If inventing future technologies makes it more difficult for governments to levy high taxes and enforce laws banning consensual activities, well,
Honeywell in Vietnam with the phoenix program.Nuclear launch codes,PROMIS,the rush of Gadarene geeks to the homeland security troughs here and in places like China with its Golden shield...I wish the fuck geeks would stay the hell out of politics. that's a far more dramatic change than we can ever hope to accomplish through the political process. In other words, I trust the laws of mathematics more than I trust laws created by politicians. Obviously, as I said earlier (http://www.politechbot.com/p-03889.html), I don't recommend giving up on all forms of non-coding activism. But let's evaluate the costs and benefits, and recognize when our efforts could be better spent elsewhere. -Declan << Even a CATO cuckoo clocks right twice a day.