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  1. Re:Wag the dog on Senator Questions Rise In US Texting Prices · · Score: 1

    By contrast: In Sweden, I get unlimited text and calls for ~$7.4/month.

  2. Re:"God's Algorithm" on Rubik's Cube Proof Cut To 25 Moves · · Score: 1

    As of this latest discovery, this maximum distance is 25.

    Not really. What has been proved is that there are no vertices that are 26 edge traversals from the solution.
  3. Re:Is it that much of a deal? on Japan IDs All Its Citizens · · Score: 1

    Slightly related: Until 1992 or so, the last numbers in our "personal numbers" (XXXX in YYYYMMDDXXXX) contained the persons place of birth. It was removed since it made it possible to find out who was an immigrant. Nowadays I believe it's three random numbers and a checksum. Also, registering, among other things, religious preference is illegal in Sweden and probably the whole EU.

  4. Re:2 options.... on Examining the Search and Seizure of Electronics at Airports · · Score: 1

    Well yes you can, but you have to go to Disk Management. I suppose that they wouldn't check there but if you say it doesn't exist and they actually do check you would be in for trouble.

  5. Re:You don't need a Wii or the remote. on Head Tracking w/ the Wiimote · · Score: 1

    While calibrating the sensitivity of the Wiimote on your Wii, the display of the camera is shown on the TV, so extracting the raw data should be possible.

  6. Re:Do you smell that? Fresh bullshit. on Japanese Online Connectivity Ahead of EU/US · · Score: 1

    They are however not dumb americans and decided that they would install fast connections were people live.
    I live in one of the "large" cities in Sweden, with about 120 000 citizens. More or less everybody can get fiber, so your notion is correct. However, i have friends that live 200 km from any major city, and still have 50 Mbps connections.
  7. Re:Timezones on USPTO Imposes 'Undue Hardship' On 1-Click Lawyers · · Score: 1

    Hell yeah!

  8. Re:Autism spectrum on Robots Teach Autistic Kids Social Skills · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yes. I know two persons with autism. One of them is in my IB class, studying Physics and Mathematics at Higher Level. The other one, while not a straight A student, is good at communicating socially. So, to label autistic children as mentally deficient is not right since it covers a huge spectra.

  9. Re:So what? on Brazil Voids Merck Patent On AIDS Drug · · Score: 1

    You just called Africa a nation. I died a bit on the inside.

  10. Re:I'd better get one, too on DARPA Developing Defensive Plasma Shield · · Score: 1

    Likewise, a government should only have power at the mercy of the citizenry.

  11. Re:I can't believe this is on the front page on Blizzard Confirms New Product, May Be Starcraft 2 · · Score: 1

    Does this list have many spinoff titles on it? Blizzard is one of few companies I believe to be trustworthy.

  12. Re:For future reviewers... on Affordable DX10 - GeForce 8600 GTS and 8600 GT · · Score: 1

    Actually, there are a couple of games my GeForce 6800 has a hard time to handle, even with the lowest settings. Think Supreme Commander.

  13. Re:Yeah but... on Firefox Usage Near 25% In Europe · · Score: 1

    I can add that in Sweden, prostitution is legal - but buying sex is illegal.

  14. Re:It's not entirely the RIAA's fault on Record Store Owners Blame RIAA For Destroying Music Industry · · Score: 1

    A friend summed this up nicely for me.

    His brother plays in a half-crappy band. They have to sell one million CD's to get paid as much as they get for giving one concert. Cold days in hell...

  15. Re:terrible news on ICANN Wants Immunity · · Score: 1
  16. Re:terrible news on ICANN Wants Immunity · · Score: 1

    I take note that the EU recently announced the censoring of the following words: "jihad" and "terrorist."
    Censoring? What the -? The EU has drawn up guidelines for spokesmen to use in order to not create misunderstandings. It is voluntary to use, if you'd rather for example call terrorist acts for jihad (which is terribly wrong and misinformed).

    Also, since Europe is not a country but a union of countries, you have separate laws for each country (although, of course, things are regulated to an extent through the EU as well). If you say that "hate speech" is outlawed in Europe, you might want to say which country it is outlawed in. I could say "hate speech is outlawed in the western world" and still be just as correct. If it wasn't twelve in the evening I would search and reference free speech laws for you.
  17. Re:Another organization that wants to be above the on ICANN Wants Immunity · · Score: 1

    Sorry to break it to you but free speech, as it exists in the U.S., is pretty unique in the world.
    If i had mod points i would mod you Troll. I know of several countries, including the one where i live, where political corruption is near inexistant, nothing is censored, and everyone has the right to express their opinion (and does so). Go back to licking your Stars and Stripes.
  18. Re:There are easier ways on MIT Shows How to Shut Down Brain With Light · · Score: 1

    The number of replies to this post modded "Offtopic" is astounding.

  19. Re:Not that you shouldn't try Linux but...... on Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) Beta Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, you can patch XP's theme managing file (uxtheme). It isn't bundled with the OS, but all the patcher does is remove the barrier that says only MS certified themes can be used. Sure, it's nowhere near the versatility of Gnome (or KDE I presume), but you aren't restricted to the themes Windows comes with.

  20. Re:Easy... on Scientists Expose Weak DNA in HIV · · Score: 1

    The kids these days, they don't even know the Konami code properly!

    Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start

  21. Re:location, location, location on US Lags World In Broadband Access · · Score: 1

    You think Canada has cheat internet access? Let me tell you about Sweden.

    I have 5 Mbps upstream for 150SEK (~20USD). And that is, actually, considered terribly expensive for that little. You can get 100 Mbps upstream here easily for the double, which would then be about 40USD.

    And I live in a town with just above 100,000 inhabitatants.

  22. No.. on Hardcore Gamers on the Decline? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ... I'm alive and healthy!
    Compare this to the music market - even though it is tremendously bigger than the games', they are common in some senses.
    Although most of the music being sold is mass produced crap, there still is good music to be found. I believe the same will be true for games.

  23. Re:Identification cards on Some States Say National ID Cards 'Make Life Easier' · · Score: 1

    Out of curiosity and since I'm not well fared in the US legal system, is it required from evidence in court that it was legally obtained?

  24. Re:RIP better interface on Google Video Becomes Search-Only, YouTube Holds Content · · Score: 1

    Well, atleast Youtube loaded videos correctly at all. Every time i had to use Google Video it would stop somewhere midway through and you'd have to skip a bit to go on.

  25. Parking? on The Death of Domain Parking? · · Score: 1

    His idea kind of reminds me of the pages you get when you misspell an URL.

    Does this mean i will get spiffy Web 2.0 pages when i do that now?