my office was the same, big server team, so everyone normally working on their own space and it was great right up to my employer decided to ban them as they are not the right image :( followed by an an@l clean desk policy , banned anything personal on desks at the same time, so gone are all the dilbert cartoons, bobble heads and other touches that made your desk your own....

indeed. shame there is only 1 matrix film...

Many Prime Ministers have been members of the house or Lords, we just dont see it these days.The last one was Douglas-Home but he ended up giving up his peerage and stood for election to the commons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Douglas-Home

Watch Threads - its on youtube these days so you dont even need to rent or buy a copy. its dated , but worth watching to see the predictions of what would happen following a nuclear exchange with the USSR and the UK. The day after was ok, but didnt deal with the long term effects.

As a biker of over 22 years I used to think this would be a good idea. However after seeing the way London Taxi drivers are to all 2 wheelers not convinced. They have to do the "knowledge" on 2 wheels while they learn the way around all the taxi routes, but once in a black cab show total distain for all other vehicles on the road. Also the spotty Chavs/Neds once they have sold the scooter after turning 17 don't seem very aware of bikes and cycles once they are in a car.

I assume its the thought of being a "heartbeat away" from her becoming President if McCain had won. Otherwise known as the Dan Quayle effect.....

That is Dyson's Project Orion , technically you could get something the mass of a Destroyer into space. However pesky things like treaties & fallout killed that dead. However "if" you could get a lot of nukes into space safely you could build something in orbit rather than a ground launch.

no- they expelled the lbyians - they did not storm the embassy. did suround it for several days - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Yvonne_Fletcher#Siege The SAS stormed the Iranian embasy in London (Remember watching them going through the windows Live on TV!) ack in 1980 during a hostage crisis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Embassy_siege

wasn't that Alan Shepard rather than Glenn?

best post this month :D

yes- Nazi Germany......

One of my favorite books ever. Still trying to find a copy of web as I read it at school and would love to again.