I do not know how it works in Australia, but I always think that making something illegal is the best way to promote it as something fun. A R18+ rating only places a game in the cool sector.

This means that the joint venture between Europe and the USA will be cancelled. The next mission will be a joint venture between Europe and Russia? Or perhaps the Chinese?

I am curious if the USA will share their biometric data if the Afgan government would ask for it.

It's difficult to find the specifications of my I-pad 1.

My I-phone is more a desktop phone nowadays. In the office I put the I-phone in a craddle on my desk and use a bluetooth headset. In the car I have a cradle so I can use the I-phone as GPS and it's automaticaly connected with the build in Bluetooth system. At home I put the I-phone in the dockingstation of my soundsystem. I only need the battery for the short trips between dockingstations

The Dutch government started a new campaign yesterday asking everybody to take pictures in shoppingmalls when ordinary people spot shoplifters, violent behaviour, etc. With this campaign they try to increase the chance of getting the criminals behind bars. When people take pictures of people doing illegal stuff then the court have more evidence to convict the criminals.

I pay my taxes. (To the Dutch government) A good percentage of the tax money goes to developing countries. So I do donate several thousands a year to the "good" cause.

...just imagine sweeping vistas of Tiberium-ravaged landscapes or towns and villages inside yellow zones.