Nicely stated, but not correct unless you consider 1 to be prime, which is as much blasphemy as stating that Pluto is a planet.

Try "Every natural number above three is halfway between two primes."

Your sig is confusingly appropriate ;-)

Last time (June 8th 2004, IMRKIAG) I mounted a cheap catadioptric 20x-50x spotting scope on a tripod, pointed it at the sun and catched the projected image on a piece of paper held about 20" from the eyepiece. By adjusting the focus and zoom I obtained a nice 4" image of the sun's disk to watch sunspots, transiting venuses and airliners.

Very easy and safe; no filters required. Binoculars might also work if you convert it into a monocular by capping one half.

Experiment now, so you'll be prepared for the event !

"The proof of that is first world nations. They all have at most low population growth, and many have neutral or negative population growth."

That bullshit simply isn't true. Already overpopulated affluent western countries in the middle of Europe like this one still managed to add more than 10% to its population in the last 20 years and 40% over the last 50.

...here. What seems to be missing from all the discussions is that the Volt/Ampera is a very good, comfortable and well-equipped 'European style' car first. Its smooth and elegant power delivery is actually way more useable in daily traffic than an IC with much better figures on paper. Granted, it may not be for everyone for various reasons, but if the electric range suits your daily commute, your energy costs are half and your driving comfort double those of a clattering, noisy, smelly and soot spewing diesel that needs 4 jerky gear changes to reach 100km/h. It isn't cheap, but the price is roughly the same as a similarly equipped same old same old lease-slut BMW 320d ED.

I was sceptical about GM, but it turns that they have done their most decent job in years. Give it time; it's qualities will become evident as more people discover it irl and more versions appear.

Street creds: 528i, 525i, 944S2, Z3 2.8, 645Ci.

Go read the Customer Reviews; they are hilarious !

*crickets*

As long as this BS continues, I won't buy no Apple product no more. Triple minus.

It's not that I'm that principled, but this territorial behavior simply annoys me. So each time I might be seduced by an Apple product, that annoyance raises its ugly head and lowers my libido, if you catch my drift.

Yes, we do, and no, we don't.

Some company - maybe the same - will have a replacement, and suddenly 'independent' studies highlighting problems with the now generic original will come out of the woodwork. Lather, rinse, repeat.

An osama-laden bin ?