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Comment Re:Hobbit (Score 1) 278

A cold near-vacuum is far different than a cold environment with high air pressure though. Keeping warm is not nearly as big of a challenge in a cold near-vacuum as heat transfer is minimized. Wind chill is a huge factor in Antarctica and almost non-existent on Mars.

A much better "proving grounds" location would be a very arid, high altitude desert like the Atacama Desert in South America.

Comment Re:This has been going on for a while (Score 1) 232

Parallel construction is still subject to fruit of the poisonous tree, and evidence obtained from clues given from illegally obtained evidence will also be thrown out.

You're not really understanding what parallel construction is. If it is done correctly, there is no way for the defendant to ever know that any information was ever illegally obtained.

For example, if an illegal wiretap reveals that a person will be carrying illegal items on a certain date, the police can make a point of stopping that person's car for some other reason.

Comment Re:Inherent 4th amendment problem... (Score 1) 232

The question is not is them searching your phone legal? Its how long before they do it anyway. Remember the way it works is the police use a new tool quietly for a while, and slowly make it more and more common. Soon enough you will never be able to get it rolled back because it is an "essential tool".

"Parallel construction" is a prime example of this.

Comment Re:This has been going on for a while (Score 3, Insightful) 232

That's terribly naive. The SCOTUS has ruled that the public can video record police officers, yet the police will still stop you from doing it.

The ruling only has teeth if the cops search your phone and then try to use it directly as evidence. There is nothing stopping them from using the information for parallel construction or just keeping the private photos that you took of your girlfriend/wife.

Comment Re:conscientious beliefs... let's break that down. (Score 1) 297

Except for the "science deniers" in this case would have to be the physicians themselves.

Which will be easy enough to find - especially if they don't want to face liability issues for going against the will of the parents.

Expect a huge influx of "child is allergic to all vaccine" reports from Mississippi doctors in the near future.

Comment Re:Silly Question (Score 1) 159

Regulations trump the law in the short term since the agencies have the police-power of the state to enforce them. Laws only matter in the long term and if you have the resources to mount a defense.

Also consider that a unsuccessful defense can be ruinous.

Comment Re:Probably won't happen soon (Score 2) 378

Most of their problem was that using a cutting torch to open a hole for the insertion of the water. The heat of the torch in the closed space of the safe melted or burned everything inside.

Also, Mythbusters is almost going to show a successful criminal approach - they are too reliant on the cooperation of law enforcement. The only successful ones they show are ones that are too impractical.

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