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Totally agreed. The problem is that foreign ports don't like to have evil guns on private ships in their harbors. Lately, though, it seems things are turning around: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/20/an-anti-pirate-policy-that-works/

ignorance is no excuse

There's a distinction in the English system between "mala prohibita" and "mala in se". The first is laws like 'smoking a joint is wrong'. The second is 'killing your neighbor is wrong'. The second were the laws that made Common Law.

When the phrase "ignorance of the law is no defence" was coined it referred to "in se" crime, and I can't find the original quote at the moment (somebody give me a link here), but it went on to explain that nobody could possibly be expected to know all of the prohibita law (which is several orders of magnitude more difficult today).

Of course, criminalizing everyone is a very useful tool for the tyrant, which may be the real appeal of this treaty.

We give them information about missile technology they give us information on wind mills.

Sounds fair to me.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/15/inside-the-ring-2059116/

Ubuntu seems to have hit the big time, riding off the Win7 release.
There's half-a-dozen mainstream news sources that are mentioning Ubuntu in their coverage of Win7, some are even holding it above MS's OS

Eg.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/26/kellner-linux-hits-user-nerve/

Kids are murdering each other in the street using something other than words... http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/13/record-36-students-killed-this-school-year-across-/

The problem with all hate crime laws is that they punish somebody more severely based on what they were thinking at the time they committed the crime. True, it doesn't come into effect until a crime is actually committed, but the logical endstate that we're on will eventually outlaw agree with, oh for instance, certain parts of Leviticus and Romans, simply because they contain language offensive to certain people, as has already happened in Canada.

As for the Fairness Doctrine, so NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, PBS, NPR, NY Times, LA Times, Washington Post... they're all bastions of unbiased news reporting? They were all in the bag for BHO and given what I've seen on them in recent days, they desperately want his Constitutionally questionable domestic social agenda to succeed.

I'm betting most Americans don't even know that this is standard procedure. I'm American and I sure didn't; but, I live in my own small world away from international borders. From what I hear the Canadian Border is still swiss cheese and I'm not inclined to think otherwise. Our Southern border receives far more attention what with the illegal immigrants constantly pouring over and the drug wars spilling into Mexican/American cities with kidnappings happening more and more.

That being said, American's have largely been shielded from dealing with international border crossings and thus don't think about how negative an impact it is having on the country's image. It's certainly not my intent to hinder others from visiting my fine country.

In general, though, I believe that the terrorists have won a major objective of theirs - to intimidate American political figures and cause those figures to impose strict movements of citizens. The result: causing America to lose face in the international community. Christ! It's gotten so bad that Homeland Security (An organization that should be banned, IMHO) is calling US Veterans the most grave threat to national security there is. ( http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/16/napolitano-stands-rightwing-extremism/ )

I'd better stop before I get too far off topic.

George W. Bush had directed his justice department to ignore cases of violent voter intimidation by KKK members? Hell, violent liberals already were calling him a fascist and a racist. And now we really DO have a president that is strong-arming the private sector (fascism) and directing his Attorney General to ignore voter intimidation by the New Black Panthers. And yet now liberals are silent on both matters. For all that breathless shrieking about fascism for 8 years, it turns out that fascism was what they really wanted...

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/09/inquiry-opened-about-new-black-panther-case/

Actually, even that is an issue it would seem: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/05/dea-led-by-bush-continues-pot-raids/

If, so, it was very small compared to the ridiculousness we've seen lately. And it's funny how you left out warrant less wiretapping, data mining, and other expansions of government powers that dwarf any perceived expansion by Obama, and that's all it is, is perceived. Obama EXPANDED gun owners rights, you imbeciles!

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/21/credit-bill-okd-with-gun-provision/

...because the increased buying was caused first by Obama's anti-gun tendencies...

I hate to break this to you, but Obama expanded the rights of gun owners more than any Republican in recent history.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/21/credit-bill-okd-with-gun-provision/

The whole Obama anti-gun bullshit was a myth from the very beginning. Only the very ignorant and gullible (Glen Beck/Lush Bimbo fans, mostly) people believed that to begin with.

The only person that is doing good during this economy was Bernie Madoff. With the "Cash for Clunkers" program ending, what other government program is getting money into the hands of "Joe Six-Pack", (this person is losing their home, not their bonus). Banks aren't lending, why? Lending is NOT happening, but several banks have reaped bonuses, why? Manufacturing, and Services have left the U.S., and the U.S. is now "Tapped" of money. I think it's time to ween the BRIC nations off my Wallet's Mammary Gland. America just can't afford the BRIC anymore.

Your insurance company would be bankrupt too, if Congress had a freehand to siphon-off its excess assests for decades, as they did with the Social Security Fund. If the SSF had been kept seperate from the general operational funds, as it originally was when the SSA was established, it would be totally solvent today! Oh and the SSA's administrative expenses last year were only 0.9% of the 2008 contribuitions. Does your insurance company use only 0.9% of its revenue for administrative expenses? Of course you won't acknowledge any of this, because it conflicts with your world-view.:P

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/23/metro-train-crash-investigators-focusing-sensors/

And those weren't even truly unmanned trains, they were actually about as "unmanned" as a modern Airbus plane (which, come to think of it, may *also* have had a fault computer input-sensor cause the death of more than a few people recently).

Electronic Cigarettes (more accurately -Personal Vaporizer or PV) simply vaporize a nicotine solution to avoid the harmful effects of smoke and its 8000 chemicals.

I was on a pack a day for 15 years and in a month of starting 'vaping' i have gone to zero analog cigarettes without missing my nic kick.

Checkout Wikipedia for basic info or ecig-forum for detailed info.

These look like normal cigarettes, have rechargeable batteries with convenient cartridges or refilling BUT it does takes a week or two to get everything right,so be careful of which model etc you choose. Ask me for advise if in doubt.

Incidentally, FDA is trying to ban them for some of the most stupid reasons

AND - I am not associated with any seller etc. so its not a plug. Just trying to help !

if the usa invaded isla de la juventud?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isla_de_la_Juventud

because havana has political disagreements with the population there

oh, the people of south ossetia have disagreements with tbilisi? gee, fucking wow. so the people in south ossetia are like outlying regions in every goddamn country on the planet? awesome rationale for russian military invasion

russia is engaging in neoimperialism. to frame russian aggression against a small neighbor as some sort of defensive posture is the biggest pile of steaming bullshit imaginable. biden is absolutely right: russia is stuck in the 19th century. seriously, russians: what the hell is wrong with your country? why are you so goddamn ultranationalistic? why do you favor "strength" over justice? putin walks around with his shirt off, russians swoon, and the thuggish crimes of the veritable mafia that runs that country are forgiven

i now await my complete psychological deflections and projecting on others: more tired typical anti-americanisms when RUSSIA is the one engaging in military aggression (its the usa's fault, obviously, when russian tanks roll, obviously!), and other such completely intellectually incoherent attempts at justifying what is nothing more than obvious naked russian imperialistic aggression on a small southern neighbor

sorry if i sound so critical of russia. easy solution: just come find me and drive an icepick into a brain, pour some polonium in my tea, or dose my food with dioxin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Trotsky#Assassination
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Litvinenko_poisoning
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Yushchenko#Dioxin_poisoning_controversy

for daring to question oh so unquestionable mother russia. or just shoot me in the street, like you do any other russian journalist who dare criticize the rationale and thinking of the strict party line of the dumbest ultranationalist russian thug, right?

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/05/russias-gangster-state/

heaven forbid a little self-critical introspection might actually result in a better russia, right?

russia is a pathetic thugocracy: "strength" over justice

that kind of "strength" will of course result in the weakest russia that will ever be, that will make the humiliation of the russo-japanese war look like a pride building exercise, mark my words russia. not that russia will ever find that out and correct its course. because criticism of russia is a crime

russia: self-criticism is the way to a better russia. only the psychology of a thug is antagonistic to this idea. and so without such introspection, you get the brutal thug life you deserve

Gitmo review delayed 6 months

Yep, Obama's letting his promise to close down the Gitmo camp slide.

Just like he's following George W. Bush's same schedule to withdraw from Iraq.

HOPE AND CHANGE!!!

... this will seem like magic.
Give "me" billions and I will chemtrail the world back to good climate health :)
See the temperature is dropping :)
MS saved us all.....
If MS can get the mix right, can they solve overpopulation too?... permanently?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/14/wetzstein-billionaires-take-aim-population/

http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/15/ethanol-use-causing-corn-shortages-spiking-price-price-of-tortillas/

Well, I haven't done the direct research myself, I just know what I've read.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-07-10-ethanol-study_x.htm

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119258870811261613.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/05/business/05ethanol.html
http://www.heartland.org/policybot/results/20947/Biotech_to_Ease_EthanolRelated_Corn_Shortage.html

And to further your argument (again, I'm more interested in the truth than being right)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/may/10/ethanol-as-cause-of-food-crisis-flat-out-wrong/
http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f81/definitive-proof-ethanol-not-creating-food-corn-shortage-61448/

As the smoke clears, it looks strongly like Rafsanjani teamed up with Western "Natl Endowment for Democracy" types to create this chaos by claiming a fraud, inciting a rebellion with the hopes of weakening his rival Khomenei.

1. No tangible evidence for fraud. and if your'e able to fake millions of votes, why overdo it and risk detection?

One could take the position that if you're going to throw an election, doing so in such a flagrant way would demonstrate your power. In other words, [if fraud occurred] they did it to send a message that they could do it and they had no fear of doing it.

2. Twitter provided the lion's share of the incendiary rumors to start the ball rolling, and the first many thousands of tweets apparantly came from just 1-3 anonymous english speakers (http://www.chartingstocks.net/2009/06/proof-israeli-effort-to-destabilize-iran-via-twitter)

That seems.. odd. Another news outlet disagrees with you.

3. the majority of Iranians DO NOT share Western values, it's just a fact.

Ah, well, if you had just stated this up front we could have concluded you're a loon more quickly.

Heh, I take it you don't watch American news, at least you haven't at any time during the past ten years. Remember the American invasion of Iraq? The destruction of Katrina?

Etc. - my point being that, during that time, pretty much everyone in the Bush presidency got a free ride....

Are you really trying to say that there's been no attempt to blame Bush for Katrina and Iraq?

What universe have you been living in, you mouth-breathing moron?

Because I want to know where you could have possibly been were there hasn't been overwhelming coverage of those events.

You probably really do think it's Bush's fault that a massive fucking hurricane waxed a city built below sea level right on the water in the most hurricane-prone area of the entire damn planet.

That makes you a shining beacon of hope for every brainless shithead on the planet. The fact that such an unthinking jackass like yourself can actually figure out how to use a computer to make your fantasy-based post must mean that even an anencephalic rhesus monkey could one day be a billionaire.

Thank you for showing anencephalic rhesus monkeys that even they have hope.

As for the "out-for-blood nature" of the coverage Obama's getting, please tell us how many major news outlets are going to run with these:

In which the president discovers an American intelligence agency at Five Guys

Yep, that's right - the oh-so-well-prepared and oh-so-fucking-smart Obama had never heard of these guys before going into a burger joint.

Career lawyers overruled on voting case

Justice Department political appointees overruled career lawyers and ended a civil complaint accusing three members of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense of wielding a nightstick and intimidating voters at a Philadelphia polling place last Election Day

Think that's going to be above the fold on tomorrow's NY Times and Washington Post, or featured on NBC, CBS, or CNN?

The sad thing is, you probably really do think you're smart. But then again, most morons don't know they're morons.

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/17/cops-gone-wild/

You must not be an American. Or know very many protestants.

Almost everyone I know is protestant. The vast vast vast majority of them accept Genesis as the literal description of creation.

And I would say that's not an abnormal figure:

An ABC News poll released Sunday found that 61 percent of Americans believe the account of creation in the Bible's book of Genesis is "literally true" rather than a story meant as a "lesson."

[...]
The poll, with a margin of error of 3 percentage points, was conducted Feb. 6 to 10 among 1,011 adults

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/feb/16/20040216-113955-2061r/

This was just the first poll that came up on google. It falls in line with all the other polls I've seen on the subject.

I don't know anything about this gentleman, but, maybe, his writings simply go against the current Illiberal pro-Democrat bias of the paper? They weren't always this way — most famously, NYT used to be against government-mandated minimum wage until 1999.

Perhaps, they are trying to score some favors from the current government in the hopes of getting substantial financial help (a bailout, that was, no doubt, already promised to them) and certain writers are no longer welcome?

One does not need to be a "rabid partisan" to fall into disfavor — until recently NYT weren't hiring such partisans anyway. Just not participating in the adoration fest could've been enough. When the company survival is at stake, one can't afford taking chances...

Newspapers operate on an outlived business model. Nothing can change this fact, and nothing short of government sponsorship (more unconstitutional than use of school vouchers at parochial schools) can keep the newspapers afloat.

Internet has made them obsolete — we now have means of delivering information directly from the reporter to reader. Yes, a quality editor used to add value, but that's not why their profession appeared — they were to decide, whose writings get printed in the limited space, that newspapers had. We, the readers, can now visit blogs of different people without them having to reside under the same roof (or even agree with each other).

With e-readers evolving, however, even the books may become obsolete soon — and we might stop felling as many trees as we currently do.

You think Bush gave a shit about sensitivity to the families of dead soldiers?

Yes. It's clear that he did. He personally wrote a letter to the family of *every* dead soldier

Trying to get a source for that, this is the best I can do: Washington Times

Not entirely true: "The Supreme Court later ruled in 1999 that the use of statistical sampling cannot be used to apportion House seats, but indicated that adjustments could be made to the population count when redrawing congressional boundaries."

Who gets to define the sampling algorithms? Who gets to certify that the sampling is "correctly done?" Such a process would be completely unconstitutional anyway (the Constitution says you've got to count actual people, not "guess" how many there are), and with ACORN helping with the Census count, don't forget that there are many of us who remember how they rigged the false voter registrations of inner city residents prior to the last election and believe that, at the very least, such an important process deserves more impartial bipartisan oversight.

Don't forget statistical sampling in the 2010 Census.

That would actually be a good thing. Correctly done, statistical sampling would provide greater accuracy at less cost. Republicans (and I'm libertarian, but generally vote Republican) oppose it because the attempt to make a "complete" count tends to underestimate low-income folks, who tend to vote for Democrats.

In any case the Supreme Court has already ruled on this, and statistical sampling can't be used.

Don't forget statistical sampling in the 2010 Census.

Around some parts, the word "patriot" is synonymous with "racist". Some countries are actually proud of other things than just owning the most guns.

Americans as a whole are most proud of two things:

• Our form of government. Not the specific government in power (although we're satisfied by how Obama is doing so far), but the constitution, checks & balances, etc.
• Our level of influence in the world. We are the only superpower still standing. We are proud of that, though we know we are in decline.

Personally, I'm most proud of:

• Our freedoms. Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, civil liberties, etc. Freedom of gun ownership is one of those, sure, but we're not happy that we own guns, we're happy that we're able to own guns. There's a difference.

Which one are you talking about? The 5 day waiting period? Pfft... that's not about transparancy.

According to a wide variety of other commentators it certainly is.

http://www.propublica.org/article/take-two-obama-short-on-transparency-pledge-again-090205

What about his promise that he wouldn't continue Bush's abuse of the state secrets privilege? Because he has ignored that.

I would not exactly say he ignored it. For example in his first day in office he implemented a roll back of an important Bush secrecy directive which was clearly an abuse of exactly what you are talking about, the state secret privilege.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/22/obama-lifts-bushs-veil-of-secrecy/

There has been a roll-back of the Bush position in many cases, however in a few high profile cases he has continued the Bush policy. Speculation is that in some cases he is following the Bush policy because releasing documents would then compel prosecutions of former Bush officials - something he has stated he doesn't want.

Personally I think judgement on this will have to wait a bit for the overall picture to emerge.

Except if you bothered to pay attention even the congressional budget office said that the stimulus bill if passed will do more to hurt the economy in the long term over doing nothing.

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/04/cbo-obama-stimulus-harmful-over-long-haul/

Wake up Sheeple. You are perfectly willing to sit and listen to what 'Dear Leader' says. You listen to the talking heads regurgitate what better suits the Obama agenda and eat it up like its chocolate ice cream on a hot summer day. Just like the global warming crap. You take Al Gore's word that the sky is falling and we need to all drive Prius and eat vegan or we are going to be extinct by summer. You listen to them say there is a consensus on man made global warming when the truth is the only consensus is that the climate is changing, like it has done for the last 4.5 billion years.

Please, get a clue. Wake up. Take the Red Pill.

DO SOMETHING. Don't blindly follow the Pied Piper to our doom.

Washington Times

When referring to more credible publications, surely you meant the NY Times, right? Not the Washington Times, owned by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, head of the Unification Church, record holder in mass weddings, not to mention the Messiah and Second Coming of Christ.

I mean, if the Messiah reports something, is it really journalism or just gospel? Can the Messiah write an editorial? Host a Sunday talk show?

Nice to see someone else here that can see what is happening. When they offer free property, does anyone question the legitimacy of taking it away from someone else?

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/17/supreme-court-accountablity/

Just imagine if someone in the Bush administration had acted like this.

Wouldn't you be screaming bloody murder? Wouldn't you be demanding an investigation into what was being hidden?

What's the difference?

"Perrelli also supervised the Justice Department's Tobacco Litigation Team in its litigation against the major cigarette manufacturers."

So he's worked both sides of the fence in terms of "moral" issues.

Both sides? Both sides of what? As far as I'm concerned his working to sue tobacco companies is just as bad as his working for the RIAA.

On second thought he did work to let Terry Schiavo die.

Falcon

While you are correct in thinking that the term POTUS has a military background, it has been used in main stream media for years.

Seriously - what goals do airport security checkpoins have?

It gets even worse. The TSA is actively working to ensure pilots are now screened before they can enter the tarmac/airplane or leave the tarmac/airplane to enter the a terminal area. It seems the TSA has decided the pilots who fly the planes are a higher threat on the ground where they can do less damage than a pilot in the air flying a jet full of fuel and passengers. Remember, in smaller airports, people (including pilots) still walk on the tarmac to board/deboard the plane.

This of course all ignores the fact TSA agents have been caught damaging critical pitot sensors on many commercial planes. Some of those planes continued to fly dozens of hours before the damage was detected. If in doubt how critical these sensors can be to the safety of a flight, here is a video of what happens when one becomes overly contaminated with moisture or is simply not calibrated properly - no physical damage required.

ead up on Ronald Reagan's Luxury Yacht Tax and the effect on USA boat bulders.

Tax Cut Consensus

Class warfare targeting the rich is risky business. A federal luxury tax on yachts in 1991 took aim at the wealthy with a 10 percent tax on luxury yachts costing over $100,000. The result? The wealthy simply stopped buying U.S.-made yachts.

NY state may ax iPod download sales, but NY state iPod downloads will go elsewhere, so they will only end up collecting up less money than they had expected and budgeted for, thus having to raise taxes elsewhere. And the cycle continues.

How about the fact that its not actually happening: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/27/ice-from-ancient-global-warming-stirs-climate-deba/ And to repeat again what I said before, the science is still out, if it wasn't we wouldn't be debating, just like we aren't debating gravity.

I'm disappointed that anyone would want a half-witted religious bumpkin to be "a heartbeat away" from the presidency.

As opposed to a half-witted pretend Catholic like Joe Biden, who thought FDR was president in the 1929 market crash? At least Palin has run a state (with an 80% approval rating) and a city. What has Obama ever run but his mouth?

PS. I'm also disappointed that this political shit is considered "News for Nerds", even if it is "Stuff that Matters".

We agree on something.

The gas lines were due to OPEC's manipulation of the market

No, the gas lines were because of oil price controls, first put into place by Nixon, and not fully removed until Ronald Reagan came into office.

You rarely see true shortages in free market economies unless there are price controls (or implicit price controls because of fear of "price gouging" laws).

We've already slipped: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/30/judge-refuses-to-stop-dc-police-roadblocks/

I guess this is especially bad, considering their security!

Nuclear-armed nations invaded:
Zero

The US is nuclear-armed. The Mexican army has, on several occasions, gone into the US and threatened border patrol agents, helped drug runners, and other stuff. Certainly nothing large scale, that is true.

The invasion of the US by illegal aliens from Mexico is a very large scale, and could form a fifth column

MAD doesn't work too well if the enemy is mixed with your own civilians.

...encapsulated in one, simplistic know-it-all sentence.

The so-called Terrorist Surveillance Program (TSP) no longer exists, and hasn't since 17 January 2007.

All surveillance was happening under the guise of the Protect America Act, which was designed exclusively to allow foreign intelligence collection without a warrant when the traffic travelled through the United States, whether incidentally or by design. Foreign intelligence collection is always allowed without court oversight; the changes explicitly allowed such collection on US soil as long as the target was reasonably believed to be a non-US person physically outside of the United States, regardless of the other end of the conversation.

Now the Protect America Act has expired with its automatic sunset, and all surveillance must again happen only via FISA, as amended.

Also, TSP, in its entirety, was never as clear cut as being simply "legal" or "illegal" (court decisions on individual aspects aside). Those who claimed that it was "illegal" did so largely for political reasons. The other mistake is equating "traffic that *could be* listened to" with "traffic that *is* listened to" -- unfortunately, they are not at all the same. This also ignores that to even determine whether traffic is subject to legal collection, it must -- to be blunt -- actually be able to be collected. Thus the things like "secret rooms" at telecom facilities.

Having the capability to instantaneously examine traffic of international origin, where one or both endpoints of a communication are international, necessitates such wholesale monitoring capability. However, such capability being present does not imply its use for all traffic.

There are two issues here:

1. Monitoring the contents of a communication

2. Monitoring the metadata or "envelope" (source and destination information) of a communication

The first is allowable without a warrant or court oversight when one or both endpoints of the communication are international, and when the target of such monitoring is a non-US Person outside of the United States. Such foreign signals intelligence collection does not require a warrant or court oversight.

The second point above has multiple functions. One is using advanced data mining techniques to look for troubling patterns in communications.

Such collection has been found to be legal without a warrant or court oversight by the US Supreme Court:

The telephone company, at police request, installed at its central offices a pen register to record the numbers dialed from the telephone at petitioner's home. Prior to his robbery trial, petitioner moved to suppress "all fruits derived from" the pen register. The Maryland trial court denied this motion, holding that the warrantless installation of the pen register did not violate the Fourth Amendment. Petitioner was convicted, and the Maryland Court of Appeals affirmed.

Source: Smith v. Maryland, 442 U.S. 735 (1979)

Courts have subsequently found that pen register statutes apply similarly to computer network addresses known as IP addresses, lists of web sites visited, and the "envelope" of an email message -- its To: and From: addresses and related information. The NSA itself has long understood that while the capture of the "metadata" of communications is fair game, the capture of the *contents* of the conversations of US Persons is not, without a warrant:

A former senior NSA official said that the agency also worried that because these groups understood privacy laws so well, they knew how to avoi

Couldn't find a lot of articles on this, but this article seems to contradict the one you posted. What is the current interpretation now? I'm honestly curious.

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/07/california-court-reverses-decision/

I'm not sure. $2.87m may be enough to pay for failures, but what if you had to add extra redundancy to the system in the first place to make up for that small amount of failures? Extra boxes to maintain, with their own MTBFs.. extra space taken up, extra electricity drawn.

I think a better solution - not as extreme, granted - would be to just turn the aircon temperature dial up a notch or two. Has anyone worked out how much money you'd save in the same datacenter by just doing that?

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jul/30/un-takes-on-hot-air-for-good-of-the-world/

Most datacenters and even little server rooms I've been in have had the dial set to something ridiculous like 65. There's no reason your server room needs to be that cold, at all. You just have to keep it at a reasonable ambient temperature somewhere below the system's maximum rating (most processors will happily run for 5 years at a die temperature of 105C, you can't blow hot air over a processor and expect it to stay cool though.

So, why not keep your server room at 80, save yourself the 0.6% extra failures, and maybe (at a guess) $1.3m a year instead of $2.87?

Why lie so blatantly when the truth is easy to find?

Isn't hauling spammers into court a little extreme? To avoid criticism they should try a more gentle approach, like a self-despamming program that would give spammers 90 days to stop, instead of clogging up our courthouses like they clog up our inboxes. We could call it "Operation Scheduled Despamming" after the very successful "Operation Scheduled Departure" which to date has already been successful in 8 cases.