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I also believe it should be 'In spite of Islam' instead. Most of the inventions are either borrowed from other cultures (like numerals), invented by people who happened to live in the contries they conqurored, or done by single individuals not reaching the masses. If you look at the Islamic countries today, it is very clear that they do not permit science, reason and open debate to flourish. While a thousand (and one) may sound like a lot, great western inventors like Thomas Edison came up with similar numbers over a much shorter stretch of time.

Just like terrorism isn't "Islamic"

But on the record of Islam and terrorism, that's a different story. It is named 'Islamic terrorism' because the purpetrators draw on Islam and the will of Allah to blow up people. As long as the islamic countries, organisations and leaders do not systematically denounce terrorism, it is reasonable to assume the two are connected.

As Salman Rushdie recently pointed out in Jyllands-Posten, we have quite a challenge on our hands. Attributing a thousand inventions to Islam is to give this quite reactionary religion undeserved credit.

Why? It has worked well for millennias.

I presume you are refering to the (in)famous 12 danish cartoons. A lot can be said about those and what happen because of it, I will leave that to others as I don't discuss religion or politics on the internet (flame wars just waiting to happen, often than not).
One thing really stands out, to put it in one word; context. It wasn't just 12 drawn pictures, it was part of a whole, the text explains exactly why the pictures are there and why the article was written.

The text, in Danish
Wikipedia entry about the brouhaha

The cartoons in question
(not that good, not that funny,
definitly not worth dying for):

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/004413.htm

The Danish papers homepage (English version)
http://www.jp.dk/udland/tema:fid=11328/

The problem that muslims have with the picture is that they potrait
Muhammed which is not allowed according the Koran.

Please note the time between publishing and caos, september -> now.

It is always easier to unite AGAINST something than for...
Dane if I don't and Dane if I do...

In case anyone wonders, the struggle has been real tough the last week. We're usually a nice country interested in helping others. But when we see our flag and images of our PM being burned in the streets of Gaza, whom we have helped extensively in order to give them peace, we get pissed. It's all over Danish media and has been for months, but Monday the story also broke in the international media, like in New York Times. The 12 cartoons that started the whole thing has been republished in a series of other newspapers Tuesday. Reprints here.

Sometimes it takes guts to fight for freedoms we used to take for granted. "Idealistic" resistance to anything military can cost us dearly.

But you can pick up the current issue of Journal of Materials Chemistry if you want to read the article about it. I can't post a link for it as the online edition seems to be for subscribers only.

While I'm prone to speculation, I usually stay away from speculating about other people's speculations when submitting Slashdot articles.

I don't know where he found the information but at this time it's cirulating the danish press as this was developed by DTU (Danish Technical University). This was the story i submited to slashdot just a few minutes ago. All of the below articles are in danish:

A research team at DTU (Danish technical University) have solved the number one obstacle in making hydrogen fuel feasable in the automotive industry namely how to store hydrogen. Their solution is to chemicaly bind hydrogen in the form of amonium to salt in the shape of a small asprin pill. According to the research team an ordinary 50 liter fuel tank would allow a hydrogen fueled car to drive 500km using this technology and the pills cannot be ignited in this form as the image in the above article illustrates. According to this article the technology will be revealed tomorrow at a large press conference in Chicago and in the science journal of Materials Chemistry.

Well at least the danish minister Bendt Bendsen's head is already starting to roll. Article in danish

A picture from a Danish newspaper. He is 7 months old at this picture.

Freely translated by me, I'm sure some Dane will correct me. [Source]

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Headline: Expensive to spam

Text:
In the first case about violating the marketing law regarding spam via email or telefax, the company Fonn Danmark A/S have been handed a fine of 15000 Dkr [= 2020]. More cases are waiting in other juristrictions.

100 Dkr [= 13,46] per illegal email or telefax.

That's how the Sea- and Merchant Court judged a case against Fonn Danmark A/S for violating the marketing law regarding transmittal of unrequested adverts as email or telefax.

The case is the first in Denmark regarding so called spam adverts.

Even though the Consumer Ombudsman had demanded 200.000 Dkr [= 26,935] from the Norwegian company, Consumer Ombudsman Hagen Jørgensen is still happy about the fine, which the court settled at 15000 Dkr.

"We would have liked to see a larger fine, but considering how small the company is, and the fact that the judgement is for 156 spams only, the fine isn't that bad", says Hagen Jørgensen.

Reasons for the size of the fine are many. Amongst others the Sea- and Merchant Court have considered the concrete number of violations, if the company has known about the laws regarding this issue and the size of the company's revenue.

Consumers not pleased
While the Consumer Ombudsman seems reasonable pleased, the judgement makes Aktive Forbrugere [Active Consumers] shake their heads.

"It cannot be considered fair that a company can transmit large amounts of adverts and get off with a fine of 15000 Dkr. Neither can it be considered fair that it is the consumers who need the do something to raise a case like this", says Ole Tange, IT executive at Aktive Forbrugere.

In the case versus Fonn Danmark the company has admitted to transmit 10000 to 15000 emails. Nevertheless the judgement considers the 156 documented emails only.

Part of the case is that Fonn Danmark several times were told that they were violating 6a of the marketing law, which clearly states that without prior consent, companies are not allowed to contact someone by electronic mail, automatic dialing systems or telefax for the purpose of selling goods or services.

In the reminder from the Sea- and Merchant Court it was told that Fonn Danmark was also punished for unnecesarily having stolen peoples' time by forcing them to read and process the unrequested adverts.

But Ole Tange feels that the notion of making a distinction because of Fonn Danmark's size and the number of documented spams opens the floodgates for future abuse of spam emails since it is hard to imagine cases where consumers or the Consumer Ombudsman manages to collect the 100000 of emails which are apparently necesary to increase the size of the fine to a level where it becomes unattractive for companies to speculate in spam-emails.

With last Thursday's judgement, the Consumer Ombudsman hopes companies will think again before they push the button and send unsolicited emails.

Ready for more cases
If the companies dare it anyway, the Consumer Ombudsman is ready to sue. If sent by smaller companies, the Ombudsman will typically contact them and remind them of the law, while larger companies will usually face the police immediately, Special Consultant for the Consumer Office Peter Fogh Knudsen tells. He was the one running the case against Fonn Danmark.

At the moment, Peter Fogh Knudsen estimates that 3 to 4 similar cases are running in other juristrictions.

The Consumer Office also requests Danes to forward spam to spam@fs.dk because that is the most effective way of collecting the documentation for possible violatings of the marketing law.

This judgement for the Danish market comes at a time when Microsoft, AOL Time Warner and Yahoo jointly exclaim spam as the largest threat against the IT sector.
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This article is from Jyllands Posten, the largest newspaper in Denmark. I'm quite surprised it hasn't been mentioned on Slashdot, but here's my chance to karma-whore I guess. Freely translated by me, I'm sure some Dane will correct me. [Source] ============= Headline: Expensive to spam Text: In the first case about violating the marketing law regarding spam via email or telefax, the company Fonn Danmark A/S have been handed a fine of 15000 Dkr [= 2020]. More cases are waiting in other juristriction. 100 Dkr [= 13,46] per illegal email or telefax. That's how the Sea- and Merchant Court judged a case against Fonn Danmark A/S for violating the marketing law regarding transmittal of unrequested adverts as email or telefax. The case is the first in Denmark regarding so called spam adverts. Even though the Consumer Ombudsman had demanded 200.000 Dkr [= 26,935] from the Norwegian company, Consumer Ombudsman Hagen Jørgensen is still happy about the fine, which the court settled at 15000 Dkr. "We would have liked to see a larger fine, but considering how small the company is, and the fact that the judgement is for 156 spams only, the fine isn't that bad", says Hagen Jørgensen. Reasons for the size of the fine are many. Amongst others the Sea- and Merchant Court have considered the concrete number of violations, if the company has known about the laws regarding this issue and the size of the company's revenue. Consumers not pleased While the Consumer Ombudsman seems reasonable pleased, the judgement makes Aktive Forbrugere [Active Consumers] shake their heads. "It cannot be considered fair that a company can transmit large amounts of adverts and get off with a fine of 15000 Dkr. Neither can it be considered fair that it is the consumers who need the do something to raise a case like this", says Ole Tange, IT executive at Aktive Forbrugere. In the case versus Fonn Danmark the company has admitted to transmit 10000 to 15000 emails. Nevertheless the judgement considers the 156 documented emails only. Part of the case is that Fonn Danmark several times were told that they were violating 6a of the marketing law, which clearly states that without prior consent, companies are not allowed to contact someone by electronic mail, automatic dialing systems or telefax for the purpose of selling goods or services. In the reminder from the Sea- and Merchant Court it was told that Fonn Danmark was also punished for unnecesarily having stolen peoples' time by forcing them to read and process the unrequested adverts. But Ole Tange feels that the notion of making a distinction because of Fonn Danmark's size and the number of documented spams opens the floodgates for future abuse of spam emails since it is hard to imagine cases where consumers or the Consumer Ombudsman manages to collect the 100000 of emails which are apparently necesary to increase the size of the fine to a level where it becomes unattractive for companies to speculate in spam-emails. With last Thursday's judgement, the Consumer Ombudsman hopes companies will think again before they push the button and send unsolicited emails. Ready for more cases If the companies dare it anyway, the Consumer Ombudsman is ready to sue. If sent by smaller companies, the Ombudsman will typically contact them and remind them of the law, while larger companies will usually face the police immediately, Special Consultant for the Consumer Office Peter Fogh Knudsen tells. He was the one running the case against Fonn Danmark. At the moment, Peter Fogh Knudsen estimates that 3 to 4 similar cases are running in other juristrictions. The Consumer Office also requests Danes to forward spam to spam@fs.dk because that is the most effective way of collecting the documentation for possible violatings of the marketing law. This judgement for the Danish market comes at a time when Microsoft, AOL Time Warner and Yahoo jointly exclaim spam as the largest threat against the IT sector. =============

... yesterday (in Danish).

According to the article, Lomborg was charged with (directly translated) "scientific dishonesty*", which means "acts or ommissions whereby there in the research happens forgery or alteration of the scientific message or gross deception of a person's contribution in the research".

The charges fell the same day Lomborg is applying for the position of director of the newly founded Institute for Environmental evaluation in Denmark, by the council concerning scientific dishonesty.

*dishonesty is not really the correct word in English. It's more "dis-HONOUR" than "dis-sincerety".