You almost got it. It's at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (named for Portsmouth, New Hampshire) which is in Kittery, Maine.

I should have specified an engineering ethics class. Sometimes I forget.

Exactly. Either the "friend" is actually an oppressive government or a guy with some serious problems. Tell him it's not possible. Even if it's possible, it's a bad idea, possibly illegal. Then go take an Ethics class.

What, your three posts on this story are your first ever? And you're not an astroturfer? Ha.

Dear All: Beware thread hijack attempts.

Now that is an interesting point.

I will admit that I could fall into the possible-self-test camp. I have no reason to believe that I have HIV, and there's no practical risk of me spreading it to anyone who wouldn't have already been exposed. If it's inexpensive, why not? It's like the automated blood pressure cuffs at every pharmacy. If it turned out Negative, I'd continue thinking there's very little chance I have it. If it turned out Positive, I'd go get a real test from a doctor.

You are correct. I mistakenly assumed that they would be sorted by descending overall score, so I stopped when I saw IE.

I get this one, which has Chrome and Firefox tied, on my first page of Google results. It doesn't look like Google is deliberately and directly biasing those search results like Apple.

http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/flynneffect.shtml

Especially when you're coming legally to the US. That is a huge hurdle.