What really amazes me is that people are amazed by this. Isn't it kind of normal? Not to scrape the web (he only had to do that because the web site did not present information in a useful manner), but to prepare for a court hearing with facts and arguments?
I know I am being naive.
Well, anyway, it worked out for him well. Congratulations!
There is one thing I wonder about though. It may not be 100% relevant for HN, but it is relevant to the extent that we live in a heavily lawyer-bound society, to coin a phrase. Would it be possible for him, or more likely his lawyer, to press a case against the silly estimation done by the district, based on the figures he was able to extract? Not having experience in the matters of law, I have no idea what the answer may be.
I was not looking for a funny word. US is "lawyer-bound" the way a program is either computation-bound or communication-bound depending on where it engages more resources. IMHO, of course.
> Would it be possible for him, or more likely his lawyer, to press a case against the silly estimation done by the district, based on the figures he was able to extract?
Pittsburgh local government? Corrupt, you say? Of course not.
I know I am being naive.
Well, anyway, it worked out for him well. Congratulations!
There is one thing I wonder about though. It may not be 100% relevant for HN, but it is relevant to the extent that we live in a heavily lawyer-bound society, to coin a phrase. Would it be possible for him, or more likely his lawyer, to press a case against the silly estimation done by the district, based on the figures he was able to extract? Not having experience in the matters of law, I have no idea what the answer may be.