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At the moment - Scala. Previously - Python.

Cool idea, but why do you require permission: "Read phone state and calls"?

1) If you like Atlas Shrugged, then maybe you will like "For a new liberty" by Murray Rothbard (the founder of anarcho-capitalism movement): http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp

That's a deduction of libertarian principles from non-aggression axiom and application of that principles to current problems.

2) If you are interested in philosophy, then read "History of Western Philosophy" by Bertrand Russel. Unfortunately It's written from the socialists point of view, but if you ignore Russels' left views, it's an excellent introduction to the history of philosophy.

I don't think the link between old testament and myrtus is strained.

1) Eshter's born name is Hadassah, which means myrtle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther#Origin_and_meaning)

2) When Eshter asked the king if Jews can kill their enemies, king granted the permission (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=esther%208:11-8:...)

I use whole disk encryption since around 2005 and didn't have any performance problem.

The latest Truecrypt 7.0 uses AES-NI instructions in the i5 and i7 processors, which allegedly have 8x speed http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=hardware-acceleration

Go ahead and encrypt your whole drive, if there performance problems, you can easily de-encrypt it.

I'm using http://www.lingoes.net/ for this (unfortunately, Windows only).

If you can't access the original post, the audio is here: http://www.zerohedge.com.nyud.net/sites/default/files/Market... or here: http://www.mediafire.com/?ug2o5yngzyw

More simple explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_faster_than_the_wind#Sa...

And probably you can sail downwind faster than the wind too: http://www.flixxy.com/sailing-yacht-research.htm

Discussion in Russian about this issue: http://habrahabr.ru/blogs/infosecurity/91266/

Why do you think you can trust FDA but can't trust commercial entity?

According to comments here, FDA made mistakes too.

I think you are wrong. There are a lot of small pharmaceuticals startups.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/04/14/436028/drug-startup-a...

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2355897150

http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10006932/biotech-start-up-fl...

You can use only drugs approved by FDA, nothing would change for you in "no regulation" market.

You will decide it because of mark "FDA approved" (or any other drug testing agency you trust) on the drug.

Do not use inadequately tested drugs, buy only FDA approved drugs. Why do you want to forbid other people to buy drugs not approved by FDA?

Do you really want the market flooded with new software, whose effects aren't well understood?

You can find effective software despite almost no government regulation, why do you think it won't work for drugs? I'm sure a lot of private rating agencies evolve in the such free market of drugs.

Why do you think software business model can't be applied to drug development?

On of the biggest problem with drug research is that it's highly regulated by government, so it's too costly for a small startup. Remove this regulations and you'll get a software-like situation with thousands of startups and new drugs.

e.g. read this: http://daniellefong.com/2010/02/11/how-law-shapes-the-busine...

What would you say about this correlation between GDP growth and government spending? http://mol-eng.com/growthsm.png (taken from: http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=3012 )

As far as i understand, GPL license is a "hack" for living in copyright world, until the abolishment of copyright.

Proprietary software does take some of your freedom away due to government granted monopoly (copyright). For example, you are forbidden to to make a copy of it.

Scientific American 1859 http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=100-years-a...

A pernicious excitement to learn and play chess has spread all over the country, and numerous clubs for practicing this game have been formed in cities and villages. Why should we regret this? It may be asked. We answer, chess is a mere amusement of a very inferior character, which robs the mind of valuable time that might be devoted to nobler acquirements, while it affords no benefit whatever to the body

I think i have a DSPS too, but instead of fighting it, i live with my cycle (around 25 hours). Impossibility to work in office hours forces me to be independent, so it's not so bad.

Writing in the Times of London in 1894, one writer estimated that in 50 years every street in London would be buried under nine feet of manure.

Human civilization evolution is faster, then natural evolution.

Have you ever seen a working liberal democracy before US? :) That kind of argument doesn't work for proving impossibility.

Life without violence from government (taxes) is certainly possible. In 19th century US government spendings were only 2% from GDP. Such amount can be collected with charity without force.