But surely...

Manos - The Hands of Fate ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060666/ ) should be on the list. Appallingly awful, without any of the redeeming qualities of Cat Women of the Moon (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045609/ ), my other favorite for inducing nausea. Where else can we enjoy Victor Jory as the love interest?! Yikes!

Well, duh...

You mean corrugating a surface within the same perimeter increases effective surface area? The trapping of incident light is incidental (sorry) but useful.

We need a professor to tell us this Physics 101 detail?

Job Description?

You're employed at a computer security organisation, and you're not trained NOT TO OPEN ANY UNKNOWN emails? Fire the HR manager or whoever hired these folks.

And they're using Windows?

Get over it...

As a journalist for 30 yrs, in the beginning I wrote for free to get exposure. My stuff was good enough to attract new business, so I prospered. Many bloggers I read these days should not be paid, their crap is so puerile.

Litigation is the last weapon of the talentless, lazy hack.

Doesn't she know...

that airplane cabins are pressurized to 8,000 ft above sea level (Yep, not metres. We still do feet). Your body is pressurized around sea level, thus the swelling ankles, puffy hands and wrists when you ascend quickly.

What else could a pair of (possibly compressed) implants do but expand, sometimes to bursting point?

Elementary, my dear Irene. Are you as dumb as you are ugly.

Or do you know the physics and provoke these mammary mangulations for much needed money?

Удачи

Jobs is either a liar or a fool...

and I don't think he's a fool. He should know that the "professional" media are corporate mouthpieces used for the dissemination of outright lies and propaganda or, at best, distorted news that benefits corporations behind the media. I know: I used to work for the "professionals" and got fired for writing he truth.

So, the only hope for Jobs's "democratic' media is in fact with knowledgeable bloggers and non-profit news outlets, such as globalresearch.ca.

Feel no sympathy for Murdoch and other media barons; they have none for you.

Wheel video

Nice demo vid of the wheel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt-Kohf86yI

Oh, really?

So the voucher's location has not already been leaked by one of the MS team to a pal who'll split the prize later? Forgive my scepticism about *anything* concerning MS.

@Sad Day

Shook Little Johnnie's hand? Didn't the rabies shots hurt? As for the label "Fascist Oz" , it's appropriate given the way Big Biz dictates govt policy. Fascists don't need to ban McDonalds or Footie or TV. In fact, they support any opiate of the people that keeps them hoodwinked while the big boys make off with the/your loot. Oz was already fascist when I left in the 70s & it's only got worse.

Soooo PC

"...man attempted to repair a defective machine used to lift rocks without properly checking the power supply beforehand."

So the company is fined because an idiot acts like an idiot? Shouldn't the idiot be fined for wasting the company's time?

Mine's the head with the functioning brain...

Re: Camilla

I find Ubuntu "desktop ready". But I have serious doubts about Camilla...on the desktop or any other flat surface.

@AC 10:53 and all the other little children...

Let me get this right...

"Theft act 1968:

1 Basic definition of theft

(1) A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it; and thief and steal shall be construed accordingly."

So, by this definition, I can take your Aston Martin for a joy ride, return it, and walk away without charge. So, theft is NOT theft if thief returns stolen property?

No Air car??

Promising performance from the Tesla. But I'm waiting for air cars, at least for city travel.

http://www.engineair.com.au

http://www.promci.qc.ca/pureinvention/apuq/APUQAutoPneumatique.htm

http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/new_cars/4217016.html

Electric scratchies?

..."beloved scratchie and pokie machines were down."?

Last time I bought a $2 scratchie in Sydney it was printed on a matchbox-sized card and I scraped off the masking film to reveal the symbols. No batteries or wall plug needed. Are they going very hi-tech in the Top End?

Freezing points?

These planes use Jet A-1 (freezing point -47C). Even over the equator at 10,000 m. the outside temp's usually below -50 C, which would freeze fuel, not to mention water. So fuel tanks and delivery systems are insulated/heated. Sumping tanks and on-ground storage facilities to remove water is (supposedly) routine. I'll guess lack of routine sumping at departure point...but let's wait for final report.

Machismo - Japnese-style

Lived in Japan & regularly went to sashimi bars with Japanese colleagues. Eating fugu - usually the raw liver - is a bit macho, a dare. Not a game to play after too many bottles of sake.

The meat is quite tender, I hear, though I never tried it, even if the "sushika" did have his fugu license up on the wall.

For pure taste, toro (fatty Blue fin tuna) is unbeatable. And very pricey.

What's with the Mr Sarandon?

Does the "author" think that de facto male partners take the female's surname? Or is the ignoramus suggesting that Tim Robbins, academy award winning actor, director, is less well known than his female partner? Just give the facts & let the readers work it out.

Who is this goose?

...And they can ¨walk¨

from a dry waterhole to the next pond or stream. Here in Thailand, they´re renowned for their firm flesh - steamed with celery & Chinese plums - and fighting spirit. They attack anything in their path, including bathers.

Any Alternative for BBC broadcasts?

Running Linux, only Realplayer works for BBC radio & video. Although Mplayer is said to work it usually doesn´t and then only intermittently and choppily. Anyone any suggestions?

Psion Netbook comparable?

Shame that the Psion Netbook, running EPOC, was discontinued. Mine still beats the Eee for keyboard (think Thinkpad), battery life (8-9 hrs), touchscreen, unbreakbale OS & apps. Another brilliant concept before its time. Any chance a of revival? And I dont mean the awful Win CE doorstop over at Teklogix!

Tesco Lotus/Linux

Here in Bangkok, TL have been selling HP, Compaq, SVOA (local brand) with bi-lingual Linux for at least 12 months. Cost of HP laptop - 1.7GHz, 80GB HDD, 512MB DDR, about USD550.