Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have been able to confirm the production of the superheavy element 114, ten years after a group in Russia, at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, first claimed to have made it. The search for 114 has long been a key part [...]
Remains of the fabled dining hall have been discovered on the city’s Palatine Hill, where emperors traditionally built their most lavish palaces.
The hall is said to have had a revolving wooden floor which allowed guests to survey a ceiling painted with stars and equipped with panels from which flower petals and perfume would shower onto [...]
At least I’m not the only person who thought learning C from K&R wasn’t hard:
I got used to hearing people complain about how hard K&R was to learn from and I found it difficult to relate. C seemed to be designed for the way my brain worked; pointers were a natural expression of what the [...]
Attorney Todd C. Bank (“Plaintiffâ€), proceeding pro se, has filed a federal complaint claiming a First and Fourteenth Amendment right to wear jeans and a hat in court. He argues that his right to free speech and his liberty interest in his own personal appearance permit him to do so.
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When he is appearing as a [...]
In general, we adopt Tamura’s solution to the problem of necessary over-seizing of evidence: When the government wishes to obtain a warrant to examine a computer hard drive or electronic storage medium in searching for certain incriminating files, or when a search for evidence could result in the seizure of a computer … magistrate judges [...]
Source: Vic Lee, The Bigamy Trial of Prince Charming, Pardon My Planet (Sept. 14, 2009); see also Cal. Penal Code §§ 281-284.
Source: Hank Ketcham, et al., I’m Here For Somethin’ I Didn’t Do, Dennis the Menace (Sept. 18, 2009).
Source: Chip Dunham, Juries Love Stitches, Overboard (Sept. 23, 2009).
Source: http://anindiansummerlikes.tumblr.com/post/184474105.
Source: Scott Adams, Patents, Dilbert (Sept. 9, 2009).