Actually, Firaxis developed Civ 4 and is developing Civ 5.

And you CAN do so in Civ 4. Air units don't behave like ground-based units - they are based in cities and fly missions (which take a turn) then return to their home cities, or are set to defend the city and environs from other aircraft. It makes much more sense and is much more fun. I hope this mechanic stays the same in Civ 5.

I'd say you meant eminently, but on second thought, imminently is fine too.

You may be interested in this:

http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/home/index.htm

It's just coincidental!

Whilst I understand your wider point, the fact is that Gordon Brown was elected by the people of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath to be their MP. He is an elected politician. Mandelson was appointed as a Lord by Gordon Brown, and given the Minister position by him. Nobody at all voted for Mandelson, except perhaps Brown.

To my mind, this is a gross violation of democracy; much more so than the lack of proportional representation in our country.

What constantly astounds me about Mandelson is the lack of furore about the fact that he's unelected. We didn't vote for this man. How the hell did he get to be running the country?

Sorry, I was talking about herbicide-resistant crops. I don't know what you're talking about.

Okay... let's explore that. Why would a low level of insecticide necessarily harm you? Are you an insect?

Who said the crops were chasing away insects? Not me - I said they were attracting them. Maybe you meant to reply to a different post?

Agree with you there. But still, it seems a small price to pay for a much greener (literally) agriculture.

Just like being environmentally conscious and opposed to GM crops. Absolute madness. Herbicide-resistant GM crops are fantastic for the local environment - they need much less herbicide use than either conventionally- or organically-grown crops to produce a decent yield, which means more green weeds, more flowers; more bees, butterflies and birds.

I used to work on the UK GM crop split-field trials, where half the field was conventionally-treated conventional crop, and half was herbicide-resistant crop treated with less herbicide (as designed). The GM side was always green, buzzing with insects, and had noticeably more bird-life; the conventional side was bare earth until the crop came through, then stayed much less verdant. The farmers loved the GM crop, as it needed less work (fewer sprayings) and less costly herbicide.

The 'environmental' protesters would always ruin the conventional half of the field. They saw the brown, ugly side and thought 'well that must be the evil GM side'. Of course, once half the split-field trial was trashed, the whole trial was wasted. The experiment didn't provide any useful data, and we in the UK are still spraying our fields with herbicide.

Greenpeace? Wankers.

And the hit below that:

Why Is Windows So Cheap?

It's a recursive acronym:

BING Is Not Google.

user@marvin:~$ cat /etc/debian_version
4.0

Shouldn't be running sid if you don't know what sid is.

Oh for pity's sake.

Debian: cat /etc/debian_version
Fedora: cat /etc/redhat-release

It's not hard. It's easy. It's one command, for crying out loud. If you can't run one command you've no business using a computer.