Recently the owner of a 2000 Mercedes Benz C240 pulled into a local repair center in Thailand complaining of a non-working gas gauge. The mechanic asked, "Have you filled the tank with ethanol-based gasoline? That can damage the sensors." Lesson: don't use ethanol.
In the decades-old standoff between India and China over their 2,500-mile common boundary, it is no longer enough for India to guard its borders and stave off intermittent Chinese military intrusions. Indian government sources have accused China of waging cyber warfare by snooping into India's Web sites.
From the very scanty news that has reached the global media it is already clear that a human catastrophe of the highest order is taking place in Burma. The number of deaths may be around 200,000. The response of the authorities to this tragedy is totally inadequate.
