Upvote for Opel! I will say - no love for original 924. 924s is a different story.

Move to where you can cycle.

GorillaCam

I believe there was plan for the sr71 to deliver a kinetic energy weapon — something akin to the "rods from god" concept, dropping a titanium spike from near-low-orbit. But the sr71 was not intended to be weaponized, as "intel" from recon was more valuable than splattering a few enemies.

I believe it was named "tagboard" — [www.aeroflight.co.uk]

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Pluto - the nuke-powered cruise missile - was first. Spewing nuclear fall-out, cruising the skies forever. Awesome 1950s doomsday weapon. [madmikesamerica.com]

Cite your source. Lower wages in China don't automatically equate to slavery. Lying by "journalists" is not a source.

It's a Japanese thing, not an Apple one.

When he's caught, will he also be charged for making terrorist threats? Oh, he'll, it's PG county. He will be lucky to live long enough for trial... [www.freerepublic.com]

...cogent description of torrents. I did a pilot at the National Institutes of Health to host the public human genome data set via BitTorrent a few years ago - a demonstration that such technologies are not just a haven for pirates.

...Features Apple patented... At least, some ;-)

The government paid for the original internet (Arpanet), but universities built it, with help from Ma Bell. Not to be pedantic, but, oh hell, ok, to be pedantic.

Amortization is amortization — if not for impossible calculations thanks to silly calendars, we wouldn't have the HP-10c or Visicalc. Besides, variety is the spice of life. I'm always extra happy when my b-day falls on a weekend!

I like lingo, sort of like Vonage clone, but less expensive. Ported my phone number to them in 2005, haven't looked back.

Sic fi tackled zero g pro-creation - see [en.wikipedia.org]

If Winterkorn goes back to Wolfsburg and says, "Hyundai is eating our lunch, make VWs the best cars," we all win. In graduate school I studied Toyota production method, lean manufacturing, etc. The S. Koreans get it. Quality starts with empowering the worker to see and fix problems. Engineering is a huge component of…

Free isn't free - the costs are spread over a larger group. Please google "tragedy of the commons", to find out when the cost of something is low or near zero.

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If iCloud is anything like iTunes, it will be WebObjects, cross-platform J2EE web services.