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  1. Re:Trillion? on Sony To Launch E Ink-based eBook In April · · Score: 1

    In Sweden:

    Miljon - 10^6
    Miljard - 10^9
    Biljon - 10^12
    Biljard - 10^15 *
    Triljon - 10^18
    Triljard - 10^21 *
    Kvadriljon - 10^24
    Kvintiljon - 10^30

    * Logical continuation words borrowed from the german/dutch language. Not used very often.

    Well, This page explains everything very good. AE, BE, german and old greek named numbers.

  2. Re:Google Calculator on Favorite Hidden Google Features? · · Score: 1

    Huh? He never said ounce was a SI unit.

    I don't know if you live in a different Sweden, but in the recepies I follow grams are quite common, especially in the case of meat, fish, cheese and butter.

    But, as you write, the spoons have the same size everywhere and it's not that hard to remember that ther goes a little more than two decilitres in a cup.

    [trivia]
    BTW. it's kilogram that is the SI unit, not gram.
    [/trivia]

  3. Re:in Googlis non est ergo non est on Ritz Disposable Digital Camera Hacked · · Score: 1

    It's in Estonian, not Danish.
    BTW, Denmarks country code is dk, not ee.

    Try googling for 'dakota digital camera', instead.

  4. Re:12" Powerbook success on PowerBook G4 SuperDrive Speed Bump Hack · · Score: 1

    80 min / 16 = 5 min
    80 min / 32 = 2.5 min

  5. Re:That's nice, but... on XFree86 Fork Gets a Name, Website · · Score: 1

    I've never met anyone who doesn't pronounces the G in GNU. It could have something to do with me living in Sweden. If it's a G or K in front of an N, we generally pronounce it.

    Gnu is by the way the only word we Swedes have that come from Hottentot.
    How do the Hottentots pronounce it?

  6. Re:What about ogg? (Was:SLIMP3) on Build a Multi-Output MP3 Server? · · Score: 1

    from http://www.slimp3.com/pi_faq.html

    Does the SLIMP3 support Ogg Vorbis?

    If you have a Linux, BSD or OS X system with both LAME and ogg123 installed, the SLIMP3 server will automatically convert Ogg files to MP3 on the fly for playback. There may be some reduction of quality due to the conversion, but it generally sounds pretty good. Note that this conversion will use a substantial amount of CPU power and may put a substantial load on your server computer. This feature is still under development for Windows users.

  7. Re:One good rant deserves another on U.S. DoD Commits To IPv6 · · Score: 1

    Swedish cookbooks doesn't use cups. It's all decilitres over here.

  8. Re:problems with PNG on What Is The Future of PNG? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, like when they replaced the Internet with MSN...

  9. April's fool! on Fully-functional Miniature Notebook Planned · · Score: 1

    The article about running linux on a N64 is an april's fool joke.

  10. 6L separation pad on Are Printers What They Used To Be? · · Score: 1

    Read about how to get a free new separation pad here.

    Or order one directly here.

  11. Re:This was released WAY back on The Contiki Desktop OS for C64, NES, 8-bit Atari, · · Score: 1

    Yeah, this is so 2002.

    But I can't find the C64 movie player Junis used on any of the contiki-pages, though.

  12. Re:the magazine was different THEN it competitors on Shift Calls it Quits · · Score: 1

    This might be kind of off topic, but...

    I'm from Sweden and I have absolutley no problem knowing when to use then and when to use than, since they mean completley different things.

    But after seeing it being used in an interchangeable manner all the time here on /. and other places on the net I've got really confused. Had I got it all wrong? You would think native english speaking people should know how to use it, right?

    Nice seeing I got it right from the start, after all.

  13. It could be good. on Sci-fi Channel's Children of Dune · · Score: 1

    I think it's exciting. IMHO nothing has yet quite captured the feeling of the book.

  14. Register on NYTimes: Tangled Up in Spam · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, I don't want to register!

  15. I want one! on Review of PCV-W10 Desktop by Sony · · Score: 1

    But I can't even afford a pocket calculator.

  16. oldest form of piracy? on Instant Concert CDs? · · Score: 1

    Is it piracy to record concerts you attend?
    Even if you just do it with a cheap casette recorder?

  17. Re:The floppy is not completely useless. on Dell Dropping The Floppy · · Score: 1

    Why would you make a router of a P4 2,4 GHz?

    A Pentium 75 MHz is more than enough!

  18. Re:so it is not a copy cat? on Cloned Cat Not a 'Carbon Copy' · · Score: 1

    This is good, this is something I can refer to when I speak with my dad or some other conservative it-is-all-in-the-genes-person.

    Tabula rasa, people are blank papers when they're born. Our environment form us.

  19. so it is not a copy cat? on Cloned Cat Not a 'Carbon Copy' · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Everything is not in the genes!

  20. Re:A brief history of ugly consoles. on Phantom Game Console · · Score: 1

    >The SNES? Lavender and Beige? I mean, Lavender and
    >Beige? How did this get past test marketing?

    Well, the colors are are way better looking than the gray and gray on super famicom/european snes, but these have a nicer shape.

    The american controller looks better than the others , thou.

  21. waste on Coolest Cluster Ever · · Score: 1

    What disturbes me the most about this is that every single one of these mainboards have built-in parts like sound, video and tv-out that are never ever going to be used.

    Well, unless they send'em to me when they're finished.

  22. Re:Generic "she" on picoGUI: An X Alternative? · · Score: 1

    err. nope. the PicoGUI _has_ a wiki, it isn't one!

  23. Re:Large containers of MD?? on How Looks Your Geekroom? · · Score: 1

    i'm not a diabetic but after 6 months or so of just drinking diet soda the regular taste really bad and make my teeth hurt. well almost.

    just wish diet dr pepper (or diet mountain dew or diet anything but cola) was available in sweden.

  24. Re:wOOt on India Officially Launches Simputer · · Score: 1, Interesting

    ok. got the first non-troll post, now I can explain my question.

    What's the avarage monthly wages of an indian?
    Is it really that cheap?

  25. wOOt on India Officially Launches Simputer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yey. maybe first non-troll post.

    is 200$ really that cheap?