Those heads are perfectly functional ... for the only functions anyone is really interested in employing them in.

Fit for use, as it were.

"the court" brings nobody. It is up to each side to employ and bring in its own 'experts.'
That's one of the things that makes a defense so expensive. The plaintiff can promise a cut of the take, but the small respondent - so far - has no such resource.

What about a IDE-USB dongle? You may need the power supply - those older notebook drives were a bit much for USB power.
I don't remember how hard it is to get to the HDD, though - that was a while ago.

Because we're willing to admit that government effectiveness is limited, and that compliance is avoidable by simple dodges.

The system budget rule of thumb, back in the rock-on-plastic days was "Spend half your budget on the speakers and the other half on the cartridge (rock)," leaving the third half for everything else.

In the Indianapolis Craigslist there's a pair for $525 (fair price) and another for $425 (a steal).
In the middle of buying a house or I'd pounce.

In my case, a 1960 Bell receiver (all tube, modest output) and a pair of Klipsch Heresy speakers. The speakers are the key - hyperefficient and solid performers. Could add a sub, but probably won't.

Why do you think the FAA is so nervous about drones?

Except that the baseline expectation is derived from experience with previous, presumably brane-leaky, shielding.

Now if we could just get the RIAA to fall over, we'd be rid of the
M usic
A nd
F ilm
I ndustry
A ssociations of
A merica

That _should_ be a good thing, but I fear a competition to become the most draconian in copyright enforcement.

Canada.
A slightly less thoroughly corrupt system than the one to their South.
Is there some correlation between probity and proximity to a pole?

And somehow that's not a big bang?

We cannot accept that rivers in India show higher concentrations of active antibiotic than the blood of someone undergoing treatment.

Easy, sloppy, careless sex, while admittedly fun, can have some long-term disadvantages, you know.

A baby is a commitment pushing past 2 decades - longer if special needs - with a babymama who may not be a suitable parent (though not legally unfit). Contraceptives fail and are also subject to sabotage - and there are women whose entire career plan consists of having at least one child by at least one man.

A virus is forever - so far - and tends to limit one's future prospect pool to the easy, sloppy and careless.

Being of a certain age, I grew up on Pogo (Walt Kelly). The collected strips are FINALLY being reissued - vols 1 and 2 are out, and 3 is due soonish.

Doonesbury popped up just in time to take over, but it took Watterson to bring the joy and subversion back to the comics page.

I'm guessing comics have replaced church and sports for a lot of nerds and geeks, so they get the devotion and energy the former, um, formerly did.