Karsten Nohl's talk Defending Mobile phones is excellent as usual. Other good talks are Hacking MFPs and Print Me If You Dare

Most large SUVs are worse than most smaller cars, have a look at the Euro NCAP data for the 2008 Ford Ranger http://www.euroncap.com/tests/ford_ranger_2008/342.aspx compared to smaller cars of similar age its score is somewhat appalling.

It is possible to get good digital TV reception at long range. I get a very good signal from a transmitter about 40 miles away, you just need the right combination of a decent grouped (not wideband) Yagi and an amplifier.

The same way I made a wireless arcade controller, by soldering leads directly onto a genuine controller and then connecting them up to the switches.

Prefers not to be sued? You realise that he is the editor of Private Eye don't you? One of the most sued publications in the UK.

They are only illegal when the conditions don't justify their use.

Use a tunnel broker service. There are at least 2 free tunnel brokers, SixXs and Hurricane Electric

There are a few analogue joysticks of the type you are looking for here:
http://www.gremlinsolutions.co.uk/arcadejoysticks.php

The best joysticks for this sort of gaming are the ones intended for use in proper arcade cabinets.

I'm surprised this paper from Inorganic Chemistry didn't get mentioned

Three words: Somebody Else's Problem

Yeah Operation Flashpoint must be one of the most evil games ever, but certainly pretty realistic, and the AI would actually hide in bushes and snipe you. It was however pretty annoying thinking you had killed everyone only to discover that there had been some guy hiding in a bush a couple hundred metres away and that you were now dead. ArmA is the spiritual successor to Op Flashpoint.

Good advice, this is pretty much what I do when buying things.

Have I stumbled into an alternate universe somehow, a sane and rational response, on slashdot?

I think you need at least 3 people, and you save a third of the total cost of the tickets.

Wonderful stuff, ridiculously sweet and it stains everything it touches bright orange =]