If SimCity 2000 is anything to go by this venture will result in a massive fire, followed closely by an alien invasion.

Can you bring/use laptops? Is there a wireless access point or is that considered to much of a security threat?

For a game that looked as good visually and as a video demo, actual game play was incredibly disappointing. I agree with you on all of your points, though take care not to become to enraged when posting, you're just asking for people to mod you down.

If theres one thing i could add, the story was not enthralling at all. Even thoroughly reading the "journal" that is provided as the game progresses did not fill in the sense of bewilderment felt by the player. The story lacks any real impetus to push the player along. By the second section of the game it feels more like a job then fun.

The developers of Far Cry 2 could learn a lot from those of Fallout 3 (a perfect example of how an RPG/FPS can be accessible and have depth).

Then life would have stopped with bacteria.

I think any of Peter F. Hamiltons works would make a good series of movies. They are more adaptable i think then Asimov's books, though nowhere near as classic in regard. Movies would ruin Asimov's positive mark on the genre if not done perfectly.

I feel the most likely books of Hamilton's to be made into possibly a Band of Brothers type series or trilogy would be the Commonwealth Saga: Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained.

They are both recent books, dealing with the invasion of a future human civilization by a hostile alien force. But much much more then that too. Personally its not the excellent mystery, action or space battle parts which captivate me, but the 'positive' and 'real' extrapolations of society that he paints, as opposed to alot of sci-fi which paint a rather dystopia or exotic view of the future.

Folding@home is sustaining over 4.2 Petaflops and rising quickly.
You can see statistics here: http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=osstats
And a nice graph charting the rise here: http://img388.imageshack.us/my.php?image=foldinghome20kx2.png

I also enjoy reading the Wiki article on the NSA's headquaters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency#Facilities

It goes on to talk about their own private chip fab, and how they are using an inordinate amount of power. I can only assume they are running some major hardware...