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by ridgeguy 11y ago
There is a "selective prosecution" defense [1]. In tax law, there is a "selective enforcement" defense [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_prosecution [2] http://papers.ssrn.
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
My guess would be that some stretch of sovereign immunity [1] would shield DoJ. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_immunity
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
I'm not sure Apple could be fined if its relevant employees took individual decisions that resulted in Apple's inability to comply with the court's order. Apple doesn't have the ability to compel an individual's con
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
I don't think this could happen without enabling legislation. The U.S. military draft required passage of the Selective Service Act [1] Something similar would be required before Apple's coders could be forced to carry out court o
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Replying to myself to say I found a link [1]. Thank you for the info. [1] https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02386670
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Can you give a link to the Canadian tDCS study? I Googled, but no joy. Tnx.
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
This seems like an instance in which a small number of people could strongly affect an outcome - in which civil disobedience could matter. For Apple to comply with the court's order would require some of its employees to act. If whoeve
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Yet.
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
re Part I: isn't there precedent for this in, for one example, the warning labels that cigarette makers are required to place on their products? I doubt those companies agreed with the message, but they were forced to add it to their p
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
To your reasons, I'd add financial interests of those involved in the WoD. Think of pre-trial asset confiscation, WoD-based grants to local law enforcement, $ to aerospace companies for WoD surveillance and detection technology, etc. L
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Virology, I believe.
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
It's just an ellipsis. Or, as my first Google hit said: "the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues." So: I would rather [have] a bus any day.
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
I like this, because it points to addressing user silence with respect to expectation of privacy. Take your idea one step further. Suppose Tor provided a box that users could (optionally) click to affirmatively declare they were using Tor w
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
I'm envious. Here in CA, while it only costs $20 to form an LLC, there is an $800 annual tax thereafter. Delaware has a $300 annual tax on LLCs.
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
I knew nothing of her work. Thanks for this.
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Perhaps because the FBI's error deprived them of the only clearly legal means of recovering the data. Their mistake shouldn't confer access through arguably illegal means (the legality of the court order compelling Apple not yet b
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
I think it does. The study authors present evidence that fish, as measured by a stress hyperthermia response, respond in a manner consistent with an emotional response. As a recanted neurobiologist, I find that surprising and I'm willi
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Not just code. When you design anything - a rocket engine, an immunoassay product, whatever - it should be part of the work to document the assumptions, calculations, and rationale for the design to a degree that somebody skilled in the art
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Obligatory...... http://xkcd.com/1642/
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Joules = energy (how much work you can do) Watts = power (how fast you do the work)
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
I agree. Apple bought Soundjam MP [1] and turned it into iTunes, ruining it in the process. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoundJam_MP
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
I'd feel better about the Stanford example you cited if the cops' use of torture had been disclosed - that is, if they had been held accountable for using illegal methods. The law recognizes extenuating circumstances such as those
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
"I think the actions of the police are unimpeachable." No, they're not. Their actions were effective but illegal. Effective in that they forced disclosure of the child's location. Illegal for excessive force, denial of d
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Ice buildup on cryogenic components has been a problem with earlier private launch attempts from VAFB. See [1]for a frozen main LOX valve that didn't fully open due to ice frozen out of humid air. [1] https://en.wikipedia.o
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Gallium supply: Wikipedia [1] says USGS estimates gallium reserves as > one megaton. Production in 2012 was an estimated 273 metric tons. I don't see us running out of gallium soon. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
We're doing that. Production of Pu238 (the RTG isotope) is being restarted. http://www.universetoday.com/100875/u-s-to-restart-plutonium...
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
When can I buy wireless headphones based on this standard? I hate the short range of 2.54 and 5 GHz headphones.
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Don't have the paper in front of me, but IIRC, the test dose ranged from 10mg/kg to 100mg/kg. A branch of the study looked for adverse effects at 2000mg/kg and found none. That indicates a very large therapeutic margin.
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
What is the stainless steel alloy #? (304, 316, etc.)
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by ridgeguy 11y ago
Are there security cameras that might have covered any of what happened to you? Suggest you immediately find out and if there are, have your counsel subpoena the records. Speed is important to make sure the records aren't written over

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