incompletely illegal?

I can confirm that pseudoephedrine is legal here in the UK. I have some on my desk right now. You do have to ask for the correct sudafed as the good stuff is always behind the counter, but that's just modern life. ;)

sarcasm detection?

Oh, THAT'S useful...

Interesting stuff. Thanks for the clarification.

Now I've got a new phrase to google : "Morale Patches" brilliant!

I think my favourite thing about 2SOPS is their motto : "War to your door, +/- 16 Meters"

as seen on the patch here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2_SOPS_space_systems_operator_040205-F-0000C-001.jpg

That's odd. I saw Avatar in Real3D and got an eyestrain headache that lasted for 48 hours.

I saw Tron Legacy in IMAX3D as was A1, no after effects or weird eye spoogleyness at all.

I used an app called "downloadr" a while back. Seemed to work pretty well. Don't have a link to it here, but a quick google should find it.

hth

>Hydraulic pizza oven!! Guided missile! Herring sandwich! Styrofoam! Jayne Mansfield! Aluminum siding! Borax!

Hmm... *buzzes* "Things made by Dow chemical"

Holy shit. I just wiki'd EPFCG :

An explosively pumped flux compression generator (EPFCG) is a device used to generate a high-power electromagnetic pulse by compressing magnetic flux using high explosive.

An EPFCG can be used only once as a pulsed power supply since the device is physically destroyed during operation. An EPFCG package that could be easily carried by a person can produce pulses in the millions of amperes and tens of terawatts, exceeding the power of a lightning strike by orders of magnitude. They require a starting current pulse to operate, usually supplied by capacitors.

Like I say, HOLY SHIT.

"Honey, are you playing Second life again?"

      "No sweetheart"

"So why does it smell like semen and cat hair in here?"

Mister Potato head, MISTER POTATO HEAD, Back doors are not secret!

Yup, in the UK, you can't change your name to something that might infer a rank or title.

http://www.ukdps.co.uk/AreThereAnyRestrictionsOnNames.html

We will not accept an application for a name that:

        * does not include at least one forename and one surname;
        * is impossible to pronounce;
        * includes numbers or symbols;
        * includes punctuation marks - although you can have a hyphen to link forenames or surnames (for example, if you want a double-barrelled surname) and an apostrophe in the case of surnames like O'Brien;
        * we consider vulgar, offensive, blasphemous or unsuitable;
        * may result in others believing you have a conferred or inherited honour, title, rank or academic award, for example, a change of first name to Sir, Lord, Laird, Lady, Prince, Princess, Viscount, Baron, Baroness, General, Captain, Professor or Doctor etc.

Heh, "crumpet catcher" nice.

Although I believe the historically correct nomenclature is "Vaginal lodestone"