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In situations in which it is legal for you to employ deadly force, you won't be convicted of any criminal statute if you apply that force or any lesser force. That is, if you have …

Is there really a situation in which the punishment for killing is lighter than for wounding, especially with a weapon/vehicle?? Or are you speaking less formally: that you might n…

It might depend on the circumstances. Even if the driver is fully at fault, though, it doesn't have to financially devastate the individual. This situation is tailor-made for insur…

Appending to #2 above, if you're creating an exchange (or crossing network, dark venue, etc), how do you deal with settlement and counterparty issues?

The SEC proceeding on this [0] is quite readable and goes into some technical detail as to what exactly went wrong. [0] http://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/2013/34-70694.pdf

Sure enough, it's been MLB-approved! One thing in particular that might be useful for non-pros is that the handle is CNC-cut to orient the grain in the correct way.

The spec for baseball is available. [0] Regarding the bat itself, the regulations say it must be "round" (1.10), which probably rules out this particular handle. Other than round, …

You are describing a Direct Public Offering [0], which was widely used in the US in the 19th century but waned in the 20th. Loyal3 does not appear to be underwriting GoPro's IPO. I…

Rifled barrels which have been machined to tight tolerances are non-trivial to make. But a smoothbore barrel is just a tube. For plenty of low-power cartridges, it doesn't even nee…

You need a Federal Firearms License if you are "engaged in the business", which is clarified further as having a "principal objective of livelihood and profit through the sale or d…

This is so true. I remember how irate I was when I realized that Rambo III insisted that a thinly mocked-up Browning was actually a DShK. That annoyed me but not nearly as much as …

I assume you mean to say that you think this is a lousy idea and indicates that BTC/USD is about to fall. However, if you're serious, the answer is that while there is no mechanism…

In many places, none of these suggestions would help someone who realizes he is carrying a handgun. 1) There are guidelines for how the firearm must be shipped; simply sliding it i…

Like many office buildings, it is of pretty good size and houses a goodly number of workers. What sets it apart from almost all other buildings its that it is symbolic. The financi…

Getting rich and improving the economy is almost certainly the best thing you can do to combat disease, pollution, poverty, etc.

I assume the NCLB standardized tests cover things which are widely considered to be core reading and math skills. PBS has a number of sample questions here: http://www.pbs.org/news…

Lithium-ion batteries are supposed to be pretty good as resisting self-discharge, losing only .3-.5% per day (or around 10% per month). The Tesla S has the 60 kWh or 85 kWh battery…

Gas stations are incredibly common. Public EV charging stations will never be as common unless a different business model is adopted. If EVs become common, people will have home ch…

You're not the first person with this idea: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/05/better-place/ To some extent there is a standards problem: there is not a common battery pack (like…

You can push the argument further. Postulate that climate change is real, and that you could accurately describe the policy steps necessary to eliminate it, and that you could brin…

It is apparently due to sites embedding Netseer ads: https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=netseer

Not just that, but two palindromic primes!

You want EasyDNS ( https://web.easydns.com/ ). Transparent, care about (D)DOS, pretty good UI.

The Federal Constitution (amended over time) has a list of reasons and qualifications which cannot be used to deny the vote. It is otherwise silent on the matter. Until the 14th an…