Maybe they all share the same lawyer /s

And Obama came out to defend the program without saying that the companies were not involved (he did not say they were involved either) His press conference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iS6MO...

Here is a good guide from Cryptome http://cryptome.org/cryptome-anon.htm

There are plenty of old typewriters lying around. Although you would still have to take precautions like getting rid of it afterwards and make sure it does not make use of polymer tape ribbons (in which case you would have to destroy and discard that as well).

Typewriters have signatures too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typewriter#Forensic_examination

Sure, but the government wouldn't have a database of those anywhere and getting rid of a typewriter isn't likely to get anybody noticed (I cleaned up in the attick the other day, can you believe what I found?).

Good link, thanks.

Even better, receipt / thermal printers. No ribbon and pretty much untraceable. Lots of them lying around second hand in flea markets and yard sales.

Take a look at this table http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/08/americas-f... to see how income is distributed in the US between the states. New Mexico has received over two-and-a-half times its 2009 GDP more in federal spending than it has sent in taxes over a twenty year period. The equivalent for Europe would be akin to Greece getting over $760 billion. Yeah, Europe has to work on its "union" aspect a bit.

That's not comparable: one is subsidy, one is spending. US spends money in New Mexico by maintaining military bases and hiring New Mexico residents to work for them [1]. They serve the entire country, not just New Mexico. In contrast, the EU sending checks to Greece or forgiving its debt is pure subsidy. Only Greece directly benefits from it.

It's one thing to spend money in exchange for goods and services, and another thing to give it away in exchange for nothing.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico#Federal_government

This is really amazing, but I wish these two browsers would be pushing for a FOSS version of PDF instead.

I do not think openXPS is entirely FOSS but it is a good place to start looking for an alternative.

Here is an xps file on the web to see how your browser handles it: http://www.rosebudschooldist.com/images/Feb%20Cal%202013.xps

There is also Mobility (http://www.mobility-online.de/en/informations/generalinforma...). It was designed by a university and auto manufacturer so they put a bit more thought into their traffic algorithms. I feel it is a bit eurocentric because there are a lot of things they do in Europe which we do not do here as far as traffic management goes, but it is an interesting simulation/game to fool around with. Since the German federal government also played some role in its development, you will see more of a bureaucratic approach to the game.