Comment Re:Where is the Constitution? Where is due process (Score 3, Insightful) 529
I find it hard to say that a one sided argument to a judge of DHS's choosing is due process.
Comment Promissory Estoppel (Score 4, Informative) 354
Liability was based off of a contract term called reliance or promissory estoppel.
Because he relied on a promise of a job, and it cost him a bunch of money, he is given damage for what he went through. I am not a lawyer but that is the basic premise of the term.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promissory_estoppel
Comment Re:Associated costs (Score 1) 475
The costs of the trial are normally subtracted from the winnings after the lawyer takes his percentage out of the cut. The lawyer really does win here. The reason he gets so much is the risk of losing the case and not getting any of those costs recuperated. In a contingency suit like this, the lawyer always wins big if he wins.
Frustrated Reporter Quits After Slow News Day
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Norwegian radio journalist Pia Beathe Pedersen quit on the air complaining that her bosses were making her read news on a day when "nothing important has happened." Pedersen claimed that broadcaster NRK put too much pressure on the staff and that she "wanted to be able to eat properly again and be able to breathe," during her nearly two-minute on-air resignation.
Submission + - Verizon CEO: "We Will Hunt Heavy Users Down" (arstechnica.com)
Zerocool3001 writes: "In an interview with WSJ editor Alan Murray,Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg talks about how the FCC's broadband access studies are wrong (and the US is definitely "number one, not even close"), how he had someone else stand in line for him Saturday to pick up his iPad, and how Verizon will soon hunt down, throttle and/or charge high-bandwidth users on its network."
Comment Re:Wasn't the SciFi network mini-series good enoug (Score 1) 589
No, if you have to read the books to understand the movie then its not that great.
Comment Precise Calculations (Score 4, Funny) 252
I calculated it out, and If you factor in how slow time moves after you die this is pretty obvious.
Comment Re:Does this open the floodgates? (Score 1) 164
You must have not heard of Halo.
Comment Re:Tivo (Score 1) 168
I don't know about deleting recordings, never have, but you can definitely set it to record from anywhere. You can't rewind/fastforward on a tv unless it is a recording or it is the dvr tv. This really isn't a problem for me, as I only watch recordings.
Comment Re:Tivo (Score 1) 168
Uverse >> Tivo. With one dvr you can record anywhere and watch anywhere haven't checked out tivo in awhile but for just that functionality it is well worth it. The only drawback is the $5 per tv per month if you want separate boxes for each tv.
Comment Re:Would you pay for Google ad-free? (Score 1) 228
The only problem with is the privacy part. Its like having someone look over you're shoulder at everything you do. Does anyone actually look at the ads? As long as its not the ads that pop out and cover half the screen when you accidentally hover over them or the ads that pop out when you hover over some text then its not really a problem.
Comment Re:Level playing field (Score 1) 441
Too true. Been there, and everyone recycles and does their part. They are behind in some things such as emissions, but in the majority of areas they are cleaner than the U.S. They have a huge incentive to do this, as it is a beautiful country that makes a majority of its money through tourism. Thus they want to keep it beautiful.
"Doomsday Clock" Moves Away From Midnight 287
Arvisp writes to tell us that the symbolic "Doomsday Clock," designed to represent how close civilization is to catastrophic destruction, has been moved away from midnight. "First set at seven minutes to midnight, the clock has been moved only 18 times since its creation in 1947. The group, which includes more than a dozen Nobel laureates, last moved the hands of the clock in 2007, from seven to five minutes before midnight to reflect the threat of a 'second nuclear age' and the challenges presented by global warming. Today, at a press conference in New York, the Bulletin announced that despite the looming threats of nuclear weapons and climate change, it would move the hands of the clock from five to six minutes before midnight."
Comment Re:intellagence gathering.. (Score 2) 292
Forgot to post a link with this. A 71 year old professor was sentenced to jail for among other things, allowing foreign nationals to work on a DoD project.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/jul/02/prison-for-ex-ut-professor/
Comment Re:intellagence gathering.. (Score 2, Informative) 292
Good idea, but the DoD realizes this. They don't allow foreign nationals clearance to work on their top secret projects.
