Comment Re: Boggles the mind (Score 4, Insightful) 508
No, he's not.
Public faith in journalism is good, not in singular journalists. There's a big difference there.
Comment Re:Social media needs to be decentralized (Score 1) 223
A new standard? Obligatory xkcd
Comment Re:Atari 2600 Expert Here (Score 1) 546
Comment ID cards are not mandatory in Sweden (Score 1) 217
Just a comment from another Swede:
It is not mandatory with an ID card, not even to vote, see: http://www.val.se/det_svenska_...
Google translation of the second paragraph (yeah, I'm lazy):
Do I have to show identification when I vote?
You must prove your identity to vote. You can prove your identity in three ways:
1. Be known by the voice receiver
2. Show ID document
3. Any other person can vouch for your identity. Then the one who vouches show his ID. The social security number of the person who vouches written down in the electoral roll.
Comment I actually switched to beta voluntarily now (Score 1) 2219
I hadn't looked at beta before this fantastic storm in a teacup, so I thought, what the hell I have to try it. It's a bit different, and a bit more modern. I cannot for the life of me understand why you are all so upset.
I actually switched over to beta now, and probably won't think more of it (unless i see more of these childish f**k beta posts...)
Comment Salty liquorice (Score 3, Interesting) 267
"It's an acquired taste"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salty_liquorice
If you don't like it, you are weak
Comment Re:He's probably right. (Score 1) 352
Ok, but you start out with saying:
What makes you think he was ever all that smart?
I sure as hell think he is smart, but he probably also had a bit of luck. I think all successful business leaders have a bit of both. They haven't shown innovation in their products, but definitely in their channel selection and logistics.
Comment Re:Born on a Blue Day (Score 3, Informative) 298
I was in a book store the other day, and I look at all the books, and I get pretty much the same feeling:
"ooohhh....so many books that need to be read."
But is isn't anxiety, it is more futility and despair...
Reminded me of this comic strip from Berke Breathed: http://www.northstarnerd.org/.a/6a00d8341c5fd253ef0120a5e93468970b-450wi
Comment Re:This just makes sense (Score 1) 1345
Religion is simply your own personal reason that you do X.
No, that would be more like philosophy. I do not have a religion, but I do have reasons for why I do X. And no, atheism is not a religion.
Comment I name them after religious characters (Score 1) 722
...such as buddha, jesus, muhammed.
Fictional people in other words
Comment Re:Bait and switch? (Score 1) 257
Sure, it's better than many alternatives.
But maybe, just maybe they shouldn't call it, i don't know, unlimited?
Comment Nominate Assange to the World Press Freedom Prize (Score 4, Insightful) 614
Someone should nominate Assange to UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2011
Imagine if he would have to get parol from a US prison to attend?
Comment And that is your major problem with this? (Score 1) 1270
Sure, speaking another language like that must be almost as hard to find a solution to as, i don't know, building a time machine?
Comment Re:pardon my ignorance (Score 3, Informative) 263
and usually medical databases are quite thoroughly tied down in this respect.
I don't know much about this case, but in Sweden we have a national test for all newborns, where they collect blood to check for a few diseases (PKU, the google is your friend). When they have checked it, they store the information "for research purposes".
When our minister of foreign affairs was killed, the Police requested samples from the database and got them.
So, don't count on the database staying "for research purposes"...
Submission + - Gene Study Supports Single Bering Strait Migration (eurekalert.org)
Invisible Pink Unicorn writes: "One of the most comprehensive analyses of genetic variation ever undertaken supports the theory that the ancestors of modern native peoples throughout the Americas came from a single source in East Asia across a northwest land bridge some 12,000 years ago. One particular discovery is of a 'unique genetic variant widespread in natives across both continents — suggesting that the first humans in the Americas came in a single migration or multiple waves from a single source, not in waves of migrations from different sources. The variant, which is not part of a gene and has no biological function, has not been found in genetic studies of people anywhere else except eastern Siberia. The researchers say the variant likely occurred shortly prior to migration to the Americas, or immediately afterwards.' The full article is available online from PLoS."
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