Sponsored by the Internet Society, World IPv6 Day runs from 8 p.m. EST Tuesday until 7:59 p.m. EST Wednesday.

Hrm. Why note the start and end times in Eastern Standard Time when the entirety of the eastern time zone is using Eastern Daylight time?

As all of the good folks ascend tomorrow, I'll be looking forward to lower gas prices thanks to reduced demand.

This is not true. While sellers involved in interstate sales cannot be forced to collect sales tax the BUYER is usually required to pay USE tax. Whether it is a physical book or digital download, BUYERS in almost all states are required to pay tax on these purchases. All three states I have lived in collect use tax on goods and services which were not subject to sales tax. Two of these states collected use tax in conjunction with annual income tax filing (however it is a separate tax). The third state, which does not collect income tax, requires residents to complete a form and make a payment for use tax every year. While many people are unaware or choose to break the law, and not pay use tax, states do indeed have laws which tax online purchases including digital downloads, licenses, etc.

It's a nice return on their investment.

While a bit off topic I have to call poppycock. The US only appears to have a lot of money to spend simply because we borrow it from China.

Yeah, no kidding. If you figure the the reason the US is in Afghanistan is to kill or capture Bin Laden, and that bringing stability to the region was an effort to this end, this is literally a trillion dollar man hunt. Perhaps the most expensive man hunt in history.

It doesn't work that way. Before deliberating the judge provides the jury with instructions. These instructions generally quote the pertinent laws and provide definitions as provided in statute or case law. While deliberating, jurors can ask for further definitions, clarification, etc. if needed and the judge had discretion whether or not to provide the information. This keeps jurors from accidentally introducing the definition of "sexual assault" as defined in New Mexico when the trial is in Florida. I think one of the more common issues of what jurors have to deal with in a criminal trial is exactly what "beyond a reasonable doubt" means. This phrase has different meanings in different jurisdictions.

And we teach this weapon of war called MATH to kids in grade school?!

While it didn't involve foreign troops operating freely within the Continental United States its very existence was at stake during WWII. Japan fully intended and tried to occupy the United States. There was combat in Hawaii and Alaska. Japanese subs operated freely along the West Coast and sunk a number of US, Canadian and Mexican vessels. Japanese built incendiary devices lit forest fires across the West. Naval action by Germany could be seen from the shores on the East Coast as well.

If possible, get 500 Euro notes in the first place. It's a denser storage medium.

Hey, I remember IE on HP/UX...

Using PACTOR III it is possible to (1) connect to the Internet. It is (2) unencrypted and not only (3) proprietary -- it's sole source is SCS. Applying the same logic which prohibits the use of D-Star, PAC III stations should be prohibited too.

I say this is simply ridiculous. It's not uncommon at all for a beekeeper to lose half of his hives in a season due to mites, foulbrood, starvation, genetics, poor management or any number of other known and unknown reasons. It's not uncommon for someone with two hives to lose one or both of them over a 3 month period -- the length of this study. The comparison of two queens is bogus too. The variability in quality (genetics) between two queens from even the best breeders can be enormous. Having read many studies about honeybee management I can say beekeepers insist on much better science than this. Proper studies involve groups of hundreds of hives; control for genetics, disease, management practices; and occur over multiple seasons.

How can one understand advances in military technology without an understanding of, for example, Newton's kinematics equations?