Although the RIAA/MPAA are NOW based on international corporations, it originated in the most influential and omnipotent Country in the world, the USA. The DMCA was a Clinton/GOP/USA thing after all and the power given to the multinational corporations with that law changed everything for all of us and in the process trashed your constitution.

The thing that gets me is that the American entertainment industry is by and large the goose that lays the golden eggs for the US and Canada and everywhere else basicly yet the very corporations that stands to gain the most future revenue from keeping the goose healthy and happy are the ones destroying their customers/citizens/geese but suing them mercilessly with full government backing and destroying all cultural innovation throughout the world.

Really bad karma over a long period of time for them, starting with corporations cheating there way into becoming legal US citizens, but this ACTA monstrosity is a sign of desperation on their part.

It would read out a 4 or 5 digit number and then you would type it in. Not sure what the best audio format would be but Flash is everywhere so maybe that.

It's pretty easy to trash astrology when all you know is what you've seen in newspapers and magazines but it's got a lot of good things that most young scientists should investigate before they dismiss it out of hand.

I studied astrology after meeting a beautiful girl who was very involved with spirituality. After we broke up I continued because I found it helped me enjoy other unastrological subjects that I was interested in like psychology, astronomy, calculus and physics long before I became involved in science.

Here are a few interesting byproducts that a budding scientist can receive from studying astrology...

1) Obviously the history of science is full of alchemical and astrological references so by studying the pseudoscience you end up knowing where you came from as a scientist without the dryness of a formal history course.

2) Although calculus wouldn't be the first thing you think about when you're speaking about astrology, I had to learn the math before I could fully understand the more esoteric calculations and theories I was working on during my studies. Long story short, my theories turned out to be silly in retrospect but without it calculus would have been too intimidating to even contemplate learning.

3) Drawing a cool looking horoscope with all the planets and aspects is beautiful and mathematical at the same time.

4) How can you beat Astronomy, Psychology and girls all together in one subject. :P

Unlike Sunday newspaper astrology where it's mostly predictive and in the end suspect, real astrology should be more about personal growth and understanding yourself through intense analysis of ones personal relationship with the world and other people. The key being that you do it to find out about yourself.