Deutschländer is a brand of sausages. A German calls himself "Deutscher", as in "Ich bin ein Deutscher." = "I am a German."

Almost all countries of western Europe, all of Latin America and some countries in Africa, Asia and Northern America is not "very few".

The prize doesn't specify 3 meters off the ground for 60 seconds, but 60 seconds in which you once have to reach the 3 meters.

not bad I think, especially for my 7MPG vehicle!

I agree, I saw this story on reddit way before it was on /. ; it is special to see reddit story published here...

The US couldn't steamroll any of the nuclear powers.

I posted the story in September 1999, here, on slashdot :)

Yup, it's beyond me...

I agree, I came here to check the comments looking for Daneel, thanks you for pointing out the obvious most favorite robot!

The idea of capturing the intelligence of the readership — that's a joke

Being on /. for 13 years, I agree :)

Heck, even with usenet early 90s it was flamewars and trolls

Where we have the highest price in the whole north america! The highest taxes too, and a crushed middle-class.

We pay more than $5/gallon for a long time. No matter why in Québec the majority of cars are sub-compact (yaris, rio, accent, fiesta, 2, etc) or compact (corolla, civic, 3, elantra, etc).

is fantastic and suits my need, I can call anyone and receive phone call from everybody too!

It's not an MP3 player nor a camera, it's a freaking phone.

I agree, I am like the OP, hacker who got a master's in CS, and I code roughly the same, by intuition.

I am sure China will have a colony on the moon before the USA have one...

It's a nice read, but this could only happen in 1st world countries, not 2nd and 3rd.