Besides, as a fellow passenger, I wouldn't get onto a plane unless I was fairly certain that everyone else on that plane was also searched, just as I was.

Except they're not. Folks are being randomly picked for 'extra attention' and others are sailing through without a problem.

She has a stronger claim than most; but not entirely ironclad...

This might shock you, but when revenue steams are involved, there's still no guarantee of an incentive to "not to break stuff."

I think that you assume that all kids put up for adoption are from the US, which is not true. On top of this, you assume that the chance of parents putting their kids up for adoption is independent of their economic situation. I'm not sure that this is true either I have no evidence to back this claim up, but it is true that your economic situation has a major impact on your chances of getting to adopt a child. Given that black Americans are economically worse of than white Americans, one would expect relatively more black kids available for adoption.

We had a bunch of Itanium boxes and we tried with very limited success in loading Windows 2008 on them. It loaded ok but because of the different platform, many of the Server Roles were unavailable. We ended up going to a x64 based platform. The Itaniums have become expensive boat anchors. :(

IANAL but I have been a cop (previously full time, now just PT to keep my standards). That *should* have been covered under the initial warrant - as the cops were looking for the items in question in a reasonable place. If I am looking for diamonds, putting them in a closet seems reasonable. If I am looking for a 46" TV, looking in the kitchen drawers (and finding contraband or an illegal substance) won't fly. Its not reasonable.

That the evidence got thrown out is likely the result of some other issue. I can't speak for a specific case, because I wasn't there, but there is something you were not being told.

Just my 2

Actually they do. The agency I work for has a VLK agreement with M$ and we have VLK's for both Vista and 7. They come in two flavors (just like 2008) - KMS or MAK (if you have a system that can't or won't ever see the KMS server). We've got activations on both.

How is it MS or Logitech's fault your 15 year old daughter popped her titty out to her BF using a webcam? I don't mean to be crass but MS doesn't create CP, bad people and stupid people do.

You're right on with the "Mom and Dad, watch your kids!" The responsibility lands with the parents, first and foremost.

Ohhh, I remember one that one now... (Need Another Seven Astronauts)... Ya, I think they were fairly common all over.

Inconceivable!

I had a 3 series BMW with an aftermarket starter / door locks. It was a 5 speed stick. They disabled (prior to my purchase) the clutch safety so I just had to make sure to never leave it in gear. A simple pull of the e-brake and neutral did the trick.

That think worked from like a quarter mile away too, it was great!

I have one that is 100GB on a NTFS formatted drive, I have another that just covers the whole 80GB drive (complete TrueCrypt partition).... Wasn't sure if it counted either. :)

I can't speak for your specific situation but I do know I had to run the screen calibrate when I got my HTC Hero. I kept hitting the key to the right of where I thought I was. Running the screen calibrate brought what my idea of where a key or button was and where the Hero thought it was to the same point on the screen.

..and often it's illegal because corporations who run prisons have lobbied for the laws to make it illegal. They then get direct access to taxpayer money for 'housing' you...

Citation? Not that I am arguing that lobby groups haven't impacted our legal system - but private prisons probably had nothing to do many of the drug laws that have been on the books for years - I have a strong feeling the insurance lobby had a lot to do with the federal mandate to the states to drop the max BAC from .10 to .08 but I don't see where the private for profit prison industry would benefit. Almost all of your DUI convictions (note almost) that result in actual jail time result in just that "jail time" not "prison time" - I don't know of too many privately run jails? I am not saying there are not any, I just don't know of a large number? I did a quick search and found quite a bit on For Profit Prison but not so much jail. I think the same could be said of many convictions. Until you get to violent felonies or to higher level gun and drug crimes, those sentences are typically served in a jail because of their short length.