We English have come up with the best solution anyway. We are now completely metric - we even drink metric pints of beer and have metric miles on our road signs. (wink)

Likewise. I'd assumed that the move towards Unity was aimed at the 'future' ie tablets etc, and that the desktop was yesterday and was to be sidelined. Ubuntu seem to be totally lost at sea now, with what I see as a troubled tablet UI (Unity) and a rejected and stagnant desktop UI.

He will be greatly missed. Amongst his many claims to fame was the fact that during his lifetime he met the first man to fly, the first man to go into space and the first man to step on the Moon. R.I.P.

This is the option i would have gone for....
No vote cast as usual (rolls eyes in despair at /. polls)

We are not witnessing the decline of Western Civilisation, what we are seeing is the decline of a once-great Nation that has badly lost its way.
The financial problems of the US (and consequently the rest of the World) were caused by greed and stupidity - banks lending too much money to people who had no realistic prospect of paying off the loans, which in turn became 'toxic' debts.
The US has also got itself into the ridiculous situation of pissing-off half the World and as a result is now commited to spending un-sustainable ammounts of money on the Military.
As for science and science spending (which this thread is supposed to be about), well what do you expect. In a Nation where it seems half the population don't believe in Global Warming and the other half don't believe in Evolution, and science/technology is based on patenting curved corners then profiting from the resultant litigation, what chance does 'real' science stand?

David Braben, not Brabham - Brabham's the car guy.

Smivs goes off to his Farcebook page to post "Won't be coming out to play tonight - gone down with Bubonic Plague".

Sorry, I was too busy playing Oolite to read /. for a while :P
The thing about Oolite is the customisation options...you can make the 'Ooniverse' into pretty much any kind of experience you want to.
And as for the lack of instructions, well you get a reference sheet with the (free, open source) download, and the Wiki is excellent as is the Forum.

..and what about Pike? The first of them all you could argue.

Well, I didn't vote, and I did do something useful :)
And yes I've been around here long enough to be aware that /. is American. That doesn't mean it has to be American-centric. There are Nerds and Stuff in the rest of the World you know? Or maybe you don't!

Agree wholeheartedly...there have been too many polls lately which are irrelevent to anyone outside the US.

Whatever else you do, pack all the spare space in the container with ping-pong balls. At least then if the ship sinks or the container is washed overboard it will float.

Well, Wikipedia suggests they were around in Europe in the 17th Century. Although the term 'Ferris Wheel' was not used then that is what they were.

hasn't anybody noticed that the company is currently not selling any seaweed?!

Linux is still alive and well on my desktop, thank you!