Please .... Religious nut-jobs are generally more affluent than that ... a double-wide at least. :)

Is similar to the "right to remain silent" ... you have the "right" the REAL question is ... do you have the ability?

Thank-you!! That was the point I was trying (& evidently failing) to make ... Obviously I'm expecting too much out of the average /. user. If you're going to populate a flood plain it might be a good idea to invest in the infrastructure to mitigate the inevitable outcome instead of bitching about it, and blaming the completely predictable consequences on everything but your own shortsightedness.

And yet the Netherlands has no problems with flooding despite most of the country being below sea level..

Oh how i long for the MOD points i burned this morning.

Assuming acceleration is linear (and it generally is with EV's) 3.666 seconds to time travel speed.

to think this would be a perfect opportunity for FBI malware that collects information about the American public to be distributed to your phone? They don't need a back door in the OS if you can be convinced to install one for them.

Which is to deprive some family of their income to increase corporate profits regardless of the detrimental impacts to society. All hail our corporate overlords.

You clearly think the LGBT community differs from everyone else in something other than sexual identity/preference. Let me let you in on something ... the LGBT community is just like everyone else ... Even without numbers I can tell you they are just as likely to blow someone away in a fit of passion as someone in the straight community. You're welcome.

a reliable "smart" gun would also prevent a persons gun from being used on them ... an unreliable smart gun would be worse than useless

I'm sick of the news of terrorist attacks in Europe .... maybe we should enact religion control.

IANAD but "abruptly" is a word that one might use if it went straight to 100% from one reading to the next ... instantaneously is the exact word I would use.

Pretty sure it's a percentage set up front in most cases .... in some jurisdictions, i believe there are even limits on the percentage the lawyers can take out of the settlement

LOL --- Since "a line" implies the singular and there is no "single line" of COBOL that can be compiled ... your statement "For the record -- IANACP -- I've never written or compiled a line of COBOL in my life." is virtually a tautology, Well Done!!

IANAL ... but it's my understanding that in most cases the costs for class action lawsuits is fronted by the law firm and they get a large cut of the settlement in recompense. So it's in the "plaintiff" firms' interest to secure a fast settlement.