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From: russet	7/2/2009 6:21:52 PM
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There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers." Richard Feynman (1918-1988) And for those here looking for their next vacation,... Thousands of merchant ships sail through the Gulf of Aden each year, only to be upset by Somali pirates. One Russian cruise company has found a solution to the problem, offering piratehunting cruises on armed yachts, reports the Austrian business paper Wirtschaftsblatt. Rich Russians can pay US$6,620 a day to patrol the most dangerous waters in the world, hoping to be attacked by pirates. When attacked, they retaliate with grenade launchers, rocket launchers and machine guns. An AK-47 can be rented for US$9 day, while a grenade launcher costs US$175 a day. The use of one of the rail-mounted machine guns costs US$475. The yachts travel from Djibouti in Somalia to Mombasa in Kenya. They deliberately cruise close to the coast at a speed of just five nautical miles in an attempt to attract the interest of pirates. At least one pirate attack is guaranteed by the cruise company. :-)

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