The advantage of Holland is they have a better educated workforce, with multi-lingual abilities. Nice if you want to branch out from there into other EU countries. Plus, the AMS-IX is located in AMSterdam. Good connectivity. They also have much better labor laws if you want to run 24/7 operations.
So after you have paid for everything, including a vacation to the Caribbeans, you can still save 2K per year? Wow. That's amazing - it's almost exactly the same as in most other rich EU countries. And much better than in the poorer EU countries.
Colour me unimpressed by the depraved conditions in which you have to suffer your "poverty".
He had a sprained ankle and got arrested, so no walking away. Still, falling 18000 feet and having no more than a sprained ankle so impressed the Germans that they gave him a certificate attesting to the fact and he was something of a celebrity in the POW camp.
It is especially difficult to run a system with guests. Imagine spending 10 minutes explaining how to use the toilet. What can go in, what can't, how to flush, what is that stuff down there...
I used to be in the same situation. Never had much use for a TV on my own. But after a while the problem was gone because the government said: "hey, if the number of ppl who don't own a tv is so small as to be negligible compared to people who do, why not just remove all the administrative nonsense and just increase tax by 1 euro per year?". So they increased the taxes slightly, and the whole licensing thing went away. And since the administrative overhead went away as well, it was a pretty nice way to save almost everyone some money.
The "red yeast rice" has a number of published cases where serious health damage (liver, kidneys) occurred. That's not a good case if you want to highlight the "evil intentions" of the FDA. Especially as the content of the red yeast rice you can buy in supplement form is suspected to contain quite unnatural ingredients.
The walnuts are plain silly though and more of a knee-jerk reflex with respect to making "medical claims".
That depends entirely on whether tech for purpose 1 can be used for purpose 2. If large scale reactors for growing nanotubes are feasible, they may not be applicable at all to other problems.
Although if we do get nano-scale 3D printers I admit that would solve a lot of issues:)
Personally I'm very excited by the prospect of much more efficient solar panels. I'm not so excited by the problem that carbon nanotubes behave much like asbestos fibers in humans though.
So now it's a matter of finding a cheap way to reliable manufacture large amounts of this material and we're off. Definetely sounds within the realm of possibilities.
Please provide some evidence of this. I thought that it was impossible to build these materials even in theory, given the current state of material science.
Most railways in Europe are owned and operated by state-sponsored monopolies. In The Netherlands there are small openings for other railway companies and they are generally cheaper, more reliable and providing much better service.
Fun case: Deutsche Bahn wanted to extend their high-speed network into The Netherlands (to the North) where the current monopolist has no intention of providing service. But since they aren't allowed into Germany they were able to block the new railway into The Netherlands through lobbying. The northern provinces of Holland were quite mad but couldn't do much about it.
With all due respect to your statements, the conservapedia largely appears to be the work of one low-flying dingbat who's also trying to create a conservative bible (without much success, as far as I can see).
About the media you're right but here we are talking about unscrupulous people that can recognize a bandwagon a mile away. They just went for it. Definetely not the first time a populist rises to the top, standing on the backs of the uneducated. To me, the conservapedia/CBP are outflows of that.
What is more worrying is the silence of those who could and should say something about that.
Since I only ever used the business cards for self-promotion (you're not giving them out to people that will call with actual problems unless forced, and then make sure you give *their* number a different ring tone so you can block them) I never had a problem with putting my own numbers on them. My company did, but I never did:)
Someone asked me once why I didn't answer the phone in the weekend. I told him that since it was a private phone, I could turn it off any time I liked, so if he wanted to reach me on that number he'd best stay within normal work-hours. Never got another phone call after hours from that guy.
Fun fact: business cards from one of the best known companies in the world open a lot of doors in China (and likely, other countries as well).
In the vein of Dilbert: learn to use corporate resources to your advantage, not your detriment:)
A friend of mine did that on steam. And he's pretty sorry now that for every age check he has to put in day, month and year (Steam checks it, apparently, against older replies) while I just dial an easy year (I was born on 1-1-1970, really I am) and pass every check:)
has no one ever thought of lying on the internet? Or should i patent is and make millions. this i like the google requirement of using you real name on google+, simple solution is to lie. you have no qualms about lie on license agreement for software saying that you have read and agree to the agreement, so why not telling a lie online.
We're all regular little saints here... really we are. And indeed - I don't see why you can't lie. If companies have stupid policies, I can respond with plain lies. In fact, that's completely legal in The Netherlands already: if employers ask about your pregnancy, plans to become pregnant, or disease status, you can flat out lie and if that ever goes to court you will win the case.
However, joining a social network because the company asks is not the main issue I think. The main issue is people joining that *corporate* network with their *private* identities. That's plain stupid both ways: it's not just stupid for the private person to do this, but it's also a great way for the company to leak company secrets and all kinds of things they'd like to keep internal.
Telco providers have been required to store call logs for ages (limited to a one year period).
ISPs now are required to store all data traffic and emails for a period of 6 months. They need to be able to produce requested information the same day, making storage quite costly. Guess why internet traffic prices have been going up...
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The advantage of Holland is they have a better educated workforce, with multi-lingual abilities. Nice if you want to branch out from there into other EU countries. Plus, the AMS-IX is located in AMSterdam. Good connectivity. They also have much better labor laws if you want to run 24/7 operations.
So after you have paid for everything, including a vacation to the Caribbeans, you can still save 2K per year? Wow. That's amazing - it's almost exactly the same as in most other rich EU countries. And much better than in the poorer EU countries.
Colour me unimpressed by the depraved conditions in which you have to suffer your "poverty".
Hero? A funny description for a highly opportunistic asshat who recognized a bandwagon and staked his career on it.
It's not people, it's the landlord.
"Hey, I just got robbed"
"So? Don't live in that apartment any more if you don't like your landlord removing all your stuff, drinking your wine and emptying your wallet."
Open Source my ass.
You sure about that? :)
He had a sprained ankle and got arrested, so no walking away. Still, falling 18000 feet and having no more than a sprained ankle so impressed the Germans that they gave him a certificate attesting to the fact and he was something of a celebrity in the POW camp.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Alkemade
I'd like to see them test the ripping out a man's heart one, though I'm not sure PETA will appreciate them testing on live animals.
Been there, done that: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7787039/Cage-fighter-ripped-out-heart-of-training-partner.html
You only need one freaked out cage fighter plus random victim.
It is especially difficult to run a system with guests. Imagine spending 10 minutes explaining how to use the toilet. What can go in, what can't, how to flush, what is that stuff down there...
You still get guests? Wow :)
In a discussion about academic standards and education, basic spelling knowledge is actually part of the discussion.
If I were you, I wouldn't stop taking my meds before posting on slashdot.
I used to be in the same situation. Never had much use for a TV on my own. But after a while the problem was gone because the government said: "hey, if the number of ppl who don't own a tv is so small as to be negligible compared to people who do, why not just remove all the administrative nonsense and just increase tax by 1 euro per year?". So they increased the taxes slightly, and the whole licensing thing went away. And since the administrative overhead went away as well, it was a pretty nice way to save almost everyone some money.
The "red yeast rice" has a number of published cases where serious health damage (liver, kidneys) occurred. That's not a good case if you want to highlight the "evil intentions" of the FDA. Especially as the content of the red yeast rice you can buy in supplement form is suspected to contain quite unnatural ingredients.
The walnuts are plain silly though and more of a knee-jerk reflex with respect to making "medical claims".
Don't forget you also have revolutionary socialists, theoretical socialists, democratic socialists and salon socialists :)
That depends entirely on whether tech for purpose 1 can be used for purpose 2. If large scale reactors for growing nanotubes are feasible, they may not be applicable at all to other problems.
Although if we do get nano-scale 3D printers I admit that would solve a lot of issues :)
Personally I'm very excited by the prospect of much more efficient solar panels. I'm not so excited by the problem that carbon nanotubes behave much like asbestos fibers in humans though.
Okay, you're right.
So now it's a matter of finding a cheap way to reliable manufacture large amounts of this material and we're off. Definetely sounds within the realm of possibilities.
Please provide some evidence of this. I thought that it was impossible to build these materials even in theory, given the current state of material science.
Most railways in Europe are owned and operated by state-sponsored monopolies. In The Netherlands there are small openings for other railway companies and they are generally cheaper, more reliable and providing much better service.
Fun case: Deutsche Bahn wanted to extend their high-speed network into The Netherlands (to the North) where the current monopolist has no intention of providing service. But since they aren't allowed into Germany they were able to block the new railway into The Netherlands through lobbying. The northern provinces of Holland were quite mad but couldn't do much about it.
With all due respect to your statements, the conservapedia largely appears to be the work of one low-flying dingbat who's also trying to create a conservative bible (without much success, as far as I can see).
About the media you're right but here we are talking about unscrupulous people that can recognize a bandwagon a mile away. They just went for it. Definetely not the first time a populist rises to the top, standing on the backs of the uneducated. To me, the conservapedia/CBP are outflows of that.
What is more worrying is the silence of those who could and should say something about that.
I guess that the predictability of the transport route would matter in this case.
Since I only ever used the business cards for self-promotion (you're not giving them out to people that will call with actual problems unless forced, and then make sure you give *their* number a different ring tone so you can block them) I never had a problem with putting my own numbers on them. My company did, but I never did :)
Someone asked me once why I didn't answer the phone in the weekend. I told him that since it was a private phone, I could turn it off any time I liked, so if he wanted to reach me on that number he'd best stay within normal work-hours. Never got another phone call after hours from that guy.
Fun fact: business cards from one of the best known companies in the world open a lot of doors in China (and likely, other countries as well).
In the vein of Dilbert: learn to use corporate resources to your advantage, not your detriment :)
If there can be only one, I'd be wearing a steel neckbrace if my name was John Smith :)
A friend of mine did that on steam. And he's pretty sorry now that for every age check he has to put in day, month and year (Steam checks it, apparently, against older replies) while I just dial an easy year (I was born on 1-1-1970, really I am) and pass every check :)
has no one ever thought of lying on the internet? Or should i patent is and make millions. this i like the google requirement of using you real name on google+, simple solution is to lie. you have no qualms about lie on license agreement for software saying that you have read and agree to the agreement, so why not telling a lie online.
We're all regular little saints here... really we are. And indeed - I don't see why you can't lie. If companies have stupid policies, I can respond with plain lies. In fact, that's completely legal in The Netherlands already: if employers ask about your pregnancy, plans to become pregnant, or disease status, you can flat out lie and if that ever goes to court you will win the case.
However, joining a social network because the company asks is not the main issue I think. The main issue is people joining that *corporate* network with their *private* identities. That's plain stupid both ways: it's not just stupid for the private person to do this, but it's also a great way for the company to leak company secrets and all kinds of things they'd like to keep internal.
All of them.
Telco providers have been required to store call logs for ages (limited to a one year period).
ISPs now are required to store all data traffic and emails for a period of 6 months. They need to be able to produce requested information the same day, making storage quite costly. Guess why internet traffic prices have been going up...