Do not forget to include that people with a fun, active lifestyle is less sick than others, and cost less because of this. If one guy is unlucky, it's still a win overall.

I think a lot of them do it because it is expected of them, and they have not considered the alternative. On behalf of Europe I'd like to say: sorry for sending you all our religious nuts! But seriously, we couldn't let them destroy Europe!

And the best part is... it still works!

At least it's a start....

Problem is that the Soyuz hasn't had any loss of crew since 1971! I'd call that a lot more reliable than the space shuttle. And 5 times more NASA astronauts have died in space-related accidents than Russian/Soviet kosmonauts.

More or less at the same coordinates as the american one...

You don't know what a Lefty is. He's to the right of all the countries in Europe.

Sure, if being a code monkey is your ultimate goal

Some might think that "it is not feasible at the moment" menas that we're laughing at it...

Minimum pay for a government worker In US is around $10 at the moment I think. A 10 year-old won't even take out the trash for that kind of money here in Norway.... Working 40 hours only tells you how much he is working, not what he earns. Here in Norway, flipping burgere at McDonald's will get you $60,000 a year...

The C-class is not crap if you look at similar cars in the same price range.

There is nothing in my day-to-day job that prevents me from using Libre/Open Office, except from corporate policies. Your tasks have to be highly specialised before it's an requirement to use MS Office.

They agreed to the more time in writing when they paid for it. Also - it's still early 2014 a month or two from now.

I've seen the need for space-faring ROVs and AUVs for a few years now. Not convinced the management yet though.

Erh, 7! Damn you autocorrect!