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Unfortunately I agree with you. I think increasing public awareness and loosening the old media hegemony will change things. In time.

Terry Pratchett

Its almost Terry Pratcher'esque. I'm seriously depressed about how shit our system is.

Punch drunk from the abuse, how much worse can it get?

As an Australian (US by birth unfort, I actually hate my country of birth at this stage because of their governance), I'm actually looking to China and non-partisan countries to fi…

Anyone else starting to feel worn down and disgusted by the behavior of your government? I don't see a lot of change, just a lot of dissection of how bad it is. If the mechanism to…

> In terms of funding science, both of us agree that we need to do more. [...] The US should do more, but relative to others we’ve done more in the basic sciences [...] The US pays…

The other problem I've had is around the joints or the volume control, very fine wires that seem to snap easily. I wasn't sure if its just a matter of them being made with an expir…

I'm not sure whether this is a valid topic, or if it resonates with millions of others. In listening to a few online talks, I realize again my headphones have lost hearing in the r…

Brings back memories of getting magazines like inCider [1] and Windfall and attempting to type out the assembler or machine code for little apps or (monochrome ;) graphics stuff. W…

Having read Alastair Reynold's stuff, I thought the idea of replicators was awesome. My current thinking is that 3d printers, if they master multiple materials, will kill off munda…

Moving the marker from apathy to critical thought, in the masses, is the thing I think. That, and fixing the central banking cartel and the military industrial complex, I suppose.

To me its bloody frustrating to look at a problem, and see it wallow around in all its greedy and obese glory. Its really frustrating to think the mechanisms for changing the probl…

But really? It'll get pretty onerous to check every checksum and guard every entry point. I think we should fix the real problem.

Tend to agree. There is still the trust relationship downloading source and using it, although I guess with a source bundle you can at least verify the hash and have the same (pote…

I think a more sensible use of the money would be to 'fix' the ability to buy whatever legislation you want. Its really not a democracy any more when those wealthy enough can buy w…