So let me get this straight. You're saying that because the current surveillance which is happening isn't as bad as a book, a work of fiction, it's really not that bad?

Maybe you should stop posting fiction to Slashdot, slashdot.

/Stolzy

What have we done! We've created a monster (aka Tony Abbott). I voted the Pirate Party, myself. /Stolzy

I don't usually mould my internet activities around the knowledge that my online activities are being watched by some data collection software somewhere in the world. My position is, so long as I am breaking no laws, I shouldn't have to care. That's why we have the Law, after all.

/Stolzy

In one word. Your boss needs to know what's going on.

Maybe they should have hired actual coders to do the job.

Give them Weed! Srsly, it stimulates appetite, and can help with sleep. Plus it also helps the body in other ways, such as protecting and even enhancing the neural pathway transmitters, helps cells release the correct stimulation to kill off cancer cells, and a whole bunch of other ailments. I wouldn't recommend baking brownies in space, though, all those crumbs!

In the legal world, having a "precedent" is always helpful when a judge is being asked to make a decision on a case. Here, a precedent has now been set that allows us to call BitCoins "Money", in which case there may be other legal wrangles where calling BitCoins "Money" is going to be a necessity. I'm sorry, but this really has nothing to do with toy cars, cars, or licencing them. /Stolzy

If they're being charged with Money Laundering, doesn't that mean the BitCoin is now considered "Money" by the Feds?

I'm still waiting for the day we start making motherboards from hemp plastics.

The biggest source of income for any working musician is still live shows. Be they small 100 crowd venues or large 50,000 crowd venues. There is something special about watching a group of musicians perform together in a live show. Something that can't be replicated by a guy pressing a button (to play pre-recorded tracks). Live DJ shows often involve lots of pyrotechnics and other visual devices in order to engage the crowd. However, any live band, be they rock, hiphop, classical, baroque, deviant, or otherwise, has an instantaneous advantage of an unending "fascination" effect from people who can't play instruments themselves.

It wasn't until recently that I realised why this goes on in America. A friend pointed out the sheer stupidity of some of the arrests happening in USA is an extension of a money making racket the cops have (and given that most prisons over there are privately owned, I'm sure some of those arrests also come with "perks").

So, the cops arrest someone for stealing some electricity, and if they get a fine, they get more funding. I'm pretty sure there's a lot of truth in that statement.

/Stolzy

Is it possible that the USA could start seeding whistle-blower's leaks with information that would put them at further risk of legal prosecution? /Stolzy

I used to hate Bill Gates. Then one day I realised Gates had "grown up". He's still a businessman, but he's using his business "prowess" to increase his ability to help people in Africa with his vaccination programme. Which is why he set up his charity with family, and uses investment in businesses like Monsanto to offset his expenditures (and who's not to say to direct the firm away from GM crops?)

Whether my "naive" optimist side is coming out or not remains to be seen. Either way, what Gates is doing for Africa fits this model perfectly, you'd have to say.

/Stolzy

Bitcoin mining may take a new turn eh? Bitcoin Haxor^H^H^H^H^H^H Recovery?

Can anyone tell me where, in today's world, there is a government that issues its own money? I guess Valenzuela is one country that doesn't have a Central Bank. I can't think of any others. America sure doesn't issue its own money, it loans it (from the Federal Reserve). Just to be fancy I'll throw in a fancy word - Fiat. There you go! Which Bitcoins are also. /Stolzy