This is also why I skipped math classes in high school.
I could have gotten straight A's... but you know, ethics, man.

I can't wait for the 'LATTE MOCHA' fork.

Way back when, my highschool actively sponsored a Quake2 tournament in the computer lab during a competitive sports week, in which the maps were all based on the school and some models were based on teachers.

It was fun.

The costs of arming every ship to such a degree that it can protect itself from heavily armed pirates is also pretty high. There's a gazillion ships out there, and you don't know which one they'll hit. The average sailor is also not trained (and probably unwilling) to go into a firefight.

Regular arms are also not a good sollution to the problem. The pirates of course show up unannounced, get on board before anybody can even get their guns out, and take the crew hostage. Guns can't counter that threat effectively.

It might also set off an arms race. Ships arm themselves -> pirates get bigger guns. Nobody wants that.

3 different plug types that don't fit in every type?

What 'the Netherlands' are you living in? In fact, what Europe have you been living in? I understand British people have a hard time understanding Europe, what with their Europhobia and gereral 'island' mindset... but really? Mistaking standardized two-prong plugs for something else?

I've never encountered any other plug than the standardized "Schuko" "Type F" plugs in the Netherlands. You know, the type with two prongs (and sometimes a seperate grounding), which means you can use grounded or ungrounded plugs ons both grounded and ungrounded outlets.... you know,the types that accept any europlug?

Perhaps you've been using 80s-era belgian and french plugs here? Or you've been buying imported electronics?

Ack.That was me. Hate it when I forget to log in =___=

You're wrong. They're not just the Japanese. They're AT LEAST 'Japanese Reactionaries', but preferably 'Militarist Reactionary Confrontationist Japanese Ruling Forces', whose 'confrontational hysteria reveals their militarist disposition and ambition to swallow up the DPRK at any cost, without flinching even if they fail to do so'.

Following the KCNA is great fun.

How about a script that senses when somebody is drunk typing? Now THAT would be hella useful to lots of people, haha.

This seems like a great way of laundering money...

1 - Sue yourself over some bullshit
2 - Pay outlandish fees to lawyer who's in on the deal (on both sides, of course, can't wait for him to object to himself in court)
3 - Make court battle drag on with continuously unearthed 'new evidence'
4 - Keep paying outlandish fees
5 - Settle case with yourself (including ridiculous settlement fee)
6 - Profit!


Or do even better: sue yourself over an issue that allows for tax deduction.
There are probably some details I'm overlooking here, but with some legal loopholery I'm sure this can work.

It is definitely great to see how so many ordinary people are aiding in this effort. It's pretty amazing to see how a wide variety of individuals are coming together to provide other people with the means to create a sense of information freedom. People sometimes complain about the way in which people are disinterested in their power as democratic civilians... but this whole situation proves the opposite. So many people are providing help or at least vocal support to what's happening in Iran, and most of it is utterly disconnected from governmental systems. Truly a civil society affair. Political scholars interested in discourse analysis and media studies are jumping up and down right now.

I can't wait for the Chinese to start probing Uranus.

Harharhar.

Fuggedahboutit.
You computer nerds got it easy. Me and my cousing Cesare are legitimate garbage disposal business professionals and not a week goes by without the Feds paying us a visit over some cooked up litigational issues.

How's an honest man to make a living disposing of chemical waste with these cacasodos all up in our business?

The problem with this is that N-Korea doesn't just have Kim Jong Il.

Actually, Kim Jong Il is the only thing standing between the world and N-Korea's military hard liners. This latest nuke test is to placate his own national military as much as it is to play nuclear brinkmanship on an international stage.

Kim wants to move his son into a position to follow him once he dies. He also wants to stay in power. To do this, he needs the military to back him. The military is hardcore. Thus, he gives the generals a bomb to toy around with.

Kim actually is the one certainty the world has in dealing with N-Korea. By now we know this guy, we can manage this whole mess with him in place (not solve it, but at least manage it). With Kim gone... who becomes the new leader? Some random admiral intent on chemically bombing Seoul and Tokyo?

Certainty is a great good in international politics, since uncertainty brings volatility and conflict.