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Actually, you'd like federally unsubsided foods. It would mean more locally grown produce and meats. Most of the big agricultural subsidies are for corn and sugar, the really bad stuff. Agricultural subsidies are making the nutrition crisis worse, not better.

Ah, wow. This could not be further from the truth. This wasn't a "murky area." Its a big fat red zone.

Let's look at the Florida statute:

815.06 - Offenses against computer users. -

(1)Whoever willfully, knowingly, and without authorization:

(a)Accesses or causes to be accessed any computer, computer system, or computer network;... commits an offense against computer users.

(2)(a)Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), whoever violates subsection (1) commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

So you committed a felony punishable by up to five years in prison, informed the victims, and documented your crime in explicit detail on your blog. That's a tad more dangerous than using unsecured cookies.

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http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+is...

If you're on the same wireless network as someone, you have the same external IP address.

A claim means any dispute for which one party believes it is entitled to a remedy. Its not necessary that a suit have been filed.

If you're worried about ways settlement offers can potentially be used against you, remember that the rule only bars using such evidence for the purpose of proving liability. As long as its offered for some other purpose, it can be allowed in. And once a jury hears the evidence, in practice it doesn't really matter for what purpose they were told to consider it.

All attempts to negotiate or compromise cannot be offered in court as proof of liability.

Rule 408. Compromise and Offers to Compromise

(a) Prohibited uses.—Evidence of the following is not admissible on behalf of any party, when offered to prove liability for, invalidity of, or amount of a claim that was disputed as to validity or amount, or to impeach through a prior inconsistent statement or contradiction:

(1) furnishing or offering or promising to furnish or accepting or offering or promising to accept a valuable consideration in compromising or attempting to compromise the claim

Those are the Federal rules. They vary from state to state, but most are pretty close.

This is one of the coolest things I've seen on HN recently. Thank you for sharing :)

Excellent.

Is it just me, or does JS seem like its fast becoming the new object code?

"So practically then you're saying most crime should just be allowed to happen as it can't be detected without taking a proactive approach."

Where any approach to law enforcement conflicts with the fundamental principles of ordered liberty, including privacy, that approach is improper. If we attached video cameras to all citizens that would prevent a lot of crime, but it would be a tremendous violation of privacy rights.

"Why is it bad if the government.. try to prevent harm to private citizens but not bad for individual or small groups of citizens?"

Because the government is unlike any other organization. It has a monopoly on the use of force. If a gas station uses CCTV cameras, and I feel that violates my privacy, I can choose not to use that gas station. If the government decides to enact a law mandating installation of CCTV cameras in your living room, you can't refuse.

Sending money to a foreign country is not probable cause to investigate a federal crime.

"He raised the suspicions of the FBI who investigated and found no crime. That's pretty much their entire job."

Statements like this evince a complete misunderstanding of the role of law enforcement in a democratic society.

The FBI's job is to respond to proper complaints of violations of the law, and to investigate where there are clear and articulable facts that lead them to believe a crime has occurred.

Their job is not to surveil the citizenry for signs of aberrant behavior.

Sending money to a foreign country is not a federal crime.

Economics is like gravity. It doesn't care if you believe in them. Either way you're headed for a fall.

You're both right.

"The real answer is the R&D costs are not worth it because Uranium is still extreamly cheap."

This answers why the market won't develop the technology on its own. But the government could still sponsor research as they did with uranium fission.

"The short answer is that there are many entrenched interests who are not keen on the idea..."

And this answers why the government would never fund it.

Ah, that explains it.

Either he's sold off quite a bit in the secondary market, or this donation represents almost all of his liquid assets.

I applaud the motivation, but the United States public school system is as dysfunctional as your average third world government. Pouring more money into this broken system simply does not help.

As an example, consider the Washington D.C. public school system, which spends more per capita than almost any other city in the nation, yet consistently scores among the lowest in all performance metrics. There is something wrong with the existing culture of American public education. Introducing more funding might temporarily alleviate some of the symptoms, but it cannot cure the underlying disease.

A $100 million dollar fund to found charter schools in the Newark area would most likely be more effective, and would certainly be more interesting.

To whom much has been given, much will be expected in return, with great suit comes great responsibility, etc.

Overpopulation was actually a major problem for Britain for most of its history, (hence the continent-sized penal colony in Australia.)

It was just that British immigrants had the nasty habit of overthrowing the government in their new homes.

Very interesting possible uses for legal work.

Another big yawn from Wikileaks. This could have been written by any college poly sci student as a B- paper.

Hmm... That's odd. The general principle in law enforcement is "life over property." Can anyone corroborate or confirm this info?

"Recently, though, the dream has been evaporating. Between 2003 and 2007, California state and local government spending grew 31 percent, even as the state’s population grew just 5 percent."

This is the most shocking line from the article. How did they let costs balloon so badly?

Add acoustic sensors to triangulate enemy positions, coordinate with aerial surveillance, add ability for aerial drop to be deployed across battlefield, add control moment gyros to allow it traverse difficult terrain.

You could have them roll back to a base point for self-charging. To make them airborne you could embed the standard model in a quad-rotor "collar" and use the rolling mechanism for avionics and control. Really, you could base a whole micro-UAV/UGV system around some version of this concept.

Post a demo, and see if you can partner up with someone who completes your skillset.

I don't really know much about physics engines, so I count on others to point out when something new or unique happens in that area. Its hard to know who to trust on such subjects, so sites with decent reputations act as a filter.

Would normally be !HN, but posted in reference to earlier discussions had here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1428890

"Did you really name your son Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;--?

Oh yes, little Bobby tables we call him."

True, but I have found that many teens in fact have iPhones.

Once the decision is made to buy an internet-capable phone, the main cost is the service plan. Most teens can make up the difference in the fixed cost of the unit through a part time job, a birthday gift, or daddy's money. After the price of the 3G was lowered to $99, even these small differences in cost became nill.

The Kin was a ten year old concept, executed with five year old technology, and competing against gadgets from the future. Put simply, it was a mistake, executed poorly.

You're right. The Kin was a phone designed to meet the market Sidekicks served. Only one problem... That market hasn't existed for three years. Your teenage cousin already bought an iPhone.

The design team of the Kin either could not envision or stubbornly ignored a world in which true smartphones are sold in Walmart for $100.