What about Command and Conquer 3 being promoted by Westwood making CnC Red Alert free? It seems like an interesting compromise, hype the new by offering the old for free. Of course, most people would probably have the original already.

The dung itself can be used as a fuel source. Sheep and camels eat primarily grass, so their waste is essentially compacted plant matter. Combine that with a desert environment to dry it out and you have a ready-made fuel source.

My first...first post. I guess I'd better say something sage. Welcome Light-Emitting-Diode Overlords!

The language of the /. article compared with the Reuters post seem confusing. It looks like when the fields align (say when you take two magnets and align them -++-) then holes are ripped open at the poles, which can't both be facing away from the sun. As a side note, how do these storms disrupt power grids? It seems to make sense that bombarding the delicate electronics in satellites with solar radiation would cause damage, but why power transmission?