It became necessary to destroy democracy in order to save it

Copied from http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2001/10/01/tomo/index.html
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Are you a computer cracker?

The US Government propose to enact legislation that makes breaking into computer systems (sometimes inaccurately known as "hacking") a crime carrying a life sentence, without parole (http://www.securityfocus.com/news/257). Providing assistance to computer crackers (say, by publishing a cryptanalysis of a fielded system) carries the same sentence. Check the link below to see if you might be a computer cracker.
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The Holy Grail of power generation

Fusion power 'within reach'
Dr David Whitehouse, 1 October 2001

Fusion power is "within reach", according to atomic scientists in the UK.

"There are still very many difficulties but perhaps in a few decades we could have commercial fusion reactors in cities providing cheap pollution-free power" - Dr Alan Sykes, UKAEA

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1573000/1573450.stm

Also check out the web page for the experiment:
http://www.fusion.org.uk/
and a very different style of fusion power generation:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1263000/1263863.stm

Daddy, where do questionnaires come from?

I have a lot to do, so I'm timewasting especially hard.

katyha got it from firecat, who got it from kshandra, who got it from pullthestars, who got it from galahad, WGIF microchaotic, WGIF eclatent. Here the trail goes dead; eclatent seems to have no public journal entries. But - phew!

In reverse chronological order, then,

http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=11849349
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=11847792
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=11841247
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=11789502
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=11772848
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=11767053

So now we can track down those missing questions...

Update: found some precursors.
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=11752205
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=11724538
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=11705000
(one missing, friends-only from mermaidsighs)
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=11701554
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=11696322
(here the trail stops - I've emailed her to ask...)

27. Do you have anything monogrammed?
37. How many drinks before you're tipsy?