I'm incredibly lousy at making unsubstantiated assertions! Never made one, never will!

I see what you did there.

I use comment sense

If there's one thing Slashdot could use more of, it's comment sense.

You will note that it is extremely common for English speakers to use a word whilst meaning at best the exact opposite

True, but just don't ever say "I could care less" or you'll have fifty people "correcting" you, no matter how sarcastic you meant it to be.

Once a planet, always a planet

Modulo Alderaan, of course.

Betteridge's law states that you can answer the question in the headline with "no", not that it is the correct answer.

That's not a particularly useful law then, is it?

How about we at least stop putting concussed kids back on the field?

Wouldn't that be the point of using the sensors? Strict rules, easily enforced. Seems like a (pardon the pun) no-brainer to me.

The copyright holder don't care. As long as the university is stopping people from downloading free content

Why in the world would they want to stop people? They're making money from it! They have incentive to make it as easy as possible. Their best strategy is likely to be to ignore most of it and issue the occasional small fine. That both keeps it going and fills their coffers.

Hint for internet tough guys: don't boast about your fencing skills unless you habitually wear a sword.

Maybe he meant he built sheep enclosures and stuff.