What if some troll (M$) buys the original artwork -- do they then have rights to all the derivative works, including Trademarks?

If the mix is bad, maybe C is the problem? =ducks=

Agreed. Didn't I pretty much say that? AFAICS, most LEO have a large polar component. Equitorials have limited coverage.

If lucky, a sensor net might pickup strikes on soil above decent bedrock. But at least 70% of earth's surface is covered by water with will dissipate much and transmit little to the underlying bedrock. Falls are pseudorandom, perhaps more or less since most of the falling satellites (geosync don't fall) are on polar orbits.

If I were them, I'd be looking for ocean anomalies. Ripples in a pond.

Of course there will be ensh^C -- look around you, what product/service has not degraded over time (after invention)? Part of this is the difficulty measuring quality compared to volumes or profits. And the strong incentives for the latter. But part is also the democratization and optimization of quality.

Remember MySpace? Competition still works. AFAICS, fazebuch is stagnating.

/. is supposed to be programmer-adjacent folk. Does no-one realize a well-optimized page that displays well [tested] on many different devices & screen widths cannot simply have a line deleted without scr3wing up the display? Especially with required input! Worse with HTML"composters".

Much easier and safer to change text to something [slightly] less noxious. That's the PC reason.

Agreed. My observations were you aussies are a warm and friendly lot, but your government workers are far otherwise. Pardon the insult, but they seem bent on delivering "The Full Convict Experience".

Will this lead to a renaissance of USENET to continue the flamewars? No central authority to bully.

The water was here, the question is whether it was liquid-phase. The many samples from Luna (incl the recent CN farside) would show. Very useful to compare.

You don't imagine that when the Moon (Luna) was knocked-off Earth that it was the only object to be sent out by the impactor? Many smaller ones would be as well, though most would have been recaptured by Earth's or Luna's gravity well.

Notwithstanding bloques claiming the same within N.America. I am honoured and aware.

Granted Canada is a distinct society. With different checques and balances. Abuses tend to cause complaints which tend to come out in courts and/or press. Imagine a child custody/support case hingeing on ALPR data. Even lazy US press might cover it.

Many jurisdictions have laws forbidding general access to plate database information. (However poorly enforced.) ALPRs might be in violation if they hit the general DB and not some hotlist. A less-incompetant defense attorney might be able to invoke "fruit of the poisoned vine".

I should hope police call in the Licence Plate, Make and Model before they get out of their car! A matter of security because the car may be stolen and needs to be approached with greater caution. They might later call-in a Drivers Licence to check for wants & warrants.

Actually, I'm not sure citizens are NOT allowed to do the stop. They've observed a misdemenor and are entitled, and if they were struck, it would be assault. Police do have traffic-direction powers which they only occasionally abuse. Besides, when police call it in, they are largely asking permission.