The damage will already be done though. And unfortunately the incident will encourage all countries without nuclear weapons to seek to arm themselves, seeing how NATO was unable to prevent nuclear aggression.

Unfortunately it is too late.

Slashdot was the first to report on 9/11 when other news sites were down. Ever since then the readership has changed and Slashdot became MUCH more political. Front page had Your Rights Online articles much more often since then.

Interesting. First time I hear of these accusations.

Do you have any proof to back this up?

Having played ADOM and Nethack, I would rate ADOM higher.

But to each their own.

Yes, women do indeed rape men. It is occuring and sadly very much unreported. But I am convinced it is a MUCH more rare occurrence than the standard man-on-woman combination. Even given the non-reporting bias.

Methane is odorless.

Gas you use to warm up your house has impurities added to it to make it smell: This is for safety so that you will detect a leak before you pass out.

Methane in farts is not what causes the smell. It is the other gasses.

Alas, since the most common experience people have with methane is household gas, this misunderstanding persists.

I thought 4Chan had that covered from the very beginning. Why would you go to Fark for more of that?

Not to mention how much of its output is wastefully beamed into empty space!

Need that Dyson sphere damn it!

Um... That "Laughing stock" was defeated on the western front during the WW1, hit by Treaty of Versailles and then the Great Depression. Despite such condition they were able to conquer the rest of Europe in an unprecidented short amount of time. It took the combination of the largest empire (British), greatest economy (USA) and the largest country to bring them down.

Say what you will, but when it comes to warfare Germans have always been amazing throughout history.

Really?! What about all the data and the configuration?

I suppose your *click*, *click* includes all the steps in a parallel deployment.

Not worth it. It is so expensive with the current technology that it would be cheaper and easier to refine similar amount here on Earth

You seem to be of the opinion that anyone can competently lead. I do not believe this to be the case. Imagine your lottery picks some jobless guy with mental issues. How about racists or extremists that will make next four years hell for some people they don't like? How about selfish "screw everyone as long as I get rich" types?

OK, we need to now sort the people into electable/not electable. The criteria would already be a thorny issue. How do you judge competence for such a position? If you seek experience of leadership, this will effectively swing the balance to already rich and powerful.

Even if you get a good, intelligent, charismatic, altruistic leader: After four years the next one most likely will undo or heavily modify the policies set. After all each leader wants to leave a mark, especially if he/she cares about some specific issue. No controversial, but necessary public project will last longer than four years!

This four years thing is already an issue in this day: Why should the leader ever care about long term if he will be long gone by then.

I am sure there are other problems, but I do not have any answers or ideas. Social structure, fairness (both short and long term) and ethics are so complex. Especially since every single actor in the system is inherently selfish and greedy.

I am curious: What compels people to explore deserts? Isn't it just sand and salt? There isn't much flora or fauna out there, just an extremely inhospitable landscape.

What if I suffer from Multiple Personality Disorder and that other fucker stole my wallet and hid it where only he knows where it is? Are you saying I can't sue the bastard?

Hey, at least everyone shut up about everything being Bush's fault!