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You would have to do better than that, anyway ;-)

https://www.google.at/search?q...

According to the very first Google hit, manufacturing output per head is $5,800 in the US, while it is $8,300 in Japan and $8,600 in Germany. South Korea beats you with $7,400. But hey, you beat Italy ($4,400). Let me think of some industrial products manufactured in Italy... wait... I'm getting there... just one minute... almost there... shitty cars, yes! They're even called "Fiat" because faith is the only thing keeping them in one piece.

And while it may have trippled as your source says, the % of national output dropped from 24% in the 70s to 21% in the 80s, 18% in the 90s to 12% now. So in % of the economy, it fell to half of what it was.

In the Foreign Legion missions in Chad and the Central African Republic I participated in, we had the French-produced VLRA for rough-terrain driving. The thing is incredibly rugged, and actually has a Perkins engine, initially built for small ships (!!). It features such niceties as a 200 liter water tank behind the rear axle, a compressor outlet for inflating tyres, and (as customized by the Legion) a pump between the two lateral fuel tanks. The enormous reserve wheels, one besides the driver and one on the other side, are as good as armour to protect people from small-caliber fire. I have seen some VLRAs stuck in deep sand, but that was more to drivers inexperienced with dune-driving than to anything else. I also remember a bunch of mechanics, in the bush at Awakaba, the hunting lodge of former Central African emperor Bokassa improvising a crane, from felled trees, to exchange an entire VLRA transmission in the middle of the deepest bush. In short: the things are unbeatable, and unbreakable. My point ? There are many, many scenarios where, as the USMC must have concluded, a good vehicle can be replaced by nothing else.

Not to mention that contrary to the angry fruit salad cover layout of many other German IT publications you can actually look at the c't covers without getting eye cancer...

Can you provide a host that provides that for that much money?

Yes. :-) Have a look at hosteurope.de (website only available in english, so I'm posting a google-translation link).

2GB Webspace, 2 MySQL databases, PHP 5, Python, Ruby, CGI-scripts, traffic-flatrate, EUR 15,- (USD 18,-) setup, EUR 3,50 (USD 4,34) per month.

Or: EUR 13 (USD 16) per month for a virtual linux server with unlimited traffic and 50GB diskspace.

Okay, thanks. I see that that's in Germany but as Wikileaks is international it could held there. Does Germany have safeguards for leakers though? Recently Iceland passed a law just for this. Iceland Votes "Já" To Proposed News Haven. Cheap rates doesn't matter if a host has to allow the government to know who sends leaks to Wikileaks.

And before you have to ask: I'm just a satisfied customer...

I wish the US had such low bandwidth costs. T1 lines costs hundreds of dollars.

Falcon

Can you provide a host that provides that for that much money?

Yes. :-) Have a look at hosteurope.de (website only available in english, so I'm posting a google-translation link).

2GB Webspace, 2 MySQL databases, PHP 5, Python, Ruby, CGI-scripts, traffic-flatrate, EUR 15,- (USD 18,-) setup, EUR 3,50 (USD 4,34) per month.

Or: EUR 13 (USD 16) per month for a virtual linux server with unlimited traffic and 50GB diskspace.

And before you have to ask: I'm just a satisfied customer...

http://www.google.at/search?q=lock-in&hl=de&tbo=1&rlz=1C1GPCK_enAT363AT363&output=search&tbs=tl:1&ei=Z7KWS7nbJ5jInAPdoe2qCw&sa=X&oi=tool&resnum=3&ct=tlink&ved=0CCoQpwU

OK, let me try to avoid that scenario: NO KANGAROOS IN AUSTRIA

Just put some shock-absorbant insulation in between. And use several layers of mirrors, like super-insulation.

You have to design it to be a kind of ablative armor that creates enough "smoke" to disperse the incoming phaser beam. Ablative generator-deployed armor technology helps a lot here.

Perform some Ba duan jin's. You can do them at work, throughout the day. You do not need much space, It does not build muscles, but it will relax your muscles so that blood circulation is improved, and if you do them regularly it will do wonders for your health.

Also, change your eating habits. Replace anything that contains carbohydrates with fat & proteins, and you will shed body fat very quickly. Read the excellent book Life Without Bread, written by a guy who is now 96. Ive replaced all sugary snacks I normally ate throughout the day with almonds, peanuts (unsalted!), and 90% chocolate. Especially unsalted almonds are the perfect finger food. They are highly addictive AND healthy, and although they contain lots of fat you will loose weight eating them.

What for?

What for?

Ive switched from coffee to green tea. It is a hell of a lot healthier. Just have a look at this study: for men, 12% lower risk of dying from any cause, 22% lower risk of dying from CVD, 42% lower risk of dying from stroke. Its even better for women.

Actually Myoelectric controlled hands are very old. It was invented by Otto Bock in the late 1960ties http://www.ottobock.com/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3F574DD1- 4F9E32A8/ob_com_en/hs.xsl/384.html The biggest *practical* problem is not the number of fingers or the number of degrees but battery lifetime vs. size and weight. Otto Bock hands are outstanding in energy efficiency and miniaturization. The dominate the market with outstanding technology for over 30 years. They incorporate the world smallest automatic gearbox (patented). http://www.google.at/patents?id=oAUiAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=0dAmAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=nHsPAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=SDc3AAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath

Actually Myoelectric controlled hands are very old. It was invented by Otto Bock in the late 1960ties http://www.ottobock.com/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3F574DD1- 4F9E32A8/ob_com_en/hs.xsl/384.html The biggest *practical* problem is not the number of fingers or the number of degrees but battery lifetime vs. size and weight. Otto Bock hands are outstanding in energy efficiency and miniaturization. The dominate the market with outstanding technology for over 30 years. They incorporate the world smallest automatic gearbox (patented). http://www.google.at/patents?id=oAUiAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=0dAmAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=nHsPAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=SDc3AAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath

Actually Myoelectric controlled hands are very old. It was invented by Otto Bock in the late 1960ties http://www.ottobock.com/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3F574DD1- 4F9E32A8/ob_com_en/hs.xsl/384.html The biggest *practical* problem is not the number of fingers or the number of degrees but battery lifetime vs. size and weight. Otto Bock hands are outstanding in energy efficiency and miniaturization. The dominate the market with outstanding technology for over 30 years. They incorporate the world smallest automatic gearbox (patented). http://www.google.at/patents?id=oAUiAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=0dAmAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=nHsPAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=SDc3AAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath

Actually Myoelectric controlled hands are very old. It was invented by Otto Bock in the late 1960ties http://www.ottobock.com/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3F574DD1- 4F9E32A8/ob_com_en/hs.xsl/384.html The biggest *practical* problem is not the number of fingers or the number of degrees but battery lifetime vs. size and weight. Otto Bock hands are outstanding in energy efficiency and miniaturization. The dominate the market with outstanding technology for over 30 years. They incorporate the world smallest automatic gearbox (patented). http://www.google.at/patents?id=oAUiAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=0dAmAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=nHsPAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=SDc3AAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath

http://www.ottobock.com/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3F574DD1- 4F9E32A8/ob_com_en/hs.xsl/384.html The biggest *practical* problem is not sensoring or the number of degrees but battery lifetime vs. size and weight. Otto Bock hands are outstanding in energy efficiency and miniaturization. The dominate the market with outstanding technology for over 30 years. (nerve sensors to direct the hand were invented 30 years ago by them; 'MyoBock') They incorporate the world smallest automatic gearbox (patented). http://www.google.at/patents?id=oAUiAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=0dAmAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=nHsPAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=SDc3AAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath

http://www.ottobock.com/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3F574DD1- 4F9E32A8/ob_com_en/hs.xsl/384.html The biggest *practical* problem is not sensoring or the number of degrees but battery lifetime vs. size and weight. Otto Bock hands are outstanding in energy efficiency and miniaturization. The dominate the market with outstanding technology for over 30 years. (nerve sensors to direct the hand were invented 30 years ago by them; 'MyoBock') They incorporate the world smallest automatic gearbox (patented). http://www.google.at/patents?id=oAUiAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=0dAmAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=nHsPAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=SDc3AAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath

http://www.ottobock.com/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3F574DD1- 4F9E32A8/ob_com_en/hs.xsl/384.html The biggest *practical* problem is not sensoring or the number of degrees but battery lifetime vs. size and weight. Otto Bock hands are outstanding in energy efficiency and miniaturization. The dominate the market with outstanding technology for over 30 years. (nerve sensors to direct the hand were invented 30 years ago by them; 'MyoBock') They incorporate the world smallest automatic gearbox (patented). http://www.google.at/patents?id=oAUiAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=0dAmAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=nHsPAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=SDc3AAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath

http://www.ottobock.com/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3F574DD1- 4F9E32A8/ob_com_en/hs.xsl/384.html The biggest *practical* problem is not sensoring or the number of degrees but battery lifetime vs. size and weight. Otto Bock hands are outstanding in energy efficiency and miniaturization. The dominate the market with outstanding technology for over 30 years. (nerve sensors to direct the hand were invented 30 years ago by them; 'MyoBock') They incorporate the world smallest automatic gearbox (patented). http://www.google.at/patents?id=oAUiAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=0dAmAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=nHsPAAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath http://www.google.at/patents?id=SDc3AAAAEBAJ&dq=ed uard+horvath

Ok... I'll bite. :)

According to the first google result for "neurons human brain" I got, a human brain has about 100 billion (10^11) neurons. Lets say each neuron can have a synapse (a nervous connection) to each of up to 10 neighbouring neurons. If each human brain would have exactly the same layout resp. to the neurons, we would still have to take a subset of 10 times 100 billion synapses to make an individual brain. So how many individual brains do we get? Because every potential synapse might exist (1) or not (0), we get {0,1} to the power of 10*100 billion, or 2 ^ 1 trillion different potential human brains. This is roughly 10 to the power of 300 billion, that means we need 10 to the power of 3 billion universes just to enumerate(*) all potential human brains.

Even if we have a very primitive animal with only 30 neurons, we get 300 different synapses, 2^300 different brains and we would still need the whole universe with 10^100 elementary particles to enumerate that.

(*) enumerate: In this case map each brain layout to an elementary particle.

http://www.google.at/search?hl=de&ie=ISO-8859-1&q= ps2+100+million+sold&btnG=Suche&meta=

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2

The PS2 has shipped over 75 million consoles since it's release, there are no concrete statistics on how many it has sold.

You honestly believe that there are millions of PS2s in the sales channel? Honestly? I mean, a few hundred thousand I can believe, but millions?

Nokia Communicator ...

click

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/RT1997/5000/5510neudec k2.htm
http://www.acreo.se/templates/Page____577.aspx

I just asked Google

Dialers are already a big problem for conventional computers (in Germany for example). Users connecting through any sort of dial up connection get infected and the computer secretly dials a premium number. Once the phone bills arrives the user is in for a big surprise.

In case google gets /.ed here is it's google cache

http://www.google.at/search?q=cache:qw2H0d95VkEJ:w ww.google.com/webmasters/3.html+%22I+need+my+site+ information+changed.%22&hl=de&ie=UTF-8

So? Try reality, nothing also

http://images.google.at/images&q=naked+pictures+of +Carrie-Anne+Moss

The opposite holds true also!