Oh, what sad times have befallen Slashdot, when no one knows Hillary's email address!

C'mon Slashdotters! Do that "my niece's boyfriend delivers newspapers to someone who used to live next door to Hillary Clinton once . . . "

We can stretch it . . . a bit . . . !

The Russian security services told the FBI that the Boston Bombing Brothers were up to no good. The FBI did a perfunctorily check, and then let them go on with their terrorist work.

The Secret Squirrels should not be monitoring all Americans. They should be tracking terrorists!

Schtink tanks think, whatever the person who is funding the Schtink tank thinks, that they should think. You get what you pay for.

I met a guy in the US from IBM India who was working for their "Global Services" division. There were four of them living in a two bedroom apartment. I ask him out to lunch, but he said that they always cooked at home, because they couldn't afford to go out for lunch.

Yep, that the way American managers would like to keep us, as well.

As Jared Diamond said, all you need are: Guns, Germans and Steel. If you buy a Heckler & Koch MP7, you get three in one, and are ready to conquer South America.

Hey, you da big Inca? You think you bad, mutha fucka . . . ? Meet Heckler & Koch!

I'm American.

Wikipedia tells us this about the "Association of Global Automakers": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...

However, most bizarrely, here is the member list: Aston Martin, Ferrari, Honda, Hyundai, Isuzu, KIA, Maserati, McLaren, Nissan, Subaru, Suzuki and Toyota. Notably missing, the Americans and the Germans. So this looks more like this is coming from some sort of Asian lobbying group.

So I will have to correct my statement in my original post:

TFA doesn't say which "Automakers" are in on this. I'm guessing that this is an American-only cabal. Although Chrysler is really an Italian company, as it is owned by Fiat.

So simple solution . . . don't buy an American car, if you want to own your vehicle.

Pick a couple of rabid folks from the emacs vs. vi crowd, give them a case of Bud in long-necks . . . and you will probably end up with the same behavior.

I personally volunteer to do the splitting up!

. . . with a chainsaw. I think it would be best to start at the top. With their executives. The normal foot folks can stay as they are.

Nitrous oxide, aka. NO2 or Laughing gas, would let the bastards go out laughing their asses off. Then there would be no debate about the cruelty of the death penalty method.

Actually, it doesn't make you laugh, but you space out a bit. If you want to try it, just buy a can of whipped cream at your local supermarket. DO NOT shake the can. Hold it the can upright, stick it in your mouth, press on the dispenser thing, and inhale. DO NOT exhale immediately. The effects will last about 30 seconds, during which you will have all sorts of dreamy thoughts about how huge the universe is.

If a death penalty candidate is given a steady flow of this, he will be asphyxiate, because he will be some deep in his dreams, that he will forget to breathe.

Central Europe.

FTFS:

So, by their model, life, unchecked, will keep continents growing until the continents cover the whole Earth! And their will be no more oceans anymore! That would be a major blow to the surfing and beach vacation industries.

In order to fix this, we should start destroying a bit of life to keep the continents in balance, according to their model.

Gee, I thought Über's Surge Plan looked like this:

1. Über calls in a bomb threat at a major train and subway station.
2. The station gets evacuated and locked down.
3. Thousands of rail commuters are stranded, with no way to get home.
4. Everyone calls Über.
5. Surge!
6. Profit for Über!

You might say the calling in a bomb threat is illegal, but does Über care if the things they do are legal? It's just a new business model, that old folks do not understand.

Why don't you ask the Germans how they have manage to do this already . . . ?

Well, it seem to me, that living in a hurricane zone increases your chances of dying in a disaster.

So, if you are worried about lack of FM support on phones . . . just move somewhere else.

Jokes aside, most of us live in areas that are not prone to hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, or Godzilla. If you do choose to live in such places, it is important to be prepared, and have an emergency kit. In which you can just pack in a good ole' FM battery.