More shameless remarks by Larko

Briefly about German web censorhip

Monday, January 25, 2010 at 17:42 | In Freedom of speech, Germany, censorship, internet | Leave a Comment

New regulations are being discussed (via @doppelfish) in Germany about mouth gagging free speech in the Internet. My brief photographic comment about the proposed measures is as follows:

Talking about ideas

Monday, January 25, 2010 at 17:26 | In web tests | 2 Comments

This would be a pretty accurate description. I would indeed talk about ideas. That is if there are any around. And if I would like to talk at all.

You Love to Talk About Ideas

You like your conversations to be deep and meaningful. You are not a big fan of small talk.

You are open to all sorts of conversation topics, especially if they are unique or interesting. You love it when a conversation takes you somewhere unexpected.

You will talk about anything, even if it’s controversial or weird. You aren’t shy about speaking your mind.

You may shock people with what you’re willing to talk about, but at least it’s more interesting than discussing the weather.

What Do You Love to Talk About?

Blogthings: 100’s of Fun, Free Quizzes and 3 Stupid Ones

Red love

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 4:11 | In Not serious, web tests | Leave a Comment

You may think so but I could not possibly comment.

Your Love Is Red

When you love someone, your love is intense and dramatic. For you, love is passion.

You enjoy seducing someone and being seduced. You like feeling romantically overwhelmed.

You’re the type of person who loves whoever you want, and you’re often drawn toward forbidden love.

You are also stubborn about getting the person you’re interested in to fall for you. You love chasing after what you want.

What Color Is Your Love?

Blogthings: Discover the Parts of Your Personality that Have Been Hiding

Google are keeping their word

Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 1:17 | In China, censorship, google, internet | Leave a Comment

As Google announced yesterday they are no longer going to censor their search results at Google.cn. I can now present evidence that they are worth their word, regardless what the real reason behind their decision was and regardless that I still have trouble understanding that they agreed to censor the results in the first place:

Respect!

I am supposed to be sunset

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 0:54 | In web tests | Leave a Comment

This quiz says I am sunset. While that is often when I wake up (regardless of what time of the year it may be, hence anytime between 3 p.m and 11 p.m) I am not sure I would agree. However, the description is not totally wrong.

You Are Sunset

Even though you still may be young, you already feel like you’ve accomplished a lot in life.

And you feel free to pave your own path now, and you’re not even sure where it will take you.

Maybe you’ll pursue higher education in a subject you enjoy – or travel the world for a few years.

Either way, you approach life with a relaxed, open attitude. And that will take you far!

What Time Of Day Are You?

Blogthings: Quizzes and Tests and Memes, Oh My!

Merry christmas

Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 10:06 | In video | 1 Comment
Tags: xmas

Admitted that I have used this xmas greeting before but hopefully it was such a long time ago that nobody takes notice Merry christmas!

A Baltic vision

Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 1:30 | In Estonia | 4 Comments
Tags: balticum, latvia, lithuania

In this clip the Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves uses five minutes efficiently by putting into a nutshell how the three Baltic countries, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have changed and how the whole World has changed during the last 20 years. He appeared together with his Latvian and Lithuanian counterparts in Riga in the final session of Transatlantic Agenda 2010 A Baltic Vision.

Differences or not?

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 6:51 | In Not serious, languages | 3 Comments

I am quoting Secretary Clinton according to the US State Department’s official blog (Boldface added by me.):

This follows on the work that we began over the last many months to transform the relationship between our two countries, to find common ground wherever we can, to further mutual respect and mutual interests, without in any way accepting the fact that there are not differences between us, because there are.

Wait a minute! I know that diplomatic language is tricky but this one takes the cake. There are three statements in the last boldfaced part of the sentence which are partly contradicting each other. Namely:

It is a fact that there are “not differences between us“, i.e. Russia and USA.
Russia and USA do not accept that fact.
There are differences between Russia and USA.

So would somebody please explain whether there are differences or not and if there are not, do the two countries accept it or not. Or do they accept that there are differences but pretend there are not?

Silver is good enough

Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 22:16 | In web tests | Leave a Comment
Tags: blogthings

If this description makes me silver I do not want to know about gold

You Are Silver

You are down to earth and unpretentious. You don’t feel like you need to show off, and you’re very secure with your place in the world.

You are understated and elegant. You carry yourself with poise, and you’re more known for what you don’t do than what you do.

You can fit in anywhere from a country western bar to a black tie gala. You are adaptable and adventurous.

You are blind to social class and background. You see people as who they are … not as where they came from or how much money they have.

Are You Silver or Gold?

Blogthings: If Quizzes Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Take Quizzes

Greeting Germany

Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 0:41 | In Election, Germany, Politics | Leave a Comment

Here is my special greeting for today to everybody in Germany:

Wahl-o-Mat

Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 2:55 | In Uncategorized | 1 Comment

I did the German Wahl-o-Mat survey for the upcoming parliamentary election where I am not eligible to vote. I am not going to disclose my real preference but if I could vote in Germany, I would NOT vote for Die Linke, FDP, Grüne, NPD, SPD or CDU/CSU in the list below.