than the politicians controlling them. Two worthless wars and mindless death but the politicians can't figure out how to end them!

Will such a missile shield protect Israel from the extremely unlikely event of a missile attack from Iran? Will the missile shield protect Iran from the much more likely event of an attack by Israel?

Three Laws of Robotics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics

OMG the calendar on my wall, (ON MY WALL!), ends on December 31 2009!
WE WON'T MAKE IT TO 2012!

Ps; Since you won't need your money any more please send it to me. Hurry; there are only 6 weeks left!

This is just another weapon whose effect will be to prolong the war. It is no different than more troops or more bombs. It certainly will not have the desired effect. The insurgents will observe the new strategy and adjust their tactics to counter it. The idea that there is some new weapon will allow us to "win" the war is an illusion. This happens on a regular basis, we should recognize the pattern by now. There is no "silver bullet" that will allow us to win. We have done enough, it is time to leave!

Publishing it on the net satisfies the "making it public" aspect of this issue. However the fact that internet publications are ephemeral, like everything on the net, poses a problem. How to prove publication on a certain date after it has disappeared.

I propose that some internet entity accept such publications and put them on the net. Someone like http://w2.eff.org/patent/ could put them up so there would be central location that could be searched for public domain prior art. This would establish the date and the content after the original vanished into the either.

These guys have a combination generator and furnace system. The water cooled engine provides heat for the house and the engine also drives a generator. It is pretty expensive but the system is really clever. http://www.freewatt.com/

NASA is chump change. NASA is one of the few things that we can feel good about on the world stage. Let's cancel the bad and save the good.