rather than being a feelgood title for some script kiddies

Yes, but at least my probe is web-scale and will thus get me a web-scale job! Fixing it at Uranus will be some other sucker's job.

> Where does the federal government get the legal authority to...

They have none, they just secretly swipe bank money from gov't haters using their Deep Network of pizza parlor basement servers. Some are even hidden under the basement, a sub-basement, so they can't be found by vigilante basement inspectors like Edgar Maddison Welch. The Deep State out-Scoobied the Doo.

Saving the Planet may require a bit of socialism. What would Jesus decide?

> more like [local] electrical company recalcitrance to preserve their own profit base

We wanted solar panels that could power our house directly if there were a power outage, which have been too common of late. But the local power co. rules are that you can't have such unless you also have a battery system, which greatly adds to the price. We'd be happy with day-time-power-only during a general power-outage such that batteries are not worth the extra cost & maintenance. (Yes, we know we may not be able to run all appliances at the same time under such; half is fine!)

But multiple panel vendors told us that was against local power co' regulations. What's the friggen point of solar panels if you can't use them during a blackout?

Reducing our bill by about 10% but having risky ugly panels on top (rain leaks etc.) is not enough incentive. We also want the "Armageddon insurance" of self-generated power. Greedy Jerks! During Armageddon I'm going to eat the executives there raw: "Sorry, I can't bake you first, you wouldn't allow blackout power. Now stop squirming!"

(FBI doesn't wish to track Armageddon cannibalism threats; Mulder and Scully are fake.)

PS, the US was sloppy with radiation safety also, but not the the extent of the Soviets.

There we go: whichever politician(s) runs up the debt* has to be a Boeing Flying Car test-pilot.

* By spending too much and/or not taxing the rich

Xi is out-Zuckerberging the USA: he moves fast and breaks people. Dictators have an R&D "advantage" when it comes to safety testing. It's one of the reasons the Soviets got their nukes up and running so quick once they swiped our blueprints: glowing people couldn't vote the glow-spreaders out.

> "not guilty" doesn't mean innocent, it just means you can't prove mens rea.

Didn't claim it did. And what's this have to do with sinij's original point?

It implied there was a legal double-standard and/or something nefarious going on in the courts. So far nobody has demonstrated such with regard to AlarmGate.

Re: Turn off Fox and read legal book

Minor correction: read a legal book. [or more]

Re: " This is because civil charges have a lower threshold of evidence."

as compared to a felony, which often involves jail time. Civil charges generally only require monetary compensation.

Also, the (paywalled) NYT article appears to be an opinion piece. Different legal analysts say different things. Do you have a reason to trust ONLY legal analysts who say the DOJ is doing fishy things? Otherwise it looks like you are cherry-picking pundit opinions to fit your preconceived partisan notions.

FuKKK off, bigot

> Are you saying he's so fucking stupid he "got confused" as an intelligent adult raised in a modern society and didn't know he was pulling a fire alarm at a key moment during a legislative session?

No! I'm only saying one cannot rule out an accident "beyond a reasonable doubt". I 100% agree it looks suspicious, but not "beyond a reasonable doubt" of an accident. I've made really dumb mistakes myself when in a hurry. You didn't answer my request for BRD justification. Why is that? Are you in a hurry?

Turn off Fox and read legal book, especially the chapter on "reasonable doubt". Then you can reply like "an intelligent adult raised in a modern society" (your own words).

The civil case against Bowman may go further, possibly charging him with the cost of wages spent on dealing with the alarm. This is because civil charges have a lower threshold of evidence. (I don't know the status of the civil case.)

As far as some of the Jan-sixers being overturned, it happens all the time. Judges are called "judges" for a reason, and different judges make different judgements. A somewhat small percent being overturned is thus NOT evidence of a partisan conspiracy. Stop foil-hatting everything you don't like; bad habit.

NYTimes is paywalled.

The fire alarm accusation is pure mind-reading speculation. People make mistakes with alarms near other levers when in a hurry, and mistake cannot be ruled out. Felonies require "beyond reasonable doubt" and I've seen nothing that strong against Bowman. If you have a BRD argument, bringItOn!...

The report suggests the contracting arrangement was several steps removed from the major producers.

Established companies outsourcing staffing to fly-by-night companies is how many of the H1B visa program abuses came about that I've personally witnessed. The big-name company can often simply blame the obscure outsourcing firm if caught.

Having corrupt turtles all the way down is a recipe for mutant ninja crime.

Wining and dining with vendors should be prohibited unless you pay for your own meal.

I've used CP/M, and indeed there are a lot of similarities to DOS.

Gary could have been as big as Gates if he didn't make a few missteps.