Are Contemporary Community Standards No Longer Contemporary

This note concurs with the decision reached by the Third Circuit. The federal obscenity law, which incorporated the contemporary community standards test is unconstitutional as applied to expression on the internet because it has chilling effect on the exercise of freedom of speech as guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Because freedom of speech would be restrained by any incorporation of community standards in federal regulation of the internet, the legislature should refrain from adopting a standard that would apply in all internet situations. Rather, with respect to obscenity, the internet should be left to self-regulation. In reaching this conclusion, Part II provides a brief historical timeline in the development of obscenity law. Part IV of this comment examines the nature of the ever-changing medium of the internet and governmental actions directed at regulating speech expressed through this medium. After that, Part V of the article looks into the soundness of the contemporary community standards aspect of the current obscenity test as it applied to the internet, and also examines alternatives to the test. Finally, the comment concludes that the Miller v. California test for obscenity is not workable as applied to the internet and for lack of another constitutionally protective test, this medium should be left free from federal regulation

Are Contemporary Community Standards No Longer Contemporary

This note concurs with the decision reached by the Third Circuit. The federal obscenity law, which incorporated the contemporary community standards test is unconstitutional as applied to expression on the internet because it has chilling effect on the exercise of freedom of speech as guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Because freedom of speech would be restrained by any incorporation of community standards in federal regulation of the internet, the legislature should refrain from adopting a standard that would apply in all internet situations. Rather, with respect to obscenity, the internet should be left to self-regulation. In reaching this conclusion, Part II provides a brief historical timeline in the development of obscenity law. Part IV of this comment examines the nature of the ever-changing medium of the internet and governmental actions directed at regulating speech expressed through this medium. After that, Part V of the article looks into the soundness of the contemporary community standards aspect of the current obscenity test as it applied to the internet, and also examines alternatives to the test. Finally, the comment concludes that the Miller v. California test for obscenity is not workable as applied to the internet and for lack of another constitutionally protective test, this medium should be left free from federal regulation

Long-Time Asymptotics for the Camassa-Holm Equation

We apply the method of nonlinear steepest descent to compute the long-time asymptotics of the Camassa-Holm equation for decaying initial data, completing previous results by A. Boutet de Monvel and D. Shepelsky.Comment: 30 page

On the theory of structuring magnetic suspensions

The results of the three-dimensional computer and analytical simulation are presented for the kinetics of chain-shaped aggregate growth in suspensions of magnetizable non-Brownian particles. The results of the computer experiment show that, when the volume fraction of particles is no larger than 2-3%, chain-shaped aggregates are formed in the suspensions under the action of a field. The dependence of average number <n> of particles in a chain on time t is adequately described by the power law <n> = Ct k . The experiment indicates that, in contract to the common power approximations, in which exponent k is considered to be a universal constant parameter, it depends on the concentration of particles and their interactions with walls bounding a suspension. At concentrations noticeably exceeding 2-3%, dense bulk aggregates are formed in suspensions. The kinetics of their growth depends on the sizes of a suspension-containing vessel. © 2013 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd

The quantum tunnel effect from the point of view of quantum mechanics and classical physics

Parallel analyses of matter penetrating a barrier are analyzed, one using electrodynamics, the other using quantum mechanics. Mathematical operations are performed to show the identical nature of the phenomena of reflection above the barrier and of penetration of the barrier in quantum mechanics and in classical electrodynamics. It is shown that, in reality, the tunneling effect is not a “purely quantum phenomenon”. Проведено параллельное рассмотрение прохождения материи через барьер методами электродинамики и квантовой механики. Математически строго получена абсолютная идентичность надбарьерного отражения и подбарьерного прохождения, как в квантовой механике, так и в классической электродинамике. Показано, что определение туннельного эффекта как «чисто квантового явления» – не соответствует действительности. Проведено паралельне дослідження проходження матерії через бар’єр методами електродинаміки та квантової механіки. Математично виключно отримана абсолютна ідентичність надбар’єрного відбиття та підбар’єрного проходження як у квантовій механіці так і в класичній електродинаміці. Показано, що визначення тунельного ефекту як «чисто квантового явища» – не відповідає дійсності