Sugar producing algae? I WANT!!!
Just add yeast. Fun for all.

Err, Germany.

The name on the ticket must match the passport. Either to reduce fraud or prevent scalping. Maybe all tickets purchased outside of South Africa were put on a "will call" list. This is purely conjecture on my part.

Transfer of event tickets is prohibited?

If there is such a civilization, let's assume that they have figured out that form of communication. All we have to do is to stick some rocks, bits of wire and some twigs together to find it. We might not be able to detect it efficiently enough or correctly demodulate the signal, but just finding the presence of a signal would be a breakthrough.

Think back, it would have been possible to build an AM receiver a few thousand years ago. All you need is a coil of copper wire connected to an interleaved pile of gold foil and parchment. That's a tuned circuit, now hook that up to a rock (galena) and you have most of a crystal radio. A piece of quartz with some foil stuck to it might be enough to act as a sound transducer.

What would it have received? Probably just static from a nearby thunderstorm. Once someone worked out that lightning made the quartz crackle, it could have served to jump-start the development of electronics. That development may have been totally mis-guided and cloaked in alchemical style jargon, but it would have been progress where there was none.

Do they track the number of times an indexed page's link has been clicked? Or perhaps, the number of times a page was linked on the first results page. It might be interesting to look at some of the zeroes, just don't include these accesses in the stats. It's almost like an anti-zeitgeist.

Some of us will pay more. Until I see a "Hecho en Mexico" sticker on a bottle of Coca-Cola, I won't buy it. The bottlers there use sugar, while US bottlers use HFCS. Interesting how one or another branch of CC threatened (or sued) merchants that sold the imported version. They cited something like wanting to "provide a consistent product experience".

Bring back Mountain Dew Throwback!!! There, now this is tied to PepsiCo.

Any sufficiently advanced technology ...

File > Print
Use an old wide-carriage printer, two pages are about the same size as half broadsheet.

It really is good to know where your towel is. I'll explain.

A few weeks ago, I went to Atlanta (interstate, not interstellar) for a real estate closing. I stayed at the house there instead of a hotel. When I arrived, I found the "lawn" to be be nearing three feet tall. Though it was typically hot and humid, I had to mow it. That done, it was time for a shower, except there's not a towel to be found. Ended up driving to a store, just to buy a single towel.

Next road trip, I'm taking a towel. I've learned my lesson.

Most traffic lights in metro Atlanta seem to be perfectly unsynchronized, forcing motorists to wait through several cycles. Shutting the engine off for that length of time, the interior temperature is likely to exceed 100F (38C) before you to make it to the next red light. A similar scenario could play out in the colder climates, since the heater core will stay warm for a minute or so once the engine coolant stops flowing.

If the hybrids have a provision to run the electric motor to drive the air conditioner, I might tolerate IBM's plan. OTOH, do what I did, move to a town that has no traffic lights.

Huh? Free beer in the seat-back entertainment system? It has been too long since I've flown.

Didn't see that ad myself, but they probably used this effect.
Fechner color

Did you take note of the license plate and file a complaint with the local police dept.? Sure they're unlikely to do something over one complaint, but if a trend emerges they'll take notice.

Me, I'd rather have to face a human witness (you) in court than a camera.

The sheep were sedated? Interesting. It tells me, that in their own view, tasering conscious sheep would be considered animal curelty. When techniques of animal cruelty are applied to humans, it's called torture or worse.