Out of curiosity, what would make the Stefan Nilsson that you are referring to "THE Stefan Nilsson"?

Precisely. Different from most first-world big cities, in Japan power-lines are part of the landscape. I have been to Tokyo and can confirm that. Different from inner city districts such as Shibuya or Shinjuku, power-lines are the norm at suburbs. There's nothing more ordinary than to depict your own reality.

I have the same numeric keypad in my Lenovo, and it's pretty annoying exactly by what grungeman described. The worst part is that, because the touchpad is not centrally aligned, I unintentionally touch it with my left arm.

The person had the same username as mine, but a Hotmail account. I just realized it after I called the person via Skype, and told that I was constantly getting his very personal e-mails. He noticed the mistake, and apparently became more attentive when providing it to people.

I don't see it so much as a "licensing a professional" issue, bur rather "licensing a public transportation system" issue. When one plans and dimensions the public transportation network of a metropolitan area, it must be clear which are the players and what type of services they must provide. Up to now, UBER does not follow any obligations that taxi unions must follow in any big city. For example, guarantee a minimum number of cars in the night, or holidays. So, if UBER wants to become a new taxi company (which is exactly what it is), so adhere to local regulation.

What can you do with UBER, as a user? You may request a cab and pay for the ride. What about a driver? You get ride requests, payments for the rides and incentives to buy your own car. The final service: take passenger from point A to point B. Isn't this exactly what the "cab unions" have been doing for decades with voucher systems and a telephone central?

Not to mention that the "so-called" block would start only in September. Thus, does not apply for the period of the FIFA World Cup.

What's the connection with Brazil's human right abuse with spying? This information has absolutely no connection with being subject of industrial spying. Moreover, the country has indeed managed to promote equality. It rescued more than 20 million people from above the poverty line in the last four years. If this isn't a big accomplishment to reduce inequality, I definitely can't know what it is.

The policy of saying "If it was anyone else than USA it would be worse" is simply ridiculous. Or even to mention concerns about terrorism to justify such spying.
As many are forgetting, let's summarize the real reason for such anger: industrial spying (towards Petrobras, Brazil's biggest company) and spying over a government with more than a century of friendly relations.
The article points this as well: "As host to the UN headquarters, the US has been attacked from the general assembly many times in the past, but what made Rousseff's denunciation all the more painful diplomatically was the fact that it was delivered on behalf of large, increasingly powerful and historically friendly state."

.... and 1 month ago I found out that I was co-authoring a paper in Veterinary.

At first I though I was readying Slashdot. Then I saw the headline about Steve Jobs....

As they say: There ain't no bad publicity. Tell bad stuff, but tell about me. Thanks Microsoft.

Kugrian's comment led me to thing that these news about Pirate Bay shutdown are quiet suspicious. It's seem like an joint action from DMCA and polices from Europe to spead a rumor, create paranoia and take TPB off by DoS.