Maybe they could move to your backyard. You wouldn't chase them off with a gun or anything, would you?

Wasn't Blitzkrieg formulated by Heinz Guderian in his book, Achtung Panzer, in 1937? The invasion of Poland lasted about 4 weeks, and France 6 weeks, hardly enough time to invent a new doctrine and train everyone to use it.

> Also, some of us greenies are willing to take a second look at nuclear power tech, especially if re-use of the fissionables was on the table.

Could I interest you in a depleted-uranium coffee table?

I had a similar experience with a co-worker who had an MSc in CS (from U. of Windsor, Ontario).
"Stack, stack! What's all this about stack?" he impatiently groused to me one day during a work conversation.
I pulled him into a back room (because I was embarassed for him) and explained to him what a stack was.

Yes, it does depend on your timeframe. In 10 years, all of the now standing trees already killed by the pine beetle will be cleared, leaving western Canada (and I assume the US as well) deforested to a much larger degree.

I cut text from Finnish language websites and paste it in as comments. I don't know what it says, but it looks really cool.

Make them eat it.

Well, I just ordered a decorative thermometer from an online gift shop. It came in a box with cat stickers on it. Inside, besides my item, was an advert for "The Cat Lady Diaries", ... and an Ubuntu 8.10 install CD.

There is some guerrilla marketing going on out there.

I was developing in OS/2 in 1989 up to 1994. It wasn't delay that killed it, it was the fact you couldn't start it from the DOS prompt like you could Win 3.0. Then you could still switch back to your DOS apps.

$BA ?
Does that stand for 'bugger all'?

It is in Vietnam!