I live in a rural area in West Cork, which is in the South West of Ireland. It is a maze of tiny roads with almost no signs. Getting a SatNav changed the routes I took to most places, as well as allowing me to explore the back roads knowing that I could always find my way home again. Windy Roads

Human irrationality has many well known forms - this is only one of them.

Stuart Sutherland's book Irrationality is a fascinating read and explains this sort of apparent craziness.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Irrationality-Stuart-Sutherland/dp/1905177070

> Mmm. Not buying it. I suspect it's the kind of job where your usual 'customers grind you down, no matter how sunny your disposition when you started there.....

So how come the rest of the world manages to have relatively courteous, civilized immigration officials? Or is it just impossible for you to admit that the US has a problem here?

Bollocks.
I lived/worked for three years in China, traveled extensively, am European, and was never stopped and asked for a passport at any time. Not only that I was wandering in and out of semi-secure environments (Telephone Exchanges) at all hours of the day. In fact China was one of the safest places I have ever lived, and I've lived in quite a few places. I've had more trouble from the police in the UK and Canada.

> $ ps -eo vsize,rss,comm | grep dolphin | grep -v grep

Eek: try $ ps -eo vsize,rss,comm | grep [d]olphin

Much easier ...