During WWII most warring nations used such weapons to an extent. Regretfully, only those who lost were punished additionally for that. Those who won got a free pass, and that is why we may yet see some WMD usage, especially now that MAD is gone for good.

It has always been the case that the loser is punished and the winner isn't and always will be. That's why when you're fighting a war you need to do everything you can to make sure that you win.

uh, it's not a lawn and they don't water it. It's a vacant field that is covered with the annual rye that covers most of California's grasslands. While it isn't native to the area, it performs a similar ecological role to the now rare native grass and probably isn't worth exterminating to replace with native grasses. Goats are a better option for fire control than mowing or discing which are the two other options.

An automated machine gun will kill a ninja just as dead as a pirate.

I should add that this isn't a reason not to pursue research for cures for HIV. It's a very interesting problem and this technique may have broad application if it works. Also in some parts of the world HIV is very common and hard to avoid.

Just as we would treat a heart attack in a 400 lb man, so we should also treat someone with HIV as best we can.

But the big majority of people with HIV in the developed world have it because they are stupid. Avoid shooting up and receptive anal intercourse and you've dramatically cut your chances. Insist on only doing the nasty with clean partners in safe ways and you're very safe. Keep your dick dry, your asshole closed and don't shoot up and your chances of getting HIV are pretty much 0.

Wine is a cool project. It's even useful, but it isn't nearly as compatible with Windows or DOS aps than Vista. That's just stupid. This is yet another story that leads me to suspect that kdawson is an idiot.

The government didn't provide car vouchers, but the (very few) people who still needed leaded gasoline could (and still can, for that matter) still buy the lead additive separately and add it to their tanks. For nearly all drivers the answer was a minor adjustment to their engines and using premium unleaded gas.

Interestingly, leaded gasoline hasn't completely disappeared. It is still used as an aviation fuel.

Assuming what you say is true, something is seriously wrong with your light installation. Either your wiring is dangerously f'd up or the bulbs are getting wet. Either way, if you value your safety you should identify what the problem because it could indicate some real danger.

I like dead tree books for a lot of reasons they are in no particular order

• Portability/Durability - I'm usually reading one book at a time and it's a lot easier to not have to carry around a laptop or find a desktop to work on. This could be addressed by an e-book reader or a netbook, but these are much less durable than a book. Try, for example, dropping your laptop or e-book reader onto a concrete floor a few times and see how long it lasts for you.
• Resolution - I can read significantly more quickly and with better comprehension when I'm reading a dead tree book than I can when reading an e-book.
• Mutability - I can mark up my real books far better than I can an e-book. The tools just aren't that flexible yet.
• Speed of searching

• I can often find things more quickly in a paper book than I can in an electronic version of the same book because I can flip through it very quickly in a way that isn't possible with electronic books. That being said, electronic searches have their own advantages.

It's a hell of a lot quicker, so yes, I would think it is more humane.

It's worse than vegans needing a huge array of vegetables. No plant produces vitamin B12, so vegans have to get it from some really odd sources, such as yeast extracts. It can be done, of course, but humans really do need to eat animals to live well.