Wikileaks also redacts cables.

Yes, we caught hell for it, and rightfully so, because removing a violent dictator is not a legitimate reason for going to war. Mugabe is doing terrible things to Zimbabwe, and that sucks, but that doesn't mean it's OK for foreign countries to go in and kill a bunch of Zimbabwe's citizens and try to impose some other kind of government.

I work for a collection agency, and I'm pretty sure you're right. EXCEPT that the FDCPA only applies to collection agencies, not the original owner of the debt. If your creditor decides to contact you directly rather than contract it out, they have a lot more leeway.

Yeah, the obvious pride the police sergeant took in this jailing was pretty disgusting.

So much for do no evil.

At first glance, you'd think it clearly backs the idea that a distant dark object orbits the Sun every 27 million years.

No, I wouldn't think that at all. All it backs (or would back if the data were any good) is the idea that something is happening roughly every 27 million years. A dark companion star is just one of many possible explanations of what.

The article is a little over-zealous its characterization, though it's careful to note that this is not actually a theoretical novelty. The summary, on the other hand, bastardizes and exaggerates it.

Welcome to Slashdot!

I was wondering the same thing.

I built a Home Theater PC out of a Dell Optiplex (it was free from work) running Windows XP Media Center Edition, with a wireless keyboard and a Monster remote control. I can control the cursor with the remote and I could probably enter alphanumerics with it too if I bothered to set it up like that.
I use it for Netflix "watch instantly" movies and Youtube. I don't do much web reading because it's just hard to read text from my couch.
Your HTPC would need a video card with an HDMI out port. You'd want digital sound out too if you are serious about watching vidoes on it.

The very idea of making it illegal for adults to buy a videogame or to buy a movie is ludicrous. Why do Australians put up with this nonsense?

While I agree with your last paragraph, the anecdotes in the rest of your post are examples of dumb parents, not a problem with the rating system.

We already provide those tools. Games have rating labels on them for years. What the government can't do is make parents do their damn job. Don't want your kid playing violent video games? Then take the time to read the label right on the front of the box and decide whether you're going to allow your child to play that game. It really is that simple. If you've mastered that and are ready to go on to advanced parenting, you could even spend some time with your child while he or she plays games just to see what they're like.

Because he's a public office holder. To the modern press, any elected official is automatically credible, even if he or she has been caught lying in the past. This is known as "balanced journalism". And no, it doesn't make any sense.

I mean, what additional information is needed wrt "respecting robots.txt" and "not letting loose more than one bot on a site at a time"?

To begin with, you would probably have to explain what robots.txt is.

The article just says organic matter, but the headline says life. I'm guessing the former is what they found.