And that assessment is based on what, exactly? The fact that the court convicted an American based on overwhelming evidence of her guilt?

He is not infringing on any patent. Simply disclosing the algorithm is not infringement, In fact LDS had to disclose it themselves in the process of obtaining the patent. Using the name in the blog has nothing to do wit copyright, it might have something to do with trademarks, but I think he would have to make a profit off of it to count as trademark infringement

On their hands, maybe. Otherwise, normal walking pace is about 16 min/mile, so close to 4 mph

No, it is not always safe to eat. The danger is rather indirect. Some of these GM crops have been engineered to be highly resistant to pesticides, which means that they are aggressively treated with Monsanto's own Roundup and they end up with a pesticide content that is 200x greater than the levels that would be tolerated by non-GM plants.

Really? You think that flights from major US hubs to Australia or Japan are an insignificant fraction of the market?

If you don't need the ability to typeset formulae, all the markup you need is a \chapter command whenever you start a new chapter and a \footnote wherever you insert a footnote. Not exactly a steep learning curve.

Not traveling much, are you? A flight from Los Angeles to Sydney takes 14-15 hours.

Who knew JP Morgan had a sense of humor? I mean, England World Champions? Hilarious!

Yeah, we wouldn't want to do that. It's not like being able to remember stuff is a skill that might come in handy later in life.

True, but you can walk from any point A to any point B without having to leave the sidewalk except to cross the street. Except for a few large cities (NYC, Boston, Portland OR), that is not the case in the US. At some point you will have to walk on a road with no sidewalks.

But then how will I keep in touch my friends in Alabama, Texas or Utah

There is only one science in which a hobbyist can do cutting edge research at home, with more or less no financial investment: mathematics. Google "Riemann Hypothesis" and then try to prove it.

I think the main nuclear powers have not been building any new nuclear warheads for several decades. The arms race these days involves mostly conventional weapons, and for any defensive weapon you build, someone will soon build an offensive one that can defeat it.

And that technology will become obsolete faster than a speeding bullet once you stop funding it.

Yeah, but Arizona has been on a roll lately. I think they should make skipping class a felony next, and give the police the power to break into dorm rooms and bring students to class by force :-)