In Hong Kong the standard warranty is 6 months and you have to pay extra for an 'extended warranty'. I would not be surprised if mainland china is following the same practice.

I'm all for saving money on the research side, but the flip side to this coin is that the drug companies dont have a great history in passing those savings on to consumers. No they'll re-up the patent vigorously block generic drug manufacturers from making affordable drugs for the developing world.

I suspect you saw a little bit of theatre there. From experience its not so easy to just fire someone under Japanese Labour law.

no, no take away the pinky and you ruin childhood: that's the little piggy that went we we we all the way home...

He changed his shoes.

The whole argument pre-supposes that there are no ethical issues with "humanity entering into an advanced state of biological and/or postbiological existence". In the first place.

A hundred years from now after decades of neglect, acid rain and the time the grounds keeper got ripped and went for a joy ride in the bob cat, I'm wondering how much of that delicate image will still be visible?

I think you might be referring to those few cases where there appears to be a solid link. I have a friend who used to do a lot of late night conference calls on his cell. He had a tumour removed right where he used to prop the phone between his chin and shoulder. Highly suggestive. But how can you prove it wouldn’t…

If we can figure out how to time travel we can figure out practical interstellar travel. Why go back in time when you can explore the galaxy?

Bizarre. They just added coverage for a whole bunch of countries. [www.theinquirer.net]

Judging by the guy wires, that's not just any giant tower of boobs, its a giant inflatable tower of boobs.

You are no quirk, you're a statistical aberration.

If George taught us one thing, Clones speak with a new zealand accep

I was the driver's door (Thailand drives on the left) and I expect it was deliberately open.

If this place has been around since 1891, its more like the ingrate kids are suing great-grandpa

George R.R. Martin.

I dunno. Getting deliberately infected with or genetically designed to develop horrible diseases so scientists can experiment on a cure has got to suck.

There was a time before standards were mature enough when technical acceptance testing was necessary. Not any more.

Asprin was the original brand name. You can google it.

I can help thinking that concentrating that many arse holes in one city is going to cause a shit load of problems.