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The web was officially launched in 1990. The web's killer app was information exchange, and it was used for that purpose even before the web existed; see for example Compuserve, AO…

If a professional job pays $400k, there's absolutely no way you can keep it with less than about a $300k (pre-tax) lifestyle, and that's if you're really good. That is some of the …

Wherein HN is introduced to the concept of a "compulsory license" which makes this all okay (www.copyright.gov/circs/circ73.pdf). Generally, the compulsory license requires royalti…

AOE2 uses a "tick-based" system for synchronising input/commands, so it is possible to use websockets for multiplayer RTS simply by increasing the length of each tick. I believe AO…

Agreed. The solution to a bad law is usually to get rid of the law and start again from the ground-up. Amending a law leaves open the possibility of missing out on critical flaws.

alpb, check your plugins. With WP SuperCache running you should be able to easily handle thousands of concurrent visitors, even on a virtual server or shared hosting accounting. Un…

Minor correction: A U.S. Attorney is an employee of the DOJ, not the White House. While the DOJ is an executive agency under the supervision and oversight of the WH, the WH does no…

The population of the state of Oregon is roughly 3.8 million. The population of the SF Bay area alone is roughly 7.1 million. I genuinely wonder what California has done so differe…

It's a useful vehicle for starting the process, bringing attention to the issue, clearly explaining what and why, providing a single point of action for people to focus on, and gau…

In your words, he can "move the needle" and...that's it. He can't eliminate the law, he can't change the law, and he if he were to order the DOJ to stop enforcing the law, the Repu…

I have 3 sudoku apps on my phone; I can tell you what you are missing: scratch marks. At higher difficulties, it is absolutely necessary to be able to note eliminations or possibil…

The Piers Morgan petition was only a softball to those capable of rational thought. To the many people who signed it, it was a legitimate petition. The purpose of raising the signa…

America is not a democracy. It is a republic. The states are also republics, though feature some democratic traits, i.e., the initiative process.

It's an uninformed comment by some woman taking advantage of the case to burnish her own image. However, if he plead guilty to a felony, he could have been sentenced to as many as …

Two weeks after the Secret Service raided his house in conjunction with the investigation led by Heymann into the theft of tens of thousands of credit card numbers, James was found…

California became a one-party state in 2012. Prior to 2012, it was very much a two-party state, and the problems date as far back as the 1990s, when it was still considered a swing…

You are. You're skipping the most important part of the criminal process: the trial . * don't bet on a fair trial, even if you're completely innocent. * Hyperbole, and dangerous ex…

That's not how criminal procedure works. Pursuant to constitutional law, you are required to start with the charges first, so the defendant knows what they are being accused of and…

Getting rid of plea bargaining doesn't make the problem better; it makes it worse by removing any compromise between walking away and the maximum sentence. From my own experience: …

When a legislator say they will "look" at something, it means they don't intend to actually do anything about it but are simply attempting to pacify their constituents by promising…

Wrong country. If they had pulled those stunts in America, 2 of them wouldn't be sitting in a prison cell right now.

This petition is guranteed to fail. The domain of writing, passing, and modifying laws is the domain of Congress , not the President. You can pester the President all you want, but…