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Yeah, an IP address isn't enough, but an IP address with a timestamp is plenty.

No, it's not. And if you think it is, you clearly don't understand the issue.

Thing about it is, courts have ruled both ways, which tells me that judges are experts in law, not technology. Lawyer buddies tell me that 99% of winning a case is snowing the judge with the precedents that 'prove' your argument.

Hell, an Italian court just ruled that some guy's brain tumor was linked to his cell phone use. Science is still out on the matter, but the judge 'knows better'. Like I say, judges are experts on law, but their expertise doesn't necessarily extend any further, and in the case of IPs as unique identifiers, most judges aren't techie enough to have a clue. The *AAs have enough money to out-lawyer anyone. Win even a temporary victory against them, they'll come after you with intent to burn and loot. They have to, or their little extortion racket falls apart.

Of course not! The Chinese will never even think about seizing islands in the Pacific that belong to Japan, Vietnam, or The Philippines for their undersea resources! The Chinese have absolutely no imperalist impulses, not at all!

Islamic terrorists are by far the most common sort in the modern world

Most terrorist acts in Europe are still carried out by Christian Europeans, like the Catalonian separatists in Spain, or the Catholic separatists on Northern Ireland. The most recent major act of terrorism, Anders Breivik's bombing of the Norwegian parliament with 8 dead and subsequent shooting of another 77 people, was...

...on the 22nd of July. Five months ago.

The most recent incident of Islamic terrorism was today:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/8931171/Suicide-bomb-attack-on-Afghan-Nato-base.html

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/lebanese-media-idf-bombed-espionage-devices-uncovered-by-hezbollah-1.399257

...and yesterday:

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/343369/bomb-gunmen-kill-18-iraq-marks-us-withdrawal

...and the day before:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/somali-soldiers-killed-suicide-bomb-attack-15054747

...and the day before that:

http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=247407

There were probably more, but that was just a cursory search. I could go back further - but the point is the word "common" in my statement. By far the vast majority of attacks are committed by islamic terrorists. Do other terrorists exist? Sure. ...but they're not committing attacks every day.

Until this came along.

A special setting will allow owners of 3G phones to select the video background of their choice before answering a call.

"Hi honey... I'm just in church. Be home soon."