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  1. Re:and you are not full time = no health insurance on Japan Earthquake May Have Shifted Earth's Axis · · Score: 1

    Only because it's already considering "full time work" actually managing through the damn winter in Sweden ;)

  2. Re:Used cars, anyone? on Japan Battles Partial Nuclear Meltdown · · Score: 1

    I think that regardless of what it is it's much better than the amount from an actual meltdown.

    Also I've got the impression they had winds blowing towards the east outwards the sea.

    And finally there was the measurements of cesium and / or radioactivity levels which indeed where much higher than the background radiation and I think it was something like twice the amount when you needed to warn/inform? But maybe not enough to worry about that it will end your life.

    Also I guess it's hard to handle a nuclear accident "correctly" as in "make it safe for everyone."

    They told people to stay away and cover their faces with wet towels for instance (and don't drink the water or eat the vegetables and so on.)

  3. Re:Used cars, anyone? on Japan Battles Partial Nuclear Meltdown · · Score: 1

    Well if your options are:

    1) Release some radioactive vapor to prevent nuclear vessel overheating and meltdown.

    or:

    2) Stubbornly deny any such ideas because that would be teh horrorz and instead let things carry on because you don't want to be that guy who let out the radioactive vapor instead ending up with a nuclear meltdown.

    Which would had been your preferred choice?

    It's the same with x-ray exams and what not. Sure it's a risk, but do you rather keep that brain tumor of yours?

  4. Re:Just terrible news coverage on Japan Battles Partial Nuclear Meltdown · · Score: 1

    Does there exist many subs in the world which you can hook up the the grid and provide electricity from? I guess their reactors provide much less power than a reactor on land but I think I remember reading about such capability before. Maybe it could work for hospitals and other emergency units at least?

    Any kind of portable nuclear power plant so to speak :)

  5. Re:what progress? on Japan Battles Partial Nuclear Meltdown · · Score: 1

    This has been discussed before. They have tried to build the reactors with that in mind.

    Ohnoz, humans designs isn't always perfect, news at eleven.

  6. Re:What about Xcode? on Open Source Licensing and the App Store Model · · Score: 1

    Or well, there was no contract.

    But either they had to follow the GPL, which may have rendered their own license unusable.

    Or not follow the GPL and hence break the copyright of the developers.

    But I see I was wrong regardless from your last sentence ;)

  7. Re:What about Xcode? on Open Source Licensing and the App Store Model · · Score: 1

    Not necessary the problem. Also does the single developer got anything to say about it as soon as it was GPLed and Apple followed the GPL?

    The complaint was more likely the trigger for the removal, but it maybe have been and most likely where incompatible from the start. But accepted anyway. Ie contract breach I guess.

  8. Re:Then buy what instead? on Open Source Licensing and the App Store Model · · Score: 1

    What does video games have to do with open source licenses anyway?

    If you want to play good games get a console, they won't be GPL licensed anyway. Or well, except old graphic engines but you aren't likely to play those on a console anyway.

    If you want to run the open source stuff then get a PC for them. I doubt there's a limited amount of GPL games for the PS3 anyway.

  9. Re:Chinese People's Daily on China Switching To Home-Grown Chips For Supercomputers · · Score: 1

    and while they are using the capital they get from us to invest in their OWN people we are offshoring everything that isn't nailed down. If China and India declared us "persona non grata" and refused to trade with us, would we even be able to function?

    Instead ask yourself:

    Would they be able to function?

  10. Re:Hasn't used RealTek on Miguel de Icaza On Usability and Openness · · Score: 1

    Personally I just installed Open Sound System on anything it could be installed on.

  11. Re:This is worst than in the movies on 8.8 Earthquake Near Japanese Coast · · Score: 1

    Thanks. Guess I could had googled it then.

    But I never thought that a center punch could had been an actual _item_ but was rather thinking it was a punch to the center of the class. But automatic? .. Some kind of martial arts move? :D

    Made no sense :)

  12. Re:Good luck with that on Text Messages To Replace Stamps In Sweden · · Score: 1

    But it isn't a document? =P

    You don't even need to send the actual SMS. I've always wondered "how hard can it be to create an application for whatever smartphone/the iPhone which looks exactly the same like the SMS and with current date and around-now time?"

    We don't have any regular tickets. It's pre-paid month card, x travels card or x cash card or SMS tickets.

    Or well, I think you can buy tickets outside the buses actual, didn't thought of that, I don't know if anyone really does.

    So either you get to this machine, pay say 20 SEK and get a ticket. Or you send an SMS and get a "text based ticket" in return, or you use your bank card (no cash allowed on the buses thanks to our thankful immigrant robbery youth) to fill a bus card with whatever value.

    Yeah, I don't know how it would work if you get checked. But I guess they would just like to see the info to make sure you haven't walked in using the back door so I doubt they would notice a forge.

  13. Re:Sweden is not a state of USA on US Lawyers Target Swedish Pirate, and His Unicorn · · Score: 1

    lol, aren't they on the same side in Narnia? ;D

    http://narnia.wikia.com/wiki/Gryphon
    http://narnia.wikia.com/wiki/Unicorn

    ""not even a king would think of riding a unicorn except in great need." They are almost always loyal to Aslan, and are known to be very wise."

    Almost always? Maybe not then, damn unicorns, can't be trusted! ;D

  14. Re:This is worst than in the movies on 8.8 Earthquake Near Japanese Coast · · Score: 2

    What is an automatic center punch? And yeah, maybe better within than outside but sucks if you get trapped / drown .. Probably not that easy to keep above surface outside either. What's the water temp there?

    In the episode I think of they have put the Hilux on top of a building and let explosions (?) destroy the building and let the Hilux fall with the building. And then put it on fire or something such.

    Still worked after some minor repair/adjusting/refill/whatever.

  15. Re:This is worst than in the movies on 8.8 Earthquake Near Japanese Coast · · Score: 1

    Didn't noticed the white car (00.41) turning around earlier. I would think the water would had reached the road soon after unless it turns away. I wonder what would had been the best move in that situation, too far from climbing up on houses and what not and who knows if that would had worked anyway?

    I was considering making a joke about how I hoped it was a Toyota Hilux after watching everything they can survive on top gear. But well, I better don't.

  16. Re:Holy Hooves, Batman! on US Lawyers Target Swedish Pirate, and His Unicorn · · Score: 3, Informative

    They have UNICORNS in Sweden?!

    Yeah, and we ride them listening to Erasure.

    http://games.adultswim.com/robot-unicorn-attack-twitchy-online-game.html

  17. Re:Occam's Razor on Why Men Don't Have Sensory Whiskers and Spiny Genitals · · Score: 1

    The females could still had kept the preference of spiny males to create the kids with and then live with the suckers with no kids.

    But yeah, eventually some reason considering there are none.

  18. Re:Sweden is not a state of USA on US Lawyers Target Swedish Pirate, and His Unicorn · · Score: 1

    Neither are we here in Sweden.

    Anyhow. US debt is high, Nato and EU is considering a no-flight zone over Libya. So with our new alliance and leaders I question myself why we don't send any JAS-39 Gryphons there?

    Could be great advertisement of the planes to other nations as well.

  19. Re:Occam's Razor on Why Men Don't Have Sensory Whiskers and Spiny Genitals · · Score: 1

    The sucker without the spines got to waste his energy on some girl and kids which wasn't even his own instead of creating some?

    Yeah. I can totally see how that would lead to superior DNA spread.

  20. Re:Good luck with that on Text Messages To Replace Stamps In Sweden · · Score: 1

    Who said anything about not being able to use postboxes?

    No one is going to be writing the numbers down, instead people will just show their cell phone screen to the post office agent, who will then type in the code in their system and validate it.

    For bus tickets they don't even validate anything. You just get a message more or less saying "oh you've purchased a ticket this date and this time", so you can easily forge it yourself if you wanted to.

  21. Re:Simple on Safari/MacBook First To Fall At Pwn2Own 2011 · · Score: 2

    Mac reta... err.. users always got an excuse!

    I doubt it's got much to do with everyone actually wanting a mac but rather more than people either shooting for the mac because of the fame and extra publicity or because of Apples (and their users) arrogance.

  22. Re:Good luck with that on Text Messages To Replace Stamps In Sweden · · Score: 1

    Also, who sends letters?

    The government.

  23. Re:Good luck with that on Text Messages To Replace Stamps In Sweden · · Score: 2

    Except you used to leave letters in a box, not at a post office.

    Not that I see much purpose for sending letters at all nowadays. Regardless we kinda don't have any post offices longer either, just "service offices" at random stores and what not but I guess you could leave the letters there.

    But if you have to go there with the letter and show the SMS it's not that much different from buying a stamp. Somewhat more convenient but not as convenient as dropping in the box I guess.

  24. Re:digital gram scale as an extra? on Ex-Microsoft CTO Writes $625 Cookbook · · Score: 1

    Here in Sweden / Europe regular recipes use volume measurements to.

    But the professionals don't agree with the response you got from someone else. Volume isn't good enough, with weight you get a better measurement and therefor increase the likelihood of a good result.

  25. Re:Technically... on Utah To Teach USA is a Republic, Not a Democracy · · Score: 1

    There's just way too many issues for everybody to vote on everything the way that they do in some smaller countries.

    Yeah, you're right. Better let Bush, Bernanke and the corporate lobbies decide ;)