Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Domains

Domain: mbl.is

Stories and comments across the archive that link to mbl.is.

Comments · 9

  1. Re:Uh, the name... by Rei · · Score: 1 · on Scientists Unveil Plans For First Space Nation 'Asgardia,' Open Citizenship Applications (theguardian.com)

    Yes, the eth has degenerated (for the most part) in the mainland Nordic languages but is retained in Icelandic and Faroese. Denmark contributed a lot to this - what is spoken today in Norway is more similar to Old Danish than it is to Old Norwegian. Now, I say "for the most part" concerning the mainland languages because, for example, Elfdalian still has the eth.

    Overall the mainland languages have taken on a much greater degree of continental influence than Icelandic and Faroese. Take a look at, for example, a Danish paper and click on the sections dropdown. You can probably read the majority of the section categories there, right? Now compare to an Icelandic paper.

  2. Video: Pirate Party Cpt Prime Minister of Iceland? by icetrail · · Score: 2 · on The Pirate Party Now the Biggest Party In Iceland

    Interesting interview with Birgitta Jonsdottir member of Parliament for Pirate Party in Iceland about potentially becoming Prime Minister, in English at Icelandic news website: http://www.mbl.is/english/poli...

  3. Re:needs rebranding by Rei · · Score: 1 · on Lava Flow In Hawaii Gains Speed, Triggers Methane Explosions

    I just typed it. But Slashdot simply "disappears" thorn characters, which is annoying.

    Bárðarbunga is full of eye candy. I can point to abundant examples including no shortage of videos on Youtube / Vimeo.

    As for pronunciation: Á is said "ow". BOWR-dthar-BOON-ka. The R is an alveolar tap or trill. If that's too hard for you, you can also call it Holuhraun (HOLE-ih-HROYN), Nornahraun (NORDN-uh-HROYN), THorbjargarhraun (THOR-Byardg-ar-HROYN), or a bunch of other names (the TH should really be a thorn, but again, Slashdot silently eats thorns). Among the many proposals for names was Holuhraunshraunshraunshraun, which was suggested because it would be fun watching foreigners try to pronounce it ;) It was never actually a serious contender, but I wrote an article poking fun at the concept on Uncyclopedia at one point ;)

  4. Re:Iceland, for the win by Rei · · Score: 2 · on Icelandic Court Rules: Wikileaks Will Get Contributed Credit Card Money

    -1, Not At All Related To The Truth

    People like that need to stop reading leftist blogs (full disclosure: I waver between calling myself "liberal" and "socialist") and even foreign reporting (which is sometimes almost as bad) and read the Icelandic press directly. Don't worry, there's English language sources.

  5. Re:First Newspaper on the Web by stebbivignir · · Score: 2, Informative · on Washington Post Reviews its 10 Years on the Web

    The Icelandic morning newspaper, Morgunblaðið started their online edition in 1995 i think.
    Does anyone want to top that?

  6. The Opera Swim... by mute47 · · Score: 1, Informative · on Slashback: Passports, Microscopes, IQ Points

    The day after Jon S. von Tetzchner made the anouncement, one of the icelandic papers (http://www.mbl.is/) had a short interview with his mother. She was apparently stunned about his thoughtfulness, coming to visit her, but said that he could just drive as she has lived in Norway for over 17 years...

  7. Icelandic Newspaper (check your spelling) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on U.S. Ranks 17th in Freedom of the Press

    Here ya go little boy, a sample of free press from Iceland: Morgunblaðið [mbl.is] ... although you might want to freshen up your language skills first :)

  8. List of mirrors by belbo · · Score: 5, Informative · on Mandrake 8.2 Available
    Hey, easy karma! And to keep the lameness filter happy, I'll sing a little song: see the little goblin, see the little pixie ...

    Czech Republic

    ftp://mandrake.redbox.cz/ Mandrake/iso/
    France

    ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/ linux/Mandrake/iso/ (Lyon)

    ftp://ftp.ciril.fr/pub/linux/mandrake/iso/ (Nancy)
    Germany

    ftp:// ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/Mandrake/iso / (Esslingen)
    Iceland

    ftp://ftp.mbl.is/pub/mandrake/ iso/ (Reykjavik)
    Italy

    ftp://bo.mirror. garr.it/mirrors/Mandrake/iso/ (Bologna)

    http://bo.mirror. garr.it/mirrors/Mandrake/iso/ (Bologna)
    Slovakia

    ftp://hq. alert.sk/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/iso/

    ftp://spirit. profinet.sk/mirrors/Mandrake/iso/ (Bratislava)
    Taiwan

    ftp://mdk.linux.org.tw/ pub/mandrake/iso/
    United States

    ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/m andrake/Mandrake/iso/ (North Carolina)

    ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributi ons/mandrake/iso/ (Georgia)

    ftp://ftp.math. utah.edu/pub/linux/Mandrake/iso/ (Utah)

    ftp://mirror.mcs.anl. gov/pub/Mandrake/iso/ (Illinois)

  9. Hverastr�ta (Hydrothermal Vent) by JonHallur · · Score: 1 · on Deep Space: Newly Discovered Atlantic Vent Field

    Just outside the harbour og Akureyri (That is a town in the north of Iceland) divers discovered a hydrothermal vent in June of 1997. In April 1998 they found a second vent which is connected to the other with 50 meter long ridge. The second vent was much larger, ca. 60 meters high (that is approx. 200 feet). And the water coming from it is about 70 degrees centigrade.

    I'm sorry to say that I've found no web page about this for you ppl to read. I found this info in an archive on a local newspaper web Morgunblaðið and an account is needed to view this, and it can only be found through the search page so I have no link to it.

    Jón Hallur
    CCP Games