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  1. Re:In the case of Iceland... on Hydrogen Buses In Iceland · · Score: 1

    Actualy "Electrolysis of water, poserd by hydroelectric energy". Basicaly, we are in the proccess of putting a dam in (almost) every single river in the whole country. Google "karahnjukar" if you want som more info.

    Regards from Iceland.

  2. One problem on Hydrogen Buses In Iceland · · Score: 1

    Here in Iceland hardly anyone actualy uses the busses. Every 15 minutes an empty bus drives by my house.

    So in stead of burning diesel to drive the empty busses around, they are going to use hydrogen.

  3. Question for Kerry on Submit and Moderate Questions for Bush and Kerry · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I would like your comments on the following http://www.uexpress.com/tedrall/?uc_full_date=2004 0525

    Is it true that: At a recent appearance at the City College of New York, Kerry talked to an audience of students about, of all things, "tax-code reform, outsourcing, Social Security and Medicare."

  4. Re:Huge Scam, IMHO on Would You Bid for a Job? · · Score: 1

    > A shortage means there's not enough to go
    > around no matter what the price
    O.K. I agrue that the nursing shortage is not a shortage by your definition eather.

    1) There is a huge number of trained nurses that decide not to work as nurses. Part of the reason is probebly the pay. I read somewhere that the proportion of workers trained to do a job that decide to do something else for is higher for nurses than any other profession.
    2) Number of people that try to get the licence is influenced by the increase in pay that he/she can expect from the licence. And there is not a fixed amount of places in nursing schools, if more good aplicants applied, there would be more places.

    Basicaly, you get what you pay for. And if you do not pay enough, you will not get enough workers.

  5. Re:Huge Scam, IMHO on Would You Bid for a Job? · · Score: 1

    One thing I don't get. Economics 101 says that if there is a shortage of a resource, the price of it goes up. The salary of nurses has not been going up. Doesn't that mean that there isn't an actual shortage?

  6. Re:Umm...try again on Spectrum as Property · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't think most places hate America. For example, here in Iceland, most people seem to have a quite faverable view of America. I't just G.W.Bush that people can't stand.

    My personal thoughts on the matter (as an Icelander). Well: skrewing up the war/massive deficit/gutting important programs/etc. I would definitly like G.W.Bush a lot if I hated America. I really think that it is in the best interest of me, and my country, that America prospers. I can not see G.W.Bush's administration helping in that sense.

    This will probebly be modded as a troll, but trust me, it is not my intention to troll. Well with this post at least.

  7. Re:Only a matter of time before it happens on Disney Suggests Mandating DRM On All Media · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The question then is wether investing money in prison stock will increase the number of people getting thrown in jail.

    Let's say, hypotheticaly of course :-), that a lot of money gets invested in prison stock. The Company invests this money in building prisons in a part of the state were there is a lot of unemployment, and promesses nice jobs with benefits. Now, unless there is an increase in the number of people getting thrown into jail, the investors will loose there money, the people around the jails will not get there jobs and the CEO will get fired. Are you sure that the prison companies will not start pushing for harder prison sentences and that the politiction will not be, well, easely convinced.

  8. Re:Sadly, yes... on Does Your Employer Own Your Thoughts? · · Score: 1

    In my contract it is explicitly stated that I own all intelectual property I develop outside of work as long as I do not use their computers or any other equipment they own. I did not have to negotiate it, it is in the standard contract at this place.

  9. Re:WTF? on Vatican Astronomer Comments On Extraterrestrials · · Score: 0, Troll
    It is said the the 3 big mistakes that were made after the europeans discovered life on greenland was sending them :

    1) alcohol

    2) STD's

    3) missionaries

    Wonder how many of these 3 mistakes will be repeated if we discover extra-terrestrial life.

  10. Re:Tron Woods on Privacy in the Woods? · · Score: 1

    Try reading my comment again. Hint... its called sarcasm.

  11. Re:Tron Woods on Privacy in the Woods? · · Score: 1
    Unless, of course, you're saving the life of an idiot moron (whose mother should have flushed the fetus down the toilet) who gets lost in the woods and *WE* have to foot the bill for a search-and-rescue...
    Which is the exact reason that emergency rooms should never help those who get a heart attack.

    Why should the doctors save the life of some fat moron whose mother should have taught never to eat more then 3 servings of ice cream, and *WE* have to foot the bill.