Screaming Penguin - Source Does Matter

So I have been struggling with this topic of the banking system problems. For YEARS I have understood that we have been inactive to our own detriment, but it seems to me we are not addressing the real problems. This is going to be a bit rambling.

Dumbster:

The Dumbster is a very simple fake SMTP server designed for unit and system testing applications that send email messages. It responds to all standard SMTP commands but does not deliver messages to the user. The messages are stored within the Dumbster for later extraction and verification.
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public class SimpleSmtpServerTest extends TestCase {
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  public void testSend() {
    SimpleSmtpServer server = SimpleSmtpServer.start();

    try {

I write, therefore the LHC hasn't destroyed the planet.

Larry Lessig is, for lack of a better word, a hero of mine. Really. I can think of very few people alive today I have more respect for. He has, however, completely jumped the shark with this one.