Agreed.

I just launched a balloon (again) last Sunday.

The balloon and helium alone cost us $800 (we made it to 103k ft using a bigger more expensive balloon).

Unless people are giving you free money, thats the bare minimum - not even accounting for the cost of tracking and filming equipment. Or the gas needed to drive 4 hours following the balloon . . .

Just as an example, Hotmail for years used 'What is your favorite color' as a security question.

Its been cracked at least since the end of 2008, when my reCAPTCHA protected site started getting inundated by spammers again . . . I've been telling people since we need a new defense, but all I heard back was 'reCAPTCHA is invincible'.

It's an arms race, a never ending one, and spammers will always figure out a way around anything - given time.

here you go:
http://www.best-geiger-counter.com/geiger-counter-kit.html

I'm currently using the Electronic Goldmine Geiger Counter Kit, with a microcontroller to process and datalog the events. The specs aren't well defined, but if I put a smoke detector (the radioactive part) next to it, it goes absolutely crazy.

Sure these units are very limited, but technology wise the same.

Agreed.

You can buy *digital* pocket sized radiation detector kits for $100. People have sent these digital detectors up to space in high altitude balloons a thousand times already, including me. Even sparkfun sells one.

I definitely agree. It may be fair and legal, but it defeats the purpose of fair elections and the spirit of democracy.

Although what you said is true, the DHS was not created to have net censorship for copyright enforcement powers.

Several entirely unrelated things are being lumped together as the same thing in 'Net Neutrality'. They should be kept separate within the laws enacted . . .

The first is the cost of bandwidth - should those who pay more get more?

The second is prevention of monopolistic control of the internet by ISPs.

The last is corporate censorship of the internet.

It appears they forgot the whole 'checks and balances' thing when enacting a powerful censorship law. I'm not even sure what the 'Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement' has to do with copyright enforcement.

But hey, already found a scapegoat, a 'fresh college graduate' who'll be labeled as over-zealous while those actually in charge zip by.

No need for the personal insults.

I'm all for a country choosing it's destiny, just not dictators of that country being allowed to choose by killing their own people that disagree.

Despite your anti-US sentiment, South Korea would look like North Korea if not for our meddling. Europe would have become Nazi if not for our meddling. China would be a province of Japan if not for our meddling.

Sure, we messed up a few times, but don't be selective in your evidence.

Finally, intelligent comment.

I am all for the release of corruption and crimes, and against the suppression of leaks thereof. But that is not what happened.

Sure, having all your emails posted on the net for the international media to comment about can be embarrassing, but that doesn't make you a criminal. A quarter million documents were released, and not a single crime has yet to be found. Nadda. And frankly, as far as other governments are concerned, that makes me very proud of being an American.

So to you US-bashers, stop hating until a crime has actually been found.

Don't forget Japan, South Korea, Germany, and Italy. It was absolute tyranny when we rammed democracy down their throats. Now they are horrible countries!

And you do realize American soldiers replaced the Panama military dictator with one elected by citizens of Panama, right?

I think you guys are hyping this up too much. NASA finds water and 'biological markers' all the time. My bet is it's in that same category.

I'm of course against violence like you, but how do you stop a violent extremist running around with an AK-47, planting road bombs, or flying planes into towers? Or what about power hungry dictators that crush their own people and invade other countries to annex them?

I haven't been closing following this, but has even a single new war crime been discovered within these leaks yet?

People are equating the leaks to a 'list of evil American crimes', but it's just a leak of information, no?