Scientists aren't the only peer-reviewing group. Bethesda looked at the evidence presented and showed their judgement here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-iPC-IyZCY

Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water [Paperback] Peter H. Gleick (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/Bottled-Sold-Story-Behind-Obsession/dp/1610911628

First of all: many people have had the balls to stand up and say that.

Secondly, many have had the balls to say it while not hiding their face as an anonymous coward merely tossing gasoline on the Slashdot bonfire.

The Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen triangle looks interesting. I imagine that touring it would keep me busy for a week. The Aland islands look promising as well.

I'll keep your advice about visiting in spring or summer as the Arctic circle passes through that area. :)

I have enjoyed following the new Sweden account and would consider visiting after enjoying the country shared from the viewpoint of common citizens. I have never looked at a brochure from the Bahamas and found it convincing or enticing.

In my case, it's entertaining and an effective ad campaign. The Swedish tourist bureau should probably win a medal or a cookie or something for an effective campaign.

Recent Discovery Contains Oldest Depiction of Cthulu

My external DVD burner works brilliantly for the rare occasions that I need it and shaves unnecessary bulk from my daily carry.

I've spoken for myself per request.

Have you considered a giant ball of yarn? Tie one end to a pole and the other to a fender. If the bike gets jacked just follow the string.

zjpennington's reddit thread

..The Gobi area is rife with military activity. The Chinese frequently use it as a military training area. They use it to test new Radars/Weapons Systems/Aircraft etc... Sometimes it's nothing more than just lame artillery training and other times we've been able to catch them testing some pretty advanced weapons systems they've developed to counter our systems. This was the case when I was able to watch them over the course of a few days testing out their "Dragon Eye" system before they placed it on their Luyang II DDG's. Which is their equivalent of our "Aegis or Spy I" system on our DDG's..

(At least one commenter has quoted this thread without proper attribution.)

Perfect eulogy for dmr, sir/maam.

Today we come to slashdot not to piss on the memory of appliance designer Steve Jobs but to celebrate a true computer scientist and engineer dmr.

He was not a boisterous man or one too proud and busy to assist various teenagers on the internet who now wish they'd archived those emails. He was able to admit his greatest works were flawed. And perhaps most importantly, the man could create excellent documentation.

To commemorate dmr is to commemorate ourselves as his ideas still hold sway. He lives on in the constantly modified code base. His DNA remaining as his direct additions are slowly dropped from the source while his patterns remain.

ALL HAIL ELDER GOD OF COMPUTING DMR, MAY HIS LANGUAGE AND OS LIVE ON UNTIL WE ADOPT SOMETHING BETTER

correction, quote is Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"The dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant's shoulder to mount on." - Newton

It's doubtful whether most dwarves will see further than this giant but alas he is no more.

'I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out.. I feel something terrible has happened.'

If the IT world put as much effort into reforming the system as they have bitching about Star Wars we'd get regular raises periodically instead of having to re-interview every 2 years to keep our old jobs.