A political party based on hacker principles has sprung up in 33 nations.  It's the 3rd largest in its founding country, Switzerland.

Declaration of Principles

• Overall: ”Promoting global legislation to facilitate the emerging information society”
• Copyright: “We claim that today’s copyright system is unbalanced” Hence their position that file sharing (e.g. music) should be decriminalized.
• Patent: “Privatized monopolies are one of society’s worst enemies.” Hence their position that patents are obsolete and should be gradually done away with. Regarding patents on pharmaceuticals, the Pirate Party proposes increasing government support for R&D to make up for loss of private R&D if there were no patent protection for innovation.^[8]
• Personal Privacy: “All attempts to curtain these rights (e.g. privacy) must be questioned and met with powerful opposition.” Hence their position that anti-terror laws nullify due process and run the risk of being used as repressive tools.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party_international

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party

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http://gizmodo.com/5365299/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet

I need a swarm of these with onboard bot brains. 

http://www.wimp.com/helicoptertricks/

From my friend, Richard:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwbaker/sets/72157622244947670/

I guess I know now how I'll be spending my 50's...

Oh and she's bad ass too.