Oh wow, one more before I go.

I just checked my email and found an amazing link to an image of Earth at night. Here's the explanation that came with it, which may, or may not, have been written by someone I know.

The image below is a panoramic view of the world from the new space station. It is a night photo with the lights clearly indicating the populated areas. You can scroll East-West and North-South. Note that Canada's population is almost exclusively along the US border. Moving east to Europe, there is a high population concentration along the Mediterranean Coast. It's easy to spot London, Paris, Stockholm and Vienna. Note the Nile River and the rest of the "Dark Continent." After the Nile, the lights don't come on again until Johannesburg. Look at the Australian Outback and the Trans-Siberian Rail Route. Moving east, the most striking observation is the difference between north and South Korea. Note the density of Japan. It is a picture of the Earth taken from the Space Station last November on a perfect night with no obscuring atmospheric conditions.

Awesome, isn't it? Too think, in one hundred years we may have utterly destroyed it. However, we can all safely go on merrily through life knowing that it won't be completely devestated within our lifetime, so who cares? Hah, ratify the Kyoto accord? Why? Short-term economics are so much more important.

I need sarcasm tags.

Oh, and for anyone interested in the current OPSEU situation, once again, let me direct you to 362's site. Apparently they're all back at the bargaining table this week, but whether anything will come of it, we'll see. Here's hoping for a breakthrough.