I think you are simplifying this issue. The types of people that end up in SuperMax are not your run of the mill criminal/murders. They are not eligible for parole, and will never leave the institution. In many cases they are career criminals that are so dangerous that they cannot be placed in close proximity to…

The types of criminals that find themselves back in society one day don't end up at SuperMax. If you are in SuperMax, you are gone... for life. SuperMax is not the same as normal Maximum security. These are two seperate types of institutions with different purposes.

The people in SuperMax are never coming back to society. It is not a place for rehab or reform.

short stints of solitary confinement or the minor infractions that lead to it should not be compared to a SuperMax experience or why people are in supermax. Sending someone to SuperMax is not a decision that is reached litely - the worst of the worst end up there. Primarily terrorists. Those that are not terrorist…

You might not like it, but one of the primary functions of the government as outlined by the Constitution is to protect, promote and regulate commerce. Defending domestic entertainment groups - as represented by MPAA and RIAA - definitively falls under that defined power/responsibility.

whether or not the US Government actually deletes their clones is irrelevant. That data only has value to the FBI to the extent that they can use it to prosecute Kim Dotcom. In being told to erase it - they are being told that they have no legal right to possess this property and by extension use it in court…

That's not actually really the point. It doesn't matter if they don't delete it. They'll never be able to use it in court becuase they have it illegally.

Cmon you little bitches, don't be a boring sorority!

I also love how vast numbers of people these days place nearly zero value on the creative effort that went into producing something. It's all about the distribution costs with them. And this is true regardless of the medium - whether its a movie that a studio spent $300M producing and marketing, an album an army of…

That's funny, because every time i play Call of Duty, I get owned by an amry of 8 year old Korean kids. So what are you REALLY saying, Giz?

Why is it that every post on Gizmodo have to be about changing something that works as-is?

So you are going to become more of a hipster website than you already are.. Great. Awesome... Swell. What's engadget's url again?

two things... 1) china's history has always been one of seclusion. They prefer to keep to themselves mostly. They don't get involved in others affairs. This is really no different. They aren't the US, they aren't concerned with projecting power across the globe, and it's been that way in China for thousands of…

He's not going to get the death penalty for WikiLeaks.

Seriously - do you read the news at all? Do you understand why the US Military would have drones in that area?

ummm... ok. read the article.

because Iran is a bastion of fair play?

INTERNATIONAL airspace .

gladly... expect the state didn't pay for or build this road and doesn't seem to be interested in building roads at all anymore.

from my cold dead hands...