Except that due to the nature of classified information the FBI handles on a routine basis, they often actually DO have things to hide, and legitimately so.

Exactly. The guidelines are permissive exceptions to copyright law that CBS/Paramount wrote in order to specifically allow fan films within certain boundaries. If the guidelines hadn't been published, then all ST fan fiction would be subject to taketown notices.

if nobody buys it, they can't charge as much and sustain the service.

as long as there's competition, prices will moderate and service levels will rise

yeah, it's much better to be dependant on a geographically-based service. Just don't ever move or change ISPs.

slashdotuser@si.rr.com ... or centurytel.net... or qwest.net...

well, in this case, probably a lot farther than the government of Egypt.

They are regulated by the Feds and by all 50 states* as money transmitters. That isn't cheap nor is it easy to just replicate quickly, let alone overnight.

* I think 1 or 2 states don't require a fee or registration, but there is enormous pressure for all states to regulate money transmitters

yeah, HDMI is so difficult to use.

wait, what?

wait, do you actually think the FBI team was the same "Hillary's team" the journalist referenced here was referring to?

Now *THAT* would be newsworthy.

Else, you're an idiot who can't tell the difference.

I've called 911 several times and asked to be transferred to "the local non-emergency police line for town X", and every time they were completely fine with that. Works great when you have a time-sensitive police issue in a town that you don't have the local number for, and it only takes the operator a few seconds to manage.

he certainly is trying his damndest to reinstate the Soviet state.

is there a 418.1 "I am a nuclear reactor" status code?

you got that authorization in writing, though, right? ...right???

it would be CONSIDERABLY less expensive just to buy batteries for whatever it is you're trying to power with your WiFi.

I was looking for this reference before I made it. Good thing, it seems.

also: from TFA, it's about 2.34 milliarcseconds per year of movement. An arcsecond at the surface is roughly 30.87 meters, so we're talking 7cm of wobble. Interesting, but not necessarily "Earth-shattering"