The youtube thing is really frustrating

No, there's a plugin for (against) that; see here (in German; "Hilft beim Umgehen der Videosperren auf YouTube").

well, to be even more exact, it's not just about the fertilizer quality of the juice - TFA says:

but what makes it particularly effective for bringing out the heat are the bodies of insects that have decomposed in the worm farm. "The insects in there are living and dying pretty rapidly, and bits of their shell will break down," says Mark. "When you apply the juice to the plants' roots, they think they're getting eaten by insects." In response, the chillies produce more of their defensive compounds like capsaicin. "It's like getting an injection to boost your immune system," he says.

Yes, we can always hope that flaws of critical systems will be treated responsibly. Kinda off topic, I know.

Neither has bin Laden. I say: shoot the guy. [/sarcasm]

The issue is that the internet confuses where the commerce is taking place

Stupid internet! OTOH, could it be that most if not all legal frameworks today do not account for anything like "teh internet"? (especially "ancient" ones like the US constitution... .) Legislation that specifically accounts for the challenges the internet poses usually makes things worse because the legislators don't actually understand what the net actually means in term of paradigm shift and what their measures imply. Tough one, that...

The 157p study they refer to can be found here, but it is in German, so it's probably useless for you (pdf link at the end of the article). I read some of it, but it is quite detailed and complex and most of the math is beyond me. There is/was some debate about the methodology, but it's mostly unfounded or biased. Still, it shows that we should probably refrain from calling nuclear energy "cheap".

Anyway, we'll just wait and see how expensive the Fukushima disaster will grow and we'll just see who pays for it. I have one prediction: it won't be TEPCO or insurance companies, but the taxpayers. Ah ok, I have one more prediction: it will not be the last nuclear desaster. And yes, I know: nothing much happened, because noone died. All is well.

"The cost of a worst-case nuclear accident at a plant in Germany, for example, has been estimated to total as much as C7.6 trillion ($11 trillion), while the mandatory reactor insurance is only C2.5 billion." (http://www.globalnews.ca/Nuclear+plants+viable+only+when+uninsured/4653983/story.html)

Nuclear ain't cheap...

Volksempfaenger.

Volksempfaenger, anyone?

Relax! Didn't you notice, this time they actually did think of the children!

Granted, not all of them, only the abducted ones, but it's a start, so it must be a good thing.

> That's fairly benign compared to the amounts of energy accumulating
> at a subduction zone (like in Japan)

...or in the Pacific Northwest? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cascade_Range_related_plate_tectonics-en.svg

Here I sit, replying to myself.
Mail from Apple contact says: specs are not ready yet, but will be "available in early January".

Still, why the 'closed beta'?

This might be true if Apple were standard compliant in regard to ePub, which they are not (example here, make sure you read Liz' blog all the way through, she rules!). So, they'd have to fix a few other things before we talk about the new iBooks 1.2 fixed layout specs or them throwing "out unfinished tools and specs" as you say. IOW, there's enough to whine about already (again, check Liz' blog for details!).

OTOH, lots of small publishers are eager to satisfy their clients, but cannot, since Apple chose to keep the new specs under an NDA. Thanks a bunch for that... . And you keep defending that, citing "Apple's support burden" *shakes head* Who are you, an Apple helpdesk guy?

Or you're trying to access wikileaks.ch ...

Because Amazon only cares about ToS, and about nothing else.

"We look forward to continuing to serve our AWS customers and are excited about several new things we have coming your way in the next few months."

Well, I'm looking forward to you confirming the deletion of my account I requested a week ago. And that 2nd part sounds like a threat.