I know it's sin to actually RTFA, but I've been a GNOME user since the 1.x days and figured I'd take a read. The author seems to use the number "3.30" to refer to the current release..

Seems like running IE4 on windows 95 has paid off....finally! Now if only active desktop worked properly...

The people directing the operations believe them to be ineffective? It's all smoke and mirrors, and nothing is really safer? If something was going to happen, it still is, regardless of the measures implemented today? Who could have guess this to be the case?

OiNK was an awesome place, great community of great people. Donations were 100% voluntary, in fact I never donated much other than my time. I seriously doubt the money found in his bank account was personal profits, etc. I truly believe that the majority of it would have been reinvested into the site had the initial raid not taken place.

Well considering the smallest amount normally sold in North America is on average 100mg, (0.1g), does this mean all meth users are going to be criminals regardless?

....from the beginning. Sure it may work on a limited set of individuals. It's the same thing as a polygraph test, it's not based on any sort of quantifiable data but mere suspicion at best. It is completely subjective and there is no real hard science to support such tests. This is the reason why polygraphs are not admissible in court, and why writing analysis shouldn't be either. Be sure to watch for writing analysis to show up on the next Maury show!

Not necessarily true. Haven't you noticed that a (hopefully small) number of police investigators aren't worried so much with catching a criminal but convicting someone? Now try this, DNA data banks are generally comprised of people who have broken the law previously.

Now let's say I happen to stumble upon a large scale meth lab that the public knows about it, whats better...coming up with nothing...or somehow finding DNA of a convicted meth cook?

Several factors here:
Cost
longer distance = thicker interconnect required -> (see 1)
Greater size = greater distance = longer travel time = slower
Power consumption increases as component size increases whereas power consumption decreases as things get smaller.

Several factors here: Cost longer distance = thicker interconnect required -> (see 1) Greater size = greater distance = longer travel time = slower Power consumption increases as component size increases whereas power consumption decreases as things get smaller.

More than likely because in the present age anything with even a hint at DNA or genetics tends to bring up stock value. Think of it like a buzz word.

This is definitely a step in the right direction. I know it's really frustrating looking for a non-standard plug for my phone. I'm sure the days of searching for the right power adapter are limited.

This is not effective, I've successfully recovered drives where the PCB had been smashed, broken, etc. You just need to find the same model and replace with that.