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They would be forced out of using the Euro currency rather than the EU itself. As has been mentioned before the real risk is that the financial markets would see a Greek Euro exit as a green flag to go after other troubled Euro countries like Spain, and once the finance sharks get a whiff of...

This has dragged on a lot longer than anyone expected but there's now just 13 days left before the Greek bailout program ends and the country misses repaying the IMF. Considering that the Greek PM has just accused the IMF of "criminal responsibility" for the crisis while denying it's the...

More Philae comet stuff - there's been no contact with the probe since Sunday, but apparently that's what was expected - the Rosetta probe is moving closer in to improve communication - the lander came to rest between boulders in the "south" of the comet, meaning that the amount of sunlight...

A message from the Philae lander confirms it has woken up now the comet has got closer to the sun. Philae comet lander wakes up - BBC News

Christopher Lee dies at the age of 93 | Film | The Guardian The guy had an amazing life and career. Little known fact: unofficially he was in British Special Forces in WWII, the Long Range Desert Group, and after Germany surrendered, part of a team tasked with hunting down Nazi war criminals.

It's a good question. If you join a Power, you can run simple missions for them and earn Merits for doing so. At the end of each week, you get a cash reward for the number of Merits you have, and some (but not all) of the Merits carry over to the next week. There are also some power-specific...

Handy Powerplay guide, combining the manual released by Frontier with other useful information. Elite Dangerous: Power Play - Google Slides

If they did then I would admire their judgement, if not their taste

I think we're going to be hearing more stories like this now Blatter's days are numbered Fifa payment to FAI over Thierry Henry handball was 'loan to build stadium' | Football | The Guardian

The South African's just held a press conference about the $10 million "payment" - Bottom line: $10m was given unconditionally and never audited. Still no explanation of why SA govt failed to disclose $10-million payment to Warner's account in 2008. "We can't account for it. The fact that...

Taken from the forums, a quick list of some of the benefits you can get from Powerplay factions even if you aren't pledged to them. Control effects are passive bonuses that apply to all systems controlled or influenced by a Power, and all players, not just those who pledge to a faction. The...

Quantum gravity (or the difficulty in finding evidence for it), with the holographic principle thrown in for good measure: Light from distant black holes doesn't surf on waves of quantum foam | Ars Technica UK

I suspect the majority of FIFA will vote for whoever isn't supported by UEFA or the USA. The gravy train just got derailed, and they aren't going to thank them for doing it. My guess would be someone few people have heard of: Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa. He's the president of the...

The FBI were investigating the $10 million payment by the South African government to Jack Warner for the 2010 World Cup, and rumor had it the number 2 guy in FIFA, J?r?me Valcke, was in their firing line. FIFA issued a statement saying Valcke knew nothing about it. A few hours later, a letter...

I think the point is, Quantum Mechanics wouldn't expect the same split. As the article says, "The atoms did not travel from A to B. It was only when they were measured at the end of the journey that their wave-like or particle-like behavior was brought into existence." The issue is if you...

Hmm, they could make Missions to go steal modules from a Power. Make it a Pirate mission where you interdict a trader and scoop the dropped cannisters, with some time limit after which help arrives for the trader. If you get all the cannisters back in one piece, you get the module as a reward...

I'm with you on the jumping from one power to another to get all the goodies. I'm alright with defecting from one power to a second; the first power will hunt you down so there's a consequence, however ineffective that may be as you get to keep the modules you bought if they kill you. What I'm...

As things stand the patch is a bit of a mixed bag. There are a lot of good things in it, but there are enough things that don't seem well thought out to take some of the gloss off it. Powerplay itself is like Minor Factions v2.0, and like the Minor Factions it seems overly complicated and...

I don't know if it was a deliberate choice on your part but you read the first and the last published Culture books. IMO the two best ones are Use of Weapons (which IIRC was actually the first Culture book he wrote, but not the first to be published; do yourself a favor and don't read...

I'm curious as to how they work. You can get multifocal "artificial" lens replacements now, but they can cause some problems with vision like night glare. Plus, it's surgery and so there's always a chance something goes wrong, more so if you are short-sighted as the risk of damaging your retina...

The current state of FIFA's leadership, as they are about to (re)elect the president

According to this article (What is Nike's role in the FIFA corruption scandal? - May. 28, 2015) "Sportswear company A / E" in the FBI documents is Nike. Now, whether they knew the money they were handing over was going to bribe someone is another question.

Four of the people charged and two of the companies have already pleaded guilty and have been co-operating with the FBI.

Don Blatterone is well-liked by some people. Of course, those people have an unfortunate habit of being found guilty of corruption... A League of His Own | Bloomberg Business

This was long overdue. Swiss authorities have now launched "criminal proceedings" into the award of the 2018 (Russia) and 2022 (Qatar) world cups (which the FBI have also been investigating). Fifa corruption arrests: key questions answered | World news | The Guardian Live updates here. My...

Could it be... Raxxla? (Raxxla - Elite Wiki) Alternative theory from Reddit:

Assuming you mean the 10% charge when you sell modules, I can only assume they did this because of the discrepancy between selling your ship outright (which had the 10% charge factored in) and first selling modules or swapping them for cheaper ones, and then selling your ship (which could save a...

The first series is still fine, the second has it's moments but they should have stuck to the original number of episodes and not revealed the killer. The hope this time round is that Lynch will be directing all of the episodes, instead of just a handful. The film is all over the place but...

There's no extra reward for playing open, the only real benefit is you get to see other people, assuming the P2P connections hold up. There have been endless debates about open vs solo rewards on the forums (seeVox Populi: send us your opinion about modes affecting community goals (details in...

If you get seriously mass-locked by an object (usually because you supercruised too close to it and emergency stopped) then the game will give you an escape vector to aim for to get away. It will look like a blue circle on your canopy screen. Back in beta there were some places between belts...

The technique is Selective Laser Melting. They are looking into using it for planes and rockets. The components are individually weaker than those made by traditional methods, but SLM means you can make complex shapes that would otherwise have to be welded together from smaller parts.

This Jet Engine was made by a 3D printer | PC Pro

No kidding. (pure 80s intro kicks in at about 50 seconds)

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Someone did suggest the sound guy had just recorded his son's trombone lesson and messed around with it The latest clue / false trail comes from Drew Wagar: (and later tweetedhttps://forums.frontier.co.uk/attach...chmentid=34988) Meanwhile behold the glory of the new view of colonized...

Elite : D also does something like this, although players can't manufacture anything (so goods are just magically created at NPC stations). The trick with these kind of economic simulations where you have mixes of player and NPC traders and manufacturers is to make them dynamic enough to stay...

Some interesting, depressing(?), stats. The article's on completing games in general but talks about PoE in particular. Does it matter if people don't finish games any more? | Technology | The Guardian

Who is Martin Freeman in Captain America 3? NOT a superhero confirms comic book creator Mark Millar

Some people are going slightly over the top in working this out, but as long as they're having fun... UNKNOWN ARTIFACT: Signal Fomat Decrypted?

Galnet news clip (spoilered for size) There's speculation these are linked to the Fed Navy convoys transporting Hafnium people are now seeing, but as the convoys are protected by half a dozen Vultures and a couple of Anacondas it's a little difficult to get hold of some while at the same...