You didn't answer the question: what are 20 F-35s (about 1/3 of the proposed planes are flying and operation at any one time) going to do against the Northern Fleet and the planes from the northern bases?

The F-35 is a strike fighter with limited speed, range and durability given its single engine -- especially operating in the Arctic.

Ignoring the laughable paranoia involved in the above quote, what do you suppose, at most, 20 operational F-35s are going to do against the Northern Fleet and the air support of the northern bases?

Ah, another Anonymous Coward Conservative -- courage of your convictions from the shadows!

Uh, sure .... you go next and take my turn too.

It's kinda scary imagining what speciesist means to a jackal-headed man.

Otherwise, it's just like throwing chairs on the Titanic?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Speaking of which, I've ordered a pair for great granny from Costco -- 12 channel Rexton for a person with a great deal of loss in several frequencies @ less than CAN$1000 each, i.e., check out discount retailers as well.

Except that software/algorithms are excluded from patents in Canada.

Link? I found the MS page for MBA recruitment but is there a story directly linking Ballmer with the drive for MBAs?

It's not just legislation that affects data retention -- common law also determines policy as well.

For example, in dentistry, legislation says 10 years for x-rays, study models, etc. But past legal wrangling in the dental community means we're holding onto stuff for at least 15 years.

That's because we've evolved to use unsigned 32-bit counters. Maybe the girl's evolved to 64 bits?

Ok, now where are all the funny funny modding moderators?

If they'd stop scuttling their vessels they wouldn't have to keep replacing them!

Extraneous Software Personnel.