Comment Re:Constitution free zone (Score 2) 622
Quite. About 1/3 of US citizens live within it: https://d320ze5h7gg57a.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/webroot/privacy/spying/cfz_map/Image-Map.gif
Comment Re:It would be safer if cyclists followed traffic (Score 1) 947
So what you're saying is that you don't give a damn about me when I'm cycling because you've been witness to other people being reckless fools on their bikes? That's sure what it sounds like. Should I conclude that all drivers are a menace because I see so many cars speeding, running stop signs, and cutting people off? Should I conclude that all pedestrians are reckless because I've seen so many jaywalkers?
Comment Re: mostly some small private planes left (Score 1) 366
We're not talking about an engine, we're talking about hardened valves and seats
We're talking about any and all parts used on an aircraft.
Comment The Political Process (Score 1) 405
All those other things are broken because our political processes are fundamentally broken. Elections, legalized bribery (a.k.a. campaign contributions), etc.
Comment Re:Equal rights (Score 1) 832
Ironically, by giving women longer leave than men, they've created an incentive to hire men instead of women. The discrimination goes both ways.
Comment Re:No way... (Score 1) 812
Does not matter. Passing laws, enacting regulations, issuing EO's does not trump the Constitution. It's no different than if the government passed a law or regulation that authorized DHS to conduct random no-warrant, no-probable-cause house searches, or passed laws restricting the right to vote based on skin color.
It's funny you say that, because they've already passed laws that authorize the DHS to conduct random no-warrant, no-probably-cause boat searches: 14 USC 89(a) reads "[Coast Guard] officers, may at anytime, go aboard any vessel subject to the jurisdiction or to the operation of any law of the U.S., address inquiries to those on board, examine the ship's documents and papers, and examine, inspect, and search the vessel, and use all necessary force to compel compliance."
Comment Already being evil (Score 1) 178
IMHO, Google abandoned it's "Don't be evil" mantra long ago when they began evading taxes.
Comment Step 1: Create iPhone app (Score 1) 186
Step 2: Pay hacker to make fraudulent purchases for competitors' apps.
Step 3: Profit!!!!!!!
Step 3: Profit!!!!!!!
Comment Re:Fight them (Score 2, Funny) 857
Dude, give it up. He has a 4-digit ID. You stand no chance.
Comment Re:Fight them (Score 1) 857
It is the exact same view that some of the worst monsters in history have used to excuse some of the worst atrocities ever committed.
Or was it the exact same view that drove some of the worst monsters in history to commit some of the worst atrocities ever?
Comment Re:DRM, restrictions, outcry (Score 1) 610
But suddenly when it's Apple it's all ok. Why the hell?
Uhh... who said it was all ok?
Comment Re:And nearly contradict themselves on the same da (Score 1) 745
SCOTUS claimed that the government has the authority to incarcerate someone indefinitely without trial.
No they haven't. His incarceration is ending. His civil commitment is beginning. All they've said is that you can still be committed to a mental hospital for being crazy/dangerous, even if you've just completed your prison sentence for committing a crime. The latter does not get you out of the former.
iPhone SDK Agreement Shuts Out HyperCard Clone 610
Halo1 writes "Demonstrating it's not just about Flash, Apple has officially rejected for the first time another alternative iPhone development environment following its controversial iPhone SDK Agreement changes. Even though RunRev proposed to retool its HyperCard-style development environment to directly expose all of the iPhone OS's APIs, Steve Jobs still rejected its proposal. The strength of RunRev's business case, with a large-scale iPad deployment project in education hinging on the availability of its tool, does not bode well for projects that have less commercial clout. Salient point: at last February's shareholders' meeting, Jobs went on the record saying that something like HyperCard on the iPad would be great, 'but someone would have to create it.'"
Comment Re:What about the presumption of innocence? (Score 3, Funny) 1590
Now imagine having to drive like that all the time.
My god. The roads would be safe.
Proton Beams Sent Around the LHC 115
feldhaus writes "The BBC reports that the first beams for over one year have been successfully sent around the complete circumference of the Large Hadron Collider. Engineers do not yet have a stable circulating beam but they hope to by 0600 GMT on Saturday."
