Beer avoids that dry mouth feeling...

We call it 'liquid bread' in Bavaria - maybe it helps if you explain it that way. "Mind me taking my second breakfast, gentlemen...?"

That would be bad news - I'm curious whether you could provide a reference for that?

Very similar to middle/northern European values around 80 years and more ago: only the lower societal strata had a tan; totally different to nowadays...

True - I would almost friend you...

Don't the Perseids increase the chances of the ISS being hit quite a bit? Does anyone of the 'astronomically educated' Giz readers know something about this?

+1

And when the wall came down, nobody realized how much work there was still ahead: 40 years of different systems had, of course, created different mindsets and attitudes, even differences in language use (although both sides spoke German). The growing-together is still, after 21 years, a work in progress, and the walls…

The NEX-7 will be available in Japan from Sept 16 on, and from late October in the rest of the world (don't know about the 5n).

soooo bad! (+1)

Although I haven't tried it, I would say that it should work with any tablet/laptop that has bluetooth; BT is BT is BT.

What a rubbish! As if that meant if you have latitude and longitude, you'll have a great shot. There's a bit more to that, I reckon... And if you want to post your pics, and NOT reveal where you've been, you've got to get rid of the exif first.

You have NO IDEA. The Swiss can activate a near gap-less defense of their airspace in no time. Stretches of highway get converted into runways, and mountain sides open to let out whatever's in there. Every male adult is armed, and they likely know the mountainous terrain better than anyone else... In case of an…

Love the window seat - especially on long international flights: I can lean against the wall, and with some elaborate cushion/blanket constructions I can even keep my head up (and I'm 6'4).

That's why transpacific flights usually start late at night on the west coast, and have a long cruise through the night. Around 6 am or so you'll see the first reefs and islands of the turquoise south seas. And if you'd stop me from looking at that beauty, I'd pull a blanket over your eyes...

Great idea! Potential problem: right-wing nuts not washing their shirts...

I don't think the question is well posed: If Apple surpasses Exxon on the stock market, then yes, Apple is the most valuable company, at that very moment, in monetary terms. Will it be in the long run? Depends on business cycles (if Apple is peaking, as Jesus suggests, it will go down, by definition), market…

That's what bothers mathematicians most: when they have to take their root out of an unknown in the morning...

Then it's only ping...

Like this...?