The problem in the US isn't the absence of such laws, it's the absence of oversight and enforcement of those laws.

Why would you enforce a law that has no explicit penalty, seems like a waste of resources ;)

... conceive of what function such a bit could have, without having some down side..

Power-save -> 0, Performance -> 1

It's not a lot better, but some: http://www.denverpost.com/news...

Sure. Give them 2-3 weeks a season. 3 months off in the summer currently means that they spend the first month back getting back into the swing of schooling and relearning some of what they've forgotten.

Exactly, because children are simply portable memory storage devices. People forget that if you don't keep plugging them into school then they will discharge information and won't learn anything new.

Have both parties pay into a pool managed by the court, legal bills need to be addressed to the court and each party can only spend half of the pool. Frivolous cases can still be reimbursed as with the current system, but you need to think more carefully about any money you spend since that money also helps your opponent.

I'm still waiting for it to be on their orbiting brain lasers.

* I can't use it on any of my many Linux machines.

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How about unusable outside the USA? In many stores in Belgium the staff does not even know how swiping works.

Really? I was in Belgium in February and I didn't have a single problem with it. Everyone took one look at me, knew they had an American on their hands, and did everything properly without hassling me one bit.

The XBox unit is profitable. ...

You sure about that? Microsoft Is Making An Astonishing $2 Billion Per Year From Android Patent Royalties

No, they're usually just better about not signing a shitty contract that says "we pay you shit _and_ we own all your efforts".

What if he's cheated on his taxes and his tax documents are on one of those other drives? Forcing him to decrypt the contents of the other drives could force him to incriminate himself for crimes unrelated to the original search.

http://www.iheartubuntu.com/2012/11/ppa-for-netflix-desktop-app.html

You could use LyX instead and get a nice WYSIWYMean editor.

FYI, The CO-OP Network is for ATMs (triangle-ish symbol), the CU Service Centers are for performing financial services at a "partner" Credit Union (starfish-ish symbol).

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