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What is your Identity and for how long

I found an interesting post by Bill Thompson on the BBC website. It seems that most ‘young’ people don’t bother about their userid, useraccount, and password. If you forget your password you simply get a new ID and setup a new account and start over. This, in contrast to ‘us’ ‘older’ people.
I can find myself in Bill’s remark that he tries to setup accounts with similar names and tries to hang on to his email address. I’ve had my email address for some eight years. Before that I had to change it every time I changed ISP. Thank god that is in the past.

Bill Thompson website

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Insight at last

It is about time that we restrict the emissions of airplanes. I was in Canada on September 2001 when all the flights were grounded in the US because of the attack on the Twin Towers. The effects on the temperature and the clouds during that period were staggering. A clear indication to me that the effects of emissions by airplanes is underestimated.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | EU to tackle aircraft emissions

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Is the Netherlands going back 20 years?

So, it looks like we are going to have a new government. A coalition consisting out of Christian Democrats (CDA), a Socialistic Party (PvdA) and a back socks Christian party (Christian Union). A rather strange mix which is not a true representation of the Dutch society.
What will probably change:

  • Shops closed on Sunday. Sunday should be a day of rest,
  • Abortion restricted (back to the knitting needle),
  • Euthanasia restricted,
  • Increase of the high tax bracket,
  • Use of soft drugs not allowed anymore,
  • …

Yes, this is what the Dutch people asked for, NOT.

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I have won (I think)

th_wouter-bos.jpg Wouter Bos, nobody will be send home. Everybody is welcome (I will be the next premier).

th_rita-verdonk.jpgRita Verdonk, I’m not reponsible anymore.

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The end of the analog transmission

The Netherlands will stop using analog TV signals by the end of this year. If you don’t have cable (which 80% of the Netherlands has) you will have to switch to satellite (DVB-S) or terrestrial digital (DVB-T).