If you're going to steal $14 million you'd think you could at least figure out a way to not claim the winnings yourself. You need a trusted co-conspirator. It seems like if this guy hadn't been so obvious about it the plan would have worked just fine. So I wonder how many rigged lottery drawings have never been caught due to slightly more clever criminals?

I think you may need to consider feasibility when coming up with your plans. It's a lot easier to just fly somewhere and hover than to land, or to make and deploy a gigantic asteroid net.

It's true that you can potentially get benefits, but it's going to depend on the state's regulations, the decision of various UI officers, and probably require at least one hearing. Not fun.

Indentured servitude? Really? I can see how this discussion will be productive.

Having looked into this issue once in Texas, I found it is generally the case that non-compete agreements are not enforceable for at-will employees. There may be special circumstances depending on what kind of trade secrets they might know and what exactly they're doing for GM.

But honestly, I bet this is just a shot across GM's bow...pressuring them to avoid hiring away more of their employees to save the hassle of getting sued.

If you clicked on the link, it says exactly how it will work. You email them an absentee application, they email back a ballot, you return the ballot. The only difference is that this is not snail mail (and some states already do this for overseas and/or military voters, so it obviously works well enough without the massive fraud people like to predict).

Being a little pushy isn't a shocking crime. And as they intentionally started fucking with him I would expect security to warn them that they could get in trouble.

Where was the phone? Did the bartender take it with him? I'm pretty sure bartenders don't get to take lost phones home with them, if I were in security I'd be warning them about that too! The bartender or manager on duty at the bar should have had access to the phone and returned it.

What's this "meet me at noon tomorrow" garbage? The bar is open, a representative of the phone's owner is there to claim it. He says most people come back in 15 minutes, do all of them have to return the next day at noon?

In the end, it all worked out fine and I don't think hurt feelings on behalf of a bartender who went out of his way to screw with the Google guy is a big deal.

If the fido works as well as the dog, then it would seem better even at a price premium. The dog would cost a few grand a year in upkeep, needs round the clock care, need a place to be housed on premises, needs a place to relieve itself even if in a large building complex etc. A computerized device would have lower upkeep costs (hopefully), could be used irregularly (give one to each military unit, etc), can be redistributed from place to place as needs change without also relocating a handler, etc. I'm guessing Fido isn't as good as a dog though, or as fast. Those sniffing dogs at customs can cover a lot bags and people very quickly.

One thing that comes to mind -- I read recently that the MTA employees in NYC often handle "suspicious" packages themselves instead of calling authorities which may not strictly be their policy to do. Basically, shutting down a subway track/station and calling the police or bomb squad is not practical every time someone forgets a bag on a system that has a billion rides a year. They could conceivably have one of these things in some stations to check abandoned but not-particularly-suspicious items.

Because the dogs are mobile and can search.

The constitution also specifically authorizes copyrights in Article I Section 8.

My Chemistry professor last year told me each year the faculty votes on which book to use. The book publishers all come in, give a pitch, bribe them with gifts, and also provide canned lectures slides and assignments for the professors who don't want to prepare on their own. Thats how they get professors and universities to agree to this shit. I wouldn't be surprise if there is a full on kickback to the universities too...

Whenever I see this "you need to have this special software provided only by the book company to do assignments for [extremely basic course]," that's a sign your university and/or professors sold you out.

Why would the UK or Sweden "guarantee" that he won't be extradited? If the US has not requested it, and a court has not ruled, then no guarantee could be made.

Does anyone on Slashdot realize that we have laws and courts for a reason? You can't justify any activity based on speculation about a future ruling in a future case that doesn't even exist yet.

If Assange were to be extradited, I assume it would be via a proper legal mechanism. If the extradition laws were not followed, THEN there would be an issue.

My guess is that the military DOES provide internet access. And it probably allows them to do basic web tasks, etc but does not allow streaming video, VOIP, etc. This is probably because they are on a limited satellite connection and have to guarantee performance for the actual military functions of the ship.

They also probably have access to Armed Forces radio and television, DVD libraries, etc.

I'm surprised this is even an option, I recently worked at a remote US government facility and there were heavy filtering requirements in place. Do military regs really allow you to avoid their regular IT controls and policies this way?

At any rate, my first question is are you talking about a physical internet connection while in port, or using a satellite at sea or what? You're talking about supporting an awful lot of users and data through the VPN, but can your basic connection support that?

I dunno. It's a bit hard to tell from his post how senior of a "manager" they want to make him. A first level manager could easily only have 10 years of experience, so if he's a 20-year veteran on the technical ladder he could be making more in that role than the first level manager range typically is. And many companies DO have a specific range for a specific title (which doesn't mean exceptions shouldn't be possible).

It could be reasonable to pay the same for a top end engineer and a low end manager. And they could be right that with his technical chops, he could advance quickly through the management ranks if he has a talent for it. And if not, then he's got a year or two of management on his resume at the same pay with an excellent technical background. That should make it easy to get another management job, at a higher rate if warranted.

That said, it does sound like they want him to manage quite a few people. So not such a simple job. And I'd like to know if it is what most of us probably think of as a manager, dealing with budgets and senior management and a lot of other things or if they want him to be a supervisor...scheduling shifts and assigning tasks primarily.