kidmercury

"katherine albrecht is the queen of raising awareness regarding the surveillance state. her book spychips is awesome. she's been talking about this stuff for well over a decade." - kidmercury

"election fraud is rampant throughout the country. both the explicit kind, i.e. diebold machines, and the more subtle kind, i.e. gerrymandering." - kidmercury

"i don't think it matters. they have access to one of the ways the data gets to AWS so they can get it before it ever goes there." - kidmercury

"americans as a country are self-centered beyond comprehension. don't take it personally, it is our loss more than anything else." - kidmercury

"always gotta upvote matrix references" - kidmercury

"Damn are enough people in the tech world finally going kook? References to 1984 are very kook. Of course as the american kook saying goes, the answer to 1984 is 1776....." - kidmercury

"i was working on it 60+ hours a week from 2006 to 2010. then about 30-40 hours per week since then. it does earn me money, just not enough. the fundamental difference between you and me is you view service to others and service to self as being in opposition. i find this to be naive. they are synergistic." - kidmercury

"there is no rule of law. the government breaks the law all the time, and has already shut down a city. the ignorant will claim this is for our protection, though those who have studied history are less inclined to be that naive. the argument you put forth is the way slaves think. it is exactly how most colonists thought of the revolution in 1776 and exactly how most blacks though of rebelling against slavery in the 19th century." - kidmercury

"everyone breaks the law all the time whether they know it or not, though that's not what i'm referring to. the proper way to create the revolution is to setup all the nodes first and then engage in civil disobedience as necessary. i am working on setting up all the nodes first and have been for the past 7 years. admittedly i have not made much progress, but i continue nonethless, waiting for the rest of the world to catch up and understand the inevitability of revolution. of course as i have told you many time already most people are ignorant, so they will need to experience financial loss before they acquire the maturity to understand and accept the role they are to play in the revolution, however small or large it may be. but perhaps your question is meant to inquire as to whether i talk the talk and walk the walk, to which the answer is yes." - kidmercury

"because liberty and innovation are in the process of being outlawed. liberty reserve was already shutdown. bitcoin will be regulated to death, that much is obvious before it even started. now that VCs are involved there is someone worth suing and fining. another example is spectrum. the only real solution for dealing with peak bandwidth is to completely de-regulate spectrum and treat it like the non-scarce, non-competitive asset that it is. government laws are treating spectrum like property -- like land. if the internet is to continue growing this must be changed. many will be asking the same question you've presented here and will feel that there is not yet sufficient proof of the necessity of breaking unconstitutional laws. they will be provided with greater and greater proof as the situation progresses." - kidmercury

"here is what is needed: 1. the political will to engage in civil disobedience -- i.e. break the law. if you're not willing to do this there is no point in having further discussions. 2. a federation -- i.e. many small nodes working together -- that help each other break the law. this is basically the creation of an independent government. 3. technically, the real solution is going to be something like the creation of an independent internet. this is very similar to a private network that many of you have in your homes and offices. only certain computers are allowed to connect and communicate with each other. this is the architecture of the future and is needed anyway to deal with peak bandwidth. 4. eventually the birth of a new currency/money supply, of which bitcoin is the first iteration, comes in somewhere along the way which blows the whole thing wide open and lets the revolution kick into high gear. the disinformation stuff like blip enhance is useful to buy more time and slow..." - kidmercury

"true, though i think if people want transparency, they should vote for politicans who seek to legislate transparency -- right now they are voting for politicians who put forth legislation that blocks transparency" - kidmercury

"the american people voted for it. they get what they deserve. if they want something different they should vote differently. i find it highly unlikely that will happen before the government self-destructs under its colossal debt load. new governments are coming around the world. the sooner people think about how to build them, the sooner we get to the long awaited and widely predicted golden age." - kidmercury

"no doubt about it, siding with charlie in this beef. because: 1. history shows tyrants use protection as an excuse to grab and abuse power (hitler, reichstag fire) 2. calling obama the anti-bush is silly when their policy agendas are basically the same corporate banker stuff (war, debt, loss of civl liberties) 3. charlie kept comments short, gotta give bonus points for that" - kidmercury

"that's exactly the right away to think about it. the problem is they are too big and thus too easy of a target. IMHO small networks working together will be more capable of asserting their political will over the nation-state." - kidmercury

"i'm already going for it and have been for years. bitcoin is a step in that direction, though we probably need the next wave of the economic crisis to kick in before things really get moving. unfortunately people do not seek freedom until the pain of tyranny has left no other recourse." - kidmercury

"i'd give this beef a draw. dean is wrong in that in the library of congress stuff is irrelevant since it doesn't include meta data, though we don't know if government agencies have requested data via twitter through national security letters -- which are not court ordered -- and required twitter to remain silent." - kidmercury

"absolutely! love morrissey!!" - kidmercury

"no, it is unethical in your opinion to not use this data for such crimes. moreover, that is the warrant process is for." - kidmercury

"i blame the american people, because they're the ones who caused it, the only ones who can solve it -- and because they won't be able to solve it until they realize how they caused it." - kidmercury

"siding with arnold in this beef. the leadership is weak, lacks consistent thinking, and spends their time lobbying to empower government through greater gun control legislation. real leadership will have the political will to lead organized civil disobedience." - kidmercury

"agreed, it can go back even further depending on how you want to measure it.....but people seem to continue voting for the 2 party system, so presumably this is what they want." - kidmercury

"a new architecture is definitely part of the solution. a new architecture is needed anyway to deal with the (illusory) spectrum shortage issue." - kidmercury

"#upvoted. also, the more you ignore me, the closer i get. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v..." - kidmercury

"you are correct in that government can demand customer contact info (though there are some restrictions on other info) via what are known as national security letters (NSL). they can also require telecom companies to not disclose that such requests have been made, though they sometimes partially relent on this point if pressed. so the whole situation is a bit nebulous. here is an article on NSL requests made to google that may help clarify: http://www.infoworld.com/t/int..." - kidmercury

"i am not sure what anyone is complaining about. you all voted for obama or romney, both of whom support unconstitutional, anti-4th amendment legislation like NDAA which obama signed into law. if you want something different, vote that way. till then, you will need to accept the consequences of your decision, profoundly embarrassing as it is sure to be. anyway. the only answer is non-violent revolution in the form of civil disobedience. start ignoring government and building your own government. money supply is the most important element." - kidmercury

"no, the bulk of it comes from a lack of consumer demand, as illustrated by a lack of credit availability and a lack of savings. no savings, maxed out credit = no demand. no demand for goods/services = no demand for labor." - kidmercury

"the only problem is monetary policy and the only solution is monetary reform. this is what the virtual currency revolution is really about, though without political will it will get shutdown, and without understanding how inflation/cantillon effect creates income inequality entrepreneurs/investors building virtual currency businesses will pursue the wrong strategy. the prostitution example is worth contemplating a bit more. falling prices are symptomatic of greater competition; this in turn will lead to greater consumption and in all likelihood a greater total amount spent on prostitution. the problem isn't falling wages, the problem is why isn't the price of everything else falling as well? the answer is inflation (monetary policy) and regulation. anyway. it's going to take a revolution to fix these problems. once that line of thinking is embrace the problems will be solved swiftly enough; so long as that line of thinking is resisted there is no hope, as those who control monetary..." - kidmercury

"lol sorry man nothing personal, just need to remain vigilant and defend against the suster-ization of literature. :)" - kidmercury

"we stopped living in anything resembling a freedom-oriented democracy a long time ago, and the move towards full-blown fascism has greatly accelerated since 9/11 and the passage of the patriot act." - kidmercury