Daily Archives: October 28, 2009

‘Nederlanders naïef met privacy’

Terwijl in andere EU-landen de bezorgdheid is toegenomen tot 80 à 90 procent van de ondervraagde bevolking, is die in Nederland als enige EU-land de laatste jaren juist drastisch gedaald van 50 naar slechts 35 procent.Imore]

Zijn we plots stiekem een heel onkritisch (naief) volgzaam volkje geworden?

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    David Deutsch: Explaining well

    David explains why, in his view, the “enlightment” period started the great leap in science.
    He makes a case that, not according to popular belief, maths and falsification are key stones, rather that the explanation method itself is the major factor and that math and falsification are too easily manipulated.

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      Schwarzenegger’s acrostic letter to lawmakers

      arnord fuck you

      Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger writes a weird find-the-word puzzle type of statement in an acrostic letter to lawmakers. [via]

      Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger typically attaches a message to bills he signs or vetoes telling lawmakers why he took the action.

      Read more at: Huffingtonpost.com

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        GB – Net pirates to be ‘disconnected’

        People who persistently download illegal content will be cut off from the net, Business Secretary Peter Mandelson has announced.

        He confirmed that it would become government policy, following months of speculation.

        It means persistent pirates will be sent two warning letters before facing disconnection from the network.

        Read more and video @ BBC

        It seems that it didn’t take European lawmakers long after the change of EU amendment 138 to prepare new legislation to be able to cut-off people from the internet.

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          Google Maps Navigation: End of Tom Tom and Garmin?

          Google today unveiled Maps Navigation (beta, of course), an extremely upgraded version of its current Maps software that’ll be free and, from what we understand, available by default on all Android 2.0 devices.

          Read More @ Engadget.com

          Update:

          As a Dutchman, Tom Tom and iPhone user the above hurts :-)
          Although I can’t deny that the Tom Tom maps are far too expensive.

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