I want to hear what that sounds like when it's in the rain.

As awesome as that is, the best Soviet transportation solution is still the Ekranoplan.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekranoplane for a good picture and http://www.se-technology.com/wig/html/main.php?open=showpic&code=&pic=406 for a good picture of a different model (I think that one is a lun-class).

That's where you plug in the charger.

I wish I took more photos like this when I was living in China.

I was expecting more, considering it's Warren Ellis. But then again it's pretty hard to argue with free.

Meanwhile, the Australia-United States free trade agreement has resulted in the Australian government being required to extend artist's postmortem copyright from 50 to 70 years, extend the rights of patent holders (as if they didn't have enough already) and implement a DMCA style law to enforce DRM systems.