Hahaha, good one! I'm sure you realize that 3.999... == 4?

For those who don't know this trick, its good for blowing people's minds. Some of the less mathematically inclined refuse to believe it.

x = .999...

10x = 9.999...

9x = 9

x = 1

Geez, chill man. Nobody claimed to be hurt by non-encrypted networks. Maybe he was hoping to do YOU some good. If your such a philanthropist, just give your neighbors the key.

Mod parent insightful. Even Final Fantasy, the king of RPGs, is a shattered ruin of its former glory. Like Ozymandias, the series is a shade whose greatness lives only in our memory...

Magma beneath the surface of the earth holds 8 billion times our energy needs!

Fusion at the core of the sun produces 2.5 trillion times the Earth's energy needs!

The Milky Way galaxy holds 13.9*10^15 times the Earth's energy needs!

Figures are estimated. This should not be a problem, since we won't be harnessing this energy in the imaginable future. Can I have my grant money now?

Thank you for your worthwhile contribution to Slashdot!

I, too, was boggled by whether they meant fuel-efficiency, as previously stated in the article, or if this was a contest to find out who could design the most pointless trajectory. Will this puzzle ever be solved???

How about ATNO? Sorta like how UTC stands neither for Coordinated Universal Time, nor Temps Universel Coordonné.

Sorry, accidentally pressed submit. Continuing.

Seriously? The existence of Israel is a shout in the face of the world,"We don't have to follow worldly laws. We answer only to [our] God." A state founded for the sake of a single numerically marginal, yet unaccountably powerful, religious group is a recipe for hatred. Hatred not only directed at Israelis, but by Israelis at anyone who opposes their slow-motion genocide of native Palestinians through blockades and monopoly of infrastructure. Palestinians are not permitted to use Israeli roads. Would you please suggest to these families and me how else they could bring their goods to market? This is the most despicable face of hyper-nationalism. It is outright hostility to those not part of the zionist nation-race-cult.

Yes. Absolutely yes. All of the land (seemingly obviously) should have been "given" to the contemporary occupiers. Actually, it was nobody's to give in the first place. Some people lived in Palestine. Zionists claimed they were the rightful owners, because their ancestors lived there thousands of years ago. And POOF! Like magic, the state of Israel is created, with a population of formerly illegal squatters. Jewish people from all over the world were urged to immigrate. All of the sudden, thousands of people who were once proud homeowners became refugees. Maybe the Palestinian land was larger, but it was the undesirable land they got. De facto Israeli borders have been expanding every day, despite international outcry and world-wide acknowledgment that Israeli settlements break international law. I don't understand why anyone should feel they need to explain why they hate Israel. How so?

why was this modded flamebait? it's perfectly legitimate to criticize the state of israel. i promise, god won't strike you down for not covering your eyes and ears at such blasphemy. judaism is a religion and ethnic group. it is wrong to hate jews. zionism is a political doctrine that has caused much human suffering in the past century. i see nothing wrong with hating that.

This has the psychological effect of dehumanizing opponents in foreign wars. This has gone on for centuries. Words like gook, jap, sandnigger, raghead, etc. have been encouraged by military forces to make soldiers more willing to kill, when most humans naturally resist killing. For more on this subject, I recommend On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Lt.Col. Dave Grossman.

Bullshit. This is a classic line from chronic government-lies believers. The fact is that when you quit, most people experience boredom. Anyone experiencing the symptoms you describe probably had them before they started smoking. I don't smoke, but even after long-term "soberness," I sure as hell wish I could.

Marijuana was classed as a Schedule I narcotic pending the results of this study. I invite you to review this study yourself, as well as the implementation of its recommendations.

the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

You can use Uuq if you like, but I wouldn't recommend it if you're worried about it going obsolete. Your available storage will be halved every 2.6 seconds.

or you could get a girlfriend.

She just made this claim to save herself from the embarrassment after having too many prunes.