If I were younger, I'd be even more pissed off! Think about YOUR share of the Federal debt: anywhere from about $46K per citizen to $130K per taxpayer. Unfunded obligations/liabilities brings that to over $1 Million per taxpayer. http://www.usdebtclock.org/ Do you understand that?

If you're reading this page, you're probably a taxpayer. If not yet, then you will be. Did you enjoy that money being spent in your name? You're liable for it! Even if you don't pay off your share, you'll be paying the interest on it! Think about it: $130K would buy a really amazingly sweet ride, like a 2011 Corvette ZR1. You don't have that ride, now do you? But, you have to pay the bill. Not so fair, is it? And, if you don't pay the bill, don't worry... your kids will get to keep paying it off. Nice parent you are!

That's where I really get ticked-off: My kids aren't old enough to vote, but that doesn't stop the politicians from borrowing money "in their name". I call that THEFT! It is just PLAIN EVIL.

I'm willing to go toe-to-toe with anyone to argue the benefits and pitfalls of taxes vs. spending. But leave my kids out of it! If we can't pay for something this year, then we don't do it! Pick on someone your own size! Don't steal my kids' money before they can vote! Don't steal their money before they're born!

As I tell the younger folks in my office: When are you gonna say, "We're just not gonna pay back the money you borrowed and spent without our permission!" ?

Since it (re-)sells itself, it could also leave feedback for the buyer when it knows there has been a sale and the MAC address of its gateway has changed... Something like, "Great ebayer... not the sharpest tool in the shed, but OK as a sucker" (somebody else can count the chars to see if the eBay comment length limit is exceeded with that).

Neutral will be such a lame concept in the future: Who needs a transmission when you can have direct drive? Then what? Let's just call it "Fly-By-Windows". That's scary!

need I say more?

With Election Engineering, you can take a capitalist country and turn it into a socialist country in one simple step. (While that's not a good thing, it is certainly a form of engineering). Any similarity to actual persons or current events is purely coincidental.

Flamebait? or food for thought? Given the Slashdot crowd, I think it will be judged flamebait. But, when you get older and wiser (i.e. move out of your parents' basement and start paying taxes), you'll see things differently.

IANAL, but these seem reasonable:

(1) Make the case that the box was a "gift" or "abandoned" on your car. Then, when they retrieved it, that constituted theft.

(2) If they say it was never meant to be a gift, but just to be retrieved, then bring "theft of service" charges against the police. The fact that hauling the little box around cost you gas and wear and tear on your car constitutes theft of service. They had you do it without your knowledge or consent. Offering to reimburse you after the arrest (or discovery of the box) is no less still theft.

(3) Charge the police with violating your 5th amendment rights against self-incrimination.

is another idiot whose "endorsement" matters ZERO. Why does non-news crap like this get posted to /. ? If /. wanted to discuss *real* issues, we'd have a story on the rampant voter fraud, and what the /. community could do to prevent it. Surely, there must be *some* techno ideas out there? Or, are we so totally bankrupt of ideas and fairness that we settle for bogus non-stories like this - and pretend that voter fraud doesn't exist. Give me a break. (Or, do you accept voter fraud so long as it's tilted towards *your* candidate?)