There's nothing like spending time in second-hand book stores. It's a great way to pass them on for a bit of credit, and get more great books for half price. Unless you're like me, and keep all the books you buy and read, in order to place on an "Academic penis" that is a bookshelf.

TFA says 7 meters - which is still 30% smaller than what you quote. 30% off a hiroshima bomb is a lot. Not to mention that the composition of the object has quite an effect as well. I'm going to let a source that carries a little more weight to, well, weigh in on it.

A radio personality named Dr. Laura Schlessinger, an orthodox jew, once said on her show that homosexuality was an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22 and could not be condoned under any circumstance. "Why Can't I Own A Canadian is the title of the letter in response to her comments.

Make a cube of that side, a cubic meter. Fill that with water near the sea level and you get a volume of 1 Liter of water.

There are 1000L in a cubic meter, not one.

He might get sued for that.

Ahh, the hypocrisy of our democracy.

I'm an engineer, and the marketing department at my company will always get over double the budget of my design dept. This is normal, and simply a question of marketing. It has nothing to do with any mismanagement of GM at all, actually. Seth Godin's blog, although usually vague and general, gives a bit of insight into this matter. Moral of the story: People don't buy what's best, people buy what they want. GM is just providing an option to cater to something people would want, and making good money doing it. It's not like they were sacrificing any performance for the add-on. If anything, they're managing their resources even better by doing this.