Comment old new...dispute is already resolved (Score 1) 221
old news...dispute is already resolved: http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2012/12/24/beslaglegging-jacht-steve-jobs-opgeheven/
Comment Re:You want my money, then it is your issue (Score 1) 309
Credit Cards do not cost a lot of money. The one I have through the bank costs me €17,50 a year.
If you are a member of the ANWB (the Dutch AAA) which most people who own a car are, you can get a VISA card for €11,50 a year.
Comment Music Festifals (Score 2) 240
Visiting a few music festifals is my holiday this year....
Comment Real catchy alternative (Score 1) 356
" 'Windows 8 style UI!'
Come on, there has to be a better alternative....
Comment about 3 years ago (Score 1) 250
I used to be with XS4ALL which was founded in 1993 as an offshoot of the hackers club Hack-Tic as they are (one of) the best.
However, while sympathetic the price difference became such that I switched to Tele-2 about 3 years ago. Got a Wii as welcome present too lol.
Comment XS4ALL not the largest (Score 5, Informative) 272
"This news comes from XS4All, one of the largest European ISPs..."
XS4All is a big provider in the Netherlands, but not the largest. They are definitely not one of the largest in Europe.
They do however have a long history of standing up for the rights and privacy of their customers.
Submission + - ACTA rejected by European Parliament (bbc.com)
swinferno writes: The European Parliament has voted to reject the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta).
The proposed agreement sought to curb piracy, but internet campaigners said it posed a threat to online freedoms.
The rejection vote followed a failed attempt to postpone the decision because of ongoing investigations into Acta by the European Court of Justice.
The votes were: 478 against, 39 in favour and 165 blank.
The proposed agreement sought to curb piracy, but internet campaigners said it posed a threat to online freedoms.
The rejection vote followed a failed attempt to postpone the decision because of ongoing investigations into Acta by the European Court of Justice.
The votes were: 478 against, 39 in favour and 165 blank.
Comment Tesla for sure (Score 1) 542
As he is so much overlooked and underestimated. I'm still surprised that so many people haven't even ever heard of him...
Comment I read ACLU... (Score 1) 82
and was like..what?
Comment Re:Solution (Score 1) 297
you're right on the money!
Submission + - Dutch Court forces ISP's to block access to The Pi (tweakers.net)
swinferno writes: After recent successes in Finland, Italy and Belgium, the Dutch Copyright protection organisation BREIN has obtained a verdict that forces two major ISP's to block access to ThePirateBay domains and gives them the right to submit future domains/IP addresses to be blocked in the future without court order. Translation by Googletranslate: http://www.google.com/translate_c?langpair=en&u=http://www.tweakers.net/nieuws/79266/ziggo-en-xs4all-moeten-the-pirate-bay-blokkeren.html
Comment Re:Occupy Wall Street protesters are creating thei (Score 1) 451
That's fine, but he uses the term "liberalism" in his sig, which does in fact have the same meaning in the US as it does in Europe
I merely pointed out where I thought his misconception came from, namely that what you call "liberals" have little to do with the "Liberalism" he mentions in his sig
I merely pointed out where I thought his misconception came from, namely that what you call "liberals" have little to do with the "Liberalism" he mentions in his sig
Comment Re:Occupy Wall Street protesters are creating thei (Score 1) 451
He obviously does not, but fell for the misleading US practice of namecalling the people on the left of the political spectrum "liberals"
and "liberals" in turn seems to be equated with communists...at least by some people in the States...
here in Europe a "liberal" pretty much means the opposite of communist.
clickable link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism
here in Europe a "liberal" pretty much means the opposite of communist.
clickable link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism
Comment Re:Political Compass (Score 1) 639
Fun stuff; I scored:
Economic Left/Right: -5.00 & Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.74
greetings from the Netherlands
Comment monopoly on free service... (Score 5, Interesting) 315
is a monopoly on something that is free, against the law?
