"Conspiracy stories very rarely turn out to be true;"

That's because when they are found out to be true, nobody calls them "Conspiracy stories" any more. We call them "scandals". (ref: "Watergate Scandal"). Note that the perpetrators were indited for conspiracy.

"it's too hard to coordinate all of these efforts."

You're doing it wrong.

From my friend, an HIV researcher:

Me: So is this genuine progress or breathless "science" journalism?

Him: A little of both to be honest. They basically replaced the man's entire bone stem cell population with a donor's to "cure" him. Which only works for one type of the virus. Which only works if you have an exact match for a bone marrow donor. Which only works if the exact match happens to have the super rare CCR5-32 mutation that makes them immune to that one type of virus. And you get to take immunosuppressants for the rest of your life because you have another dude's bone marrow in you. That being said, they cured HIV.

Obviously Assange should be the person of the year. Although I personally dislike him for being such a popularity whore, it's obvious Time magazine has been pressured to choose someone less controversial.

But what happened to original principles of this award? Hitler was the person of the year for 1938. This award went always to the person with the highest impact on news. What the heck happened this year? Time magazine is becoming irrelevant.

It looks like someone has figured out a way to get an absolutely free hostile code audit of their IPSEC implementation. Hundreds of the smartest people in the field will be looking at the code with a critical eye; a process that would cost millions if they were paid for their time, and all for the chance to put their name on the discovery of the backdoor.

Yay for Open Source!