I think it's the part where they suggested that you jerk off a robot. Or... maybe they're just into that.

The Supreme Court has already ruled on this issue. They said reporting on something, even if it was obtained illegally, is fine. It was in the Wall Street Journal's Saturday edition, back in the editorial section. The write cited the various applicable cases.

If you're trying to be a "professional" on iOS, you're doing it wrong.

Oh, shush you! If you don't have to search for trivial information on how to use your OS every 30 minutes, you're not using a REAL OS. /sarcasm

Get back to me when all the MS specific software is ported to linux.

Enable Boot Camp. Freaking newbies.

Internet-pedantry, where either 1) pedantry is misapplied because the word in question does not have a single, precise definition to be pedantic over, and both the the original and the "pedant's" "pedantic" correction are correct or 2) pedantry is possible because the word does have a precise technical definition, but the "pedant" has no idea what that is and is wrong while the original usage was correct.

For how long are 15,000 watts expended? Power usage isn't meaningful in this context. Need a duration to get energy.

Premium hydrogen and oxygen ain't cheap!

Not networked, networked, not, networked, on and on. Each cycle begets a new cycle. Now it's just called "the cloud."

It goes back to a 1964 Supreme Court case, NY Times vs. Sullivan, with some followup cases. It takes a lot to overturn a bunch of SC case law.

nblender- I'm happy for you and your family.

If you had 5 students, you could test each of them closely to see their skills. 50 students, you can still look into individuals' skills. At 500, you may be able to have some customization. 5000, I doubt it. 50000, no way.
And that's assuming you think it's fair to make personalized tests. If Bob is good at math and Beth is good at English, do you cater or counter-cater to their strengths? Like you said, assessment is hard beyond a single individual.

I think you don't understand how this works. The great students get access to advanced classes. They don't need extra teachers or tutoring, i.e. "extra help." The underachieving students get extra teachers and tutors. At least that's how it is supposed to work, and how it works in my area. I'm not in NY, so I can't gauge the reality of it there.

I wouldn't say the costs are much different, but rather the resources behind the accuser and defendant are vastly different. RIAA vs. Grandma comes to mind, though I think there was MPAA vs. Dead Guy at some point.
There are plenty of other deficiencies, of course, but not having access to a public defense attorney for civil actions is an automatic kick to the groin to the average person vs. a corporation/trade group/etc. Not that I'm advocating civil public defense attorneys.