There are a few analogue joysticks of the type you are looking for here:
http://www.gremlinsolutions.co.uk/arcadejoysticks.php

The best joysticks for this sort of gaming are the ones intended for use in proper arcade cabinets.

I'm surprised this paper from Inorganic Chemistry didn't get mentioned

Three words: Somebody Else's Problem

Yeah Operation Flashpoint must be one of the most evil games ever, but certainly pretty realistic, and the AI would actually hide in bushes and snipe you. It was however pretty annoying thinking you had killed everyone only to discover that there had been some guy hiding in a bush a couple hundred metres away and that you were now dead. ArmA is the spiritual successor to Op Flashpoint.

Good advice, this is pretty much what I do when buying things.

Have I stumbled into an alternate universe somehow, a sane and rational response, on slashdot?

I think you need at least 3 people, and you save a third of the total cost of the tickets.

Wonderful stuff, ridiculously sweet and it stains everything it touches bright orange =]

He's actually a fairly intelligent Glaswegian comedian.

I think that is the first time I have heard of international telemarketing. I have heard the exact same recorded message here in the UK.

Can you not nominate a proxy to vote on your behalf?