On a more optimistic note: German doctor cure aids by stem-cell transplant.

http://www.redorbit.com/news/technol...ergy_products/

It seems that Panasonic, the archrival of Sony Corp. will be forming a fusion with Sanyo to obtain its green energy products, such as rechargeable batteries. However, Panasonic has no plans to change to names again to something like "Pananyo" or "Sansonic", even though Panasonic had not too long ago changed its name from Matsushita to the current Panasonic. Apparently, the name Matsushita was known in the line of rice cookers. It goes by National.

Nonetheless, this is going to be very interesting!

Indian navy sinks pirate mother ship
Whatever happened to the good ol' days of "yo, ho, ho and a bottle of rum"? :uhoh:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...l?hpid=topnews

AKUMETSU!!!!!

wondering if japan will blame this on manga.

http://www.onemanga.com/Akumetsu/

Considering that the case is still under investigation, it is still too early to link it with the pension records. However, it is vital that the Japanese government should prevent a possible third occurrence. These sort of actions can be considered as "despicable".

Akumetsu attacked the officials themselves, not their wives.

Yippee! Spacemen get to drink pee!

I've changed my mind about wanting to be an astronaut.

Just put a Milwaukee label on it, and you're good to go.

I've changed my mind about wanting to visit Milwaukee.

Eh, I'd drink cleaned piss-water if I meant I could go into space. Would be awesome!

Drinking cleaned pee: If it is good enough for Kevin Costner, it's good enough for me...

What.. .no Dune stillsuit comments? ;)

Our Earth water isn't actually formed out of a nullspace either ....

Woah! Check cnn and bbc sites. Terrorist attack in Mumbai, India. 80 or so deaths.

My older sister's co-worker is at Mumbai right now:(
She just got htere yesterday.

Sorry to hear. :( I hope she will be okay. I also hope everybody else will be okay.

I don't understand why these militants always involve innocent civilians. It just doesn't make any sense at all. Let's hope the Hindu government do something about it.

Simple. Cos they can't win against the military. So like bullies, they pick on the weak ones.

That's mean! Such actions should not be tolerated.

No one in his right mind would want to tolerate that. But, what are you going to do? Martial law all around the world or answer their demands so that they can ask even more? Most of these terrorists are using the things that the western countries create and sell, within their laws, to improve their own lifestyles (look at French and their weapon selling business with the African warlords, the buyer being a government does not make it any rightful or moral). Anyways, since the interest of the civilization won't change, side-effects will be there too. And, it is really sad that the people who will be affected by these actions are the ones that really don't have anything to do with what is going on, or have a say to trigger any change.

Update on the Mumbai attacks. As of now (1640 GMT, Nov 27), CNN estimates 125 deaths and more than 300 wounded. The Indian security forces are apparently preparing to make a final attack on the attackers in the Oberoi-Trident hotel.

The assailants call themselves the Deccan Mujahideen, a previously unheard of group. The men are of South Asian appearance and reportedly speak Hindi, indicating they originated in India. More interestingly, it appears that Indian security forces have captured at least one of them, so we may be getting more details on who these people really are, and more importantly, where they've launched their attacks from.

The language that Indian Prime Minister Mamohan Singh has been using is itself interesting. He has said that the attacks originate from a neighbouring country (contrary to what security forces on the ground are saying, see above paragraph), but stopped short of naming just which country that is. Of course, everyone knows he is referring to Pakistan, but it's still early days, so India is taking care to not point fingers without strong evidence.

For its part, Pakistan has already strongly condemned the attacks, and promises to do whatever it can to tackle "a common enemy", not just of India and Pakistan, but of the world.

It is also important to note that Pakistan is not the only possible origin of the attacks. Other militant groups hostile to India are known to operate from Bangladesh.

People are understandably asking if Al-Qaeda is involved. So far, no such signs. It's more likely, however, that the immediate impetus is domestic, rather than international. Indian parliamentary elections are ongoing at the moment, so these attacks may have been deliberately planned to disrupt the process. At the very least, they have as good as shut down Mumbai, the financial hub of India, so that in itself will most certainly affect the rest of the country.