Amnyc, how would that prevent modification of the startup disk? The removal of hard drives isn't that hard, and external enclosures are quite inexpensive. I am also almost certain that OF passwords can be reset in the hardware.

'Or, although we discourage tips, some people still give them to us. But because the staff is paid well (the average wage is $15.50 an hour), the tips go into the general pot.'

This statement seems quite confusing. Is the owner saying that, while tips are discouraged, they are still accepted, and are then just kept by the owner instead of being given to the employees for whom they were intended, because the staff is already 'paid well'? This would seem terribly dishonourable, which leads me to assume that I must be misinterpreting it.

Furthermore, listing a main phone number for customers and then intentionally keeping the voicemail full, while not allowing anyone to answer it, would seem most discourteous, as would describing those who make arithmetic mistakes as 'ripping off' the bakery, while apparently not offering any assistance with calculations when asked.

In theory, a honour-based store might be interesting, but from reading the article, I'm given the impression that the owner may have decided to use it as an excuse to be unpleasant, discourteous, and even possibly dishonourable. I do hope that I'm mistaken.

What a truly unfortunate choice of desk and chairs! I'm afraid they rather ruin the atmosphere, at least in the pictures. It's strange that one would go to such trouble in some matters, and then appear to entirely ignore one's own intentions on such a central feature of the room.

The recessed lighting is also ill-advised, and seems unnecessary given the numerous lights already there.

The fundamental tenet of Anonymous is that it has no leadership, no direction, and no distinct form. Describing it as a single group of individuals with similar motivations and histories is extremely inaccurate, especially at a time when the idea has expanded far beyond the *chans.

For example, many of the people now identifying as part of Anonymous had nothing to do with griefing or even the *chans, but were interested in actions against Scientology, and enticed by the idea of the group, which has proven, so far, at least somewhat effective in countering the usual tactics of the CoS. This has apparently led to at least one case where a lawyer in the UK, who apparently became involved due to the Scientology protests, is now suing the Church for libel over the terrorism accusations they have made against him (directly) due to associating him with the old Anonymous actions.

Also, many of the *channers involved seem extremely concerned about the ethics of the things they do. It's quite possible that the Scientology raid brought together people who wanted the attention and amusement (lulz), but also the ability to derive those things from some morally justifiable enterprise, as they are doing now. Those who aren't interested in the latter probably aren't involved, considering the significant threat of major retaliation (especially in the aftermath of the March protests), and the far lengthier preparations and discussions involved.

On the other hand, having no direction, it is very easy for different groups of people to call themselves Anonymous. It's quite probable that the people who did this have just as much right to call themselves Anonymous as the anti-Scientology Anonymous, despite being completely different people. Anonymous can no longer be linked solely to the *chans, and I expect that we will soon have to start referring to two Anonymous groups: the one on the *chans, and the one against the Church of Scientology.

The 1.4MJ/km looks as though it may have come from Wikipedia's information on the 747 (see the 747 and Orders of Magnitude (power) articles), with 140MW average power consumption, 400 passengers, and an average cruise speed of Mach 0.85.

More strikingly, 168,000 km/year of flying seems absurdly high, considering that it's slightly more than 4 times the circumference of the Earth, or enough to take a flight between New York and London every other week, and then be left with 14,000 more miles to go.

I also must note that the conversion from kWh to W here is probably the worst example of unit conversion I've ever seen.

Tomic, I think that there is some confusion in your interpretation of the posts here. I don't think that most people here have any problem accepting the idea of animal sentience, as it would be profoundly unscientific to reject it. However, the conclusions made from this particular experiment are questionable, and relating it to sentience or intelligence seems absurd. If we were to take this experiment, by itself, to indicate that the fish are sentient or intelligent by some definition, then what would keep the ~10nm structures that I can easily create in the lab, which have the same behaviour, from being considered sentient?

However, for those discussing intelligence and sentience in regards to this ability, it should be noted that the article doesn't mention either. Nevertheless, I'm still skeptical of the idea that this by itself demonstrates rudimentary mathematical skills by most definitions, since that too would result in some rather odd consequences.