1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto,
3 was born on a farm near the Illinois community of Streator; and
4 WHEREAS, Dr. Tombaugh served as a researcher at the
5 prestigious Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona; and
6 WHEREAS, Dr. Tombaugh first detected the presence of Pluto
7 in 1930; and
8 WHEREAS, Dr. Tombaugh is so far the only Illinoisan and
9 only American to ever discover a planet; and
10 WHEREAS, For more than 75 years, Pluto was considered the
11 ninth planet of the Solar System; and
12 WHEREAS, A spacecraft called New Horizons was launched in
13 January 2006 to explore Pluto in the year 2015; and
14 WHEREAS, Pluto has three moons: Charon, Nix and Hydra; and
15 WHEREAS, Pluto's average orbit is more than three billion
16 miles from the sun; and
17WHEREAS, Pluto was unfairly downgraded to a "dwarf" planet
1 in a vote in which only 4 percent of the International
2 Astronomical Union's 10,000 scientists participated; and
3 WHEREAS, Many respected astronomers believe Pluto's full
4 planetary status should be restored; therefore, be it
5 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
6 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that as Pluto passes
7 overhead through Illinois' night skies, that it be
8 reestablished with full planetary status, and that March 13,
9 2009 be declared "Pluto Day" in the State of Illinois in honor
10 of the date its discovery was announced in 1930.
Kleintjen,
nen dikke proficiat met uw verkiezing als Flora Stud van 2008.
[Idiotic remark goes here]
Tijd voor mijn dagelijkse groetenpauze...
Toch raar, één Royco is weet ik veel hoeveel procent van mijn dagelijkse groeten. Als je dat als groenten wil eten lijkt het volume toch groter 
Met dank aan AC/DC en vooral de organisatie van het Sportpaleis voor de onaangename reis voor de mensen die gisteren in Deurne moesten zijn en NIET in dit groot groen monster van irritatie moesten zijn...
Eindelijk nog een keer wat leuke foto reportages in 't vooruitzicht...
Original article: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/123/1051123/nvidia-cuts-reviewers-gts250
IT IS ALWAYS funny when an unethical company turns on its own supporters as Nvidia did with the latest 'all new' GT250 cards. This time however, their PR stunts cross the line from unethical to purposely false, and hilarity ensues.
What are we talking about? The rebranding of the venerable G92, aka the 8800GT, 9800GT, 9800GTX, 9800GTX+, and several other variants as the GTS250. The NDA goes up on the third of March, and we have complete scores already, but there is no difference between these cards and the older G92 cards. We will save you from having to pour over spreadsheets scratching your head wondering how it is different... it isn't at all.
The new parts are 55nm, just like the old. The clocks aren't different, nothing from a user perspective is different, other than the card losing 9550, an X and a +. Oh yeah, they are jacking up the price for the stupid as well.
Nvidia, however, is desperate to make this seem like something new. Sales are in the toilet, chips cancelled, and 40nm parts are looking unhealthy. Turd polishing time. Enter the marketeers, but they have a problem, some sites are, *GASP*, honest, and will print the truth. Nvidia has this allergic reaction to the truth, and tries to change how it is presented at every opportunity.
This time however, they crossed the line from plausible deniability to flat out deception. In the middle of last week we heard what Nvidia was up to this time around, but just couldn't believe they would be THAT sleazy. A day or so later, HardOCP published a story about Nvidia stock 'plummeting', basically an indignant backhand for being cut out of the GTS250's launch. Point one confirmed. The rest soon followed.
Just what are the green fumblers doing this time? Two things: one bad, the other downright deceptive. The bad one is simple, if you don't review Nvidia cards and say that PhysX is the greatest thing since sliced bread and CUDA makes sex better, you aren't doing a good enough job. They will gently nudge you to change your tune, basically praise PhysX and CUDA until you wear the letters off your keyboard.
The carrot and stick approach might help here, but Nvidia doesn't like carrots. They just threaten. Kyle at HardOPC made the deal-breaking mistake of being honest, so it is doghouse time for him, and the site. Welcome to the club, we even have a fort. I assume Kyle got the list of who got cut too, so will know we will have quite big-name company soon joining us soon. Punch and pie.
So, short story, Nvidia is playing with the press once again. And since it has no new product, it is desperately afraid of the truth getting out. And if you didn't drool over PhysX and CUDA enough, you are cut out. This is exactly what Apple does to keep the press in line, but Apple has something Nvidia doesn't: competence.
If that wasn't bad enough, the next part is. Normally, when a vendor cuts you out, if you really care, you can go to one of their partners and get boards/chips/whatever. Sometimes this is even a better idea because one or two tend to have a special card, overclocked, shiny metal cooler, or box with bigger breasts on the model. This time Nvidia specifically forbade partners from giving sites parts if they were on honesty hiatus.
Not only that, but the flat-out dishonesty is that Nvidia gave its board partners 'special' boards to send to reviewers. They are not allowed to give out their own vanilla cards, they MUST use the special set supplied by Nvidia.
Why is this dishonest? Want to bet that those boards have cherry-picked chips and RAM that clocks to the moon? That they will do everything better than any card you will ever be able to buy? Basically, Nvidia supplied ringers to the press that are not representative of what you can buy, and forced OEMs to give them to review sites without telling them. The technical term is 'mushrooming', feed them [scatological reference deleted] and keep them in the dark.
Remember now, this is the same 55nm G92 that you have been able to buy for six months or more, there is NO difference between that and the 9800GTX+. Nvidia has to show a difference to avoid their new hare-brained branding/stupid fanboi-fleecing scheme from tanking, so they are stacking the reviews.
They cut out anyone they thought would be critical and gave the rest cards that are nothing like what anyone can buy. They shut up OEMs, and forced them to give out cards that were flat out fantasy parts in the hopes that it would generate some good press. If they don't, well, you can always cut them out of the next round.
This behaviour on Nvidia's part is not only unethical, but it is purposefully dishonest. They are knowingly giving out parts that are not representative of retail pieces, and doing so without telling the reviewers. Readers won't know, sites may or may not know, and in general, it hurts everyone but Nvidia. Unless the word gets out, then hilarity ensues.
Spread the word guys, and don't trust any of the upcoming reviews where the part was not purchased at a retail outlet using real money. µ
Een leuke match met 6 nee 5 nee 4 spelers tegen het einde
0 - 3 voor Kalfort.
As our server is getting some much needed upgrades, the website might be unavailable during certain periods this evening.
Everything should be permanently online again at 22h00 GMT+1.
If you can guess what we changed, I'll come and fuck your wife for free (if she looks nice).
Joepie jee, met 3 - 0 verliest met 5 man.
Well, if you work at Elecrabel maybe...
En deze applicatie vertrouwen wij om onze bankzaken af te handelen? Ze kan nog niet tot 16 tellen.
Maarja, Isabel moet wel in de top 3 staan van 's werelds slechtst geschreven software...
Ik dacht al, nu overdrijven ze toch een beetje
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Earlier this morning, you may have been surprised to see that every Google search you performed resulted in links to sites which were, according to Google, potentially harmful to your computer. As it turns out, Google's malware detection system got a little trigger-happy - due to a human error.
Google's malware detector works via a partnership with the non-profit organisation StopBadware.org, who aid Google by supplying them with a list of sites known to install malware. Google updates these lists regularly, but sadly, the URL "/" got accidentally added to the list- effectively blacklisting every asite on the internet (except YouTube, actually).
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[quote]
The head of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows development confirmed that Windows 7 will take the unusual path of moving straight from a single beta, which was launched earlier this month, to a release candidate.
Sinofsky fleshed out the plan today and hinted that just as there would be no Beta 2, the company would also not provide a RC2 build. In other words, there may be only one released build of Windows 7 before it ships, possibly much sooner than even some of the most aggressive rumors about Windows 7.
How much different can Windows 7 really be with such a shortened beta cycle?"
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OMG, it's gonna suck, suck and suck some more. Let's all buys Macs.
Laat ons eens rekenen.
Enkele gegevens:
Topsnelheid: 407km per uur.
Tankinhoud: 100l.
Verbruik aan topsnelheid: 115l per 100km.
Banden verslijten op 50 15 minuten aan deze snelheid.
Aan 407km/h rijd je 113m/s, dat is 1km per 9s.
Dat is een volle tank elke 87km, oftewel elke 782s, oftewel elke 13 minuten.
Natuurlijk moet je optrekken tot deze snelheid, wat meer brandstof vraagt, dus laat ons aannemen elke 12 minuten.
100l tanken duurt, laat ons zeggen, ongeveer 8 minuten, betalen ingebrepen.
Dus rijd je eigenlijk 87km per 20 minuten, ofwel 261km/h.
Nu moeten we nog even rekening houden met nieuwe banden elke 50 15 minuten rijdtijd.
Er zijn weinig wachtenden voor U, dus op een uurtje bent U klaar.
Laat ons afronden, om de 5 elke tankbeurten.
U rijdt dus 5 1 keer 12 minuten, tankt 5 1 keer 8 minuten, en wisselt 1 keer banden, gedurende 1 uur.
Tussen elke tankbeurt deed U 87km, dus U doet 435km 87km per (5 1x12)+(5 1x8)+60 minuten, oftewel per 2h 40 minuten 1h 20 minuten.
Dat is 163 67km/h.
U zit gemiddeld per uur rijden slecht 36 9 minuten effectief achter het stuur.
Ik ben sneller met mijn Golfke
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Klubik wapperdam, wapperdam klubik...
De website van Premaman.
Eerst moete u rot zoeken om de pagina te vinden waar ge iets kunt bestellen van ne geboortelijst, dan moete niet te veel invullen bij het zoeken van de juiste lijst, anders vindt hem nix. En als ge dan uiteindelijk iets heb gekozen en ge kiest voor betalen met kredietkaart, durf dan zeker geen pagina terug te gaan, of ge hebt prijs, uw betaling is "mislukt", uw bestelling is geblokkeerd en de dingen zijn van de lijst af.
Typisch zo ne schijtsite gemaakt door ne schijt-IT'er.
3 - 0.
Eindelijk nog eens een overwinning en tegen schoon volk dan nog...
Amai, een dure maand weeral...
Slaapwel baby...
Alle, de Belgische arbitrage heeft zich weer eens van zijn beste kant laten zien in de match van Mechelen...
Belachelijk gewoon.
B: Brand (Model)
R: Reason
A: Alternative
B: ATi video cards (All)
R: Unreliable or non-existing complex drivers, compatibility issues
A: nVidia
B: SiS chipsets (All)
B: ATi chipsets (All)
R: Compatibility and stability issues
A: nVidia and Intel
B: Iomega (All non-Windows 2003 storage server NAS devices)
B: Linksys (NSS6000 NAS)
R: Reliability issues
A: Netgear, Conceptronic, Synology, LaCie
B: Datawrite (All DVDR media)
B: Princo (All DVDR media)
R: Slow and unreliable
A: Verbatim, Sony, Plextor, Maxell
B: Datawrite (All USB Sticks)
R: Slow and unreliable
A: Kingston, Apacer
B: McAfee (SIG, ESW Spam Filter)
R: Unreliable, limited features
A: SonicWall
B: Symantec (All)
R: High performance impact, annoying limitations
A: McAfee for AV, Acronis for BU, hardware for firewall
B: Samsung (PC Studio)
R: Non-standard interface, annoying limitations, inconsistencies
A: none
B: AVG Free-Antivirus
R: Unreliable
A: McAfee Enterprise
B: McAfee Anti-Virus Home
R: Non-standard interface, annoying limitations and features
A: McAfee Enterprise
B: Cisco (VPN Client)
R: No x64 version
A: none
B: Lotus (Notes)
R: Unreliable and slow
A: Microsoft Outlook
B: Novell (GroupWise)
R: Unreliable and slow, massive and unmanageble archives
A: Microsoft Outlook
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Fantastisch 0 - 3 nederlaag naar wederom een fantastisch slechte match.
Toch een positief punt, na 4 jaar heeft de gemeente Willebroek eindelijk de douches hersteld. Er kunnen nu weer meer dan 2 mensen tegelijk douchen. (Ja, dat is verdeeld over alle 4 kleedkamers).
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