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  1. Those speeds make you happy already? on Can Google Save Us From Slow Internet · · Score: 1

    Really? The entirety of the Netherlands can get that speed via cable nowadays. The University of Twente campus in the Netherlands has had 100/100Mbit since 2003, including student houses: every room has their own 100/100Mbit connection. By the end of this year, it will be upgraded and everyone will have 1/1Gbit at home.

  2. Re:Drop & Encrypt on Dutch Provider KPN Under Fire Over DPI · · Score: 2

    There are three physical networks in the Netherlands. KPN, Vodafone and T-Mobile. The first two have admitted to using DPI (or SPI), some form of PI at least. Then there's the 50 operators who use those three networks to offer their servers, but it's unclear whether KPN uses DPI on their traffic as well (it's their network of course). Another problem: KPN and Vodafone have a good network (speed and coverage), while T-Mobile's sucks. So it's either sucky coverage or DPI as it stands now. In a few weeks, DPI probably won't be used because of all the media attention. Problem solved.

  3. Re:HMmm. I am curious on 12 Small Windmills Put To the Test In Holland · · Score: 1

    My parents house, above average in size compared to other Dutch homes, used 3800kWh last year. I recently built them new PC's so expect that to drop with about 100-200kWh this year. However, for reasons unknown to us (we're doing everything to save gas), we use about 4500m3 of gas which is far above average (1800m3 is average), we're looking into that now. This is for a house with 2 people living there pretty much 24 hours a day, so no downtime for anything.

  4. STD's have a Zen now? on The Zen of SOA · · Score: 1, Informative

    It's the Dutch acronym for an STD...

  5. Re:Yer Right on Ford's 65MPG Due In November, But Not In the US · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Exactly, we Europeans have always had an incentive to get ourselves more fuel efficient cars, because our gas was always expensive. Dutch gas is, converted, about 9$/gallon at the moment. Now the USA's prices are going up (still cheap though), suddenly Americans are interested in and astonished by what the rest of the world considers normal. Too bad it took so long, but good to see none the less.

  6. Re:Awesomebar? on Firefox 3 Beta 5 Released · · Score: 1

    I completely understand what you're saying. I have no idea why people want to have so many tabs open all the time. I use tabs to open multiple pages at once, then read them all and close them as I'm done with each of them. Useful with mouse gestures for news articles or porn, but why would you open dozens of pages and leave them open? You'll have to refresh them anyway if you want to use them again. Just bookmark them and open them when needed, I'd say.

  7. Re:I tried Firefox 3 today on Firefox 3 Performance Gets a Boost · · Score: 1

    Adaptive menu's and contextual toolbars suck! Hey! You use this button the most, let me change its location for you so you can't find it next time. Huh? You want to use a feature you use less often? Have fun finding it, I has hidden it for joez, njaha!

  8. Re:So... on Firefox 3 Beta 3 Officially Released · · Score: 1

    Mouse Gestures compatible with FX3b3 (even though it doesn't say so): http://www.mousegestures.org/nightly.html

  9. Not 2007, but 2008 on New Stargate Series In the Works · · Score: 1

    From what I read in the original article is that it's not likely to be rushed to replace SG-1, but that a 2008 premiere is more likely.

  10. Re:I'm voting for Fortuyn! on Web-Based Assistant Changes the Face of Dutch Politics · · Score: 1

    Wow, talking about xenophobia... Though, if we were talking about religious people, I'd say the same thing.

  11. Re:I'm voting for Fortuyn! on Web-Based Assistant Changes the Face of Dutch Politics · · Score: 1

    That means, if you decided to vote for them, you're voting on the party whose leader got shot to death and left the Netherlands in shock. Oh, and you're also very very rightwing. I bet Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid) was second or third.