I think statute of limitation varies by country. In the USA, the statute of limitations on crimes is seven years. The only exception is for homicide, for which there is no limit; it can always be investigated, tried etc.

Virtuoso musicians don't check their instruments as luggage. Even if their instruments are big, like a cello, they get a seat for the instrument.

...Razgui, who was not present when his bag was opened. 'I fly with them in and out all the time and this is the first time there has been a problem. This is my life.' When his baggage arrived in Boston, the instruments were gone.

If his instruments were his life and he is a virtuoso musician, he would have kept his flutes with him on the airplane.

"Rap Genius" is a misleading and silly name for what, transcription software like DragonWriter? Actually, it might not even be that good (all I read about lately are Internet piecework/ sweatshops that are supposedly "social" and "democratizing"...except they aren't).

I know that Mark Andreessen funded it, but he isn't right about everything.

I really like Eminem and Kid Rock. They are sarcastic and very funny. Will they still have the same appeal after 100 years? I doubt it. Gilbert and Sullivan has endured.

I don't especially like G&S (I prefer what someone else called "traditional arias" e.g. full chorus "Ode to Joy"), yet I can completely relate to, understand why you are fond of G&S. A live G&S performance is music and art.

Linguist! The professors of linguistics that write University of Pennsylvania's Language Log are skilled linguists. I don't think that has anything to do with their ability to write poetry. Or rap, although it would be fun to ask!

Rap is words, music and visuals with attitude, and usually post-production effects. Poetry is written words on a page. They aren't comparable.

If this is true, Obama is using the NSA like Nixon used the Watergate plumbers.

The submission emphasized how FourSquare uses honeypots to validate good users, and prevent "bad actors" from corrupting the data. The actual post is much more readable than the excerpt, no offense intended to a harried (or lazy :o) Anonymous Coward. At least he took the time to submit it! Anyway, it lays out some of the math that FourSquare uses, mostly logistic regression, and then itemizes problems and workarounds. For example, FourSquare users like integers. Don't we all! FourSquare describes how they try to deal with that, without loss of accuracy due to repeatedly rounding. So, the details are cool to read about. I don't recall seeing anything as detailed and specific written up elsewhere e.g. by Yelp or MyWOT.

Yet FourSquare is based on these premises, set forth in the very beginning of the post, about how FourSquare maintains its database of places, both geographic accuracy and being up to date:

changes are voted upon by our loyal Superusers (SUs) who vigilantly maintain a watchful eye over our data for their city or neighborhood...we assign users points or votes based on their tenure, reputation, and the actions they take. Superusers like points and gamification. It rewards diligent, hard-working SUs...

Ignoring any resemblance to Slashdot (coincidental or otherwise ;o) the phrase, diligent, hard-working SUs caught my attention. What is the motivation for Superusers to vigilantly maintain a watchful eye over FourSquare's data? Gamification for its own sake isn't going to be enough, not for long. The novelty will wear off. The honeypots are a nice idea, especially done programmatically. But it all rests on human effort, doing tedious piecework without any reward other than a badge that non-users esteem about as highly as spam. There are other things like this online, a phpBB or forum, however, the motivations are different than with FourSquare. Also, the most active participants have ownership and control of the website or forum, unlike FourSquare.

Gawkr kindly linked to this, Bezos was shepherded between islands in the Galapagos by the Ecuardorian navy:

But on New Year’s day, it was humans, not drones, that rescued the entrepreneur

Galapa_gal also scooped the Washington Post, which Jeff Bezos owns! Yes, I am gleeful.