Sweden and Switzerland are two separate, non-bordering countries.

Exactly how did you get younger?

Isn't that the classic feminist definition of rape? It doesn't matter when it became unwanted contact only that it is unwanted.

How do you know they are not there to do bodily harm? Most non-violent criminals won't bother entering an occupied home so you should assume that someone breaking in to an occupied home will do harm to the inhabitants.

Of course, we can always just wait for the police to "protect and serve" us.

So, is this a good development or a bad development? If the finding better ways to identify people leads to better ways to remove that information then it is better?

Or is it better because it will help us not remain anonymous when we donate to our favorite cause and that organization is in some way involved in US politics?

usually means that it sometimes is that bad. Articles from various sources, US and UK. Also from some US citizens living in the UK. Like signs discouraging people from entering certain corridors in hospitals saying stuff like "High crime area - enter at own risk.

We have areas like that in the US (usually whole sections of cities) but we tend not to advertise the fact that we have just given up. Everybody just assumes we have but we don't advertise it that openly.

From some of the articles I've read the cops in the UK don't seem to have the time to much of anything because all crimes seem to be fairly petty including armed robbery and mugging, etc. Although, they do seem to have time to arrest those defending themselves from such as serious criminals. The UK view of "Crime and Punishment" is as ridiculous as anywhere else; just for different reasons.

only ~60% of all income taxes paid to the feds, but, sure, if more than half is barely anything in your world...

What I don't understand is that the government claims to have the authority via the CPSC to ban these kits and all kinds of other stuff but they say they cannot find the authority anywhere to ban tobacco? Personally, I'm one of those "small government" whackos that thinks all of this is nonsense but why can't they at least be consistent in their overstepping?

Easy there. Are you sure you aren't Steven Seagal?

This story, Germany-To-Grant-Privacy-At-the-Workplace [slashdot.org] was about how great it was that Germany is making great strides towards banning a private business from monitoring the activities of its employees. Now, that same government seems to think that no amount of monitoring those same people is too much, as long as the benevolent government does the monitoring instead of the evil corporation.

Nice progress they are making over there. /sarcasm

Why? You planning to become a terrorist?

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

So, *nix users generally only get their apps from an app-store except we say that we are getting executables from a repository. Who acts as the gatekeeper for the repository? If it is fully open so that anybody can put anything in, then what prevents malware from getting in it. If only a blessed few are allowed to put something in, then how is this really different than Apples app store?

Just askin'.

Correct, I haven't used a *nix variant since college nearly 20 years ago.

Wrong, I use Windows at home and work but my wife and daughter own a couple of older iPods.

Take all that same stuff on a marginally existing road (commonly referred to as a trail) or taking the boat with you as well. My SUV can do that quite well.

Probably the same thing because most people can't afford a car for the commute, a car for the family, a car for the Scout troop, etc.