After drill press, 24 hours in salt water.

Amen to this. My needs are very, very small and yet I can't get anything to work right. I always end up just putting everything together using ffmpeg.

To be fair, the AC may be referring to the fact that one often needs to locate and download drivers for Windows whereas Linux typically comes "batteries included".

Huh? The image shows the strike circle of a missile capable of hitting Tokyo from the Tonghae rocket base.

Maybe, but this is why I would think China would be concerned if NK is able to throw a nuke even as far as Tokyo.

You could make a movie about that. Maybe call it, "The Mouse That Roared".

That's the dirty little secret about federal charges in the U.S. Federal court rules don't require the prosecution to hand over their evidence until the trial unlike state courts where the accused has a chance to see the evidence against him- or herself and prepare a defence. And the minimum penalties are always enormous.

That's why federal charges are so highly feared in the U.S. and it's why almost all federal cases are pleaded out.

http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21570742-how-mandatory-minimum-sentences-distort-plea-bargaining-thumb-scale

The article is about a different issue, but it describes the problem.

After which he made way over $250K per year with public speaking engagements and television advertisements. Now who's lol-ing?

And I agree with you 100%. My daughter has to pay an extra $40 a semester for an account where her chemistry prof posts her assignments on-line once per week. He could open a blog account for free and post them there or just hand them out on a piece of paper like every other professor does, but no, every student has to pay $40 a semester for access to a "educational resource system" just to see their weekly assignment.

Who could have seen that coming?

This article is a poor, sensationalistic rewrite of a much more thoughtful one:

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21569393-fears-innovation-slowing-are-exaggerated-governments-need-help-it-along-great

A sad day for the BBC.

Which is why I always write the word "duress" in tiny letters just above my signature.

Actually, their original vision statement was, "A computer on every desk." They had to revamp the vision to justify the XBox.

I remember when an engine fell off a DC-10 departing from O'Hare and the aircraft crashed killing everyone aboard.. Does that count as worse?

So... "hard" science == 100% solved?