Jamator01

Complete layman's workings here, but assuming 2 years in captivity, that's $2,920. Compound interest at 3% p.a. for 50 years brings it to $12,801 in 1995. I guess that's annually for life? So in 2015 he'll get $23,120? Assuming the compound interest continues.

EDIT: 3 years in captivity would extrapolate to $34,681 in 2015.

EDIT 2: OP says he was in captivity for 3 months. So more like $2,767/year. (Thanks /u/HaloZero)

EDIT 3: Also, kind of rude to be working all this out here. We shouldn't be thinking about the money, just thanking OP for his service and wishing him the best. Sorry OP.

the press and the public memory are brutal in their complexity reduction.

see: "who is this 4chan?" and the months (years?) of the media referring to 'anonymous' as some sort of organised 'hacker collective'.

Thank you.

Sorry, I'm really not interested in how much money is involved. I just like maths and someone asked, haha.

That was shortsightedness on the govt's part. They discounted the referendum as not going to happen. Now they're wishing they put more options on the ballot.

It's just a name. It's a decentralized entity that anyone can claim they're a part of and they can't be proved right or wrong.