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  1. If you're too drunk to see the One Way sign, you probably shouldn't be driving.

  2. How is it not up to the people who work there? One guy does not a union make.

  3. Re:6 times closer than the moon? on Asteroid Whizzing By Earth 6 Times Closer Than the Moon (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    "One time closer" would be hitting the Earth... I dunno what to do with the other five times...

  4. Re:Have it all the time... on One in Five of Us May 'Hear' Flashes of Light (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Yup, same here, although very subtly. Sudden noises cause the impression of a brief flash of light, and hilariously, bright light makes it harder for me to hear things. XD

  5. Re:I'd settle for taking away the concussion grena on EFF Begins Investigating Surveillance Technology Rumors At Standing Rock (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    You could try finding some actually-credible sources...

  6. Re:It is tricky. What if a police body camera is e on Florida Court Says Suspected Voyeur Must Reveal His iPhone Passcode To Police (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Kind of a poor example, because the cop would never be the one in control of the data on the bodycam. Also, different rules would apply since he was acting in his role as an agent of the State.

  7. Pretty sure that 'compelled writing' is still 'compelled speech'. XD

  8. Re:Modeling error versus exotic matter on New Theory of Gravity Might Explain Dark Matter (phys.org) · · Score: 2

    It's called "Dark Matter" because its behaviour is identical to that of matter that doesn't interact electromagnetically; specifically 'cold' (low velocity) matter. It clumps like matter, it has a gravitational field that bends light like matter, and it seems to move like matter. It might very well NOT be matter, because the scientific method is all about being wrong; but so far Lambda-CDM is the best-fit theory.

  9. Wait, so you mean to say... on Study Finds Little Lies Lead To Bigger Ones (go.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ... that people who practice a thing and get rewarded for it get better at that thing and do it more often? How bizarre!

  10. Re: Seems like violating the 4th amendment, not t on Feds Walk Into a Building, Demand Everyone's Fingerprints To Open Phones (dailyherald.com) · · Score: 1

    "Compelling identification" seems like a bit of a red herring; since when are you legally required to identify yourself to your own phone?

  11. Honestly I'd rather they simply make vaccination mandatory (barring medical reasons) and save themselves all the 'free speech' brouhaha.

  12. In 2014 (most recent year I found numbers for) before income taxes they made ~$413 million in profit (revenue, obviously, was much much higher). After tax it was ~$247 million. So the total fines work out to be on the order of 12-20% of their yearly profits.

  13. No lawyers involved; everyone is self-representing. But with the plaintiff and the defendant being on the same side, who's going to out them for perjury?

  14. What do they study in school? on Why Is Science Fiction Snubbed By Literary Awards? (galacticbrain.com) · · Score: 2

    THAT is literature. Everything else is plebeian trash, because it isn't what they were taught.

  15. They should simply rescind the patent as punishment for stiffing the government.

  16. Re:Goodbye, World Wide Web. on Linking Without Permission Violates Copyright, Rules EU Court (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Isn't the page you're linking to also copyrighted, thus making linking to it a violation?

  17. Re:Look harder on It's Official: You're Lost In a Directionless Universe (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    My (incredibly limited) understanding is that that's an artifact of using non-inertial coordinates, but the math gets kinda heavy for me. XD

  18. Re: What if the universe is much much bigger on It's Official: You're Lost In a Directionless Universe (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 2

    Everyone is at their own personal center of the observable universe; no matter where you go, the CMB will always be the same distance from you in all directions. Alternatively, everywhere is the center of the universe, because it all was the same place at the very start.

  19. Re:What if the universe is much much bigger on It's Official: You're Lost In a Directionless Universe (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Bits of the universe outside of causal contact with ours effectively don't exist.

  20. Re:Look harder on It's Official: You're Lost In a Directionless Universe (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Well yes, it's unique, but it isn't particularly special. Physics works exactly the same whether you're in the CMB frame or not.

  21. I wonder if they ever thought to ask... on Stanford's New Alcohol Policy Isn't Based On Much Research (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    "Why are they drinking so much?" Though I imagine this is more honestly about liability than any concern for the students.

  22. Re:good luck with that one... on EU Copyright Reform Proposes Search Engines Pay For Snippets (thestack.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because you don't pay enough to buy the laws you want.

  23. Gee whiz... on Activists Call For General Strike On the Tor Network (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    It doesn't sound like they're getting played by the intelligence agencies AT ALL.

  24. Re:SJW on One Year in Jail For Abusive Silicon Valley CEO (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    You do realize that the police have pretty wide legal immunity in carrying out their duties, right? They literally can't be punished directly for obtaining evidence illegally, the evidence can only be disallowed.

  25. Re:Why Do These Things Even Work? on FCC Complaint: Baltimore Police Breaking Law With Use of Stingray Phone Trackers (baltimoresun.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What's stopping the police from getting certs?