How does that make it "ridiculous"? What does it matter how tall it is compared to a skyscraper? And what does it matter how much energy it produces "per power plant"? That is the most useless measure I've ever heard. What matters is how much it costs to build and maintain, per MW.

A high pressure system is where cold air falls to the surface and heats on the way down. A low pressure system is where hot air rises and cools on the way up. This tower is creating a small-scale low pressure system.

Is AO given to full on graphic sexual content? Because the R18+ rating in Australia would be mainly used for violent games, e.g. Mortal Kombat. Graphic sexual content in Australia gets a X rating.

Since when is cooking a steak well done cooking it "properly"?

I define "properly" as high heat, 3-4 minutes each side, for a sirloin cut.

How would they get to China or Iran in the first place...?

Specifically, which people are these? Provide a source that states someone was exposed and was in danger as a result.

And what are you talking about? What "hacking"? Wikileaks didn't hack anybody. Bradley Manning didn't hack anybody. Do you consider Manning copying documents from a server he had authorisation to as "hacking"? Or are you just completely uninformed and are spouting absolute bullshit?

The American election cycle is insane. Where I live (Australia), 'getting close' to the election is 3-6 months before it happens. In the US, things start happening over 1.5 years before the election... plus there's the mid-terms.

But most people here hate elections/politics. Unlike in America where politics has permeated to the core of who people are and therefore are very passionate/emotional about it (probably because of wedge issues like abortion). The only people passionate about politics here are politicians and wannabe politicians.

There are reflective PV solar panels? I thought they would all be black matte, considering this absorbs the most light.

So if a SF book is beautiful/artistic, it no longer becomes SF? What a stupid way to look at it.

I hate to break it to you, but when if recipe says use "10 mL of oil", you are just going to pour straight from the bottle into the pan with your thumb over the opening. You aren't going to get out a measuring cylinder... And in metric, a cup is 250 mL, so we still put in "cups" of flour.

I'm hoping this guy is joking.

Get (even more) really really rich once the oil price sky rockets?

Which government? The stimulus stuff came from the executive branch of the government. This apparently comes from AGIMO. I assume the people who run this are not members of/affiliated with the Labor or Liberal party. I assume that they make their decisions mostly independent of whatever party is in control of the government.

Do you really think the same person(s) who thought of the stimulus also decided something as insignificant and mundane as what standard documents are stored as? Or that these two things are somehow (even remotely) related and a symptom of an inept 'government'?

We don't even have a moon base. And building a moon base, purely to mine on the moon, is stupid. There is enough minerals down here (currently). The only way it would be worthwhile, is if we worked out fusion power and if helium-3 was far (far far) superior to anything on Earth for fusion.

Yes. The blog has a link to the WA government website, which has latest criminal code (as of 18/10/10).

Yes most internet connections you authenticate, but you don't need a password to access the internet. And would you define the entire internet as a 'computer system'?

It also states the 'computer system' must be restricted to authorised person(s). The internet isn't a restricted system.

The definition of 'restricted-access computer system'. My interpretation of this, is that a police database would fall under this, but an internet connection would not. But the law isn't worded very well. It seems it was added in 1990, and written by someone with little understanding of computers.