moog

No one's going to conquer Afghanistan - certainly not the U.S.

Shouldn't updating a person's record to such a consequential state require double (or greater) data entry?

Ruby on Rails. It still amazes me that I can design, code, test and deploy even complex features in <= 1 day.

I think you'd have to weight the number of votes cast to ensure polls are fairly upvoted. Promoting based solely on the vote count may skew the main page.

Option b). Where's the value, otherwise? Sometimes I forget to vote even when I intend to.

We could adopt a convention that when you vote, you post a short comment to explain your rationale.

I also come here for the smart people you can find. I don't see why polls would change that.

Zeitgeiss anyone? Vote a), b) or c).

Amongst others. However, solve this problem and you may have made the first major breakthrough in physics for the 21st Century.

So when we eventually crack fusion, we'll all be millionaires!

It should integrate in real time with the rest of the BBC's content.

Where are the recipes when cookery programmes are showing on TV? Where are the playlists when a DJ is spinning tunes? Where are the transcripts for spoken radio?

I gave up on caffeine a few years ago. I don't miss it, and find I have more energy and sleep better than before. I'm tempted to restart every time I read the 'caffeine is good for your health'-type reports, but so far I've stuck with H2O.