Indeed. And, he lived in New York whilst the poisoned capsules were found in and around the Chicago area.

Johnson and Johnson's handling of the total recall[tm] was wildly applauded at the time, perhaps in contrast to the number of stars we are currently awarding to the nationwide surveillance alliance.

Regarding the inevitable use of the internet for data collection: yeah, someone was first, but a metric fuck ton more suspects.Governments, corporations, recruiters, employers, prospective suitors, suspicious spouses, etc.

/. being slower than everyone else to report on a story.

That is suspicious.

So, the Progressive Insurance of open source.

It occurs to me you knew that and got me to search there anyway, you clever bastard.

1)You can't wash your eyes with soap.

2)You can't count your hair.

3)You can't breathe through your nose with your tongue out.

4)You just tried number 3.

6)When you tried #3, you realized it's it's possible, you just look like a dog.

7) You're smiling right now because you know you were fooled.

8) you skipped number 5.

9)You just checked to see if there was a #5.

Damn. I don't get that...

Is that a focking premium cable channel?

Of course, if someone with enough wealth and will decided to deface my reputation through search engine modifications, it would be difficult for me to defend myself.

It would also effect my livelihood only negligibly. There is some middle-of-the-herd shelter in anonymity.

I liken this to an expression of belief.

An expression in which I advocate the freedom of, even (and especially) if it makes throw up in my mouth a tiny bit.

Access to information is the greatest threat to rule of crooks and despots, which is why it is frowned upon in so many closed counties.

In the West? Chances are very few people will be reseacrhing online inside the voting booth. Do your homework before election day.

On individual days and in individual studies the science can be protected, but you will never completely remove even unintentional bias.

Willful misrepresentation of the facts to satisfy an agenda will continue as long as humans are involved in the experimentation or in the compilation of the results.

From the moment the young LEO is put into a cruiser to enforce traffic laws he himself doesn't have to obey, there is an expectation of the "rules do not apply to me."

This is the way of it. Thanks to the FOIA, conscientious questioners of authority like Ars, and the Courts, we are not beholden to live in a police state unless we choose to sit around and accept it. Legislation to restrict the use of these Stinkrays has already been employed in Washington State and a bill is brewing in California.

But. My only use of poetic license has been with tense, not an attempt at neologism.

It's an exciting time to be alive; with quality of life extension, space exploration, and artificial intelligence on the very real scientific horizon.

If only we can resolve our speciescidal tendencies.