Look at the recent case of Simon Singh, a science writer who said homeopathy is junk. He was sued for libel by the quacks and ran up $200,000 in fees defending himself before the other side withdrew the case. And since…
But then it's not based on the chance of winning it's based on the likelyhood of a quick settlement and the amount they are likely to get. Suing a council/schoolboard/hospital - likely to win (they don't defend…
There is one - but it suffered from a Y1900 Bug
By 'thousand emergencies' they mean tweets from Paris Hilton or new comments on HN.
How many degrees of separation are they allowed? Your face book page links to the eff = rejected? A friend of yours links to eff, a friend of a friend ^ 6 links to eff? Also AFAIK you don't put a social security number…
The problem is that it isn't clear WHY you should upvote a question. Upvoting an answer is helpful - I'm saying that I confirm that it's correct and you should believe it - but upvoting a question is just gold star time.
Happened in the UK parliament - their email system was quietly deleting emails about child pornography, from the committee debating the rules for censorship of child pornography.
Or writing about the US sprinter "Tyson Homosexual" - http://voices.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2008/07/christian_si...
Look at the recent case of Simon Singh, a science writer who said homeopathy is junk. He was sued for libel by the quacks and ran up $200,000 in fees defending himself before the other side withdrew the case. And since…
But then it's not based on the chance of winning it's based on the likelyhood of a quick settlement and the amount they are likely to get. Suing a council/schoolboard/hospital - likely to win (they don't defend…
There is one - but it suffered from a Y1900 Bug
By 'thousand emergencies' they mean tweets from Paris Hilton or new comments on HN.
How many degrees of separation are they allowed? Your face book page links to the eff = rejected? A friend of yours links to eff, a friend of a friend ^ 6 links to eff? Also AFAIK you don't put a social security number…
The problem is that it isn't clear WHY you should upvote a question. Upvoting an answer is helpful - I'm saying that I confirm that it's correct and you should believe it - but upvoting a question is just gold star time.
Happened in the UK parliament - their email system was quietly deleting emails about child pornography, from the committee debating the rules for censorship of child pornography.
Or writing about the US sprinter "Tyson Homosexual" - http://voices.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2008/07/christian_si...