Yes, this is true. I am a customer of Kabel Deutschland, and in the past, they've already admitted to doing it, but have now taken back that statement. However, there is clear evidence when using traffic monitoring that this is actually taking place. Sources (in German): http://www.klamm.de/partner/unter_news.php?l_id=5&news_id=35204&a_datum=20.07.2009 http://www.onlinekosten.de/forum/showthread.php?t=121367

TI-51-III, sorry! Typo!

I've got a TI-53-III with an LED 8-digit display in (almost) mint condition, I say almost because I lost the battery lid, but other than that, it's perfect.

Why does the DoD not simply destroy the disks in question?

Who says you haven't?

...is this part of the Year of Astronomy, then?

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/31/1332257
...cosmonauts rename themselves to 'astronauts'.
"We're just going with the times. We see this is a value upgrade to our main product, cosmonautics, called "astronautics" starting April 1st 2009."
Oh and yes, we hope that we can also use the toilet too then.

Random Deus ex Machina?
Oh he's gonna hate me for that one.

Indeed.