I did a similar thing a few years ago, though the program did nothing at all other than add their name to a text file that I then sent to the directors (they had asked me to see how many people would do this) - I even left one of the directors names in there as well, and he knew it was going to happen.

We're all descended from the B Ark survivors anyway.

Whichever browser can run Farmville/Fronterville/Mafiawars (all facebook apps) the best will win over most people.

I have a modern-ish machine that runs Lord of the Ring Online quite well, but crawls when I looked up those apps.

When I did my CompSci degree last century we did this.

Groups of 4 students, design screens and inputs for a business application in COBOL.
After designed, swap with another group and begin implementing to their design specs.
After a few weeks work, we had to swap with another group and take over (and finish) a half completed project.

At the end of the subject we had to write about our code, experiences taking over another group's work, and the group dynamics.

It was daunting, but I well remember the lessons gained - of need for good design specs & useful comments.

Likewise with the eyedrops that I have to deal with my cataracts then they won't be going outside (or looking at any bright things) either.

Many of the fish species that we eat are carnivores though

Not trolling, but does it have to be binary?

I see that the string only contains 0 and 1's - this itself does not imply that it is binary.

It could be base 3 and just contain no 2's.

Just find where the MiB storage is - 'the galaxy is in Orion's belt' - not really a simulation though but an actual galaxy.

Don't bother going with congress doing this.

When China buys the US in a few years (or bails them out of the next financial crisis), patents and copyright will probably be one of the first things lost.
You'll probably loose your guns about then too.

Just as possible: The bomb is set to explode once the airspeed drops below 300mph

Maybe not slashdot, but 4chan should have a police button :-)

While were adding buttons to facebook - where's my dislike button (that some people are actually asking for)

While I don't assume to know the answers to your statements, I've heard that the story as seen in Genesis could be explained as what you might observe if you would be floating over the surface of the Earth while all of the creation things were happening around you (like you could see in a vision, as God was showing a bewildered Moses who probably was overwhelmed what had already happened)

Roughly: as the earth cooled and the light of the young sun lit up the new earth that was merrily spinning around the sun, when the skies cleared you might notice that there was a surface (probably molten) and sky, eventually the seas formed and the ground hardened, the skies were overcast so you couldn't see out just yet, Plants would slowly come to cover this young earth, with different types appearing over the years. and as the sky cleared (due to changing atmosphere from all the plants) and you would see the sun, moon and stars clearly then as well.
Gradually fish-like creatures would emerge, some slowly pull themselves out of the waters. Some would fly some would creep upon the earth, and a few of them would eventually walk upright and slowly make the long ascent to mankind.

This is the method that I personally use to explain old-earth creation and even evolution, and still it leave room for there to be a God that has taken a special interest in this planet and nurtured and encouraged it's peoples along the way.

We had one guy start with us to do some industry volunteer work - just troubleshooting simple problems.

He was studying a computer networks course and was 6 months into that.

I had to show him how to get to a DOS prompt in Windows XP... Then he asked me what ping did?

He apparently later decided that computers weren't for him.

"Belgium, man, belgium"

Seems appropriate for Towel Day.

Why are these stories published the day after it has actually happened for us who live near the date line?

It's already tomorrow for us over here.

Maybe we could have an events section to give us a heads-up on what's coming soon.