...a group of Americans...3000 AD?

I don't think so.

History suggests otherwise.

Lush - Luxury?

Have you seen their products?

CruchPad?

logical extension of a laptop?

A pitch

Sounds like a pitch for a TV series.

Looks dodgy

That pop-up looks like a poorly executed rogue pop-up. No microsoft branding etc. my first reaction was - what the hell's this? malware? My first instinct was to close it and run a malware check and berate myself for visiting some dodgy website.

Then it dawned on me it was the Microsoft EU thing come to pass - but I wonder if plenty of other people had the same reaction I did. Inspired visual design I'd say

Virginia?

really?

And now...

for something completely different!

Not enough information, surely

I can't see there being enough information available in a 2d image to generate believable 3d consistently. Presumably relative movement of parts of the image could work in some cases, given enough computing power, (maybe NASA's got some spare time?) but I reckon the result would be even more nauseating (literally) than 'genuine' 3d.

A Bowtie

is really a cry for help.

Knuckles

wrapped with what?

Terrifying

but thank God it's a politician proposing it, so it's fully innoculated against actually happening.

Solution

WD40

Metaphors

Parasite? Newsagent?? Surely they're honest-to-goodness Information Pimps, and as such perform a valuable social function.

Banks, and another thing...

...I love it when they phone you up out of the blue and immediately start asking you security questions to prove *your* identity. I always ask them how do I know they're who they say they are as my phone says 'number withheld' and they generally get put out by my effrontery.

Government Promises

The clue is in the title.

Generators

Probably had electric starters.

Lip sync?

I dont't think so. Looks like one of those badly dubbed euro ads.

Murphy's Law

The biggest and probably the most expensive machine on the planet and a random bird knocks it out? That's the sort of class-act cock-up I would create. A case of tunnel (sic) vision in the design department?

To quote Groucho Marx:

Outside of the improvement, no one will notice the difference.

Empty the Prisons!

That's it! Don't waste all that money on locking people up - just give them a 'criminal record' and send them on their way. They won't be able to get any kind of job and will be permanently consigned to an underclass of CRB branded sub-citizens. What could possibly go wrong?

Maths?

'GIMPS said it would donate $25,000 of the prize money to charity and award $50,000 to the UCLA math department.'

OK , 25,000 + 50,000 = 75,000? so er, where's the rest of the 100,000 going?

Maybe they can't add up.?

@AC who called me an idiot

a)I know perfectly well how it would be done - by firing thrust in the opposite direction - that was precisely my point.

b)You can't spell - idiot.

stopping?

One thought occurs to me. I can see that a good lick of speed can be built up over a long period of time with a low powered engine, the problem, however, would be stopping. The low power would take an eqivalently long time to de-accelerate the craft. Net result: no real saving in time (though maybe in fuel?).

re: tax avoidance

scheme wouldnt work - or at least would be tax neutral - as you'd have to pay inome tax on the money you received. And think of the paperwork...

Handwriting recognition?

I don't think so. Presumably a machine can only mark 'tick the box' questionaires, which aren't really exams at all.

microfabricated polyimide stimulating electrode array with sputtered iridium oxide electrodes

...because you're worth it.

Real Names?

Why do all the people who are involved in these types of business tend to have made-up names straight out of some second rate SF novel? Stratis Scleparis and Kent Ertugrul indeed!

Never heard of James Martin..

but now I have. Damn.

re: bootnote

smart-missile 8-pack = 8?

or: ' *It's no coincidence that both systems hold one less than a square number:'?

The weather

Actually it's been a rather good summer. Most figs for 10 years, (I'm in Norfolk,UK) and the fig tree likes summer. The harvest was in weeks ago...

If you keep telling people (actually it seems more like a nervous tic afflicting half the population) that it's been a lousy summer they all seem to believe it.

further research ...

Call me cynical, but whenever I see those words I know exactly what's going on.

A little unfair...

...to compare a country with the geographical spread of the USA with small places like South Korea, Japan and Sweeden with (relatively) dense populations. Most of those white regions are deserts and suchlike - certainly low population densities. I know the - 'there's no call for it' - statements from providers can be a tad irritating, (I remember BT's glacially slow broadband 'roll-out') but if you live in the middle of the Arizona desert, it's probably true.

Not about saving the money

Surely, it's whether it's a 'good idea' or not.

Government spending is just re-cycling our own money - if they don't spend it on this, they'll spend it on something else, probably equally daft like jet fighters or battleships.

Not doing this project won't actually 'save' any money. The money goes back into the economy whatever it's spent on.

he main economic concern is who most directly benefits from the money flow.

Random Fines

21m spams from a (presumably ) legal server = 250k

Botnet herder (totally illegal in all respects), 9bn spams = 75k

Doesn't add up.

double take

whemever I see 'Jobsite' I always misread it as that rather wonderful Irish expression 'Gobshite'.

The human mind is a wondrous thing.

Re: Proper Units of Measurement

Recently experienced on 'Look East' - voice-over describing the awesome power of a new Fire Brigade pump: " It can empty an olympic-sized swimming pool in next to no time".

Which begs the question, "How long would it take to empty 2 olympic sized swimming pools?"

Presumably

the fine is taken from the bonuses of the management?

Curious looking beast

Looks as if can take a passenger, but they get wet if it rains.

This is not about customer service...

that I can believe.