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Comment Re:an example where algebra is useful? (Score 4, Informative) 158

Still it's not as bad as measuring rainfall in liters per square meter like we do here in Spain.

I'm wondering, what exactly is the problem with that unit? Which alternative would you prefer?

Because if it's mm that you prefer, you're maybe interested to know that liter per square meter is exactly the same as mm:

liter / m^2 = dm^3 / m^2 = (10^-1 m)^3 / m^2 = 10^-3 m^3 / m^2 = 10^-3 m = mm

Comment Re:Hearing aids have been discussed before (Score 1) 183

Same here. In hearing tests everything is ok, I can still hear relatively high frequencies. But in a loud environment, it is *very* difficult for me to understand what people are saying, and it's also difficult for me to speak myself -- because I can't hear what I'm saying, I guess.

Even in a moderately noisy environment (think busy cafeteria with the background noise of everybody talking and maybe some music playing) it is difficult and tiring, but still doable, to participate in conversations.

Comment Re:Security by obcurity? (Score 2) 203

The actual provider of the content is not the link. It's what's at the other end of the link, which in these cases is the person claiming to be wronged.

That's incorrect actually. I read the verdict (I speak Dutch), and what happened is that the photos leaked and were uploaded by some unknown person to FileFactory.com and later to other filesharing sites. GeenStijl.nl posted an article saying "hey, Britt Dekker's nude photos are leaked, you can see them OVER THERE".

I don't know how GeenStijl.nl came to know the URL. Got a tip from the person who leaked the photos, I guess.

As someone here said: the case is more nuanced than would appear from the summary, but I don't really know what to think of it.

Comment Re:An iPad within inches of the instrument panel.. (Score 1) 372

If that's true, they shouldn't just ban electronic devices but also books, sudoku puzzles, newspapers, magazines, rubikubes, .... And they should have done that even before the proliferance of electronic devices.

But they didn't, and they don't. So that "real" reason can not be a valid reason.

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