Posts by Stork

Re: Nor a good solution

You want an economist's take on that (Bitcoin specifically)? Here you are: https://www.johnkay.com/2018/03/05/bitcoin-boon-bubble/

Re: "And anyone who has that power should be elected by the people of europe."

Direct democracy seems to work OK in Switzerland, having lived there I would find it hard to argue that it is a particularly dysfunctional country. But of course they have had a rather long time to practice.

You can argue about its success in Denmark. EU/EEC votes are one thing, but changing the constitution requires parliamentary majority -> referendum with majority _and_ a minimum % of eligible voters being for, followed by a general election and a new parliamentary majority. Last change was in 1953.

Re: Optimal Sizes

Generally, from my limited experience, Skiphol, Reykjavik and Copenhagen work for transfers. Palma with Air Berlin did too, but they went bust

Re: Ramble warning - Microsoft

It's called second mover advantage. It is the second mouse that gets the cheese.

Re: Two things to fix in LO, and a benefit you forgot

Interesting. So to rephrase my understanding, the key combinations that work in OS X generally do not get through to LO if you have an English keyboard, but they do if you have a non-English?

I do have an interest in this as I just could consider buying a US/UK 'book.

Found this, btw: https://sites.psu.edu/symbolcodes/languages/europe/nordic/#macaccent

Re: The moral of the story?

Upvote for that.

I must admit I am puzzled, do anyone actually _like_ receiving dickpics?

As a straight-towards-the-dull male, I would would not know what to think if I received a closeup of my significant other's bits on my phone.

- too Scandi, grown up in the 70es...

Re: Brexit updates ...

Busy working on your stab-in-the-back story?

Re: Oh deary dear...

We rent out tourism accommodation, and I have had to add "please do not send card details by email" to our template.

You would be surprised...

Re: Spying is OK as long as WE do it..

If I take the big perspective, I think some spying is necessary. Think the cold war, I think security was improved by having better information about the other side.

And I don't think ip theft is limited to China. My wife's biotech used to worry about the other side of the Pacific, and UK legislation clearly allows for this as well.

Re: I'm not even sure that half the developers read the prompts they are adding

- and messages along the lines "Are you sure you want to stop not cancelling this?"

Another nuisance: "The program has Quit. Press OK" when the situation is not at all OK. In Danish we wanted the Button to say "Nå!" (roughly, "Well, right then"

Re: Metadata shortfall?

We have learned that the hard way. For the guest at our lodging, we write carefully worded instructions in our emails, have an FAQ on our website, and we still get asked when they can check in.

Do NOT count on people reading anything.

Re: ASCeeyaaarrrrgh!

I am old enough to remember the pain of ASCII 127. Getting a printer to write ø...

Re: Screen measurements in inches are tube size

Not quite, afair it is/was the distance between the holes for the mounting screws. Nit picked

Re: Too slim

Most of my work is done in browsers, spreadsheet and email. I only use rj45 when we have problems with the property's network. Ports sound ok for my use. But as I travel and at times have to do some work waiting for planes or kids, low weight and volume is appreciated.

Linus had an MacBook Air, right?

Re: Sovereign Power applied.

Very interesting. How does that square with internment in N.Ireland during the troubles?

(I love tangents)

Re: Black Friday ?

The beer in question is Guinness, then?

Re: Ecole Normale Superieure

I think it just means higher/upper, not necessarily better. But my French is a bit rusty.

@ac: please specify which crime(s). Treason it isn't.

Re: It makes sense

So, if you are the target of one of those libel suits: what happens if you simply ignore it? You may have to avoid going to the UK, but can you enforce a civil ruling in this case?

Re: Just build a wall down the middle of the Channel

I have to agree with you, the Euro will fall apart. It may just take longer than DT expects.

The history of currency unions is interesting, the only successful ones I have heard of is USD (and that took 90 years and a civil war to get working), the one between Belgium and Luxembourg and GBP.

Greece was thrown out of the Latin Currency union because they put too little noble metal in the coins, and the Scandinavian one fell apart with WWI

Re: Man...

Yeah, I was also thinking "but at least you have your backups "

Bit daft of Adobe, though.

Re: The name 'Tesla' has been hijacked

Whereas RR Silver Mist caused smiles in Germany

Re: "Hitler was right"

For example, in 1935 he said "in 10 years you will not recognise Germany". I think most of his contemporaries would have agreed in 1945.

Re: The evolution of ass

Is pigmentally gifted no longer acceptable?

I have referred to myself as pigmentally challenged...

Re: Guard dogs

I heard a story of even better dogs. A breeder of estrela mountain dogs one morning found two of them were missing. A search showed they had dug under the fence to the neighbours where they were preventing burglars leaving the house, owner was away.

Because the Equadorean law does not allow extradition of its own citizens?

Isn't a clusterfuck quite appropriate in this case?

Re: Considering....

I think (but IANAL) that he could argue he is a journalist and is thus protected by the right of free speech. Like e.g. Bernstein & Woodward, even if the comparison makes me cringe

Re: Bah!

I think that was the same approach as at Copenhagen suborbital. The advantage is that solid is easy to handle, but it can be closed down in case of trouble.

Re: Humans will always have the most important battlefield role

Denmark formally never stopped having conscription, but as enough volunteered the last decades very few were forced..

Switzerland has it in a very different form.

Re: "oh boy"

No, Apple did not invent that much. But they implemented in a way that made other's inventions useful, e.g. dtp and an mp3 player that people would buy, with huge capacity for the time.

And I doubt it would have happened without a visionary behind.

He was also a certified @rsehole, no doubt.

Re: never seems to taste the same?

Here in Portugal electric kettles are quite common. 2.2kW, normally. Coffee is generally good, tea rare even if it was a Portuguese who introduced the British to it.