Do none of these count as "conjoined" http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki...? Does SMART1 not count as electric propulsion? Or is that all too European ;-)

Your final statement is not supported by your proceeding data. In neither case did "Germany" offer to surrender - it was a single man/group of man. High ranking maybe, but not speaking for either the nation or the leadership.

> But I think ASUS has one too.

Asus RT-N66U ? (I specifically bought this model based on it's TomatoUSB support)

Sorry if I sound too cynical but has anyone gone over this with a fine toothcomb ? Seems strange to be given new freedoms without something being taken away ?

Or for more speed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_farthing

Would it not be surprising if they did not try ?

Since she announced it the Guardian has respected Chelsea Manning's wishes to be referred to by her new forename: the cited article seems to have slipped through the net !
(The Slashdot summary sits on the fence by quietly dropping her old forename from it's quote of the linked article !)

I would go a step further: most people have no idea what a "feed" is, never mind what to do with it ! (present company excepted !)

In further news a group of motorists worked out how to avoid getting fined for speeding: they always drove through the village under the posted speed limit. One driver, wishing to remain anonymous, commented "this will show city hall that they can not get money out of me without a fight".

Did your girlfriend confess to the police ? Would that have got you off ?

First thing I thought of as I read TFA was: The Cuckoo's Egg

Your plan-to-thwart contains a potential bug.
If, say, the US and Chinese economies continue for the next 25 years on their current trajectories it is quite possible that the "low-wage programmer" you speak of will live in the US, and hence the GP may get your contract !

You are selling an Ad-blocker, so you circumvent ad-blockers (including your own !) by posting a Slashvertisement !! Sweet !!

> does anybody know is there any reason people set $X.95 price sometime instead of "usual" $X.99?

Because people are getting wise to the fact that $X.99 is near enough $X+1, whereas $X.95 is closer to $X ? Not !

I am running a test: still waiting on a result:

ping -W 118000 voyager1.nasa.gov