The direction it reverses is based on how you turn around to see the image. George Gamow explained this. Rotate a book around the vertical axis (yaw) and the text is correct top-to-bottom but reversed right-to-left. Rotate it around the horizontal axis (pitch) and the text is correct left-to-right but reversed bottom-to-top. This applies to how the observer turns around to see his/her image as well -- either by rotating around on your feet or by flipping over and standing on your head.

Do you never drive at night? At night it's impossible to determine the position of the lit light compared to the unlit lights unless there's a streetlight or other artificial light nearby to illuminate them.

Are surgeons (who have to wear scrubs) and airline pilots (who have to wear uniforms) also close to wearing a fast food uniform in your view?

Are surgeons (who have to wear scrubs) and airline pilots (who have to wear uniforms) on their way to blue-collar status?

And each American produces almost 8 times the GNP of their Chinese counterpart. So by that standard, each Chinese produces about TWICE the CO2 per unit of economic output as his American counterpart. China needs to clean up its act.

What you are missing is that not every download is a lost sale. People who download would probably not have bought it in the first place -- they would have bought a used copy, borrowed from a friend or roommate, or checked it out from a library. This is the fundamental fact that RIAA/MPAA don't understand either. Think of it as free advertising. After checking out a book from a library, if I've found it really useful I've then gone on and purchased a copy. I've even replaced a used book with a new book when a new edition came out because it was quite good. I never would have bought it in the first place had there not been a cheaper option available. This goes for downloads as well.

They're already ahead of you.

http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/

The National Archives has preserved the whole final state of the Bush White House site here: http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/

Whatever happened to the idea that the Internet routes around damage? I can no longer connect to vesti.ru because the route from my ISP to Moscow goes through Telia's routers and they no longer peer with Russia either through design, damage, or poor maintenance. Shouldn't the packets get rerouted if a particular link is down?

Only if you celebrate New Year's at 23:59 GMT. All other time zones will have New Year's take place exactly on schedule to the second including Times Square in New York.