For the alternatively equipped half of this worlds population we have another very 'Dutch' invention, indeed. The 'Plastuit'. A fancy piece of folded cardboard in assorted funky colors.
For me thats, for the serious part of it, SciFi is all about. I heared the sentence on Discovery channel once (though in Dutch translation so i don't know if I retranslated it correctly)... Anyone can attribute this to an actual person?
Extreme-techie Arthur van Hoff scores again after his stock-exchange launch of Marimba: He and his four collegues sold their top secret start-up Strangeberry, housed in a small shop in Palo Alto to Tivo. The transaction took place on the 12. of January but TIVO only disclosed that yesterday.
Founded in April 2002, Strangeberry still was "pre-revenue", as companies who are still developping their technologies are called. The gentlemen are working on an application of the technology best described with this posting.(posting points to a story of Haupage showing on CES a box to play multimedia on a TV from your local ethernet/internet) Van Hoff and Jonathan Payne already worked together for SUN and Marimba. They work well together. It was difficult not to tell anything about Strangeberry to their friends. Van Hoff is, justly, the pride of the Technical IT college in Enschede and the university of Strathclyde. It, however, is a pity he'll make his accomplischments in Silicon Valley and the Netherlands won't benefit from his knowledge and skills.
Heck yeah... it was:):) only it was 32 bit, even for the 64 bit Alpha CPU's *sigh*.
Rumours were Intel and Microsoft "aranged" that Intel should first develop a 64 bit processor before Microsoft would market a 64 bit windows, though they had it in their "vaults" all the time.
Ah well... we have Linux, True64Unix and OpenVMS so who needs a 64 bit Windows version anyhow?
How long should we wait 'till your U.S. Patent Office will be sued for them releasing to many false patents by those companies hurt by to many bullshit patent infrigement sues?
What could those companies sue the patent office for? Forgery, grave neglience, discrimination ?
Yup:) i guess so... Wim Kok knows everything about computers like G. Bush Jr. knows everything about foreign policy and environmental problems.
But, well, they have their advisors anyhow........ tho Kok is a socialist and has his advisors from the "people" while Bush is a republican and gets his advisors from the "Industries".
I know i NEVER ever ever ever want to move to the U.S. (im biased, im Dutch, and im proud of it.)
If you would PLEASE start giving information about how to secure this information instead of keep WHINING about how bad this could be, we might get somewhere. Alltho im anti- easytohackdigisave im all pro- dificulttohackand withlotofoptiosforusersdigisave:) so...... how can we make a fine and user friendly system, easy to access for persons to check their online data, easy to use for the government so it can save tax-payers money and use it to improve third world countries or spend it to environmental projects, and dificult for outsiders to hack????
Comments please
Ok... THIS one gives me a clear example of how much the US(i guess, correct me if im wrong) citizens trust their government:)
Well this MAY sound shocky to you guys but....
in the Netherlands "we" (and also i) still have quite some trust in the government and the governmental system, alltho i have lost trust in the american one. (if you want motivations im glad to give them, beginning with DMCA)
Someone must be quite insane to vote for Bush.... it seems a little less then half the population of the united states of amarica is insane. (dont take it personally)...... but when you wanna judge the Dutch political system look at the DUTCH and don't reflect your "personal" governmental sorrows on a foreign issues!!!!!!!!!
Well, paper archives can be "hacked" also.... its just how good the security is. I don't see the difference. Also while most of the information is on the 'net already (by the various governemental institutions, using it for there remote offices)... only the archives are not yet all linked together and everyone uses other security systems.
Well, i know (im dutch) the information is not for rent by any marketing company.... its against the privacy laws. Administrations WILL fall if they allow that:) The privacy issue is quite a precarious one here in the Netherlands.
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For the alternatively equipped half of this worlds population we have another very 'Dutch' invention, indeed. The 'Plastuit'. A fancy piece of folded cardboard in assorted funky colors.
http://www.p-mate.com/eng/intro.html
When you can imagine, you can set the next step.
For me thats, for the serious part of it, SciFi is all about. I heared the sentence on Discovery channel once (though in Dutch translation so i don't know if I retranslated it correctly)... Anyone can attribute this to an actual person?
LINK: http://www.frackers.com/2004/01/24/000098.html
Translation Dutch->English
Tivo buys Strangeberry
Extreme-techie Arthur van Hoff scores again after his stock-exchange launch of Marimba:
He and his four collegues sold their top secret start-up Strangeberry, housed in a small shop in Palo Alto to Tivo.
The transaction took place on the 12. of January
but TIVO only disclosed that yesterday.
Founded in April 2002, Strangeberry still was "pre-revenue", as companies who are still developping their technologies are called.
The gentlemen are working on an application of the technology best described with this posting.(posting points to a story of Haupage showing on CES a box to play multimedia on a TV from your local ethernet/internet)
Van Hoff and Jonathan Payne already worked together for SUN and Marimba. They work well together.
It was difficult not to tell anything about Strangeberry to their friends.
Van Hoff is, justly, the pride of the Technical IT college in Enschede and the university of Strathclyde.
It, however, is a pity he'll make his accomplischments in Silicon Valley and the Netherlands won't benefit from his knowledge and skills.
Heck yeah ... it was :):) only it was 32 bit, even for the 64 bit Alpha CPU's *sigh*.
... we have Linux, True64Unix and OpenVMS so who needs a 64 bit Windows version anyhow?
Rumours were Intel and Microsoft "aranged" that Intel should first develop a 64 bit processor before Microsoft would market a 64 bit windows, though they had it in their "vaults" all the time.
Ah well
How long should we wait 'till your U.S. Patent Office will be sued for them releasing to many false patents by those companies hurt by to many bullshit patent infrigement sues?
What could those companies sue the patent office for? Forgery, grave neglience, discrimination ?
Yup :) i guess so ... Wim Kok knows everything about computers like G. Bush Jr. knows everything about foreign policy and environmental problems.
But, well, they have their advisors anyhow........ tho Kok is a socialist and has his advisors from the "people" while Bush is a republican and gets his advisors from the "Industries".
I know i NEVER ever ever ever want to move to the U.S. (im biased, im Dutch, and im proud of it.)
If you would PLEASE start giving information about how to secure this information instead of keep WHINING about how bad this could be, we might get somewhere. Alltho im anti- easytohackdigisave im all pro- dificulttohackand withlotofoptiosforusersdigisave :) so ...... how can we make a fine and user friendly system, easy to access for persons to check their online data, easy to use for the government so it can save tax-payers money and use it to improve third world countries or spend it to environmental projects, and dificult for outsiders to hack????
Comments please
Ok ... THIS one gives me a clear example of how much the US(i guess, correct me if im wrong) citizens trust their government :)
Well this MAY sound shocky to you guys but....
in the Netherlands "we" (and also i) still have quite some trust in the government and the governmental system, alltho i have lost trust in the american one. (if you want motivations im glad to give them, beginning with DMCA)
Someone must be quite insane to vote for Bush .... it seems a little less then half the population of the united states of amarica is insane. (dont take it personally)...... but when you wanna judge the Dutch political system look at the DUTCH and don't reflect your "personal" governmental sorrows on a foreign issues!!!!!!!!!
Well, paper archives can be "hacked" also .... its just how good the security is. I don't see the difference. Also while most of the information is on the 'net already (by the various governemental institutions, using it for there remote offices)... only the archives are not yet all linked together and everyone uses other security systems.
Well, i know (im dutch) the information is not for rent by any marketing company .... its against the privacy laws. Administrations WILL fall if they allow that :) The privacy issue is quite a precarious one here in the Netherlands.