See, the reason you’re wrong is that you think the fourth amendment says anything about privacy. The question was, “Does GPS tracking constitute a search.?” The court ruled that it does. You’re wrong.

This was regularly on ESPN when I lived in India some years ago. It is really hard core. When I saw the GIF, I also imagined someone yelling “C’mon mate” in an Australian accent, since that is what the commentators did all the time.

Well, that would definitely be a prudent thing to do. But, since we can already read Scalia’s thoughts on this matter, I’d say it is more plausible that he would imagine tiny cops hiding in crevices in the walls, illegally writing down descriptions of the scene, which somehow would then be construed (since…

Reinterpretation opens up the United States to be ruled by a committee of 9 unelected officials. Congratulations; you, like a lot of Americans, don’t want a democratic republic, you want an oligarchy.

Well, the allegory is a pretty good lesson against jealousy, but just like the tiny constable thought exercise, it is fiction. I wonder what Scalia thought of video surveillance. Did he imagine tiny unseen constables propagating as electromagnetic waves to provide regular updates on what is happening?

Don’t be an idiot. The amendment process is how the Constitution is changed, not by reinterpretation.

Well, provided that there have been 27 amendments to the constitution, I’d say that the need to “reinterpret” and extend the provisions are usually warranted. Unless you really think that the GPS tracker is equivalent to a constable hiding in your trunk, in which case I’d like to share the stuff you are smoking :)

Personally I’ll differ to her judgement on the man, do you think you know better than her?

I am not sure I follow. A lot of “gun totting racists” (as Gawker would put it) are for personal liberty. If you want to point the blame where it belongs, that’s fine. The founding fathers of the United States of America did not foresee that 200 years after the creation of the Constitution, the citizen’s definition of…

Thank you for tackling the elephant in the room.

I have been successfully using Sublime Text for this for the last 2 years. Terrific editor if you work with code, and a pretty good note taker.

I own an FR-S and a 12 year old RSX Type S. I was thinking of trading in the RSX in a couple of years for a Focus ST, but the new RS is really tempting. I would have considered the WRX/STi, but since I already own the FR-S, I don’t feel like owning 2 Subarus (not that there is anything wrong with that). I feel that…

Well, I don’t see much difference between both of these responses. Both are just as terse. That said, I am not a native English speaker, so probably I am not picking up something that you are.

That’s true, actually. I don’t usually have a period at the end of a sentence when I am typing on my phone, unless there are multiple sentences. That said, it was mostly due to the convenience, as opposed to any tonal concerns.

people of African and Caucasian ancestry are united against Muslims and Arabs

I am not at all sure about this. I am a brown skinned male, and I faced more racism in Germany and the UK than I do in the US. The racism is almost casual, as if it is some self evident truth. The society there is more monolithic, and many of them are insular to outsiders. My friend who studied in the Netherlands and…

In short, the myth was that South Park fans are libertarians, rather than blithe, privileged nihilists.

Muscle car is an American term used to refer to a variety of high-performance automobiles.

I am not saying that the Fit with a manual gearbox in it isn’t fun to drive. I was lamenting at the way Honda let its Type R cars die out in the US. I have driven the Fit (sold as a Honda City) and there is nothing wrong with it. I have also seen it being reasonably modified in Best Motoring episodes, but definitely…

If someone is usually a surly asshole, then it will be very difficult for them to charm anyone. Going by experience though, many such assholes do appear charming in the first meeting. I think most of these interactions are simply deceptions, which unravel with continued contact. It is accepted as the norm because it…