I want to become dictator of the world. It doesn't mean people should let me, and the world would be a terrible place if they did.

That's actually not true. Specific information, such as grades, financial, and medical records are generally protected by laws in most states, and can't be released to parents without the student's consent, but I'm not aware of any such laws which cover other random information such as locations of WiFi access points that students have been using.

I think you're confusing IMAX and OMNIMAX. OMNIMAX has the dome shaped screen.

If the owner of the park (the city government perhaps) were charging admission or otherwise benefiting commercially from the performance of the music, then yes they would have to pay the license fee.

I've had sat psychologist administered IQ tests a year apart and had my score differ by 10 points. I've been told that, in fact, this is perfectly normal and well within the accuracy expected of IQ tests by psychologists who take them seriously. I wouldn't worry about IQ scores changing (they may well do that, but it is equally likely measurement error). IQ is a very imperfect measure to begin with. Our ability to measure it, even under the best of conditions, is extremely poor. Take most IQ studies with a grain of salt.

Moving water to where people live is indeed an engineering problem, but I'd hardly call it "simple". Especially given the quantities that would be involved.

I think we go down a very slippery slope when we say that the Internet should receive less First Amendment protection than television or print media. Television and print are largely in the control of large media companies with lots of money. The Internet is accessible to anyone; it costs almost nothing to start your own blog. In a sense, the Internet is (or has the potential to be) a great equalizer. As soon as you start placing restrictions on Internet speech that don't apply to "big media" speech, you tip the balance of power back in the direction of the wealthy elite.

Additionally, the line between TV and print on the one hand and the Internet on the other is becoming more and more blurred all the time. Many people watch their television through Internet streaming services. Does that count as TV or Internet? And most print newspapers have an online edition, with many people reading only the online edition. Your rule would mean that some articles appearing in the print edition would not be able to appear on the online edition. And what about e-reader (such as Kindle) editions of newspapers? Do the print or Internet rules apply to those?

As a Canadian, I would welcome this. We are also well educated here (the University of Waterloo has a world class computer science program) and any infusion of tech capital would be a good thing. I'd be very happy to work alongside American immigrants in the tech sector. I think there'd be plenty of jobs to go around.

The fact that they are "center right" has nothing to do with the present issue. I'm not aware that any Canadian government, current or previous, has even suggested the idea of restrictions on encryption or mandatory back doors in consumer products. In the U.S., the idea typically comes when Democrats are in the White House. (Remember the Clipper chip? That was under Clinton's administration.)

The FISA Court is not under the jurisdiction of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal. In the Federal Court system, the Supreme Court is at the top. Immediately below the Supreme Court are the Courts of Appeal for the different circuits which cover different geographical regions of the country. Also sitting directly below the Supreme Court are the Federal Circuit Court of Appeal which handles specialized cases like patent cases, and the FISA court, which handles cases whose national security implications require secrecy. Below the various Circuit Courts of Appeal are the district courts, which are the lowest courts in the federal system.

So, the FISA court, sort of sits beside the 2nd Circuit court, not below or above it. Only the Supreme Court can direct how the FISA court must interpret the law. That's not to say that the FISA court can't be guided by opinions in other circuits. Courts of appeal frequently look to opinions in other Circuit courts of Appeal for guidance on cases involving issues they haven't decided before, but they are not bound to follow opinions in other Circuits.

NAT has many benefits besides reducing the number of IP addresses required. It has important security benefits in that it allows one to hide one's internal network structure from the outside world. Without NAT, attackers would know how many systems you have on your network as well as your router deployment. Potential attackers could benefit greatly from this information when planning and launching attacks.

What if your house is within 1000 feet of a school. Are you not allowed to keep a gun in your house in that case? Does it matter if your house was there first and the school was built later?