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Just putting this out there - what if Arafat's body was contaminated after he died .... so that there would be a controversy later and some target could be blamed ? Say it was done just within the few minutes or hours after he died, could the polonium be absorbed into his body far enough that it would look like he was poisoned ?

This is neat but some potential problems with it.

- Will not protect from things falling on the head

- May not protect in a direct impact (head-on) collision where the head may hit something before the person falls because it may not deploy in time.

This is so outrageous that for a second I thought the article may be an Onion-type hoax. I hope that man sues the county and the police force. They need to be taken to task.

Amen to that. I've been off facebook and orkut since early 2008 and have not regretted it for one moment. I get some mild flak from friends once in a while but they all know how to contact me if they want to.

I don't think Marie or Pierre knew the ill effects of exposure to high doses of radiation. Nobody did. They had no idea (at that time) how dangerous it was.

I do not understand - is there an error in the submission title ?

It not just China, I've seen this in India too. I've also noticed another thing about it - In India its the poor people who are much more willing to help compared to the middle and upper-middle class people. I call it the "not my problem" problem.

Not really. I've had some form of so-called "Agile" processes thrust upon me by people who didn't have any prior experience with it. All they did was read and article or a book or attended some 1-day course on it.

In my experience over the last 5 years: Agile isn't.

Love it and would like to learn more. Are there any docs you could make available ?

I love it, I'm in!

Until Asia starts eating it (India, China etc.) the headline is completely off. The world does not crave Quinoa.

I just dropped by to say that Stanford Ovshinksy is not unknown ... just relatively lesser known. I knew about him as far back as 1997 thanks to a documentary about him and his work. I recall one of the catch-phrases he used to describe his work with amorphous crystals - "Tyranny of the crystal".

As a counterpoint - there are plenty of Muslims who drink, so that has nothing to do with anything at all.

Why is Portland not marked ? There is at least 1 job opening posted for that location.

None of this is new. There have been plenty of articles describing how expat laborers are treated in some of these Middle Eastern countries. I have family who live and work in Dubai (very near Qatar) and Ive visited a few times. Here are some of the things I've heard :

- Workers having their passports taken away so they can't leave. This is very common.

- Not being paid wages they were promised.

- Beatings and general mistreatment.

- Being made to work in extreme temperatures.

- Authorities under-reporting weather temperatures so workers cannot stop working.

- Getting thrown out of the country and/or being threatened if any complaints are made.

- Housemaids from India,Sri Lanka,Phillipines,Bangladesh etc being assaulted, beaten and sexually molested. This is shockingly common.

- Large numbers of women (girls) from Slavic and East Asian countries being imported/traded/bartered as sex workers.

- Basically - if you're brown-skinned and not a local you're like a 3rd class citizen.

Take a week or two of vacation, think things over. Sometimes just taking a break and relaxing can give you ideas and put things in perspective. It has worked for me in the past.

So glad to read about this, and I'm impressed with NewEgg not just caving in. Kudos to them.

1) Rockets, Missiles and Men in Space - Willy Ley ( side note: I rescued this book from a friend who was using it for target practice with an airgun!)

2) Chaos - James Gleick

(I have to mention this one too) The Armchair Universe : An exploration of Computer Worlds - A. K. Dewdney

Someone should look into providing head mounted display (think Oculus Rift) devices for passengers on Aircraft - for a fee of course. I'd love to play a flight sim while flying :P

Or maybe set up a camera to take pictures every couple of minutes. Sometimes removing these things from their environment may prevent them from hatching.

it looks like a little hut/house surrounded by a tall fence. What a fantastic thing!

So basically if you bought a book in the past from Amazon, you may be able to get a kindle version for up to $3. Its not a bad deal for customers and additional revenue in Amazon's coffers for a minor service. I think they should make it a flat rate at $0.50 and drop the variable pricing.

He was right about this one!

This may be the quiet beginning of a revolution. A shift in not only the public perception of all-electric/non-petroleum vehicles, but also in their availability and affordability.

I cannot stay silent here. The coffee in Portland is superior to SF. (Yes I've tried multiple options in both places). I'd say that even the food options are about par - with Portland being cheaper.

This is a very interesting development. Kudos to the UW folks for this great piece of research.

Few questions :-

- Would there be a problem if the devices were inside an enclosed/shielded area (I assume there would be) ?

- Isn't the data rate dependent on the kind of ambient wavelengths available ?

It seems every day we hear about things in the US getting worse for the average citizen. Is it a case that it was always like this and we're only just finding out or are these more recent happenings ?

Note that Telstra was once owned by the Australian government. Recently their stake was reduced to about 10% (according to wikipedia) but IMO the Aussie government still dictates a lot of what Telstra can do.

I'm curious about what the other pilot was doing. According to news articles, the second pilot was more experienced and qualified for that aircraft. Shouldn't he/she have been monitoring the approach ?