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I like the idea. It has something mcgiver-ish to it.

I was working at a call centre for a big internet provider once. Now you would think they had their customer support working pretty neat, but on the contrary. They were using a completly messed up system where you had to ask some other department every two or so hours because some of the customer da...

Actually I like a little bitter note with the sweet taste as long as it is not too dominant. Like in orange jam.

Sugar beets were actually Europe's source of sugar before the sugar cane. I wonder if Europe is trying to return to that? And will Potatoes and corn over there soon get replaced by carrots and wheat again?

As tense as the situation is, I would not worry about the nuclear scenario too much. Atom bombs are used as a means to scare your enemies off, and that generally works better if people think you are really nuts enough to employ it. But most aren't. Or why was no Atom bomb used since the bombing of H...