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  1. Liberalist thinking on SaxoBank Predicts Universal Basic Income For Europe · · Score: 1

    From a Dane...

    No surprise that this bank likes to predict it.

    Saxo Bank is so closely tied to the political party "Liberal Alliance" that they are practically one. They are quite ideological laissez-faire liberalists, and not at all left-wing in the american sense of "liberal".

    Some liberalists here in Europe like the idea of universal basic income. Not because it is very liberalistic at all, but because it can replace a bunch of other basic welfare state grants. And since everyone is entitled, everything is much simpler, so it does away with a bunch of "evil" welfare state bureaucracy.

  2. Re:Spell it out the first time on Linus Torvalds: Any CLA Is Fundamentally Broken · · Score: 3

    Thanks! And I could not agree more.

  3. Extremely old news on Moon Mining Race Under Way · · Score: 1

    This is the Google X-Prize they are talking about, right? The one that got everyone exited years ago?

    Why, even BBC makes fake news these days to attract more views.

  4. Not enough brainpower on "Brainput" Boosts Your Brain Power By Offloading Multitasking To a Computer · · Score: 1

    to understand what they are talking about. And I am even singletasking.

  5. Re:Can't help but think on Anonymous Takes Down DOJ, RIAA, MPA and Universal Music · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No, Anonymous is right.

    SOPA meant anyone could take down anyone else's website for any or none reason.

    Now Anon shows what that would mean. For once there is a actually a point in the DDoS.

  6. Why not use dates scheme? on Linus Renames 2.6.40 Kernel To Linux 3.0, Announces Release Candidate · · Score: 1

    linux-2011-06
    linux-2011-09
    linux-2011-12
    etc.

  7. Re:Dark matter is always there when you need it on Milky Way May Have Dark Matter Satellite Galaxies · · Score: 2

    Properties: it has mass (bends space)... don't know of any others, except the trivial stuff like it can move and be scattered around.

    Effects: explains galactic rotation curves, explains some instances of lensing, possibly explains the perturbations this article is about.

    Yeah, it has exactly the one property that someone is missing: mass. But is conveniently free of any other property that could influence anything.

    The explanations you refer to are all based on calculations that are ultimately based on our understanding of gravity. The least understood force, the one that just won't fit into the picture. What a real scientist should do was to better research and explain gravity instead of making up some magic invisible soup to fix it all.

    Pseudoscience, I say.

  8. Dark matter is always there when you need it on Milky Way May Have Dark Matter Satellite Galaxies · · Score: 1

    Tell me, what properties does dark matter have, save for explaining the factor 2-4 miscalculation of the universe's mass?

  9. Re:gets it half-right Don't forget applications on Next in Browser Development, High DPI Websites? · · Score: 1

    GUI's and dynamic pages that manipulate elements (move, resize or align them) need to work in pixel units.

    I can't believe I would be talking up pixels as I battle to get them out of our CSS files.

    But there are different needs for declaration (CSS) and manipulation.

  10. Volunteer based networks on Always-On Internet For Cheapskates? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I am network admin in one of the larger volunteer networks in the area (Copenhagen, Denmark). We get internet for ~$8.7 a month (50 DKr). We share a 45 mbit line between 2400 apartments, of which 1400 have internet service. Commercial ISP's have about the same bandwidth for that amount of users, perhaps even less.

    The cheapest DSL is still 3 times more expensive and I frequently download stuff at 20 mbit. We also provide TV and POTS, equally cheap. Switches in the basements, copper to the apartments, fibre between switches and buildings. Been a huge work, but quite fun and worth it.

    You can get started with lot less, just share an single DSL between 10-20 apartments. Here such networks are all the rage, popping up everywhere anytime.

  11. Shocking truth on SMS Text Messaging & Youth Debt One · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Commercial services may cost money!

    Shock horror.

  12. Re:Just to make things clear :) on Traffic Shaping on DSL? · · Score: 1


    Try vmware (noone else said it).

    This way you can run a virtual Linux machine inside Windows, and not buy any hardware (but vmware costs something).

    You would just set up the virtual Linux machine so it controls the ethernet card (DSL connection), and set up Windows to use the virtual Linux as router. It sounds weird that Windows would route all it's traffic to a program running inside it, but it works fine. Of course it costs some performance, but you run XP so your hardware should be capable enough.

    Maybe you can even set up Windows to use the DSL connection directly if the virtual Linux is not up, and when it comes up, let it reconfigure itself to use the Linux as gateway. A DHCP server on the Linux machine should do this.

  13. It's simple on What is Well-Commented Code? · · Score: 1

    Comment answer the "why" question.

    The code answers the "how" question.

    External documentation answer "what", "who" and "when".

    Parameters and returns of functions must also be documented, especially when they are not obvious or have side effects.

  14. Re:This is EXACTLY why I'm anti GLOBALISM on Managing a Global Programming Team? · · Score: 1

    Stop whining, makes me sick to hear americans whine that way.

    If you stop "globalisation", America will crash. Because it depends on it. "Globalisation", as seen from everywhere else than US, is about letting american companies in, so they can sell goods, or if the country is really poor, at least rape their natural ressources, including their no-cost labor. Your wealth depends on it, on exploiting other countries. Hearing someone from the exploiting side whine about it, that is sick. Make your politicians and corporations stop *this kind* of "globalisation" before you whine.

    And now someone else says that the reason to form unions is to stop "globalisation". Old hat. Here in Europe, the unions have long ago realised that it makes no sense to go against this trend. Here in Denmark we have very high minimum wages. Jobs are lost. New ones are created by becoming better. You can not remain competitive by closing the door. Unions have to work *with* the companies to make them stay competitive.

  15. What is the NEED for this innovation? on Microsoft Invents Symbolic Links · · Score: 1

    Think of it: When do you get the problem of multiple equal files?

    My answer: Only when you use windows and it's poor design forces you to.

    In all computing there is a potential problem with multiple copies of the same data. One solution was to invent executables that use shared libraries so every executable doesn't contain their own copy of strcpy(). Another was to invent symbolic and hard links. Yet another was to invent network mounts. Etc.

    These inventions are enough. How many of you really have a *problem* with multiple equal files on your Linux boxes? And how many have the problem on their windows boxes?

    There is no need for this on UNIX, therefore nobody cared to invent it before. On Windows poor design does create a need. But this invention is a cure for the symptoms, not for the matter.