The CERN LHC accelerates and collides hadrons, not electrons. Not dissing this accelerator but it's not the same thing at all.

I assume the US judge applied US law to this case. I assume there are laws in Ireland that place limits on the transfer of data.
So, in Ireland, Irish Microsoft might not be allowed to transfer relevant data that authorities in the USA are legally demanding from USA Microsoft.
This seems to be a trivial example of the complexity of international law which hitherto has gone unnoticed because nobody questioned the practice (don't say, don't ask). (Or, just for fun, the NSA simply got the data without the need to ask anyone).
So this is a test case to see who wins - Ireland/EU standing up for their rights, Microsoft hiring the best legal brains, the Congress insisting that existing US law must be followed.
Clear the ring and place your bets.

That's your opinion but it's just that - an opinion, and not an informed opinion either.

There have been times Sir when I have been dumber than a Roomba. I hope you do not think that gives you a right to stomp on me or put me on a hook and feed me to the fishes.

Sorry all you Americans, you're great guys (mostly) and all that but...

"Ministers in sensitive government departments have been issued with soundproof lead-lined boxes..." You had me nearly hopeful there but no, its only the bloody phones that are locked in the soundproof lead-lined boxes.

This test paper may (possibly) meet the specification but it is not fit for a class of 5/6/7(?) year old children, or anyone. Throw it away, apologise to the children and parents, get the money back from the company that produced it and use someone else to write the papers.
Anything else is plain ridiculous.
(Oh, since this is the USA, also sue the pants off the company that produced this toxic little waste of time).

Feet and inches were Borged by the metric system a long time ago. Look up the US definition of an inch.

Please tell me you were trying to be sarcastic.

When I emailed Google with a complaint I got a detailed reply. No complaints on that score from me. Of course I had to email via the fan club page, using their "tell us how Google has enriched your life" form - anything that removes that little bit of tomfoolery will get my vote.

Will the new iThing be designed to be manufactured entirely by robots in Cupertino now that Foxcon is eliminating its cheap labor advantage.

I'm a European and I will not be vacationing in the US. Not much of a sanction, just a few thousand dollars less in the US economy, but what do you expect me to do - declare war on the buggers?