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Comment Re:Blanket Ban (Score 1) 242

It's up to the customs and airport security to check there's no illegal device boarding the plane.
And by illegal, I mean that don't comply with regulations on safety, radio signal power or frequency.

They do it all the time for toys that are unsafe for children, why couldn't they do it for adult gadgets too?

Comment Re:Heck no (Score 1) 553

Humble[hmbl]
adj
1. conscious of one's failings
2. unpretentious; lowly "a humble cottage" "my humble opinion"
3. deferential or servile

So how is letting your pay what you want not humble? If they were pretentious, they would sell it for at least $50, they would deserve it. But no, it's up to you.

Somehow, I think that the people who deserve the title "humble" the least are all the people complaining about this operation.
Being humble is accepting what you're given and not asking more. And you're all whining about every little detail, trashing a company on the verge of the bankruptcy (with lots of jobs at stage) and totally ignoring the charities the Humble Bundle have supported for quite some time. Humble? No. Quite selfish, indeed.

Comment Re:I'm one of the people who's pretty angry... (Score 2) 553

So in order to make money for the Child's play charity or Red cross, they have to port to games to as many platform as possible and spend lots of money. Just to be sure everybody has access to it, I suggest they consider a port to Linux, OSX, Xbox, PS3, Amiga, BSD, Snes, Atari, Gameboy, Hurd and various models of coffee machines with integrated LED display.

If you want to raise money and you can do it efficiently as the games have already been made, there's no shame about it.

Comment Re:I'm one of the people who's pretty angry... (Score 0) 553

It's not a crime to express yourself. When you're just a few people saying you just don't like, it's quite ridiculous compared to all the other people who endorsed it or paid for it and all the rest who didn't think of a drama.
Speech is silver, but silence is golden. Especially true when you're a nobody trying to create a drama out of nothing.

Comment Sweden (Score 3, Informative) 999

The economy here isn't bad at all and it's quite peaceful, even in the capital Stockholm.
Sweden's definitely a great place to start a family as the society do a lot for the parents (compared to many countries).
I moved there a year ago and I have no regret at all :)

Oh, and Swedish isn't that difficult to learn at all, you'll be just fine speaking English until you learn it!

Bonus: if you haven't found a spouse yet, I can say that there are some really beautiful girls here too ;)

Comment Iceland (Score 5, Informative) 114

That's exactly what's happening in Iceland ! After the 2008 crisis, the people didn't want to pay for the banks to be saved. Then they forced the government to leave and ditch the current consittution. Now, they are not just writing laws, they are writing a whole new crowdsourced constitution !

They selected a few people who are in charge of making the new constitution, and then everybody can comment on what they propose on FB, Twitter, on their website... When it makes sense, they merge the suggestions into the draft and iterate again.

And in the end, the new constitution will have to be accepted in a referendum and the "government" won't be able to change it. This is really "for the people, by the people" !
And it's not a surprise that our leaders (in any country you could live in) don't talk about it...
 

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