This new verdict is as "monstrous and shocking" as the $1,940,000 verdict was. After reading through many articles on the history of this case, I have to proclaim it a farce. Since when don't you need actual, admissible evidence to prosecute someone? The only evidence they had was from MediaSentry, which, at least according to an appeal that was filed, may violate wiretap laws and state private investigator laws. In fact, there was a court ruling in 2007 which proclaimed that this company was operating without a private investigator's license, rendering their evidence in that case inadmissible. If the RIAA is going to try to prosecute for this type of thing, they should at least use legal means to gather their evidence. The jury is in essence awarding the RIAA for ignoring due process and illegally obtaining information which should not have been admitted in the court case. Since they would no longer have admissible proof of her sharing the files, given that MediaSentry's evidence was illegally obtained, then the RIAA should receive no reward. I'm not saying that what she (Jammie Thomas-Rasset) did was right or wrong, that's not my call, but my observation is that the RIAA has performed its share of misconduct all throughout this trial, yet that's being ignored and they're being rewarded statutory damages for copyright violations that they can't legally prove with legally obtained evidence.

Just don't get blown off of the rooftop. Then again, you could always use the Hall of Hush, instead.

Wow, there's a company I haven't heard of in years. Didn't they make some hideously expensive RAM that was supposed to perform twice as well as normal RAM, but never lived up to the hype? Basically, they patented the design, couldn't get it to work right, and now they're suing the companies who did.

I have done some listening to other radio stations via streaming over the internet, and one station in Texas, KLFX, AKA 107.3 The Fox, was bought out by Clear Channel. I have never been more disappointed in a radio station than I am in them for selling out. The morning guy, Jack Hammer, used to have a whole lot of fun and did some wacky, crazy stuff, not to mention playing "Smoke Two Joints" by The Toyes every morning. I tuned in via the internet to try to hear some of the fun they used to have, and was sadly disappointed when I found out that it was owned by Clear Channel now. They sanitized his morning show, making it drab and totally uninteresting to listen to. That station had also been one of the stations broadcasting the Dr. Demento Show when I was at Fort Hood, Texas, and I listened to it every Sunday night despite the fact that it was on very late at night. Yeah, I was really tired at P.T. the next morning, but that show was awesome. They don't even carry that anymore. Curse Clear Channel and their mindless corporate drones, they've ruined what used to be a great radio station. They, like the Dr. Demento Show, were wacky and offbeat, but great. Now it's nothing more than a shell of its former essence, with the morning D.J. not doing anything funny at all. Due to Clear Channel's sanitizing of all of the stations it buys and the proliferation of horribly long commercial segments, it's no wonder more and more people are refusing to listen to terrestrial radio, and the good Dr. is disappearing from that medium. I do hope he keeps up online for a long time, he has a great show, and after moving back home from the Army, I missed it terribly because our radio stations here don't carry it, either.

The effects of her wi-fi and other wireless devices on this man can easily be disproved by running a signal strength meter in his home to find out what radio signals at what strengths are received within it. Likely her 2.4 GHz wireless is probably at a negligible -89 dBm, which may be even weaker by the time it goes through his walls. A wireless (cellular) telephone is doubly not a problem since the signal for the cell tower is radiated everywhere, not just in a local field around her handset, so his claim there is also null and void. Another way to catch him in a lie is to turn on hidden 2.4 GHz transmitters at regular wi-fi strength while he's in a room during a deposition, displaying no devices which use it, and if he displays no "symptoms" or complains of any discomfort, then it's pretty obvious he's lying and just a hair-brained Luddite.

Also, someone on the story's site made a good point in the comments. This is similar to a neighbor's flowers causing allergies. It's your own responsibility to shield yourself from that problem, not the neighbor's. Should he feel that things which radiate in the electromagnetic spectrum are triggering some sort of allergy, he can always wrap his house in a Faraday cage.

The real pi day will happen on 3/14/15 at 9:26:53.589793..., but I guess I'm just splitting hairs here.