Category Archives: English blog

The draconian Facebook control of users accounts

Posted on September 8, 2010 by jonfr

There is one thing to be sad about Facebook. They are draconian in control. It appears that they have limits that nobody knows how are. There are many examples of people being banned from Facebook for adding too many users, … Continue reading →

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Verðbólga 1,6% á evrusvæðinu í Ágúst

Posted on August 31, 2010 by jonfr

Samkvæmt Eurostat þá var verðbólga á evrusvæðinu (16 lönd) núna í Ágúst 1,6%, það er lækkun uppá 0,1% síðan í Júlí. Þegar verðbólgan á evrusvæðinu var 1,7% samkvæmt Eurostat. Nánari upplýsingar er að finna á vefsíðu Eurostat hérna. Til samanburðar … Continue reading →

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Asteroid Discovery From 1980 – 2010

Posted on August 30, 2010 by jonfr

View of the solar system showing the locations of all the asteroids starting in 1980, as asteroids are discovered they are added to the map and highlighted white so you can pick out the new ones. The final colour of … Continue reading →

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Facebook loose set of rules

Posted on August 10, 2010 by jonfr

For an online community, Facebook has the most least understand and least organized set of rules to guide people around on Facebook on what is allowed, and what is not. Because of that, it seems to be impossible for users … Continue reading →

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The best way to deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan

Posted on August 7, 2010 by jonfr

In my opinion, the best way to deal with the Taliban treat in Afghanistan is to remove the current president of Afghanistan from office. Given his corrupt nature and his failed government it would be a big step forward to … Continue reading →

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EU project looks to make the roads safer – futuris

Posted on July 24, 2010 by jonfr

When it comes to making driving safer, much has been done over the past decades but there is still much work to do. The European Union is currently backing a scheme to analyse drivers’ habits in order to reduce the … Continue reading →

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A strengthened role for the European Parliament

Posted on July 20, 2010 by jonfr

The Treaty of Lisbon entered into force on 1 December 2009. Thanks to the new treaty the Parliament now has more powers than ever before to shape Europe. The Treaty aims to improve the efficiency of the EU’s decision-making process … Continue reading →

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Power to the People

Posted on July 15, 2010 by jonfr

Could the Citizens’ Initiative stem Europeans’ disaffection with the EU? The Union’s big players hope so, and the Belgian presidency wants to wrap up the legal framework by end 2010.

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The lost emails

Posted on July 14, 2010 by jonfr

Today I found out to my horrors that I had lost some emails that I regarded as important. This lost emails was not because of my fault, it was the software fault why this did happen. Why this did happen … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet, Opinion, Software | 4 Comments

Lettland tekur stefnuna á evruna árið 2014

Posted on June 23, 2010 by jonfr

Núverandi forsætisráðherra Lettlands hefur tekið þá ákvörðun að stefna að upptöku evrunar árið 2014. Hann segir að án evrunnar sé Lettland einfaldlega verri stöðu á alþjóðlega markaðinum. Nánari fréttir um þetta mál. Why Lithuania Still Wants in to the Euro … Continue reading →

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