The purpose of the system is not to find competent threats. The purpose is to intimidate dissidents into self censorship.

Gary McKinnon didn't report anything to anyone. He got caught logged in to computers he wasn't authorized to access.

You may be on to something here. It's a paid survey so respondents selecting the first option seems plausible. 27 our of 127 respondents rating themselves as having excellent math skills... I'll take that to also support the respondents pick the first option theory.

But wait, the first option of the survey was yes the defendant violated the law. First option pickers would have the opposite effect.

Full disclosure: I don't think the defendant violated the statute. I consider myself predisposed to do well in mathematics.

Religious moderates are posers. They enjoy the ceremonies and the community, but they don't believe the religious teachings are actually true. Sure, they will agree with some of the religious teachings, but their agreement is merely coincidental; not based on acceptance of divine authority or infallibility of sacred texts.

That is the level of piety that secular society is willing to tolerate. Anyone who actually believes the teachings of their religion is a Zionist or fanatic or extremist. Religious ceremonies are tolerated. Religious belief is thought-crime.

Of course I didn't RTFA, wasn't money his stated reason for leaving?

Maybe he has a mortgage. Maybe he took a loan to buy an expensive car. Maybe he has student loans. Maybe he has a nagging wife. Maybe he was stupid to take on a case he couldn't afford to finish. Maybe he's just a rich asshole who wants to get paid whether his client is guilty or innocent.

How to get +5 insightful without knowing the meaning of the word expect ^^

Sure, you may get hit by a bus, but that would come as a bit of a surprise wouldn't it?

Expect to live a long long time, but don't expect life to get better as time goes by.

Life will not be so much better after you graduate. Life will not be so much better if you get a raise. Life will not be so much better if you get a promotion. Life will not be so much better after you retire.

Find ways to enjoy the life you have right now. Make time to be with people who care about you. This is as good as it gets.

1995 called, they want their dial-up internet back. Using BitTorrent to download music is like using a sledge hammer to crack open a peanut. Broadband proliferation means now the kids are sharing feature length films in HD.

We get it already. People will continue to create music after the collapse of the recording industry, like they did for centuries before the phonograph was invented. Can we please move on to talking about how people will continue to create multimillion dollar blockbusters after the collapse of the motion picture industry? Don't even try to suggest YouTube as a substitute. Without movies people might start going outside and talking to each other. We can't have that!