participation in sensor networks

[Georgi Guninski]

On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 05:13:28PM -0500, dan at geer.org wrote:
> Georgi Guninski writes:
>  | On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 08:34:14AM -0500, dan at geer.org wrote:
>  | > The question here is perhaps obvious: Will you opt out and suffer
>  | > the consequences thereof?
>  | > 
>  | > --dan
>  | 
>  | Let me counter-ask only `dan':
>  | 
>  | Will you exchange a walk on part in a war for
>  | a lead role in a cage?
>  | 
>  | This is not exactly quote from Floyd's song.
> 
> 
> After looking up the lyrics and reading a few pages about them,
> I confess to still being confused as to what they mean and, hence,
> what their question is.  That is an honest answer -- I am not good
> (at all) with anything that is "high art" or whatever the right
> terminology here would be.
> 
> Now, as a guess, I'll counter by asking if the lyric is simply a
> light modernization of:
> 
>     I must study politics and war, that my sons may have the liberty
>     to study mathematics and philosophy, natural history and naval
>     architecture, in order to give their children a right to study
>     painting, poetry, music, architecture, tapestry, and porcelain.
> 	    -- John Adams, 2nd US President
> 
> If the "Floyd" lyric asks whether yours is a purpose-driven life,
> then my answer to "freedom, security, comfort, choose two" is freedom
> and security, abjuring comfort, per se.
> 
> 

Never mind the lyrics, assume it doesn't exist.

Assuming you are the same dan geer who is some boss at in-q-tel, which
appears closely related to the cia, what is your definition of
"freedom" -- what the usgov decides to give to the enslaved peasants?