that stupidity isn't painful. Add to that, greed.

One of the biggest "Doh!" moments lately. I can't believe some consider this news.

"The screen flickered back on. I was reborn, standing naked in an empty field, holding only a rock. Not far away I saw a man gathering wood, his back to me. I crept toward him through the grass. He didn’t hear me slinking closer.

I thought of the words of John Wooden, the legendary basketball coach, who once said that the true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.

I raised my rock above my head."

Since the slowing or cessation of dune / ridge formation started about 2800 years ago (according to one paper), one might want a little more evidence before blaming it all on the Conquistadors or the following Spanish occupiers.

Works on World of Warcraft chat .. and presumably on Internet forums as well.

"(1) COMPARE PRODUCT-NO (A) WITH PRODUCT-NO (B) ; IF GREATER GO TO OPERATION 10 ;
IF EQUAL GO TO OPERATION 5 ; OTHERWISE GO TO OPERATION 2 .
(2) TRANSFER A TO D ."

What's wrong (if useless is wrong) with this code?

Godz, I can't believe I'm trying to correct Hopper's code!

But but but but ... the PILOT does! Which leads us to the conclusion ...

Hmmm .. down to five ads, and three of them are red (and blocked)! Interesting.

My system caught 8! [phthththth!]

But they're all Green, no worries.

" Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.

—Tanenbaum, Andrew S. (1989). Computer Networks. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. p. 57. ISBN 0-13-166836-6. "

I know! The title to this thread is sexist as hell!

Actually they're readily available, even in civilian circles:

http://www.inertproducts.com/i...

The above site is HUGELY overpriced, of course; the mine manufacturers could put out inert mines very cheaply if they wished. Most armed forces already have them, used for mine warfare training all the time.

But there may be other and better solutions. Not necessarily the goats in another comment, but maybe things like honeybees:

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/ar...

Throw in a counting loop (1 to 50 .. or 0 to 49 if you wish), just to show off your l33t skills.
Make it 0.0 to 49.0 if you want to test your math coprocessor at the same time :-)

Remember, you read that word here first!

I missed what happened to it after the report of a successful soft landing.

"Unfortunately, they weren't able to recover it because it landed in the middle of a rough storm, which eventually destroyed the stage."

Well, if it's so damned smart and clever and capable and all, why didn't they tell it to land somewhere else?

Land at sea in the middle of a bloody storm, you get what you deserve!