Its because we didn't invest enough in Science & Engineering so the only astronauts available will be foreign graduates on H1Bs.

He's gone back to basics to tackle the education bit first by putting the money there.

You lazy bugger - RTFM!

Use the OLPC http://laptop.org/en/laptop/index.shtml and give it to a kid when you are done.

1. Military strength.
2. No battery recalls to date.
3. Recharge from car battery.
4. Built-in wireless with 801.11s (mesh)
5. Video camera.
6. USB ports
7. 1GB flash memory (expandable) instead of hard drive.
8. Open Source BIOS.
9. Linux.

That should fix it once and for all.

Does it have a self-destruct for when the enemy is at the front door?

Import every species on Earth and it will fix every problem including those you never knew existed - such as that pest, the human being.

Responders to this post are hereby informed they are on the NSA watchlist.

From the patent application:

According to http://www.physlink.com/Education/askexperts/ae283.cfm:

An 'hour' can only be shortened if you move everyone but IBM employees closer to the speed of light. 1 Earth hour for an IBM employee will be 12 Earth minutes for everyone else travelling at 98% light speed.

At the end of the Earth day, when the Earth clock shows 5pm, everyone else will go home jet lagged, having worked only 1 hour and 36 minutes - *reducing* their productivity by a factor of 5. However, everyone else will also live 5 times longer than an IBM employee, which is why IBM replaces retired workers using the H1B and L1 programs.

If you don't do it right the first time you will not be able to afford to redo it right the next time.

Got to be some self-interest behind this. Who are the lobbyists?

... again, and very likely ... again.