I haven't owned a smartphone long enough to build reliable statistics over my yearly spending on apps.

In the book 1491, Charles Mann tries to summarize the current knowledge on Pre-columbian Americas. Based on demographics and epidemiologic studies, he comes with a mortality rate for american Indians after encounter with European in the 90-95% range, which means that America before Columbus would have been very densely populated. Although there is a high uncertainty in this number due to the scarcity of data, the 80% of this study definitely supports the pre-Columbian values, especially if we consider the differences in access to medicine. And yeah, this is grim stuff.

Or a V6 sound out of a 3 cylinders 0.9 liter engine in the case of a renault clio

AFAIK the Waage study did not map the respective habitats of zebras and flies; that is what is actually new in this study, and it supports the Waage hypothesis.

via google translate: Le Monde

It should definitely be something more along those lines: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Another good alternative in the same price range would be the Grace Bikes: http://www.grace-bikes.com/

I am also an espresso drinker, so I would not use it for coffee, but I see it could be useful for tea.

I've been using a trackball (logitech trackman) for more than 5 years now, and been very happy with it. For precision stuff (image editing, gaming), mice are superior though.

According to the original paper, "the global warming potential of PFTBA over a 100âyear time horizon to be 7100". That's still lower than SF6: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas.

I am not sure you know what it means: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism

It seems that there is an involuntary irony in Laxori666's post and his criticism of government action, considering that Sweden has one of the most interventionist government, as illustrated by the level of welfare (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_in_Sweden). I guess that you have the government that you deserve...

Fixed price on books apply only to new books. Walk along the Seine and you will find plenty of cheap second-hand books. And it is a lovely promenade.