Not to defend or disagree with your comment's parent, I've been thinking a bit about science belief/knowledge and relaized that there's a lot of science which I understtand logically but that I haven't witnessed firsthand. For instance, in physics labs I've proved a lot of physics to myself, and I "know" that bit of science. I've seen the curvature of earth and know that it's round. I've used an electron microscope (don't remember the type) and understand its function and now I "know" about atoms. Biology, on the other hand, is something I'm not terribly versed in. I totally believe that white and red blood cells exist, and that that's how our immune system works and how oxygen gets to our body parts, but I can't say that I "know" it to be true. I'm sure this sounds like a drunk college conversation, sorry. It'd be better but I'm driving and typing...

I totally agree, but never put it so well. Thank you.

Thanks for saying that. The summary is enough to enrage anybody, then I read the bill and the context and I was puzzled as to why anybody was making a big deal.

Ha! It's better than that! US debt ensures that all citizens in the World economy are on the hook. We're all dependent upon each other. This was made clear by the global market instability during this last recession. Mutually assured economic destruction - hopefully it'll be as successful as nuclear MAD.

We give away privacy to gain certain benefits. I work on code projects at coffee shops sometimes, instead of at home, despite the reduction in privacy. The benefit that I get is that I feel slightly more social, and I get to drink some good good espresso. Just because I choose to buy into the ridiculous game of corporate bs and use credit sensibly for all types of purchases does not make me a lemming. My fursuit does that just fine thankyou. Typed on my AndroidMegaCorp2000FancySchmantzPhone.

I agree with you vadim. If I was in this situation, for at least the first two weeks the idea that I could just quit and go back to everyday life at anytime would be at the top of my mind. There are few consequences to quitting in this situation, compared to those in a real mission. In a real mission you're completely committed both physically and mentally, in a fake mission it's a mental game.

Yeah, I remember the same sort of stuff from Usenet - where do they think RTFM came from? This question isn't even bad.

How many libraries of congress/libraries of congress is it?

Ha, I love this. My gut reaction is to call you delusional, but upon further inspection I must call you brilliant. Your Noam Chomsky quote is great too.

F--k... Bruce Perens? What the heck are you up to these days, man? Wait a second, I'll just click on your webpage and find out...