Forgive my ignorance, but why do we always seem to presume alien life has to be hydrocarbon bases like ourselves? Couldn't their metabolism be based on some other chemical process?

It's not how much you borrow, it's whether you are seen as trustworthy to repay it on time or not.

Why don't they just play in winter? We have such nice winter weather in this region!

Or Facebook should give you the option to stop being tagged. But that wouldn't be in their interest I guess. A lot of people tag irrelevant photos with all their friends name, just to get their attention. I have fought with my friends trying to tell them not to do that, some people just don't get it.

https://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account

"You can check out any time but you can never leave". But I thought I did see an option to permanently delete your account in there somewhere. Didn't try it though.

I use an HTC Android phone and I don't even have a data plan, just wifi. I keep mobile network switched off. I still find the apps useful, e.g. to track my jogging with GPS, keep track of my car fuel average, things like that. Uploading pictures directly to facebook is nice too, but I think some dumb phones can do that as well.

Come to think of that what's the border line between smart and dumb phones? I had nice apps in my old Sony Ericsson k750i - I used to buy train tickets online in India with that.

All you guys arguing about the difference between types of cameras which are banned, you just don't get it!

From the FA:

The ban will not affect small ‘standard’ digital cameras, in theory. But in all honesty, who would be willing to go in public taking shots with a digital camera and risk having to explain the differences between DSLR and non-DSLR cameras to angry Kuwaiti authorities? I for one certainly would not.

In my opinion, the only reason the Kuwaiti authorities didn’t issue a full scale ban on all digital photography apparatus is because every self-respecting smart-phone these days comes with a couple megapixels strong built-in camera that would basically make the ban useless.

In other words, they don't want you taking pictures in public places, period! It's just that they big kids don't want to give up their camera phones, or else they would ban them too!

Jeez, how many of the people on here have even been to the Middle East ever?

Football is the game that Americans call Soccer. What Americans call football is a game that the rest of us call... pointless. ;) http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=football

But are you a soccer fan?

How about Burma? Myanmar?

Just looking is not a problem, you are welcome to look at me. If you are authorized to take certain actions based on what you think of the way I look - that may be a problem.

The terms of the condition could be to stop the holocaust, to remove Nazis from power, imprison Hitler or whatever, but the answer to your question is "yes". Especially when the alternative is assured death for hundreds of thousands of innocent people and radiation damage for future generations.

A conditional surrender is still a surrender, it's different from a truce.

Yes, I have wondered and thought Japan would have surrendered anyway. They had nothing left. No invasion was necessary, Japan was ready for truce, if not total surrender. All they wanted was to keep their Emperor's dignity. US didn't want that. Or maybe something was lost in translation. http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/tech_journals/mokusatsu.pdf

I think the word "uninvited" should fit in somewhere there.