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Comment: Re:Legally speaking... (Score 3, Interesting) 1009

The punishment for contempt is open ended, and can be whatever the judge wishes. Its already been mentioned, but here is the case of a man jailed for 15 years on contempt of court, based solely on testimony from his ex-wife: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Beatty_Chadwick

Comment: Re:First Amendment isn't relevant here (Score 1) 584

by bsane (#38922255) Attached to: Seattle Library Lets Man Watch Porn On Computers Despite Complaints

It probably wouldn't generate as much controversy as porn. You see, people can quite easily turn away from something they DON'T want too see. It becomes much harder to ignore something they want to see, but are still trying to convince themselves is 'wrong'.

I hate to 'me too'... but I think this is exactly the issue.

I find the slashdot response to this issue pretty sad- apparently just like everyone else they think censorship is bad, unless its something _they_ want censored...

Comment: Re:If you use one pole you need to use the other (Score 1) 106

by bsane (#38609212) Attached to: Is the Canadian Arctic the Future of Astronomy?

And how would being on the equator mean you can see 'all' the sky? You can't see through the earth, so wherever you are you can see pretty much the same 'amount' of sky.

At the poles, you always see the same stars, as they rotate around a point directly overhead, half will always be hidden by the horizon. On the equator the entire 'sphere' of stars rotate overhead, in perfect circumstances you could see all the stars, with the North Star (and its hypothetical southern equivalent) on the horizon not moving.

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