When I was 7 years old I got a book -with pictures!- from my parents explaining about sex since my sister was on her way and I had a lot of questions. Except for being a regular reader of slashdot I turned out just fine...

Just to mention. I used to be a jet mechanic. At 100% throttle the tires of an F-16 have some problems but the brakes will hold.

In any car, the brakes must be strong enough to counter the engine, otherwise they are not street legal. (look up 'car mechanics', you might learn something). Better to overheat your brakes than to crash.

The researchers theorize the correlation comes from the way candy is given rather than the candy itself. Candy frequently given as a short-term reward can encourage impulsive behavior, which can more likely lead to violence So bad parenting is the cause of criminal behaviour? Who would have thought...

At the risk of being modded redundant I'll repeat: If the friction of the plate is less than the friction of the normal surface the endresult might still be "green"

just a thought but even if de plate is on the same level as the surrounding surface, then the loss of energy could be regained by lowering the amount af friction of the surface, a regular surface must provide grip for turning and braking, if you install smooth plates where these actions aren't necessary it makes sense...

Yep, I voted for notepad but meant notepad++. I use it for practically everything. Great program!

this would be funny if not for the more than 50% who actually think this way. The minister of defence in Belgium gave us the "you're either with us or you're with the terrorists" speech as a reply on a valid question asked by a senator 2 months ago and there was no outrage what so ever over this... this is when it hit me that the world is changing rapidly and not for the better.

sorry, no goverment conspiricy here but only corporate routing. To ease the central server, communications are directly send to the nearest local server, in your example ebay.fr and sometimes foreign demands get a lower priority which then causes timeouts. It's impossible to avoid a services internet when your looking for... corporate services