i was in a cabin in sweden the other night talking with some friends about politics and 2 interesting ideas that came up regarding voting, are:
* nameless voting - vote only on issues, not on names
* voters must take a multiple choice test which shows how informed you are. the more correct answers you get, the more weight your vote is given.
UPDATE 20120720
i've made this idea into its own blog called microdemocracy
Thursday, August 19, 2010
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my paternal grandmother is Pearl Lorine Mustoe (seattle, washington, usa). are you my paternal grandfather, a dutch sailor in november 1950, from the netherlands / holland / Nederland?
my paternal grandmother is Pearl Lorine Mustoe. she lived in seattle, washington, usa (the united states of america) in november 1950. her sister, Flora May Mustoe, believes that Pearl dated a dutch sailor in the period around october, november, december or january of 1950, who was visiting on a boat/ship from the netherlands / holland / Nederland at that time?
does this fit your profile or anyone you may know? i don't know who my paternal grandfather is and i would really like to find out, hopefully before he dies, if it is not already too late. but no matter what, i would like to know, dead or alive, who he was =)
in the winter of the year 1950, Pearl would have been 25 or 26 years of age.
UPDATE 20100803
i have ordered a y-dna 37 marker test from FTDNA to see if it will at least give me an indication as to whether my paternal line comes from the netherlands or not. i wrote to IGENEA who cooperates with FTDNA and they said:
does this fit your profile or anyone you may know? i don't know who my paternal grandfather is and i would really like to find out, hopefully before he dies, if it is not already too late. but no matter what, i would like to know, dead or alive, who he was =)
in the winter of the year 1950, Pearl would have been 25 or 26 years of age.
UPDATE 20100803
i have ordered a y-dna 37 marker test from FTDNA to see if it will at least give me an indication as to whether my paternal line comes from the netherlands or not. i wrote to IGENEA who cooperates with FTDNA and they said:
we have about 1.500 Y-DNA samples from the Netherlands so far.
Whether a Y-DNA test can answer your question also depends on where the other man came from who could be your fathers father. If he is, for example, of french, british or german descent it could be hard to distinguish the profile from profiles from the Netherlands.
I would suggest to give it a try and start with the 12-Marker Test. This will show us if you have relatives from the Netherlands in the database. If there are such relatives we can test more markers to get to know the distance of the relationship.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
earthquake februrary 28 2001 kent washington: 6.8
Kent, Washington (WA) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, sex offenders, news, sex offenders
On 2/28/2001 at 18:54:32, a magnitude 6.8 (6.5 MB, 6.6 MS, 6.8 MW, Depth: 32.2 mi, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 26.2 miles away from the city center, causing $2,000,000,000 total damage and $305,000,000 insured losses
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dosbox unable to change to c:\xxx
Turbo C For Vista !!! ~ Tech Guru
i used these directions to add my own game/directory to the wine/windows file system on ubuntu
Suppose u have ur TC in c:\tc . Then u have to mount C:\tc and not C:\ . Also mount it on a different drive from C:\ , use K instead for example.
So , open Dos Box , type "mount k c:\tc" ( I'm assuming that ur tc files are in c:\tc )
Next type k: and then cd bin , followed by tc.
i used these directions to add my own game/directory to the wine/windows file system on ubuntu
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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baby einstein gave our child adhd
we have been watching old family videos of our first child. he watched baby einstein very often starting at around a couple of months old. he has recently been diagnosed with adhd. i wonder if there is a connection? anyone have a similar suspicion?
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borga i ur melody taken from north country blues
Odd Nordstoga - Borga i Ur is a ripoff of bob dylan's North Country Blues
i wrote to odds manager and told him to credit bob dylan here http://www.oddnordstoga.no/utgjevingar/luring/borgaiur.htm
i wrote to odds manager and told him to credit bob dylan here http://www.oddnordstoga.no/utgjevingar/luring/borgaiur.htm
Thursday, January 28, 2010
powerman 5000 and korn
is it just me or does Michael David Cummings sound a little like jonathan davis?
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Joby GORILLAPOD STATIV SLR ZOOM (GP-3011)
i just bought the Joby GORILLAPOD STATIV SLR ZOOM (GP-3011) from amentio.no
it seems really solid =) at first when i tried hooking my kodak zi8 to the mount screw on the top, the screw was too big (3/8 inch), but then i saw that it was actually an adapter screw that screws on top of a smaller screw (1/4 inch). but i think i will still order the ball head so i can position the camera better and even turn it sideways, plus it has a level so you can see that the camera is level or not.
it seems really solid =) at first when i tried hooking my kodak zi8 to the mount screw on the top, the screw was too big (3/8 inch), but then i saw that it was actually an adapter screw that screws on top of a smaller screw (1/4 inch). but i think i will still order the ball head so i can position the camera better and even turn it sideways, plus it has a level so you can see that the camera is level or not.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
gNewSense Official Website : Free as in freedom | Main / gNewSense 2.3 - deltah | browse
completely free and open os
completely free and open os
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
HVL-HIRL | Combination Video and Infrared Light | Sony | SonyStyle USA
portable light source for photography and filming
wishlist
portable light source for photography and filming
wishlist
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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html suggestion - bookmark hyperlink with pixel value
would be cool if you could have a link like:
http://vg.no/#1100px
and it would open that page and then scroll down 1100 pixels.
http://vg.no/#1100px
and it would open that page and then scroll down 1100 pixels.
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