If the voter records are public information (which seems odd to me actually, but let's assume this for now since TFS said so), then your lawsuit would be baseless. Taking publicly-available information, then releasing it to the public, can't damage you. The information is already public. It's when private information is released that you have grounds to file a lawsuit for damages.

I use my middle finger for the ID.

"Here ya go, Mr. Judge..."

Martyrs? Who killed them for their beliefs?

Go away, troll. They certainly died while pursuing something intensely important that they were willing to risk their lives for. The fact that you weren't around to pull the trigger makes them no less martyrs.

The new particle is called the wildcardion. It plugs gaps in theories nicely.

A liberal arts or pure science education is not meant to be a professional degree. It's a way to learn a lot about a particular topic, independently of whether that directly helps your employment chances or not...Historically,...But it had the unfortunate side effect of starting the thought in people's minds that universities are vocational institutions, rather than institutions of higher learning...

The "culture wars" is at play here. Since Uncle Sam is handing out these loans, many tax payers want a good monetary return on their investment (or lowest loss).

Typically Republicans want their tax money going to direct job creation rather than what might be called general enlightenment. They view general enlightenment education as less useful, the job of religion instead of college, and/or "liberal indoctrination". Thus, they are against anything outside of (directly) providing jobs to the loanees.

I'm not trying to pick sides here, but rather convey the conflicting political views that are at play.

The administration missed an opportunity to issue a strong rule, to take strong executive action and provide real leadership on this issue

I'm tired of politicians & pundits saying somebody didn't display "real leadership" when they don't get exactly what they want. Politics usually involves compromise: you rarely get exactly what you want. (Republicans typically push back on what they see as "excess regulations" of schools.)

"Mom didn't display real leadership by giving me 3 cookies. Instead she gave me 1 cookie and a banana."

but we are already using "galaxy" to describe that, which is a pretty cool word.

It may sound cool to us English speakers, but it really just means "milky" in Greek.

Exactly. Biological life seems to need a certain amount of warmth; a rogue planet, which doesn't receive any heat from a parent star, is going to have a very cold surface, even if the interior is warm. Life as we know it wouldn't probably evolve on such a planet; it'd just be an ice world.

So this finding is interesting, but I don't see how it would affect the Drake Equation. If we want to find life that resembles us, we're probably only going to find it in star systems, on rocky planets within the star's habitable zone.

How about this: any large rocky body that is difficult to classify is called a "Plutoid".

Their motivation is simple: They want a cheaper supply of IT labor so that they have more profits.

The impact of that on society per general employment, bubbles, etc. is not their care, for good or bad.

That would work.

And I think that the summary kind of misses the point of what "air-gapped" means. It does NOT mean that your system is invulnerable. No system is invulnerable.

It DOES mean that it can ONLY be attacked by someone with physical access to it. Or someone with control of the hardware manufacturing / transportation channels prior to the computer being installed in the secure location. So you're removing potential channels of attack AND reducing the number of potential attackers.

Now you need metal detectors at the entrances. And "no lone zones" where EVERYONE is accompanied by someone else. Depending upon the level of security that you want.

Bah, it's just the reflection of Venus off of a weather balloon.

Bender was her copilot, and he wants his shiny metal ass back.

Take it off and give the strap a sniff. Turns out, you do need to take it off from time to time.

I haven't worn a watch in many years thanks to cellphones, but this is easily remedied with alcohol (assuming you have a metal band).

It doesn't take me any real time to grab my phone from my belt holster (I use a Seidio case with clip holster). It's slightly more time than looking at my wrist, sure, but not that much. Plus it's accurate (since the time is set by the network), and also lets me see at a glance if there's anything else that needs my attention, such as missed calls, voicemails, etc. It also tells me the local temperature at a glance.