It’s common for judges to wrestle with complex questions as they try to apply old laws to new technology. But what’s so unusual about this decision is that the judges ended up giving opinions on technology that hasn’t been fully invented. “I think the opinion is really extraordinary,...
While they sound like a device straight out of a dystopian sci-fi movie, flamethrowers, including Thermonator, are legal in 48 U.S. states. They aren’t classified as firearms by federal agencies, though they fall under general product liability and criminal laws. Specific restrictions exist i...
Tokyo was chosen as the location of the film partly because Japan’s strong ant-drug laws would make the actions of the police more believable, partly because Noé believed the city, with its abundance of neon, had a “druggy mood.” Pioneering acid guru Timothy Leary used to read “The ...
The complex food laws of the Middle East have more to do with distinguishing your group from neighboring groups than health concerns or sacred scriptures. Strange Food doesn't make it onto this list just because it is unpopular. Some people hate broccoli. So what? Weird foods get on this ...
But it’s not an idea that violates any laws of physics; only what we’ve done before. For a generation that’s seen the world wired electronically, watched room sized-computers shrink to devices that fit on your wrist and place face to face video calls around the planet for free, it’...
According to Eno, “We have seen overwhelming evidence that the latter is possible, because parallel worlds often have very different laws of physics, and thus heightened layers of multi-versal awareness and access.” In the ensuing years, Eno has run into many more parasites who were mimics,...
The quantum internet is a network that will let quantum devices exchange some information within an environment that harnesses the weird laws of quantum mechanics. In theory, this would lend the quantum internet unprecedented capabilities that are impossible to carry out with toda...
NOW MEET BEN LOUVIERE. . . BLIND TRIAL by Brian Deer When a young lawyer meets a doctor at a scientific conference in Washington DC, his mission is to shut her up…[...]
Gotta deal with the Mecca thing, of course, that will be tricky. World Islam will not be happy about the occupation, to say the least. May 4, 2022 at 4:59 am Saudi Arabia is a puppet stooge nation of the UK/US, there’s no reason to invade it. In fact, it helps justify inflat...
Divorce laws, which accrue, are written by state legislatures that are forward-looking in the laws they write. Backward-looking mechanisms for getting rid of laws that are no longer useful can help make sure that problematic laws don’t cause mischief, according to Laura Tharney of the New ...