Zane Lewkowicz writes:
As far as i can tell, only people who threaten feds with physical danger are getting busted. Threatening feds with the possibility of a future society in which their roles are obviated apparently doesn't work.
This matches what I've seen. Mr. Bell made the big mistake of directly attacking the IRS (the mercaptan [sp?] attack). I've had some dealings with local government people on real estate issues (who have generally been reasonably helpful), and the set of people who like practical jokes has a (nearly?) null intersection with the set of people who go into government service. Especially when you do something to send people to the doctor because of chemical-induced vomiting... If Tim May gets picked up, I expect it to be a result of a Chinese Cultural Revolution-type action (all intellectuals, all programmers, all engineers, etc.). As long as Tim isn't entrapped, he is probably pretty safe from being picked up. However, there's going to be a lot of changes in the near future (e$, Y2K, Internet fall-out, biochemoelectronics, etc.), so I advise that everyone batten down the hatches -- we're in for a stormy ride into a [likely] glorious future. ========================================================== Mark Leighton Fisher Thomson Consumer Electronics fisherm@indy.tce.com Indianapolis, IN "Their walls are built of cannon balls, their motto is 'Don't Tread on Me'"