Seriously? Innocent people should be required to have technology on their property which ensures they are complying with the law? Domestic violence is a huge problem in our country, so why not mandate all homes come equipped with video cameras to make sure people aren't beating their wives and/or children? Drugs are a problem in our country, so why not mandatory drug testing for all citizens? While we're at it, lets mandate devices in all our computers to make sure we're not violating copyright or child pornography laws?

I was suspicious of the U.S. allegations that the North Korean government was behind it when the North Koreans denied it was them. If you're going to hack somebody to make a political statement, it makes no sense to later deny that you were involved. Someone might be trying to make it look like North Korea, but I seriously doubt they were directly involved in this.

The problem isn't with copyright. The problem is with additional laws that restrict the development, trade, or perhaps even possession of technology or software which may have the ability to circumvent technical schemes designed to protect copyright. Such restrictions often have unintended (or intended, but bad) consequences.

What I don't understand is why it's okay for cops to lie to people, but if people lie to cops, they can go to prison. Remember Martha Stewart? The only thing she was ultimately convicted on was lying to police. It seems it should work both ways: either you can't lie to cops and they can't lie to you, or both should be allowed to lie. The current system seems unbalanced.

I'm not saying I agree that Google was breaking the law here, but in general, when a party feels they have been injured by another party acting unlawfully, isn't it standard practice for the injured party to work with prosecutors? Certainly victims of violent crime like rape, etc. will often meet with someone in the D.A.'s office to help prepare the case. This may have gone a bit further, with lobbyists and contributions, etc., but that's all part of politics. So I still don't really see how Google has a case here.

The problem is the Pirate Bay is both, and you have to take the bad with the good. I just kinda wish they'd chosen another name besides "The Pirate Bay", as it makes the site look like it was deliberately set up for piracy rather than general file sharing. (And it might well have been set up primarily for that purpose, but no need to be so obvious about it.)

Well, Christianity is a peaceful religion too. Perhaps that explains the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition.

Really? Are you suggesting the content of his physics lectures somehow derived from his alleged sexual harassment of students? I'm trying to envision a physics experiment whose successful outcome depends on someone being harassed, but I'm having difficulty doing so.

Because you could have a weapon stored in the bag or even a large wallet that could be a danger to the arresting officer. If cellphones were larger and had the potential for secret compartments in which weapons or other dangerous materials could be stored, then I'd agree with your analogy and suggest that the physical devices could be searched as well. But there's no reason an officer should be able to search data stored on the device absent a warrant.

.ee is fake, but .cr seems to be working, sort of.

.ee is definitely a fake. It looks real until you try to download a magnet, then it asks for money. .cr seems to be legit, but it is still having some reliability problems. I have successfully downloaded a few torrents from it (.cr) though.

500 Internal Server Error

I get "500 Internal Server Error."

It looks like a pay site, but only $4.99 for a subscription. Can anyone confirm if it's legit?

This would be a great idea if Pizza Hut's main clientele base consisted of stroke victims who are paralyzed everywhere except for their eyes and are able to communicate only through eye movements. Last time I was in Pizza Hut, I didn't see too many such people there. So, I'm not sure what problem this technology is supposed to solve.