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Comment Re:Not a new problem (Score 1) 86

Back in the early 90's I worked with Unisys desktop systems (oh BTOS, how I miss thee). The suggested correction for "Unisys" was "anuses." We filed a problem report, and the official response was "works as designed."

Comment Re:Could someone kindly explain (Score 4, Informative) 1505

At a very rudimentary level . . . A bill can be introduced in either the Senate or the House of Representatives. After being passed in one, it must then be passed by the other before it is sent to the President, who can sign the bill into law or veto it. If one chamber has added amendments that the other didn't, or if the two chambers have passed bills that are similar but not exactly the same, then the differences must be worked out by a conference committee and the compromise bill re-passed before it can be signed.

Any law can be challenged as being unconstitutional - you just need somebody with standing to file the appropriate suit in the appropriate court.

The judge is not "messing with the law", he is making a judgment on whether or not it violates the Constitution.

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Man Swallows USB Flash Drive Evidence Screenshot-sm 199

SlideRuleGuy writes "In a bold and bizarre attempt to destroy evidence seized during a federal raid, a New York City man grabbed a flash drive and swallowed the data storage device while in the custody of Secret Service agents. Records show Florin Necula ingested the Kingston flash drive shortly after his January 21 arrest outside a bank in Queens. A Kingston executive said it was unclear if stomach acid could damage one of their drives. 'As you might imagine, we have no actual experience with someone swallowing a USB.' I imagine that would be rather painful. But did he follow his mother's advice and chew thoroughly, first? Apparently not, as the drive was surgically recovered."

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