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  1. Re:I don't understand on UK Teen Cited For Calling Scientology a "Cult" · · Score: 1

    He'd have been arrested in the US ... obstruction of justice ... for failing to obey a direct order given by a police officer - even though the original order was itself unlawful.

  2. Re:I don't understand on UK Teen Cited For Calling Scientology a "Cult" · · Score: 1

    Nobody got fired ... all but one of the arrestees took deferred prosecution ... the charges against the one holdout were dismissed when the taking off their badges discussion was turned over (a year late) to the defense. Nobody's been fired, the police chief is backing her men publicly at this point.

  3. Re:Whats the difference? on UK Teen Cited For Calling Scientology a "Cult" · · Score: 1

    Cults tend to deal in mind control to retain their members. Religions are largely voluntary.

  4. Re:Not censorship on UK Teen Cited For Calling Scientology a "Cult" · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There isn't a law against insulting signs as such - the public order act is one of those vague laws allowing an officer to ticket you for something likely to cause a disturbance ... it seems to me that the sign shouldn't be enough and probably won't be when this gets brought before a judge.

    If you think it's a funny law, try explaining the concept of a jaywalking ticket to a Brit :-)

  5. Re:I don't understand on UK Teen Cited For Calling Scientology a "Cult" · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's a ticket, cops love to write tickets ... here in the USA a group of local kids were arrested, shackled and prosecuted for carrying signs in a public park in protest of police brutality - there's irony for you. The cops even recorded themselves on video joking about taking off their badges and starting a fight.

  6. Re:We won't always be so lucky on Further Details From Soyuz Mishap · · Score: 1

    It already has been outsourced : http://www.unitedspacealliance.com/

  7. Re:Friday the 13th on Schoolboy Corrects NASA's Math On Killer Asteroid · · Score: 1

    Ok - I guess the source i used was a bit vague in their quantities - they said 1 nuclear bomb per second for 9 hours ... which doesn't tell us what sized nuclear bomb :-)

  8. Re:Friday the 13th on Schoolboy Corrects NASA's Math On Killer Asteroid · · Score: 1

    Yes the lateral explosion was locally devastating - it was however the 9 hour eruption(mostly upwards) which followed which released the bulk of the energy and spread dust around the globe.

  9. Re:Friday the 13th on Schoolboy Corrects NASA's Math On Killer Asteroid · · Score: 5, Interesting

    > 26,000 Hirshimas

    So a little less than 1 Mt St Helens then.

  10. Re:ThinkPads still use non-reflective screens on Laptops Screens, Glare or Matte? · · Score: 1

    The 15" 2.4ghz macbook pro comes in only about a $150 more than a similarly specified T61. I tried matching the higher end macbook pros but found a lack of comparable T61 options .. no 512mb graphics available for example.

  11. Re:Marketplace can't function without good data on Disk Failure Rates More Myth Than Metric · · Score: 1

    Surely thats Apples®

  12. Re:Another one here on Having Your ID Stolen Leads to Job Loss, Prosecution · · Score: 1

    He's on administrative leave (ie suspended) because the government can't just fire you unlike private employers.

    His business has tanked though from what I hear.

  13. Another one here on Having Your ID Stolen Leads to Job Loss, Prosecution · · Score: 2, Informative

    The same thing happened to a guy here : http://www.krem.com/topstories/stories/krem2_040208_chismcomputers.26cb2f44.html although they've yet to drag him through the courts.

  14. Re:No April Fools articles this year. on New 20" iMac Screens Show 98% Fewer Colors · · Score: 1

    You don't see many pros using LCD's at all.

  15. Re:Already Free on Adobe Puts Free Photoshop Online · · Score: 1

    Not sure how, I was coding RGB -> CYMK 20 years ago for printer drivers

  16. Re:Owning Beauty on MacBook Air First To Be Compromised In Hacking Contest · · Score: 1

    Piss-Poor ?? ... there's nothing you can't do to any computer once you have physical access to it ... If it can't be hacked remotely it's not that bad.

  17. Re:And you are surprised because ... ? on US Ignores Unwelcome WTO IP Rulings · · Score: 1

    The supremes ruled that a non-self-executing treaty is congress' responsibility to enact into law rather than the individual states.

    Where a treaty is self executing ... ie adopting the treaty makes it the law of the land then simply voting to sign the thing is sufficient to make it the law. It's all about the drafting of the document and the intent of the parties.

  18. Re:Umm... what other Satellite Radio is there? on Justice Dept. Approves XM/Sirius Merger · · Score: 1

    It's not that clear cut - when the bidding for the licenses took place the FCC said both licenses couldn't go to the same company. Even the FCC isn't clear on whether a rule was actually made prohibiting them from combining later - check out the NPRM on the website.

  19. Re:Proposed new budget on Must a CD Cost $15.99? · · Score: 1

    But online sales likely cost the artist money ... given that the price point is lower and the record label still deducts all the same costs resulting in negative earnings for the arsist.

    (well ok - I'm making this up but it's probably not that far from reality).

  20. Re:Please place all * light jokes in this thread. on Blue Lights To Reset Internal Clocks · · Score: 1

    Human eyes are actually much less sensitive to blue light - maybe because daylight contains so much of it. So a blue light has to be much brighter to illuminate as much as a red one.

  21. Re:Does this mean that ... on Blue Lights To Reset Internal Clocks · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it's amazing how little sleep you can get by on when you have a baby in the house.

  22. Not a question on Talk to This Year's Quirkiest Senatorial Candidate · · Score: 1

    This isn't a question - but that beer opening ad should have played during the superbowl.

  23. Re:British Cuisine on UK Reconsiders 1986 Decision To Ban Astronauts · · Score: 1

    Thats always a fun one to try and explain in the US - it's easier just to make it - people look at you funny when you threaten to serve pudding with a roast.

  24. Re:Art with LED on MIT Student Gets Artistic With LED Art · · Score: 1
  25. Re:damnit on MIT Student Gets Artistic With LED Art · · Score: 1

    Theres this one too.