there is plenty of public outcry. You here it everywhere. In every bar, in every street corner, where there are *people*. From conservatives, to liberals, to anarchists, capitalists and socialists alike.

You won't here it on the TV, the radio, but you'll here lots of it in the printed press.

This is going to make glenn greenwald's career.

I think that has more to do with how the voting system is set up, and less to do with collective ignorance.

Collective ignorance of the US population is yet more propaganda they tell us to accept their abuse of our neighbors.

We don't have a choice at the voting booth, because of systematic elimination, and exclusion of canidates that oppose the system, and systematic corruption of any that might get through.

the USA was never a democracy, and what little bits of democracy that exist in the system only date to the early 20th century (i.e. 17th amendment).

Our constitution, declaration of independence, early government, where *not* written by men of the people, crowd sourced, or in any way shape or form made by either democratic, nor popular movements. They were written by the pre-existing state governments as existed under the crown.

Not since the civil war, has anyone, anywhere, really, had any voice in opposing the system of government, and the federalists have cemented any opposition to federalism as support for the confederacy.

its probably the biggest dent thats been made post reagan.

You don't see it on the TV, but people are slowly starting to question everything.

The only people immune from this, are people who have *a lot* to loose if the government comes crashing down.

I think at this point if your not on a terrorist list, you ought to be ashamed of yourself.

you mean like catching rapists who broadcast their deeds online. I mean terrible, its some sort of violation of the bro code.

oh yeah, your right. I mean no nerd ever killed them selves facing 35 to life for technical infractions related to accessing publicly available scientific files.

No nerd ever lost their job, and is on the run from US law enforcement for exposing unethical mass survialence and harrassment by the US Government.

No nerd was ever arrested for trying to do the right thing and exposing unethical or dangerous computer behavior.

No nerd was ever arrested for modifying his own video game system, that he bought, and then blabbing about it on the internet.

No nerd was ever targeted for being either a terrorist or a school shooter by rampant paranoia from authorities.

but yeah, your right, nerds are left alone by the system.

that is somewhat bullshit.

9 times out of 10, someone trying to crack your encryption is not going to be someone who is able to use that amount of leverage. Most likely they are going to subversively copy your data, or

As far as I am concerned, I don't need my encryption to completely uncrackable. If all encryption does is provide tamper evidence, and doesn't allow undetectable snooping I am OK.

Also, ability to crack encryption in an investigation/forced to decrypt for trial, is not the same as undetectable mass survailence. If all encryption does is force cops to go back to needing warrants and subopeanas, and due proccess, I think its done its job quite well.

I could swear a few stories up is this:

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/07/03/1846215/nsa-considers-linux-journal-readers-tor-and-linux-users-extremists

we don't put people in jail for unconventional thoughts eh?

Oh wait, only if they are STEM graduates.

you don't understand how these people work, and how they think.

The concept of a scientific investigation as seen on CSI is a work of creative fiction, nothing more. The capablities of the US government to deter threats including profiling the target with the largest brush feasibly possible, then trying to fuck with the people who fall under whatever target they made up enough that they point fingers at someone else, and whoever has the most fingers in their dirrection looses.

Hypocrisy and the fact that they might be targeting their best chances to do what most people think they do is not relivant.

After they label people as "extremists", they then use excedingly long jail sentances, other threats, and attempts to ruin their social lives, and a split from mainstream society as leverage to get these people to work for the NSA or other government or capitalist agencies.

They can then denounce everyone not explicitly helping them as terrorists.

The fact that most nerds, anyways still say "fuck the system" is a tribute to moral character, more absolute ideas of freedom, and knowledge of history that isn't dependant on the 2 year TV news election cycle, is a tribute to the moral fiber of the computer enthusiast, something that mainstream society lacks.

very acurate actually.

There are all kinds of LRFs on the market, and tanks and other military equipment use them.

https://www.google.com/search?q=laser+range+finder&client=firefox-a&hs=lCg&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=np&prmd=ivnsp&source=lnms&tbm=shop&sa=X&ei=71mwU_3NG6fJsQS1woGQBA&ved=0CAgQ_AU

10% of the population was in uniform, but the entire country was at war.

that 10% was pretty high when you consider it was mostly healthy men ages 18-40.

If you find peroid hardware sure.

As far as the rasberri pi, its ARM cpu, If you can find old stuff ported to ARM from back then sure, but otherwise no. old x86 software won't run on ARM.

>Here are some more interesting facts. The majority of tax payers who fund government spondored cancer research cannot afford the drugs their tax dollars helped produce.

Along with the scientists, technicians, and even plant workers loading palets. Agree 100% Do you know why? Because exists a system that is set up to make men at the top of the large corporations money. Not just that, it dehumanizes, and even strips the achievements from the people who actually did the work behind the vaccine.

Science is not done *because* of capitalism. Science is owned by capitalism because capitalism used leverage to create a monopoly on science.

Bill Gates is not a hero. The reason the rest of us can't afford cancer drugs is because capitalism deprives us of the right to have them. Same thing with the malaria drugs. No amount of charity will change that.

Just following orders has never been a valid excuse.

In comming decades "a proffesional chasing money" is not going to hold either.

If I were you, I'd start compiling a laundry list of all the bad things your employer has done, because its going to be the only thing that will save you.

>I'm curious as to what "private dictatorship" means here

capitalism. The perpetual ownership of public and non-manufactured goods such as private property.

Someone gets to force kids to learn something. Far be it to suggest children are human beings, and have rights seperate from their parents.

I've come to the conclusion that letting parents indoctrinate or brainwash children based on either faith, dogma, or their own personal failings is just as bad as the state doing it.

Children are humans, and they have the right to accept or reject society on their own terms.