It doesn't matter, we have multiple parties over here in Sweden but the big ones on both extremes of the spectrum still support things similar to DHS and TSA . Sure the small parties did ensure that we had a little more discussion, but in the end it was still supported by the big parties.

Germany seems like an interesting multi party country to study though, they seem to care alot about privacy. I wonder how that came about.

I had a friend who bought what he believed to be a genuine Apple charger and fried his tablet, the cheap stuff will always be there wether you use an Apple connector or the standard USB version.

Your story would be more interesting if you knew the specifics, i.e could supply make and model of both charger and phone.

Yes I do find that land lines or stationary phones do have a place, I really like being able to call home to someone, or to a specific place. Especially when I know I can only be helped if someone is at that specific place. But considering the amount of cellphones I can have in my pocket on a bad day I would say cell phones are tied to a service; i.e. the service I provide to my family and friends, my work, and soccer practice etc.

It's a bit like "england", you know those isles in the north sea.

Considering the Air Force has about 300k-540k employees, that ERP just cost them between $2000 and $4000 per personal to develop and scrap. It's not that bad, I guess it's easy to spend that amount of money on ERP thingies even in small companies.

So basically if you live outside of the US for 330 days you will not pay taxes in the US, sound about the same as in Sweden.

None of these, games, DRM crippled video players, tax software need to be proprietary. You even mention why: what would these software packages be without their WAD files, tax definition files and encryption keys.

What's needed is something like that Terms of Service did not read, with easy bullet points telling you just how evil this app is, sure ToS and privacy policies aren't exactly the same thing. This was discussed on slashdot last week.

Apparently the full quote goes like this:

If I was in power I would post laser dolphins targeting the ones who go to fast. Strange that no one has thought of that, oh wait...

Sorry no such law over here, I'm free to cycle in the car lane. I think it's an extremely dangerous law and I will fight hard not to get it over here for many reasons.

But also I'm not sure I want to share a road with you, you sound very aggressive and seem to think that you can decide when it's convenient for me to give room. You have no idea what it happening on my bike right now, so I think you should calm down... Well unless I'm going around in circles and giving you the finger, then maybe you can road rage me.

A well maintained bicycle infrastructure may have had something to do with it. In Stockholm the amount of cyclist doubled, but the cycle network went from almost zero to ok (not as in the Netherlands), but the number of accidents are at the same level..

The Australians solved it even better and recommended Car helments. Didn't take off...

Do you cycle much? For Commute? The article is about how there's a correlation between forcing helmets on cyclist and the attractiveness of cycling.

Around here ~70% of daily cycle commuters do use helmets so many people think like you, but on the other hand you are complete wrong about car the dangers of cycling is more about road conditions than cars (20% of reported cycle accidents here in Sweden involve cars).

Nice... I'm guessing you guys wear other protective gear as well?

Sadly most bicycle accidents only involve one person and are caused by bad roads and bad conditions. Single accidents here in Sweden were 70% of all accidents and just 20% involved some kind of car. Basically what might seem dangerous, city traffic, usually isn't, it can be hard to get used to the stress of a crowded street but it's very safe. What is dangerous are those bike paths that seem lovely and then just end abruptly because of bad maintenance.