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  1. Re:Clarence Thomas's Copy of the Constitution on Middle-School Strip Search Ruled Unconstitutional · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In his interpretation, "unreasonable searches" do not exist. Every search has a reason and the 4th amendment is therefore null and void.

  2. Re:And the "!" in the 8 to 1 is... on Middle-School Strip Search Ruled Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    I didn't know the 4th amendment of the Constitution gave an exception for health and safety. How can a person who is charged with the sole responsibility of interpreting the Constitution add his own words? Does he interpret a "reasonable search" as one that has to do with health and safety? Wouldn't that encompass all searches?

  3. Re:sue the school? on Middle-School Strip Search Ruled Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    It is still against the 4th amendment to strip search for nuclear weapons. I hope this moves right into airline security. If the school can't search a student without a warrant, why can the TSA (government agency) search our bags and persons without a warrant?

  4. Re:My Rights Online? on Middle-School Strip Search Ruled Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    The story is posted "online"...right?

  5. Re:He is President of the United States on John Hodgman Asks Obama, "Are You a Nerd?" · · Score: 1

    The "Sedition" part of the "Alien and Sedition Acts", which were passed by Congress and signed by John Adams, were blatantly unconstitutional. It made it illegal to criticize the government.

    Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase??

    Defying the contract between the people and Federal government is what degrades the respect for the POTUS position. And that is right in line with this thread and not trolling.

  6. Re:First geek President? on John Hodgman Asks Obama, "Are You a Nerd?" · · Score: 1

    His more nerdy feats are his obsession with interior decorating and amazing alcohol production

  7. Re:He is President of the United States on John Hodgman Asks Obama, "Are You a Nerd?" · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The POTUS doesn't have power to do much of anything. The position has gained un-Constitutional power President after President. All the Presidents after George Washington have disrespected the position of our President.

  8. Re:Let's first agree on one thing on John Hodgman Asks Obama, "Are You a Nerd?" · · Score: 1

    You obscure interest in +5 Funny is sooooo nerdy...

  9. Re:First geek President? on John Hodgman Asks Obama, "Are You a Nerd?" · · Score: 1

    The Jefferson Bible is the nerdiest/geekiest project in Presidential history

  10. Re:A town gone "funny' on Crowdsourcing Big Brother In Lancaster, PA · · Score: 1

    It isn't government's job to monitor every person in public. It is there job to prosecute crimes.

    If it isn't the government, then I am fine with it. Though, the cameras better be located on private property and electricity paid by private monies.

  11. Re:big effing deal on Crowdsourcing Big Brother In Lancaster, PA · · Score: 1

    IMO, it is OK if the cameras are on private property. If the cameras are on public property, then I should be able to just steal it...because it is "public".

  12. Canada on US Military Blocks Data On Incoming Meteors · · Score: 1

    Why does a Canadian professor expect free access to the byproduct of an organization funded by the American taxpayers?

  13. Re:Why, oh why. on ACLU Sues DHS Over Unlawful Searches and Detention · · Score: 1

    It raises suspicions about whether you are smuggling money (drugs?) and avoiding the IRS. I can see it from that point of view.

    Now, the Constitutionality of the War on Drugs (where is this authorized?) and the Income Tax (assumes invasion of privacy) are completely different issues.

  14. Re:What took them so long? on ACLU Sues DHS Over Unlawful Searches and Detention · · Score: 1

    So I need permission to breathe?

  15. Re:Unpopular on Montana City Requires Workers' Internet Accounts · · Score: 1

    Well, technically, no. It could be 99.5%.

  16. Re:It's sort of refreshing... on Mystery of the Missing Sunspots, Solved? · · Score: 1

    If the Sun died out, it would have such a huge magnitude more effect on Earth than a big magnifying glass. For that reason, it is tough to argue that the Sun doesn't have more than a 99% effect on our climate.

  17. Re:The machines charge 30% MORE than trading price on Gold Sold From Vending Machines In Germany · · Score: 1

    Or the dollar is over-valued. Considering that we recently drove ourselves trillions more in to debt, I would put my money on the dollar being over-valued.

    The economic collapse scared everyone into the dollar (Treasuries). Wait until we are in a full-fledged "recovery". They'll leave the dollar to invest and watch the dollar plummet.

  18. Re:Know your target audience on Gold Sold From Vending Machines In Germany · · Score: 1

    We must go to a monetary policy that is disassociated from politics. This makes a gold standard better than our current policy. The problem with the gold standard is that it is linked to a single irrelevant commodity which will cause confusing and disrupting fluctuations in prices/salaries that we don't need to put up with.

    The monetary policy needs to be driven by math (a computer) that tries to fix against a good CPI chart. When the economy is expanding, the money will inflate; when the economy is contracting, the money will deflate. The government can be the creditor/debtor.

    Just get the "free" money out of the hands of the $&^% politicians.

  19. Re:Um, Opteron? on Sun Kills Rock CPU, Says NYT Report · · Score: 1

    Maybe with the loss of some of the hardware Sun produced, Oracle will purchase AMD

  20. Re:Some Great Work...But "rt2500 Realtek Drivers" on Linux Kernel 2.6.30 Released · · Score: 1

    I don't have any issues with rt2500 in 2.6.28. However, I do have issues with ath9k and also issues with using smbfs and autofs, like my card is half duplex.

  21. Re:BooHoo on iPhone Users Angry Over AT&T Upgrade Policy · · Score: 1

    I think the point was that AT&T has a high profit margin for their iPhone and/or calling plan business. AT&T the company obviously makes the standard 10% margin across the whole business. Extra margins usually get spent to subsidize other areas of the business. Take Microsoft and their Windows/Office/Studio business subsidizing pretty much everything else.

  22. Re:Scary Quote from the Article on AMD's Six-Core Istanbul Opterons · · Score: 1

    I think AMD learned from their last mishap. It nearly destroyed the company.

  23. Re:National Weather Service on Do We Really Need a National Climate Service? · · Score: 1

    I think the Article I Section 8 bullet point this comes from is: "To create politically-driven departments alongside existing scientific-driven departments"

  24. Re:Hope it handles Search/Replace better on An Early Look At What's Coming In PHP V6 · · Score: 1

    Assuming this 88MB string is in a file, you should never load the whole file. Open the file and read it chunk by chunk. As you read it chunk by chunk, do a search/replace on each chunk and write the replaced chunk to another file. You need to remember to catch the matches that span more than once chunk though.

    The question should really be why you are dealing with an 88MB file in PHP...

  25. Re:Skeptical on LoTR Fan Film — The Hunt For Gollum · · Score: 1

    I guarantee that if people stop going to the theaters and buying the movies, that the movie industry will lobby the government and be bailed out because it is "an important part of America". They may as well come for my knee caps...