Yes, absolutely. This is a quote from Maurice Wilkes, one of the pioneers of computing in the UK: “By June 1949, people had begun to realize that it was not so easy to get a program right as had at o… (View Post)

If cases ended up heard by a random selection from the 300 justices it would take a lot of the political heat out of the SC... (View Post)

...pretty much by definition, yes. (View Post)

Not enough missiles and tanks for Russian tastes, I imagine. (View Post)

Also easier to hide it being a small amount -- "a thousand miles of sewers every year" sounds a lot better than "0.5% a year" and makes it less obvious that the job would take a c… (View Post)