Since the Sun does a polar shift about once every 15 years (and is due for one this year), wouldn't the flow of electrons through the magnetic core change the course of the Sun from a downwards to and upwards trajectory in space? North to South, then South to North, so to speak? /Stolzy

Maybe we should just wait for another 9 to 11 billion years to see if they're right?

I think Douglas Adams got it right on that front. In Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy he wrote about technology increasing at such a rate that the old "warships" which had been sent off to fight intergalactic wars arrived to find the wars had already been fought and won. Meaning, in 100 years from now our space travel technology will be so far advanced of the Voyager satellites that we could, essentially, travel out to them, pick them up, and return to Earth in 1/100th the time it took for them to travel the total distance they will have potentially travelled up to that time. Hypothetically speaking.

In Australia, there's quite a lot of gaming related business happening on the Gold Coast and Brisbane, both cities in Queensland. If you wanted to take a look at the job market in I.T., Australia wide, the best website to use it Seek.com.au. Hope this helps! -Stolzy

The man who inspired Douglas Adams at an early age.

Sorry for taking so long to respond to this. I decided to have a browse of the ASIO website, since I'd heard differently about the function of ASIO as to what you displayed from Wikipedia, and in their FAQ (http://asio.gov.au/About-ASIO/FAQs.html) section found this:

Q: Is ASIO the 'domestic' security service?

A: No. ASIO operates wherever threats to Australia and Australian interests occur, and its mandate is not limited geographically. The Organisation works collaboratively with international intelligence and security agencies to protect Australians and Australian interests and to enhance its capabilities.

I guess that's saying what I'd heard was only part of the full story.

Cheers-
Stolzy

ASIO don't handle domestic intelligence. So the only reason they would crack into someone's computer would be for foreign threats.

I have also heard of bacteria that aspirate using electricity (New Scientist, 2010-12-18; "Live Wires")

( http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20827915.800-live-wires-the-electric-superorganism-under-your-feet.html )