You don’t think that they will unleash a hoard of staving people into the world – sort of like a zombie movie then?
North Korea is for the chop, in the same way Iraq was, whether they do anything or not. The only difference is whether or not Bush can link them in with bin Laden or if Saddam might be hidden there. Instead I expect that the US will limit food supplies (grain? can’t remember) unless the North Koreans stop their missile programs or whatever and starve the rest of the population. – Nermal

Having suffered the indignity of going hiking when on a skiing holiday I guess you should make sure there is some snow…? _ Nermal

Let us hope she is not sky-clad then!!! – Nermal.

Yeah… Thanks for sharing(!) – Nermal

Originally posted by alex
Okay, they’ve all finally lost it…someone call the funny farm. :p

Think you’ll find most of us are here – why not just pen us in? – Nermal.

Off the top of my head I seem to recall that there was a stage in the war where a few U-Boats were lost for no apparent reason – until reports surfaced that their torpedoes were turning around and sinking them! Whether this meant that there was some form of ‘hunting’ radar involved or just that the torpedo had an inbuilt search patten to follow – which failed – I don’t know. Whether this still makes the torpedo dumb I don’t know either. – Nermal.

Have to ask if there is any real need?
Apart from climate research, etc, why do they need to be there? Hopefully they will not be exploiting any oil reserves in the area (who would give the oil companies permission? Who would they be paying taxes/royalties/whatever to?)and why would anyone start, for example, any form of manufacturing on a continent without any indiginous local workforce? It is a (mostly) unspoilt land littered with the occasional wrecked aeroplane and dead horse/huskey/explorer. This won’t be the case if/when large populations start to move in – especially if they are the bored rich looking for a new playground because there is too long a queue for the all-singing all-dancing Everest experience…
Is there anything which really has to be done there which cannot be done elsewhere? – Nermal