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Comment Re:Hmm... (Score 5, Interesting) 595

I have a wife who have worked, and is working, in the these medical fields. According to her, we (Norway) have some of the strictest laws regarding veterinary use of antibiotics. We had some problems with overuse of antibiotics in the fish farming sector some years back. Since then things have gotten even tighter. In many other countries use of antibiotics as a preventative medication in food is the norm. This is not legal in Norway.

The effect of this is not studied, at least to our knowledge, in any scientifically accurate way. However, I believe this is one of the reasons we do not have problems with MRSA in Norway. There are few natural places where you can be infected i nNorway, whereas in USA you can get MRSA from spending time at the beach!! Ref: http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/16/mrsa-on-the-beach/

Comment Re:If this is what Universal Health Care is like.. (Score 5, Interesting) 595

TFA is painting a picture about Norwegian hospitals that are easy to misinterpret. Yes, floor ar streaked and scratched, there is some dust on cabinets and blood pressure monitors.

Howevery, there it is still not dirty and messy as can be interpreted by the article. Cleaning staff in Norway actually have a 3- year education in cleaning! Translated school information site They learn how to spot the difference between dangerous and non-dangerous dirty surfaces. Think in your own home: The dust on the TV isn't dangerous, but the food spills on the kitchen counter can be. The cleaning staff is simply authorized and empowered to perform the important cleaning first, and leave non-dangerous dirt until they have the time to take care of it.

Comment Re:Dammit Dell (Score 1) 314

No porn today, my love has gone away
The PC stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn
No porn today, it seems a common sight
But people passing by don't know the reason why

How could they know just what this message means
The end of my hopes, the end of all my dreams
How could they know the palace there had been
Behind the door where my love reigned as queen

No porn today, it wasn't always so
The company was gay, we'd turn night into day

But all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
Becomes a shrine when I think of you only
Just two up two down

No porn today, it wasn't always so
The company was gay, we'd turn night into day
As music played the faster did we dance
We felt it both at once, the start of our romance

How could they know just what this message means
The end of my hopes, the end of all my dreams
How could they know a palace there had been
Behind the door where my love reigned as queen

No porn today, my love has gone away
The PC stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn

But all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
Becomes a shrine when I think of you only
Just two up two down

No porn today, my love has gone away
The PC stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn
No porn today, it seems a common sight
But people passing by don't know the reason why

How could they know just what this message means
The end of my hopes, the end of all my dreams
How could they know a palace there had been
Behind the door where my love reigned as queen

Comment Re:Meanwhile... (Score 1) 335

I would argue that laws should represent the views of the majority, and I think it's quite clear that the majority of people have little to no problem with piracy. It is a victimless crime.

You gotta be careful with that line of thinking. If the majority thinks computer nerds should be shot on site do you really want that to be the law?

Laws must always take into count the minority and strike some sort of balance where as many "people" as possible have the most freedoms allowable. There is no perfection to be had and there will always be those fringe cases that unsettle us but WE CAN surely do better not only here in the U.S. but in all countries.

Comment Re:Kinda sounds like (Score 1) 118

So it adds nothing to your particular style of roleplaying, at least in that game. In a game where the players aren't constantly keeping secrets from each other, it's fine. Hell, it'd probably be fine in that game if you had players who can separate OOC knowledge with IC knowledge. It definitely could have its uses at times, but like anything else, it has its flaws.

Comment Re:Lenovo (Score 1) 583

Ever tried Jarnal?

It feels kludgy, I'll admit, but it does get the job done.

Note, you probably want to know how to get rid of the lined paper. Intuitively enough, it is under Format, Paper and Background (you'd probably have found it without my help). Change "Lined" to "Plain" and apply to all pages.

Note also, you probably want to know how to open a PDF to annotate it. This one isn't intuitive at all, but you have to go to File, Open Background. (The PDF is opened as a background image. Unfortunately this means you cannot edit, only annotate.)

To save, either Export to PDF or Print as PDF – I'm entirely clueless as to whether there is any difference between the two or why there are two options to do the same thing.

As a bonus, you can also download the zip, unzip to a flash drive, and run it portably.

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