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Comment Re:Drones! (Score 1) 217

You can already vary the power, it's called a valve. As for the complexity... How is an EM railgun system ANY less complex than a (at its core) a tube with a valve and a hook on a slug?

Mechanical systems are always more complex to build and maintain than electrical systems.

Also not that this not a rail gun, it is a linear motor.

Comment Re:Hah (Score 1) 67

most notably Interstates 95 and 495

NOVA I can handle most days (excepting Tysons Corner). You should try 64 at the Hampton tunnel for fun.

At least the HRBT has an excuse for slowing down. It's the random stoppages on 64 in New Kent that really annoy me.

Comment Re:Structured transactions are illegal (Score 2) 510

From what I understand, any form of structuring is illegal.

Structuring is manipulating the amount of cash to evade detection by authorities. $10k USD requires a mandatory report by FinCen, but that's on deposits. I'm not sure there's any mandatory reporting on withdrawals, so I'm not sure why the FBI would be interested. It's not money laundering if you're withdrawing money from your bank account.

And then you have this: Secret Service Takes $115,000 from NC Couple Without Ever Charging Them With a Crime

All because these people were conducting a legitimate business - albeit with a lot of cash transactions - and it triggered a structuring flag.

Comment Re:Life in prison (Score 2) 225

...for a non-violent crime. Step back and think about that for a moment.

I agree that his sentence is waaaay too long, but from what I read elsewhere, it seems he went out of his way to piss off the court, and if so he has reaped what he has sown. (Which is really an indictment of the court system if anything - as they should be immune to such shenanigans)

Compare this with one of the actual drug dealers who rolled over and only got something like 10 years.

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