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>... If someone is driving, and is on something, passes out at the wheel, and kills your family, come back to me and tell me that you still want your weed legalized.
so you're also pushing to criminalize alcohol? I do want ym weed legalized, and here in the netherlands it practically is. But just like alcohol, you have to think a little: no driving under influence (already covered by law), or operating heavy machinery. The stance on hard-drugs in the netherlands is also quite relaxed, you won't be imprisoned for being a drug-addict (but you WILL be arrested for shoplifting etc. , if you do..).
In general the Netherlands does not have a big drugs problem. marihuana use in the netherlands is lower than the US, and so is the use of hard-drugs. The dutch kids can make out for themselves if they want to drink beer (at 16), smoke pot (at 18). actually, above ages are for the sale of stuff, not the use.. and ofcourse.. smoking pot isn't especially cool, nor is it a very good way to rebel against your parents.
Nah.. we will remove all urinals from the toilets of toshiba, IBM, et al. , and instead install a system of highpowered fans, forcing all employees to piss into the wind.
AND the home phone number of both the CEO of the telemarketing company and the company the marketing is for. Also a requirement that they answer any and all incoming calls, including collect call.
the average user will now not only buy his DVD player chipped, but also his TV, radio and toaster. So the only thing that happens is that everything gets a little more expensive, will sell less because of the higher price, and anyone implementing this is shooting themselves in the foot with a depleted uranium shell. PLEASE implement watermarks...As for the hologram: the hologram only shows that the DISK is real, but doesn't do anything for the content. it just makes it easier to distinguish between an original and a copy. a scratched holo is also not problem. it just means you're hologram has a scratch on it.
Saddam does it again! after buying up the entire stock of Sony PlayStation 2's (PS2), he once again annoyed the american geeks by opening so many simultaneous connections that the well-known hackersite kernel.org was unavailable for many hours. when asked about it, a hacker known only as 'anonymous coward' commented about the case: I don't know why he did it.. linux isn't truly free. he should've got BSD. We also asked a source at microsoft who wishes to remain anonymous about the inherent danger in the. He answered: we all know linux is the platform of choice for hackers, and this only demonstrates that only a closed source can provide security. let's all think on the danger that linux poses to our democracy.
there's several photoshops that allow uploading of pics for printing. In a recent survey by the dutch newspaper AD what was chosen as the best place to send your pics was Foto Baron. Uses php to process everything. And has been working without problems for more than a few months. will also work with linux.
Disclaimer: I wrote the php stuff, but am not otherwise affiliated with foto baron or digitalefoto.nl. I am also NOT responsible for the content of the site, so don't whine to me about flash
won't find me at starbucks. my local coffee-shop just ordered their new computers. What makes this better than starbucks? well.. it's a dutch coffee-shop..the main product is NOT coffee.
true, but not entirely fair. for some things you have to pay extra in the US, which you have already payed for with your taxes in europe. Maybe someone who actually knows all this stuff can tell you how it all turns out, I certainly can't.
yup.. it's blackmail.. btw.. didn't the US have a policy forbidding companies in the US (not US companies necessarily) to do business with cuba? seems just as bad.
>A question: if you had a picture of Falun Gong practitioners on your web site and you got an email from the Chinese government asking you to ensure that it wasn't available to anyone in China, would you ask your ISP to arrange the block?
if I were a company trying to do business in china, I better comply with china law..
>Except for the EULA of course, barring you from using any other but Microsoft software. I think this time they'll REALLY MEAN it...
so does the law that forbids this (ofcourse ms won't require ms software only onb the X-Box.. that would be cutting off a LOT of big time games). what is left is a huge licensing fee required, ala CSS. and DeCSS is legal:)
the fact that yahoo was operating in france. to get a french registration (yahoo.fr) you need to have a french office. the yahoo.fr portal offered easy access to nazi items (which has remarkably little to do with offensive or not). yahoo.fr, being a french company, is in french jurisdiction.
I am not sure about the width of the track being different in the US and russia, but it seems logical. international trains from the netherlands to germany (or was it belgium..not sure) have to switch locomotives, and it's not much of a problem.
85% of all spam I get is US only
5-10% is in korean/japanese/chinese (probably not)
which I can't read, being very, very dutch.
just to bug them I ask them for clarification. In dutch
once in a while I get spam that could, in theory, actually do business with me. usually this is either about search-engine registration, or come to us to spam people.
and what REALLY bugs me:
call 1-800-bastardspammerremoveme (toll-free)
HELLO! THAT DOESN"T FUCKING WORK FOR INTERNATIONAL PHONECALLS!
for each single piece of spam (unsollicted commercial email) seen by any of the recipients, 1 grain of sand will be forcefully inserted into the offending party's rectum.
I'm all for it... cruel and unusual punishment? well YOU started..
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>... If someone is driving, and is on something, passes out at the wheel, and kills your family, come back to me and tell me that you still want your weed legalized.
so you're also pushing to criminalize alcohol? I do want ym weed legalized, and here in the netherlands it practically is. But just like alcohol, you have to think a little: no driving under influence (already covered by law), or operating heavy machinery. The stance on hard-drugs in the netherlands is also quite relaxed, you won't be imprisoned for being a drug-addict (but you WILL be arrested for shoplifting etc. , if you do..).
In general the Netherlands does not have a big drugs problem. marihuana use in the netherlands is lower than the US, and so is the use of hard-drugs. The dutch kids can make out for themselves if they want to drink beer (at 16), smoke pot (at 18). actually, above ages are for the sale of stuff, not the use.. and ofcourse.. smoking pot isn't especially cool, nor is it a very good way to rebel against your parents.
//rdj
Nah.. we will remove all urinals from the toilets of toshiba, IBM, et al. , and instead install a system of highpowered fans, forcing all employees to piss into the wind.
//rdj
you're right.. look at what's happening with DVD players.. here in the netherlands, almost no player is sold with region-codes enabled..
//rdj
you forgot one big player in the war on drugs:
the artificial fibre industry, who has a lot to lose if they get competition from hemp fibre..
//rdj
AND the home phone number of both the CEO of the telemarketing company and the company the marketing is for. Also a requirement that they answer any and all incoming calls, including collect call.
//rdj
>My DSL monthly bill went UP! The press release said that it's because of their "improved services",
...
improved services is marketroid for banners and advertising space, probably...
//rdj
the average user will now not only buy his DVD player chipped, but also his TV, radio and toaster. So the only thing that happens is that everything gets a little more expensive, will sell less because of the higher price, and anyone implementing this is shooting themselves in the foot with a depleted uranium shell. PLEASE implement watermarks...As for the hologram: the hologram only shows that the DISK is real, but doesn't do anything for the content. it just makes it easier to distinguish between an original and a copy. a scratched holo is also not problem. it just means you're hologram has a scratch on it.
//rdj
in the netherlands you just put a sticker on your postbox that says:
NO, I don't want any unaddressed mail | No, I don't want any free local newspapers
good thing is: its binding...the stickers are readily available for free.
//rdj
GoatseLinuX.. 'nuff said
*shudder*
I didn't know michael jackson worked at MS either...
actually the GPL is very much based on profit: just not monetary profit, but rather intellectual profit.
//rdj
friday, january 5
Saddam does it again! after buying up the entire stock of Sony PlayStation 2's (PS2), he once again annoyed the american geeks by opening so many simultaneous connections that the well-known hackersite kernel.org was unavailable for many hours. when asked about it, a hacker known only as 'anonymous coward' commented about the case: I don't know why he did it.. linux isn't truly free. he should've got BSD. We also asked a source at microsoft who wishes to remain anonymous about the inherent danger in the. He answered: we all know linux is the platform of choice for hackers, and this only demonstrates that only a closed source can provide security. let's all think on the danger that linux poses to our democracy.
//rdj
there's several photoshops that allow uploading of pics for printing. In a recent survey by the dutch newspaper AD what was chosen as the best place to send your pics was Foto Baron. Uses php to process everything. And has been working without problems for more than a few months. will also work with linux.
Disclaimer: I wrote the php stuff, but am not otherwise affiliated with foto baron or digitalefoto.nl. I am also NOT responsible for the content of the site, so don't whine to me about flash
//rdj
won't find me at starbucks. my local coffee-shop just ordered their new computers. What makes this better than starbucks? well.. it's a dutch coffee-shop..the main product is NOT coffee.
//rdj
true, but not entirely fair. for some things you have to pay extra in the US, which you have already payed for with your taxes in europe. Maybe someone who actually knows all this stuff can tell you how it all turns out, I certainly can't.
//rdj
just wondering.. since when is our national capital a country? You have just confirmed one of the bad stereotypes about americans..
//rdj
> And don't hand me the argument that Slashdot is "Rob's baby." It stopped being "Rob's baby" when it joined the ranks of VA Linux and the OSDN.
parents will be parents.. always. your mom will still mother you after you're married. That aside.. a single check shouldn't be too much..
yup.. it's blackmail.. btw.. didn't the US have a policy forbidding companies in the US (not US companies necessarily) to do business with cuba? seems just as bad.
//rdj
>A question: if you had a picture of Falun Gong practitioners on your web site and you got an email from the Chinese government asking you to ensure that it wasn't available to anyone in China, would you ask your ISP to arrange the block?
if I were a company trying to do business in china, I better comply with china law..
//rdj
>Except for the EULA of course, barring you from using any other but Microsoft software. I think this time they'll REALLY MEAN it...
:)
so does the law that forbids this (ofcourse ms won't require ms software only onb the X-Box.. that would be cutting off a LOT of big time games). what is left is a huge licensing fee required, ala CSS. and DeCSS is legal
//rdj
the fact that yahoo was operating in france. to get a french registration (yahoo.fr) you need to have a french office. the yahoo.fr portal offered easy access to nazi items (which has remarkably little to do with offensive or not). yahoo.fr, being a french company, is in french jurisdiction.
//rdj
I am not sure about the width of the track being different in the US and russia, but it seems logical. international trains from the netherlands to germany (or was it belgium..not sure) have to switch locomotives, and it's not much of a problem.
//rdj
try korean spam.. at least US spam is readable.
85% of all spam I get is US only
5-10% is in korean/japanese/chinese (probably not)
which I can't read, being very, very dutch.
just to bug them I ask them for clarification. In dutch
once in a while I get spam that could, in theory, actually do business with me. usually this is either about search-engine registration, or come to us to spam people.
and what REALLY bugs me:
call 1-800-bastardspammerremoveme (toll-free)
HELLO! THAT DOESN"T FUCKING WORK FOR INTERNATIONAL PHONECALLS!
//rdj
spamcop does the same.. and then some.
I'm quite happy with it.
//rdj
for each single piece of spam (unsollicted commercial email) seen by any of the recipients, 1 grain of sand will be forcefully inserted into the offending party's rectum.
I'm all for it... cruel and unusual punishment? well YOU started..
//rdj