Here's another theory, from an MEP (Julia Reda, Pirate Party, DE) who thinks it's German publishers wanting to charge "ancillary copyright" licence fees for linking to their publications.

Your fear, perhaps, not mine. You do not want to show fear around those guys. This is how I was able to get within 10 metres of a nest to get some photos of the hatchlings this past spring, while a guy passing by in a kayak much further away got attacked and dumped in the water (Daddy Swan buzzed him, and he panicked).

(Heh, I just had to add "hatchling" to my dictionary. Pretty funny when you know more than your spell-checker does.)

You won't find many open APs in China, since the official policy there is that all Internet users must be identifiable. Certainly not in cafés or what have you. Generally you have to register for username/password and receive it by email.

What I usually end up doing in such places is flirting with the girl behind the counter until she offers to let me use hers. Unless my wife is with me, of course. ;)

Swans are majestic and regal. They're also big enough to carry off your dog or even one of your kids. They therefore are worthy of our respect.

You talking about 110 GHz networking, or the prediction that the singularity would occur in January 2012?

Torrents, my good man. Torrents.

Awesome. Watched that series as a kid... then, 20 years later, I spent a few years working in radio and found out that WKRP was much closer to real life than most people knew.

Geese are more evil. But they're also prettier and aren't quite as tasty.

Dear me, you must have missed "THREEE-DEEE PRINTERS IN SPAAAAAAAAACE" that was posted... um, yesterday.

But I... can... no longer... resist... the tide.

Very well. This article sucks. Most of Bennett's articles mostly suck.

Where do I pick up my bucket of tar and feathers?

You might do better to ask why yours seems to pretend it couldn't happen.

AC, please. Anybody with five minutes--and the sense that God granted a goose--can see you're attempting to rewrite history in a pretty major fashion.

China would like to speak to you about paper, gunpowder, the printing press, the magnetic compass, and the fork. Amongst other things.

You've evidently got me mixed up with someone else who said things that I did not. Thanks for playing, though.