Well, but in this example the dancers are paid while on the show. Not a lot, but they are.

I've worn glasses since I was a tyke. I wore contacts when I was younger and worried that glasses weren't "attractive" but now find glasses easier to care for than contacts. I have several pair with different looks, including sunglasses and all are multifocal. If 3D really catches on and one technology is settled on, it would be nice to go to the optician and buy 3D glasses with prescription lenses. Going to the movies - take along your 3D glasses. You wouldn't need multifocal lenses, UV protection, tints or anything fancy. I could see them costing less than a typical pair of everyday glasses. Indeed when home 3D TV hits it stride, having a prescription pair would be a no-brainer.

Yikes! I've been dumping the trub from my brewing on my compost pile. God only knows what damage I've done.

Tater tots.

Maybe the previous deal he made with Google soured him on big biz, or maybe $100 million just isn't enough? Who are we to question the ways of revolutionary thinkers?

A lot of us use WSUS and SCCM because they do a good job of managing MS patches AND the cost (for WSUS) is right. This announcement is interesting but raises questions: how much will it cost; who will support it and how much work will it be to import third party updates? We can currently build packages for SCCM for any product, no not much gain there. But WSUS... Maybe it's time for the free trial...

Indeed. From TFA:

The agencies cited exemptions at least 466,872 times in budget year 2009, compared with 312,683 times the previous year, the review found. Over the same period, the number of information requests declined by about 11 percent, from 493,610 requests in fiscal 2008 to 444,924 in 2009.

Makes it sound like most requests were denied? Not sure how to interpret those numbers. Also, without a time breakdown of the requests who can say which were issued during FY2009 (Oct 2008-Jan2009) when Bush was still in office vs. the latter part? Let's compare Obama's first full year (or term) in office with Bush's and then make a call.

Following a link in the article to the DOJ figures, denials actually went DOWN during FY2009. As secrecy in the DOJ was one of the hallmarks of the Bush administration this is encouraging. Numbers are still high, but coming down. I'll give him a full term before calling him a disappointment.

Circumstantial evidence serves a purpose in making a case, and placing him at the scene helps show the "Opportunity" part of Means, Motive and Opportunity. If we look at the dog as "just" a weapon, than this isn't much different than finding a gun on the scene and using fingerprints to show someone handled it. Ties the suspect to the scene, though not foolproof as perhaps he could have handled the gun earlier and had it stolen. Criminal trials are about using multiple pieces of evidence to build a case. Rarely does one piece stand alone in providing proof. That said, the DNA database in this question disturbs me as it could be the proverbial "slippery slope."

Indeed. Risk can never be reduced to zero, and the closer you get the more you have to spend. Analogies are a minefield on /. but here goes: we have laws and police forces, yet still people are murdered and robbed. I don't think we can completely protect against security threats any more than we can block any other form of crime. There's the old saw that says you can make your computer system safe by cutting it off from all networks, encasing it in cement and sinking it in the ocean. But systems need to communicate, and people need to interact with each other. Each presents an opportunity for misbehavior. We do what we can with multiple forms of technical protection, user education, reliance on reputation and yes, cure when prevention doesn't work. Saying "get rid of Windows" or "don't grant admin rights" only reduces, not eliminates, the risk.

An explicit right to counsel reinforced by the Supreme Court (Powell; Gideon). Ironic that our Founding Fathers built in safeguards to make it harder to deprive citizens of liberty, while the current regime falls back on "if you aren't doing anything wrong, why are you worried?"