Oh please do that! Please!

Frankly I am old enough and bitter enough to just want kids like that off my lawn, my neighboors lawn, and if they are loud enough, the field next to it as well for that matter.

From BBC news - "But local people, fearing a rave was going to take place after previous events with loud music at the same premises, alerted the police."

In other words, this bunch were notorious around town for partying all through the night, playing loud music and generally being a pain in the ass to everybody else. They may have been just barbequeing when the police showed up, but the locals knew what was comming and decided enough was enough.

There is a difference between making a bogus account on some random forum or website, and registering for something you pay for usually with a credit card.

Well, you have to fill out your personal details, like your real name and where you live to get an account, so presumably they can find all accounts and ban them that way. Also, from what the guy stated, he doesn't want to play anymore. Remember that he exchanged the in game currency for real life currency, which is the whole problem. Otherwise the scam is perfectly within the rules of the game and had it only been for that, he could have continued to play the game.

are they ill tempered?

I've got it running on a dead badger.

You're an idiot!

What if you have already tried C++ and found the syntax to be archaeic? Anyway, yeah, check out Lazarus. It's really starting to look mature.

Free edition of Delphi.

It seems unlikely that that many people would be allergic.

It couldn't have been toxic gases from mixing of the cleaning agents or the lady doing the cleaning would certainly have been affected most. Not being able to smell doesn't give you immunity to toxic gases.

Likely the people just felt ill because of the bad smell and felt the need to see a doctor about it.

All the developer tools were spun off a couple of years ago into CodeGear, which was bought by Embarcadero last year.

All those tools you knew are still alive and well. Delphi 2009 is the best native Win32 developer tool in the world and the language is experiencing a renaissance with the addition of new language features such as generics and anonymous methods. The whole environment has recieved major upgrades as well, which has also benefitted C++ builder, since they use the same IDE. They are also really starting to nail down the documentation side, which honestly has been the suits weak point for years.

By the way, there are free trial versions! Check them out!

No need to wait.

Delphi Prism

I think a partial core meltdown is a pretty serious. The only reason it didn't blow up was because the concrete reactor containment was better than average, as this blog by Robert Cringely explains.
That article was linked to a slashdot story from a couple of weeks back.

I have made it a habbit of carrying a crowbar whenever I go outside, in case a resonance cascade happens nearby.

University of Copenhagen has more than that. I don't think anybody have ever thought that we needed a permanent police force on campus. Obviously the mentality is different. In my opinion the reason why this difference in mentality exists is important. It is a key factor in why USA is slowly but surely letting fear get the better of them and are handing over every freedom you have to the government in exchange for fictitious security enhancement. As I said I was in USA last year and in one of the Airports I was picked out for random security check. Although I dutifully submitted myself, I found the entire procedure laughable. The whole thing is set up to project an image of security that has no connection with reality. I think it is the same thing with campus police. You don't really need it, it's just there to provide reassurance against some imaginary threat. Of course, whenever there is a real threat, like a shooting, there is nothing you can do about it anyway.