@Jay Kay: Well, I've found my new wakeup alarm AND my new D&D character. Nice!
@Soviet Rocket: I think Stefan has the right of it. If not the Great Red Spot, that's definitely a supercyclone, and while Venus has big storms, I don't think they'd look like that.
I posted on the Informus thread a link to a story about a study that found that stock trader types scored higher on the Sociopathic Rat Bastard index than criminal psychopaths. Keep this in mind when watching interviews with stock trader types.
Time to put a wee little tax on stock trades so their bit-scribbling can help pay off the debt.
@ Taphead. Heh, you beat me to it. I am following this one, seems interesting. No reason why they'd have to admit it was them anyway, it's a lot funnier (and more scary too) if it's seen to be real.