@Sockatume: If I may soapbox a little:

I would imagine that a movie about aliens would feature xenomorphs, given that the two words are synonyms. /pedant

The lightning bolt quite likely formed because of the volcano itself. IIRC quite impressive static charges are built up in the ash cloud.

@The Pr1nce: There is an energy source. The pile of hydrogen and nickel at the start would have a higher total energy than the copper you get at the end, and that energy is what you collect.

@Alsandair: Which would be in a promo image for the PSP2 because...? It'd be like including a picture of an SD-to-floppy adaptor with the press kit for a DSLR.

That large memory card is the original, huge, low-capacity Memory Stick, which Sony hasn't used in a new product in years.

Regarding your paragraph on the structure of glass, if it's amorphous, it is by definition not crystalline. I'll let you off this time because it's hard to convey the lattice of silicon and oxygen easily without dropping the term "crystal" somewhere, but I'm still going to have to ask for a bribe.

It is an established fact that clocks improve audio quality.

"The glim-dropper scam requires several accomplices, one of whom must be a one-eyed man."

@xxXX_Insanities_Birth_XXxx: You'd want your PS3 permanently and irreversibly shackled to a £150, 22-inch TV?

@devianaut: So probably, they're charging for a tunnel to Notch's Minecraft web client. I wonder if they intended on paying him for the bandwidth?

There's a knock-off which Notch has officially decried. Don't buy it.

@Sockatume: Also mittens.

@theamazingpete: You need jacketed rounds because ice is cold and otherwise the bullet does not cooperate.

You may be interested to note that McD's ad campaign in the UK has, for many years now, been that their burgers contain nothing but beef and salt, and the fries contain nothing but potatoes. Given the ASA's famous self-regulatory power it's fair to say that's accurate.

I suspect you'd get similar results with your own home-made burger and fries in similar conditions. An air-conditioned apartment at the height of summer, with windows shut, doors closed, and kept reasonably clean, is not only going to quickly dessicate that entire meal, but will exclude the various organisms that…

Frankly I'm more peeved that there's no alternative email tone.

@John H. Meyer: It's anodised aluminium, not black plastic. It should be as scratch resistant as the original iPhone.

Oh sweet holy christ.

Triple play?