This is the wrong place to ask, "ask slashdot" is also controlled by the NSA.
They have been spending years building cover identities and collecting karma, so they can control ./
And that's why this post is going to be modded down, see, I told you so!

Israel never announces a test before they do it.
Also, the only ones with the capability to detect it are the US and Russia.
The Russians probably knew exactly what it was when they saw it.
So, maybe they are the ones trying to create a scare.

It was designed to be solved by people down under.
you are holding it upside-down.

Nowadays, anything the shrink does not like is "highly functioning Autism"

can you get sued for carrying or expressing the gene without a license?

While I agree that the article is nonsense, I have seen something slightly related.
Often at an interview, someone will ask you a question that he recently tried to solve himself.
Sometimes it's a clue that they don't know what they are doing.
This happened to me more than once.
If the guy that is supposed to be your next manager asks you such a question, especially if you try to explain a simple solution to him and he does not understand it, this is a red flag.
In that case, you thank your favorite deity and politely disengage, considering yourself lucky you found out so fast that you shouldn't be working for him.

In Australia heat stress is usually cause by drinking warm beer.

Besides, if someone gives you a rifle and you can't get yourself a brand new TV on your own, maybe you don't deserve one.

This sounds like a question to the Internet Oracle
http://cgi.cs.indiana.edu/~oracle/index.cgi

The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was:
> O Oracle, great and all the rest
>
> how do you get sales people to learn programming?

And in response, thus spake the Oracle:
} You offer a commission.
}
} you owe the oracle a piece of informaion that is correct but unhelpfull, yesterday's weather for example.

That's because they assume that unlike consumers, professionals factor the price of consumables into the buying decision.

In the army there is a known fact/myth that female voices are easier to understand on noisy radio links.
Something to do white the a different/better frequency spread than a male voice.
In my not very scientific experience, it seems to be true.

The international Talk like a Pirate day was just last week, do you think it's a coincidence?

dude, I think your confusing "anonymous" with "anonymous coward"

I think that as long as you avoid BASH-like "fi" and "esac", you're probably safe.