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A look back to where it all started(?):

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1261499

You might want to have a look at your own comment history...

And you don't understand the different meanings of control. Controlling as in "issuing commands" is different from controlling an event. As far as I know there were no actual commands being given to Stuxnet. It was made for private networks how could there be?

It got discovered, I would call that loosing control.

In the end doing things count. For all the reasons you'll find in the recurring "Why you should quit school and start a startup in SV". You can't do the kind of investments he's been doing without the experience and network that comes with staying "in the game" for a long time.

Guess why the first car is a truck. Also Volvo is based in Sweden and have plenty of experience with elk. There's even two tests designed for elk[1].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose_test

Healthcare is generally very cheap (theoretical maximum 1000$ per year, plus hospital stay 10$ a day). Dental care for adults is not. If you're a non-EU citizen Sweden has some of the most expensive education in Europe. As a citizen of the EU, tuition fees are cheap, but so are they almost everywhere in Europe[1].

[1] http://www.studyineurope.eu/tuition-fees

Somewhat awkward that Sweden had already won after 35 of 42 countries had presented their votes.

That's quite an old ranking and it's hard to compare against any other ranking, but I can't imagine Ireland still being at the top of the list.

I do think the "IT-community" (and most people) are awesome. While somewhat underappreciated it's lot more enthusiast/hacker than academic/corporate, compared to other countries. People also generally don't care about hierarchies and titles in the workplaces. I mean getting to work is often more "troublesome" than getting things done at work. YMMV of course.

Yes, non-availability. Basically high demand because of rapid urbanization, poor infrastructure, small and single city center. Low supply because of rent control on the first and second hand market, conversion of rentals and not enough new buildings. At least for the three large cities in Sweden.

"with its too much competitive pricing"

...and its agressive tax planning.

Sweden is outstanding if you ignore all the equally great countries in Europe and elsewhere. Sweden also used to be the standard-bearer for the Nordic model, this is not true anymore. There's plenty of reasons to avoid Sweden, but here are the top ones:

* Everything is expensive.

* Taxes are high.

* Housing (more or less) can't be rented, buying is expensive.

* Weather is cold and/or dark most of the year.

* Culture life is relatively mediocre.

* Foreigners generally perceive Swedes as guarded.

* Racism is on the rise.

Correct. But the manned Dragon spacecraft, cleverly named DragonRider, will use this interface.

I must say I was more excited when SpaceX did their first successful launch, but this is a lot of fun for essentially being parking. Can't wait for the future though. If there's one things that sets Elon Musk apart from other entrepreneurs it's his ability to make long-term plans. It seems like everything he (and his team) does leads up to somethings even greater.

According to the radio interview[1] it started out as a writing exercise.

[1] http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17908017/VEG%20You%20and%20Yours.mp3

The blog: http://neverseconds.blogspot.com Radio interview: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17908017/VEG%20You%20and%20Yours.mp3

Quite a long time since I saw Aliens, but isn't the divide between the military and the civilians rather than the men and women?

I guess I'm damaged from working in agile projects for too long. But whenever someone starts rambling in a large group I can't help thinking about how many man-hours were just lost.

....IF you don't mind buying (speculate on) an apartment, paying twice as much as everyone else, or live outside of the city with transportation issues.

To stay fit I would look into a team or group sport. Unless you want to do body building or competitive weight lifting, you're going from rapidly improving to maintaining your fitness. Sports are so much more multifaceted, that you'll see improvement and reaching goals over a long time.

I would say it has more to do with mindset than technology.

"Apple shipped the first ultrathin laptop."

Take a look at the Sony Vaio 505 models released before the air.

Richard Branson from 2006: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HicaK7NTHQI

Edit: I also remember the pinball game "Revenge from Mars" from 1999. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA7Cgzk-y1U

I can't help thinking that most of the programmers who program (a lot) in their spare time do so because they aren't satisfied at work.

I'm not sure what you are referring to. 4k/64k have been around for a long time, close to 20 years. Demos are generally "anything goes" and for anything else there are usually a "wild compo".