When in doubt, nuke it from orbit.

I am well aware of this. What I was pointing out was how ludicrous it is for the school to assume that all P2P is illegal when some people pay at least one company to use their fully legitimate and legal BT-based updater. I apologize if you missed that.

Yes... It uses BitTorrent for updates (yes, you can disable this but most don't). Suddenly people who pay month-to-month to play a game are considered criminals by the school. Um, what?

I'm coming up short on irony. Where do I submit for my flogging?

"RISC is good."

"...between the first half of the season and the second..."

It could also have to do with HUGE break between the first half of the season and the second... Just sayin'

The consent rules only apply for communications where there is an expectation of privacy, like a phone call. In a public place there is no such expectation so the consent rules do not apply.

Aside from this seriously being a sudden outbreak of common sense, it only affects residents of Maryland. In order to affect the whole of the United States this would have to be a decision made by SCOTUS. Should this go to them? It shouldn't have to. Our state and local governments should be bright enough to figure this out on their own.

So if guns cause crime, do cameras cause child porn?

I've never really seen it as a game myself. To me it is just a way to turn your own grief in to someone's joy. Is that really so bad? While I do not possess a donor card, I've made my wishes perfectly clear to those who would be making decisions on my behalf should something happen.

Yes, yes, and yes. You have to remember that the religious leaders in biblical times were the law. Even if how they interpreted the word of God was horribly inaccurate and plainly only for their benefit, people went with it. Even in modern times, these "leaders" still seem to be nothing more than a cleaned up version of a mob boss.

The gun laws for Clark County are a bit odd, but they have provisions that we forced on them by Nevada that allow people to not register their firearms for 60 days IIRC. This keeps people who are visiting from having to jump through hoops.

It is interesting how some airports pay closer attention to luggage than others, isn't it? I've only been to one (PHX if I'm remembering right) that actually has someone verifying the bag you grab is actually your own. At the time I was much younger and thought it a huge waste of my time. Now that I'm older and have better toys (firearms, expensive cameras, computers, etc), I wish more airports would check.

He almost went out with a bang.

Until I see all categories of Japanese animated pr0n on Idle, I'll have to respectfully disagree.