Maybe some prominent Scientologist deciding your programming? lol. I thought HBO would be similar programming across the US and Canada.

Great read. I can't wait to see the documentary tonight. I have some kind of sick fascination with the cult of Scientology.

Pretty cool idea. To me that would make for a more interesting time in an RPG. Plus it's only an avatar. Maybe I'm the only terrible person to always push "randomize" a few times and then go with it?

Yeah I wouldn't endorse any sort of law like this but I don't think they are being used as bad as they could be. I would rather see them go away so they couldn't be used to their worst potential but as of now I don't think they are causing many problems.

I would love to try it, but it just doesn't seem like it would have enough juice to power anything, much less give it a charge.

From what I've seen of the Snowden leaks, there's nowhere to really get away from the NSA. They have their hands in every major manufacturer. They have cables that can steal your info, they can the most complex malware written to date. Apart from completely removing your entire digital life, I don't see a way to stay out from under their eye.

If someone is knowledgeable enough to torrent safely, they will get around this pretty easily.

Anyone tried this? Any ideas of how quick/reliable this would be able to charge a device?

I live in one of the Southern states that passed one of these. There actually hasn't been many repercussions from it. It seems like it was mostly a symbolic law, for now at least.

I always find this interesting. I work in the oilfield and I am always surprised that they are able to keep these operations quiet enough to not disturb people.