There is no gasoline engine. It's all-electric. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Leaf

By day he's mild-mannered executive Steve Balmer, but at night he dons his monkey suit and becomes CHAIR MAN! Promising to "f--ing bury that guy" (he's done it before), he guards the streets of Redmond from free software.

I'd like to see mandatory alcohol testing before legislation is voted on.

Sadly that isn't the case. Their kids become petri dishes for the viruses to grow and mutate in. Eventually, a virus that could have been prevented with a vaccine, has now evolved into one that can't.

The content in Saudi Arabia's domestic mass media is under the control of the government, having to pass through censors before it makes it on air or in print. Furthermore, while the press is said to be privately owned, the editor-in-chief of each newspaper is appointed by the government.

From: http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/fall09/jawad_n/traditionalmedia.html

Traditional media is already under government control. Thousands of people producing online media are less easy to control, so they're only handing out licenses to those individuals they approve of.

Slightly off-topic (or on-topic considering the bigger picture). Can this method of heat concentration be used in the refinement of silicon. My understanding is that silicon production is expensive because of the energy needed to generate heat for the process.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon#Production

Indeed, Robert Novak should be held to the same standard for reporting that Valerie Plame worked for the CIA. He received classified information, was warned not to divulge it, but did so anyway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plame_affair#Robert_Novak

Really? I just Googled it and couldn't find anything to that effect.

Two tarts, one ramekin?

I wonder how many bugs they found in Windows Phone 7 and iOS 4.

Real-time is two words, hyphenated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time </pedant>

There are other inferences too, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_silence#England_and_Wales

At common law, and particularly following the passing of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, adverse inferences may be drawn in certain circumstances where the accused:

* fails to mention any fact which he later relies upon and which in the circumstances at the time the accused could reasonably be expected to mention;
* fails to give evidence at trial or answer any question;
* fails to account on arrest for objects, substances or marks on his person, clothing or footwear, in his possession, or in the place where he is arrested; or
* fails to account on arrest for his presence at a place.

CCTV funding was initiated by the previous Conservative government. http://www.notbored.org/england-history.html

1994: central government (the Home Office) publishes CCTV: Looking Out for You. Prime Minister John Major states: "I have no doubt we will hear some protest about a threat to civil liberties. Well, I have no sympathy whatsoever for so-called liberties of that kind." Between 1994 and 1997, the Home Office spends a total of 38 million pounds of CCTV schemes.
1996: government spending on CCTV accounts for more than three-quarters of total crime prevention budget.

It will be interesting to see how long it takes the Conservative Party to slide back to their old ways.

Beer that gives you the shits?

Oh wait, that's already been invented.