the powers that be will silently get their revenge once all the hype dies down and the story about Snowden gets old.

The only way I could ever save money on my power bill is if I go off the grid completely.

I had been using normal PSE&G (southern NJ) and paying about $600/mo for my business. I switched to a different provider that locked me into a 10.3c/kWh supply contract. Now I pay $550/mo in delivery fees and $75/mo for supply.

I tried contacting the state agency that regulates power companies but, as expected, they neither knew nor cared what the expensive items on my bills were.

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I'm not clear on this, does all the trapped light get released at once when you open the gate? Like shine a flashlight at the thing for 6 months and create a blinding flash?