class action lawsuits don't help the victims. Neither does putting murderers in jail.

hahaha -- succinctly said. I hadn't heard that one before. Well played.

This is the most corporate-friendly court in history. Whenever any case comes before them, you can bet your ass it'll be decided on what will most benefit their corporate buddies. I just hope no EULA-related cases reach the court prior to at least a couple of them kicking the bucket.

How does "corporate-friendly" work out when both (all) sides are corporations? e.g. Someone takes a proprietary software company to court of the basis that an EULA worded in such a way that is nonsensical between two corporations. (Especially if the software company is a much smaller corporation). Something like a multi-national claiming that "per user" equates to "one" in their case.

Not generally in small claims court. I believe most states limit damages to actual damages in small claims courts. You are generally also not allowed to have a lawyer.

Which is probably a bigger problem for a corporation than it is for an individual...

Class action lawsuits are nothing but a wealth stockpiling program for the 1%'ers that went to law school instead of Harvard Business. It doesn't help the consumer "class" that gets nothing but a coupon, while the lawyers make millions.

I can't understand how such suits are not also an advantage for the defendant. Since they only have one case, in one jurisdiction, to deal with. As opposed to possibly thousands of cases. At the very least they would need to send someone to lots of courts to avoid losing by default.

There's a well documented case of undercover police acting as agents provocateurs in Quebec City.

It also appears to be the rule that for every well published thwarted "terrorist plot" (included "underpants bomber 2") there is at least one undercover/informant/agent provocateur.
There's also the simple fact that people involved here are the wrong religion for the mainstream media to call "terrorists". Even though that is exactly what they are.

Real geeks hack their tech. And when it comes to cooking, you can buy something that is half as good as what you can build, for twice the price -- as this ridiculous article handily demonstrates. Food hacking (or Modernist Cuisine, if you prefer) is a very big field these days. Want a great steak? Start with sous vide immersion cooking to get the perfect medium rare, then hit it with a flamethrower for the char. Play with your food.

Immersion Cooker (about $100 all-in):
http://beach.traxel.com/img/hopped-up/whole-rig.jpg

Weedburner Charring (about $35 at Harbor Freight):
http://beach.traxel.com/img/sous-vide/weedburner-char.jpg

Here's some more info on building your own meat jacuzzi:
http://qandabe.com/2011/70-diy-sous-vide-universal-controller/

Training games are meant to train forces. The officer in question basically went off-script in order to prove a point, which wasn't the concern of the exercise.

Wars don't tend to follow "scripts". Any really enemy won't follow your script...

Considering this news is 2-10 yrs old, and instead of actually creating a superior product they ripped off a very old but already well-known product, probably means these helicopters aren't that great.

Plenty of militaries (including the US) operate very old aircraft. The "newest" B52 is nearly 50 years old.

In the interests of decorum, I've changed my mind about that.

How tacky.

Perhaps then it is also time to mandate DRM+CHIP+NFC style weapons that can only be fired by a particular soldier and not by others (thereby limiting the black market for weapons) and only fired at other identified combatants (thereby limiting civilan casualties). I heared Pie Sky Arms Corp is working on such guns...

More likely it would stimulate black markets with provision of hacks for weapons. In addition to weapons.
Also in military situations why shouldn't the "enemy" attempt to identify as "civilian"/"friendly" or try to get your forces to fight each other. It's also going to render camouflage rather useless if every soldier has an IFF transponder they cannot switch off.
The whole thing could make for an interesting plot of a sci-fi novel or be useful for a writers guide such as "Throwing Lead".