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Effectively, they're claiming that going 6mph faster is the equivalent of drunk driving. I call BS.

That website gives studies which were done in a variety of places. Specifically that one you're quoting came from Australia. You can call BS all you want, open up the studies and discuss those in detail rather than shooting the messenger.

This study indicates that exceeding the speed limit of 60 km/h by 5 km/h is comparable to the risk of a BAC of 0.05. The risk of exceeding the 60 km/h speed limit by 10 km/h is higher than driving with a BAC of 0.08.

Is that a surprise to you? For reference the former BAC is legal in most countries, the latter is legal in many too. At 0.05 your reaction is barely impaired. At 0.08 many people feel the effects on their abilities. Now a 10km/h increase in speed from 60-70km/h also represents a 25% increase in stopping distance (reaction + momentum) as published by the Australian government, sounds like 0.08BAC comparison is quite reasonable there.

That figure just doesn't pass the smell test

Why? A 3% relative change in accident rate is tiny for a small change in speed, and increases for larger and larger changes all else staying equal. It smells perfectly fine and is also the expected result given longer distances resulting in increased pressure on reaction times, and higher momentum resulting in decreased ability to control.

But hey how about some figures from before and after they related some Dutch Roads: https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieu... (10.4% chance of fatality if you're in an accident on the same stretch of highway at 130km/h vs the 1.7% at 100km/h)

Or do you prefer something closer to home:

The Effects of the New 65 Mile-Per-Hour Speed Limit on Rural Highway Fatalities:
A State-By-State Analysis
CITATION: S. Graham, Garber J. D. , Accident Analysis & Prevention, Vol. 22, No. 2, p.
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137-149.
ABSTRACT: This paper examines the effects of the new 65 mile-per-hour (mph) speed
limit on U.S. rural highway fatality counts. Separate analyses are conducted for each of
the 40 states that had adopted the new (higher) limit by mid-1988. Using monthly Fatal
Accident Reporting System (FARS) data from January 1976 through November 1988,
time-series regression equations--including policy variables, seasonal variables, and
surrogate exposure variables--are estimated for each state. The results suggest that the
new laws have increased fatalities on both rural interstate and rural noninterstate
highways in most states, but also that these effects differ substantially across the states.
For rural interstate fatalities the estimates suggest a median (among the 40 states) effect
of the increased speed limit of roughly 15 percent more fatalities; the median estimates
for rural noninterstates suggest a 5 percent increase in fatalities due to the increased
speed limits. Estimates such as those reported here should be revised as more information
becomes available.

One thing is consistent across every study: No you don't win at faster speeds, you only get to your destination sooner... but in every case you're less likely to get there.

Systems like this are everywhere now.

For example, here in the Netherlands a similar system is used in Dordrecht. It's extremely untransparant, where the makers say they want to avoid the hassle of a public debate..
Source: https://www.groene.nl/artikel/...

China is another obvious example. They use data to pinpoint students with potential psychological issues.
Source: https://www.volkskrant.nl/buit...

Big data is feeding our impulse to be risk averse. The question is what this does to students in the long run. See also:
https://www.socialcooling.com

Yes, the rest of the world is watching as well. In horrified amusement: http://www.volkskrant.nl/foto/...

Well, actually this is where the plot really thickens, as reportedly the professor got back on the plane and continued the flight, but the woman who reported him did not (link in Dutch - use Google Translate if you need). So what happened to her? And - maybe even more importantly - was her luggage removed from the plane before it left? Because if not, now that would be a real security leak.

I haven't watched the talk yet. I've been to busy watching other 32C3 talks. :-)

But I do know that just after Dieselgate came out, some of the news in the Netherlands was that the testing lab in our country (which does this for otherEuropean countries too) had already figured this out at least a year earlier.

Their report showed that out of 16 models tested 14 failed a slightly more realistic test. So they were already busy helping to change the rules at the European level to get proper realistic testing.

Here is one of the Dutch articles of that time:
http://www.volkskrant.nl/econo...

They already noticed problems in 2009 so it seems.

Because this has been done several times before already. In the US for example, or just last year in The Netherlands. (you might need google translate).

What people say about themselves is not that relevant. It's what other people of the same religion say about them what's important:

99,9% of all Christians consider KKK not to be good Christians, if Christians at all.
73% of muslims in the Netherlands consider muslims that join ISIL good muslims, even heroes.

One of Charlie's comments on his blog described Word as "a rail-mounted Gatling gun firing Swiss Army chainsaws". I want one.

You want one, even though it's being fired AT your beautiful book that you're trying to write? That's ... interesting. Did you also participate in the vegetarian festival in Phuket? (WARNING: maybe NSFW, unsure).

Exactly.

The wikilleak affaire was about telegrams between ambassies that were leaked.

The queen of the netherlands (now replaced by a king) still sends telegrams to congratulate people.

The telegram is dead, long live the telegram.

Was just going to say that. 1 CCTV per 14 subjects in the UK, in 2006: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6108496.stm And the the fuckers can't even elect their head of state. Greetings from another medieval society, the one with the most wiretaps in the world: http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686/Binnenland/article/detail/766686/2006/02/11/Nederland-is-kampioen-afluisteren.dhtml I guess we all have our cross to bear.

That is exactly what the officail stance is...

Volkskrant (dutch)

Taxes, fire safety, and illegal rent.
Illegal rent: social rented space that is sub-rented.

You can only slow it down as this train is being driven by the federal government with virtually unlimited power, money, and time.. All this stuff ( and more ) will eventually pass and our digital freedom goes out the door.

Just a matter of time. Enjoy it while it lasts.

I just read an article in the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant about a 17 year old that hacked into the Netherlands biggest phone provider. He tells about two FBI officers being permanently stationed at the Dutch national cybercrime team. He tells it as if it helps the Dutch, but I'm pretty sure it will help the US more. "Our" digital freedom? Even in the EU - it's gone!

What a coincidence.
http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2680/Economie/article/detail/3041649/2011/11/18/Halvering-antibiotica-bij-vee-niet-genoeg.dhtml
I'm sure you know how to get this translated :)

I have a Mac Book. I am above all this nonsense PC people have to deal with.

Silly fanboi, Macs are PCs. PCs with their own share of problems, from bulging batteries to failing keyboards (Dutch, use some translator if you can't read it) to, well, attitude problems in its users it seems...

• Germany:
  "Ku-Klux-Klan ja, Wikileaks nein"
• Spain:
  "Apoyo a organizaciones racistas"
• The Netherlands:
  'Je mag met je Visa- of Mastercard wel geld geven aan de Ku Klux Klan, maar inmiddels geen donaties meer doen aan WikiLeaks.'
• Turkey:
  "Ku Klux Klan'a bagis var, Wikileaks'e yok" [Sorry for the spelling, but /. filters the characters otherwise]
• Poland:
  "[..]- nie ma za to problemów z donacj np. na róne odamy Ku-Klux-Klanu"

Don't be grumpy, spun, it's springtime!
This is what current USA politics looks like from a typically (slightly left-of-center) Dutch perspective:
lente in de VS (in Dutch)
Tr.: "lente in de VS" = "spring in the U.S.A."
"VS: waarschijnlijk geen lente dit jaar" = "USA: probably no spring this year"

Good luck to you and other rational Americans including your president Obama!

This came up in the Dutch 'Volkskrant' (newspaper, literally "people's paper"). It purported to show some live video of the phone 'launch'. I did not get to see this video, instead I was told that my browser and platform were not supported so sorry this Silverlight video is not for you.

Funny, that. This browser and platform have no problems showing video. I guess this phone is just not for me...

Silly Microsoft. You can not even show a video without building walls around it and still you want me to believe you can build a phone to interact with the real world?

Ha. Good one. Pull the other one, it's got bells on it...

This page (Dutch) has a link to the PDF (bottom of the article) of the Dutch translation of the first chapter. (I would have linked to an English translation, but I am not aware of any preview releases.)

I read the first chapter, and found it pretty cool, but also awkward to read it in Dutch, since the characters (in ch. 1) are all Britons or Americans.

Anyway, if you're interested, have a look at it.

According to an article in Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant [in Dutch] GM lobbied intensively with EPA to modify the test method for hybrid cars. They say the Volt differs from other hybrid cars by being able to run 64 kilometers on electricity. With five standard testruns of 17.6 km the gas engine has only participated in 24 of the 88 km, and that would explain the 98 km/liter. They call it a marketing myth.

Sorry for the metric units, we don't understand miles and gallons over here.

GPS is already used for tracking birds. I just read they use a 14 grams GPS receiver + radio transmitter + solar cell combination that lasts over a year. If you can attach it to a bird, there will be ample space to attach it to a kid.

In related news [in Dutch], earplugs are becoming common among the *audiences* of pop concerts.

I think that is really shocking: they are turning up the volume so much that people who haven't destroyed their hearing yet (and are not planning to do so) need earplug to listen to a concert! I am pretty sure that turning up the volume at the speaker and then applying a very low-tech filter to turn the volume down at the ear can't be good for the quality...

To reply to your obviously UNINFORMED response...

"You DON'T need to speak Dutch before being accepted, no matter where you are from."

Sorry bud.. try again. I'm quoting from the Dutch IND website.

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Civic integration examination abroad introduced

As of March 15th migrants wishing to settle in the Netherlands for, in particular, the purposes of marrying or forming a relationship are required to take the civic integration examination abroad.

Many people aged between 16 and 65 who need an authorisation for temporary residence (MVV) in order to come to the Netherlands will first be obliged to complete the civic integration examination abroad in their country of residence. This applies, amongst others, to people who wish to form a family with someone in the Netherlands (for example, through marriage or by forming a relationship) and to religious leaders coming to the Netherlands for employment, such as imams or preachers. In many cases, obtaining the integration examination becomes an additional condition needing to be met before an MVV can be issued.

The examination tests fundamental knowledge of the Dutch language and Dutch society. The examination is held orally, in Dutch, at the Dutch embassy or consulate general in the foreign national's country of residence. Taking the examination will cost approximately 350.
=-=-

So.. read that... it DOES matter where you're from, and YOU MUST SPEAK DUTCH BEFORE YOU ENTER THE COUNTRY. That fundamental knowledge test is administered OVER THE PHONE by a computer voice recognition system. If you have any kind of accent, good luck getting it to recognize your attempts at speaking Dutch.

So on your first point, you're WRONG.

On point 2, you're wrong again. Have you actually viewed the video that the IND created for foreigners wishing to come to the NL? Have you? I doubt it. Have you gone to your local Stadshuis and attended the integration courses? I'm not talking the ROC sponsored courses... I'm talking about the MANDATORY course that you have to attend that is administered by the City Council. It's crap. I've gone and done it... and they did teach us important things like.. flushing a toilet and how to make that wonderful Dutch food called stampot. Apparently knowing how to make stampot was more important that learning Dutch history and the place the NL holds in the world community.

On point 3... that was the case years ago... before Rita Verdonk got her grubby hands on the IND. Now it's pretty much impossible to bring a family here. Go get your copy of the Volkskrant... read it.. there is an article in there.. wait, I'll link it for you
http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article360232. ece/Aantal_aanvragen_voor_gezinshereniging_daalt
For those of you who don't read Dutch, the highlights are... Up to the month August this year, 17,000 family reunification applications were filed. In 2005, there were 30,000 applications, and before that, 42,000. Since the implementation of the new law that you must speak Dutch prior to entering the NL, 1384 people have passed the exam.

On point 4... check again... it used to be allowed to have dual nationalities here in the NL... not anymore - as of about 5 years ago actually... the Dutch Immigration law states you MUST renounce your birth citizenship.

Quoting again from the IND website from the section on conditions for citizenship:
=-=-=
You are prepared to give up your current nationality. If you do not give up your current nationality even though you are supposed to, your Dutch nationality may be revoked.
=-=-=

Point 5... Wrong again. Geez... did you do any research at all on this? You must be a permanent resident for FIVE years, not six. The 12 year number is NOT bullshit. Again, quoting from the IND website:
=-=-=
Your Dutch nationality may be revoked. This can happen even as long a

Anyone who still has the illusion that the Dutch have any better record, or are any less incompetent than other nations in handling things like child protection should read this article in this mornings Volkskrant newspaper on all the mistakes made in a murder-suspect case.

http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/1126760833908. html

Just to translate the first paragraph:

It can't become any lonelier for a boy of 11. Your girlfriend has been murdered, the police doesn't believe you, and think you are responsible. The inspector assigned to assist him becomes a hard-cop interagator. The child phychologist there to protect him secrectly tapes "confidential" conversations and passes them on to the police.

A first child phychologist supports the boys story , but is then ignored and replaced by another who then continues to support the police in their interogations for days on end -- for crying out loud, the kid is 11.

Even when the police had already already arrested another suspect for the murder, the statements don't match the police "picture" of what happened and the boy is continuedly pressured to modify his story.

In the Netherlands there are already paid subscribtions for online content of newspapers. For instance the Volkskrant offers a subscription for receiving the paper newspaper only on saturday and on weekdays you can watch the articles online.

Articles on Slashdot generate articles in the mainstream press.

I agree, it happens quite a few times that I read my paper, a dutch paper, called the Volkskrant (in Dutch) that features /. articles some 4 days after they are posted on slashdot, okay, it is not fast, but still I like to think 'I read it first'...

Yes, something much more serious happened. Look at this link posted by a another poster: http://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws/nederland/99589871 1318.html

Judge J. Mendlink (no joke, folks. SML) waived the arguments, stating, that if PCM, doesn't want others to use their information, that they should not put it on internet for free. He also considered it doubtful, that the newspapers in question actually incurred damage.

Funnily enough, normally internet-savvy journalist Francisco van Jole, who has been on the internet about since the start of last September (which was the '93 one, as we all know. SML.), predicted the imminent death of content on the internet.

Anyone with time and language skill is invited to translate the actual article or articles, via kranten.com or directly from for instance de Volkskrant or de NRC, the best two national newspapers as far as I can tell, with preference to the latter. Both are actually published by PCM. Though only de Volkskrant probably has van Jole's actual words.

De Volkskrant also ran another story on "Ever more Merkins in Dutch ICT". Interesting, but I've got no time to tell ya about it.

Stefan (using my initials SML for editorial comments above).
It takes a lot of brains to enjoy satire, humor and wit-

First they say the BSA loses a lot of money, and the Dutch are supposedly very good at copying (45% of the software). This shouldn't go on, so they introduce a campaign to stop it all. Because the copyers 'have never been told' to buy a license, the BSA is trying to change the mentality now. They used the agressive technique, but "Van die 'agressieve campagne' is Microsoft helemaal teruggekomen, bekent Hektor nu. 'Zoiets werkt alleen als je letterlijk met de politie aan de deur komt.'" Which means that it would only work if the police could come the your door (and we are not a policestate).