Submission + - EU Parliament says 'no' to ACTA (www.nu.nl)
multatuli writes: With 478 against, 39 in favour, and 165 abstained, the EU parliament discarded ACTA.
Comment Re:Missing Option (Score 3, Funny) 337
"For example William III of England arrived at Brixham in England on 5 November (Julian calendar), after setting sail from the Netherlands on 11 November (Gregorian calendar)."
Don't underestimate the North Sea! It rivals the Bermuda Triangle when it comes to time travel.
Comment Re:Why so many keyboards? (Score 1) 192
Hurray for KVMs, Remote Desktops and remote login!
I'm at 2-3 keyboards now, but would be closer to 100 without.
And spend half of my time just to get to the other keyboard.
Comment Big coils? Think twice! (Score 1) 199
Read 'Micro' before hitting the 'on' switch
Comment Re:Analog = Unique (Score 1) 220
If it's analog, then it's behaviour is unique per chip, and so anything you build from them will be subtly unique. So "software" would behave differently depending on the unit it was running on. You thought 4 or 5 versions of Linux was tricky to support...
That explains why I always seem to hear things on my radio that other people don't
Comment Re:Transistors are not digital (Score 2) 220
Transistors are analog. Transistor-transistor logic is digital.
Neurons are analog. What about neuron-neuron-logic?
Some seem to expect it quantum-mechanical or even completely non-deterministic.
Some are living up to that expectancy
Comment Re:Transistors are not digital (Score 2) 220
Transistors are analog. Transistor-transistor logic is digital.
Submission + - DigiNotar hack hits Windows Update, too (www.nu.nl)
multatuli writes: It seems the hack of the Dutch SSL certificate provider DigiNotar has hit on the security of Windows Update, too. When in Iran, better check before you update (story in Dutch)
Comment Re:Ignorant bastards (Score 1) 205
So right you are.
We could try to address our US friends as if they were from Nicaragua or - better yet - from Cuba. Same continent, same people, same culture, right?
But that might be offensive to Nicaraguans and Cubans.
Comment Re:St. Reagan (Score 1) 788
What you speak of is a debt per assets ratio. We are quite good compared to the rest of the world I heard we are about 90 GDP to Debt, I was told it was more like 60 when I asked a family member who is an expert in this area so my numbers could be off. In comparison Japan is 180! Greece was close to 140 when all hell broke loose.
Which part of GDP is available to pay the debt? Without income (i.e. taxes) government has no means to pay anything. So you should relate GDP*(average tax rate) to Debt. See what happens to your ranking then.
Comment iPad as a tablet?? (Score 1) 81
The comparison got me wondering ... would an App that lets you use the iPad as a tablet device to a Mac (or any other OS) be worth developing? Is it already out there?
Comment Re:University of Amsterdam (Score 1) 247
Yes, but that's outside of the US, so can be ignored ;-)
Comment Re:Law of Economics Applies... (Score 1) 1003
So we should stop buying for a while and/or switch to freeware en masse to make this stop.
In fact, I think this is called monopoly abuse and the EU tries to make us think they are very keen on fighting that.
In fact, I think this is called monopoly abuse and the EU tries to make us think they are very keen on fighting that.
