LOL!!!! Just reading the title made my BS-O-Meter shatter to shards! The title of this story implies there's a human genetic basis for Japanese people easily digesting Sushi. Pure BS. I'm of 100% "Western"/Non-Asian origin and had never been outside the U.S. or even eaten sushi. Yet I moved to Japan, spent the better part of a decade there, and never once had trouble digesting (or enjoying) sushi. LOL!!! Maybe I'm evolved like the Japanese (supposedly) are. The summary implies the same thing then contradicts itself by stating that Japanese people acquire bacteria from eating seaweed that allows them to properly digest it. This is just plain dumb journalism.

It's the culture, stupid. Spend a few hours in front of TV in America and it will be clear that something's seriously wrong if that's what passes for entertainment.

When they invite NASA and ESA to join in, I'm confident that cooler heads will prevail. I can easily trust a decision that results from these 3 putting their heads together.

Want to find a way to avoid getting fuxed by the Verizon Wireless early termination fee to escape it's crappy service? *world map excluding United States pops up* There's a map for that!

There is a very simple and very balanced solution to all of this: Tax cars by weight! Make it a very progressive tax, only with moderate exceptions for specialized non-passenger standard road vehicles. Of course, large commercial vehicles like buses and tractor trailer rigs don't count in this.

I had absolutely no trouble transitioning from MS Office to Open Office. It's pretty much just like MS Office in the interface with just a few minor differences in language and interface. For this reason, Your argument isn't completely valid.

Besides, considering how much MS Word (in particular) tends to frustrate you by doing its own thing, I'd say transitioning to OO.o is that much more trivial when you have a lot of control and usablility to trade for your effort.

What's more, It's immeasurably easier to transition to OO.o than to transition to the MS Office "Ribbon" interface. So, again, your argument isn't well founded.

GPS tracking is a no go. It's also a stupid and rather extreme proposal. Just raise (or apply, if they don't have one) the sales tax on the purchase/lease of cars. Then charge more for tag renewal. Next, charge more for inspection stickers. Finally, charge more for the gas tax. All of these taxes but the gas tax can be varied by the weight of the vehicle to keep them fair. For even more precision, they can be varied by the MPG of the vehicle too.

My understanding is that they use metal wheels. Check it out Scroll down to see.