He wasn't accused of a crime, so the government didn't need to prove guilt. He was ordered in a divorce proceeding to provide the money he was shown to have, or prove he no longer has it. He refused to do either, so was held in contempt. He was "proven" to have committed the crime of not obeying the court. That was the only "crime" committed.

Thanks for the suggestion, but I already have a high efficiency heat pump and according to the Geothermal Savings Calculator my annual cooling savings is only $471/yr (heating is only $255/yr).

At least by supplementing my electrical source with solar energy, I can use any possible excess on lighting or appliances.

You are the one that's willfully obtuse. The government proved he had possession. He then deliberately hid it from the government, so the government can't "prove" anything past that point. That is sufficient to hold him in contempt for not providing the money known to exist, or proof it no longer exists.

He claimed he was defrauded. Then refused to file a fraud complaint against the person (or persons) who defrauded him. The inconsistent behavior and proof he had the money, but no indication of where it went after he deliberately hid it.

Yes. When "my life" is a 0.00000001% chance of a terrorist attack.

Storage and addressing are in bytes, transmissions are in bits, except in the case where the transmitter is specifically designed to work with bytes. Most network equipment work at the bit level.

9/11 was "predicted". It just wasn't stopped. Also, the rules at the time allowed everything in that was allowed. There was no security breach. The rules were bad. This rule is bad.

In most fiber roll outs, the cdwm splitters/combiners are back at the CO behind a patch panel. The actual fiber from the customer to the CO is unshared. Google fiber is a bit different, they have dedicated back to the "fiber hut", which acts as an aggregation point.

The chassis is around $1,200, but I can get a chassis with a 2tb/s back plane for around $2k that supports up to 144 1gb Ethernet ports, but the line cards get you. When I looked up pricing for ZyXEL VDSL2 line cards, I was seeing "new" prices of over $5.5k for 48 ports from many retailers. That's about $100 per port, so about on-par with 1gb fiber. The 1gb DSL will probably be a lot more expensive. You can probably get used VDSL2 line cards for your $900 price, but you're not going to have that benefit with the new 1gb DSL.

The bigger issue is the range. the 1gb DSL only has a 100m-200m effective range. 250m is the best and will rarely happen. DSL also consumes a lot more power, almost a magnitude more when you include everything.

The other issue is the uplink ports. I can get a 1gb fiber port with a 20km range that uses 0.5watts max for about $100 on my switch at home. 10gb ports, start around $2k for 100m stretches, and get up to $5k quickly when you need distances in km units. These DSL boxes with 1gb ports are going to need 10gb uplinks if they want to even remotely handle the rates they claim. I bet you're going to be looking at $10k for a line card and $5k for the uplinks. That's already $15k.

I'm interested in solar power as a means to offset the cooling costs during 95+ degree F days with 80+% humidity. That is the bulk of my energy usage. Solar seems like a natural fit since my power usage is much lower on rainy days and night time.

I think you meant to say is "Bitcoin ISN'T US Currency". It still has value and used in the trade of goods and commodities. It is a local currency (aka community currency).

So receipts are imaginary? He "spent" the money, and couldn't prove the positive that he spent the money.

You are asking the government to prove the negative. That he didn't spend the money.

Not here (not UK, but a commonwealth country). It's perjury to say you weren't driving when you were. The identification of the driver is a separate matter. You "swear" you weren't driving. You then must give the police a lead, or they will still hold you responsible.

The 5th Amendment exists because people were "asked" to testify, then, when the first charge didn't convict, try them for perjury on their testimony.

That, and beat a confession out of them.

Those were the main reasons for the 5th Amendment. Not to protect your computer files. You are required to hand those over (arguably in the format the prosecutor wants), so long as they get a valid warrant first. But that's a different Amendment.

So you are arguing that subpoenas are illegal?

A counter-claim is $0. Why not just counter claim, and be done with it?