Hence the stipulation "common materials". I imagine that a wide-dispersion chemical weapon system sophisticated enough to destroy a country (or even a considerable chunk of its populous) is not easy to procure/manufacture.

Even if your teammates stole kills and hoarded items, everyone at least obtained 100% of the money and XP earned from the fight. It's a great concept, and I'd like to see it carried even further in MMOs.

...but I can't imagine why in hell the revenue department should know what particular items were purchased by each customer. If they're worried about losing revenue then their focus should be limited to the monies paid only; gathering data on which specific xbox games that Cleetus T. Carolina purchased during the tax year seems irrelevant.

By bank actually offers such a service, free of charge. The way it works is, I specify a dollar amount associated with one of my accounts, and anytime a purchase exceeds that amount, I am immediately notified by e-mail. I currently hold a savings, debit, and credit card account with the bank. I simply specified a purchase amount of $1 for each of them, so now I get notified anytime anything happens with any of my accounts. This method has thwarted two unauthorized transactions thus far, which were both resolved/reimbursed within 48 hours. Can't be too careful these days.

I can't imagine how you must feel. For what it's worth coming from a total stranger, please accept my deepest condolences for your loss.

...or worse yet, misinterpreting/incorrectly displaying the road and objects in your vehicle's path (like the second photo appears to do). I'd rather keep my trust in my own eyes when I'm behind the wheel, thank you.

Then I hope it doesn't involve having to amputate the penis first.

Say what you will about its Fallout-esque gameplay, Borderlands was the first FPS in a long time that constantly had me saying, "God I love this gun." A sniper rifle that fires explosive incindiary bullets? An SMG that shoots corrosive acid rounds? Grenades that teleport directly to their targets and burst into an electric lightning storm? Sign me up.

Wonder if this guy has a policy.

Wow, you honestly believe them when they say there's no possible way to store, capture or otherwise duplicate/disseminate the images from these body scanners? How would they prosecute offenders without the photographic evidence? How did they get those pictures into TFA? Why on earth would ANY government-backed organization want to give up this chance to take and store detailed X-ray data on millions of airline passengers per day? You're naive if you think that somebody in power somewhere isn't exploiting this obvious data goldmine. And the whole "If you don't have something incriminating to hide, why do you need privacy" argument doesn't fly with me, either. I don't know about you, but I'm innocent until proven guilty. Without probable cause or reasonable suspicion, no one has any business X-raying me to probe for contraband. People like you erode the the concept of civil liberty in support of a government that you expect to shield you from all harm. Man up and stand up, or get slaughtered with the rest of the sheep.

...either that, or Panama's malaria problem will be a thing of the past.

My problem with Indigo Prophecy was that, while I expected the game to immerse me into an intriguing mystery-thriller plotline (which it did for the first half), I did not expect it to suddenly devolve into a silly SciFi Channel circus about space aliens and Mayan Kung-Fu ghost people. I was totally engrossed and throroughly impressed with Indigo Prophecy, and then quite abruptly my 'wow's became 'WTF's. I hope Heavy Rain doesn't make the same mistake.

I know some cats like that.

...and there's no way his brain power calls for 147,456 processors.

I'm an ex-air traffic controller, and I can tell you that we prefer such systems to be as accurate as possible. "Inherant sloppiness" in autopilot systems only offers an unpredictable margin that we'd rather do without, especially in urgent/emergent air traffic situations. The best medicine is a pair of competent pilots who PAY ATTENTION TO THE RADIO and comply with control instructions.