I think the story to take home here was more like:

Don't go to England and drive on the wrong side of the road and break your legs in a car accident, if you don't know how to repair your legs, the other guys legs and both cars!

Just know this, Lost's ending was written before the first season started.
And they did not anticipate the show to be this successful.

Hilarity ensues as they try to connect the beginning and the end with an extra unplanned 6 seasons in between.

When you watch video on your computer, do you watch it in 100x100 resolution?

My guess is you don't watch it in full bluray quality, but you sure as hell watch it in better quality than they had "back when".

So don't worry, soon 3TB will be on USB 8.0 drives and you will still need to get the 3.5 TB version to install your favorite OS from it.

You mean the entertainment of today? A.K.A Movies?

But you willfully accept this same privilege from Google?

So let me get this straight....

You - a foreigner, went to japan, stayed with a female teenager and asked the teenager if she or her friends drink alcohol?

Not only that, but if they drink alcohol from vending machines, which would imply they buy it without adult supervision?

I'm sure you had a great Vending experience :)

I think they changed the url in the story, it's weird, I just noticed the login page myself.

First time I clicked, I didn't get the login page.

Either that, or it's some funky view once, then pay url in the article.

Since nytimes requires a referer in order to show the printpage, it's not fixable by slashdot.

If you feel like fiddling around with your HTTP headers, here is the link.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/world/asia/05wikileaks-china.html?_r=4&hp=&pagewanted=print

If you started in a world where none of those existed, which would you fix first?

Giving everyone the sum of human knowledge so they can better build those other amenities would be a good choice no?