When I take my last breath and they publish my obituary, the first line will say that I presided over the intelligent design trial. I can't top this, I don't think, and I'm fine with that, if this is what I'm remembered for. I'm proud of what I did. I thought I discharged my obligations and my duties well.
A fascinating interview with the judge who ( Read more... )

I can't quite express how much glee McCain vs. YouTube vs. DMCA causes me. Suffice to say it's a lot.

Disc containing personal information about a murdered solicitor goes missing, possibly due to theft.

Not really a leak, but they've contacted the Data Protection office about it: HSE sends diagnosis-review letters to the wrong patients.

You know how people always say that trying to make ISPs enforce arbitrary filtering is like trying to make a telco block obscene calls a priori? Well, Eircom are being sued for not implementing anti-downloading measures. I feel conflicted about this: eircom are, bar none, the purveyors of my worst customer service experiences; however, I feel in ( Read more... )

A lawyer "representing the US Government" in a case in the UK claims that America has the right to kidnap those wanted by US law. I'm sure this will turn out to be an over-reaching interpretation by a lawyer with no official sanction to do so, but it's certainly an... interesting point of view.

...Mr Justice Frank Clarke refused to grant the injunction in relation to the cream crackers.

Without references, because I know I read both of these on multiple reputable sources, and you can go look them up yourself if you're that way inclined: When pressed on the issue, El Shrubya said that he, too, wanted to shut down Guantanamo, but was somehow stuck waiting for the Supreme Court; however, when the Supreme Court made their decision, he ( Read more... )

Suddenly, George is interested in the Supreme Court's opinion again.

The trial of five anti-war protesters accused of criminal damage of a United States Navy plane at Shannon Airport has collapsed following a suggestion by the defence that the trial judge had attended the inauguration of George W Bush as US president.
(from Ireland.com, who lock their content up behind a paid registration for which several very ( Read more... )

In doing so, mangles english language:"The numerosity and substantiality of the disclosures..."
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