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		<title>Bewoonbare exoplaneet</title>
		<link>http://www.smurfsurf.net/2010/09/30/bewoonbare-exoplaneet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yay, het is eindelijk gevonden, een planeet in de bewoonbare zone van een ster (vloeibaar water) met voldoende massa voor een atmosfeer. Zie NOS.nl, volkskrant1 volkskrant2, nasa.gov, wired.com, sciencedaily.com, telegraph.co.uk, space.com, bbc.co.uk, arstechnica, slashdot en wikipedia. 
Een detail uit een van die artikelen was dat de planeet vermoedelijk &#8216;tidal-locked&#8217; aan de ster is, zoals de [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yay, het is eindelijk gevonden, een planeet in de bewoonbare zone van een ster (vloeibaar water) met voldoende massa voor een atmosfeer. Zie <a href="http://nos.nl/artikel/188197-mogelijk-bewoonbare-planeet-ontdekt.html">NOS.nl</a>, <a href="http://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/article419147.ece/Aardachtige_planeet_in_sterrenbeeld_Weegschaal">volkskrant1</a> <b><a href="http://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/article1424575.ece/Op_exoplaneet_Gliese_581g_zou_iets_kunnen_leven">volkskrant2</a></b>, <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/gliese_581_feature.html">nasa.gov</a>, <a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/09/real-habitable-exoplanet/">wired.com</a>, <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100929170503.htm">sciencedaily.com</a>, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/8033930/Alien-life-certain-to-exist-on-Earth-like-planet-scientists-say.html">telegraph.co.uk</a>, <a href="http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/earth-like-exoplanet-possibly-habitable-100929.html">space.com</a>, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11444022">bbc.co.uk</a>, <a href="http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/09/planet-hunters-find-exoplanet-that-could-potentially-support-life.ars">arstechnica</a>, <a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/29/2248225/Earth-Like-Planet-That-Could-Sustain-Life-Found">slashdot</a> en <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_581_g">wikipedia</a>. </p>
<p>Een detail uit een van die artikelen was dat de planeet vermoedelijk &#8216;tidal-locked&#8217; aan de ster is, zoals de maan dat is met de aarde. De beste kans voor leven zou dan zijn op de rand tussen superkoud en hardstikke heet. Een ring world dus. Ik herinner me een boek en een game met ring werelden. Wow, het bestaat <img src='http://www.smurfsurf.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Het concept van dag en nacht bestaat daar niet. Stel nou dat daar intelligent leven woont, hoe zullen ze daar wetenschap hebben ontdekt?<br />
In de geschiedenis van de westerse wetenschap was het plaatsen van de zon in het centrum van het &#8216;universum&#8217; een grote stap geweest. De rotatie van de aarde geeft ons de illusie dat de zon om de aarde draait, omdat we zelf het gevoel hebben stil te staan.</p>
<p>Maar in die wereld staat de ster altijd aan dezelfde kant, de warme kant van de ring. Ik denk dat de ontdekking van het feit dat de wereld een leefbaare ring vormt, en de eerste bemande expeditie naar het koudste cq. warmste gedeelte van de planeet daar major events moeten zijn geweest.</p>
<p>Een toffe ontdekking, alles bij elkaar.</p>
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		<title>PVV grootste in Almere?</title>
		<link>http://www.smurfsurf.net/2010/03/04/pvv-grootste-in-almere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Uit het lijstje van hun standpunten:

Meer politie op straat en extra veiligheid door nieuwe stadscommando’s
Geen hoofddoekjes in publieke functies en een burqaverbod
Aanpak overlast Oost-Europese werknemers
Preventief fouilleren op wapens in de hele stad
Geen dieronvriendelijke halalmaaltijden in het ziekenhuis en zorginstellingen
Geen halalmaaltijden in school- en sportkantines

Okee, dat is toch echt wel vervelend van ze, dat ze de [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Uit het lijstje van hun <a href="http://www.pvvalmere.nl/index.php?option=com_content&#038;view=article&#038;id=44&#038;Itemid=2">standpunten</a>:</p>
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<li>Meer politie op straat en extra veiligheid door nieuwe stadscommando’s</li>
<li>Geen hoofddoekjes in publieke functies en een burqaverbod</li>
<li>Aanpak overlast Oost-Europese werknemers</li>
<li>Preventief fouilleren op wapens in de hele stad</li>
<li>Geen dieronvriendelijke halalmaaltijden in het ziekenhuis en zorginstellingen</li>
<li>Geen halalmaaltijden in school- en sportkantines</li>
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<p>Okee, dat is toch echt wel vervelend van ze, dat ze de moslims nu pakken op het eten, en dan echt de kinderen van moslims expliciet discrimineren. Kijk, hun ouders <i>leren</i> die kinderen, in feite, om halal te eten, en hun wordt wel ff twee keer onrecht aangedaan. Ik heb het altijd al een kutstad gevonden.</p>
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		<title>hoot!! Happy 2010 all!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.smurfsurf.net/2010/01/01/hoot-happy-2010-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have fun with the fireworks everybody! 
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		<title>A little gem on #philosophical&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.smurfsurf.net/2009/12/31/a-little-gem-on-philosophical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
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LionClan:  The universe is an elevenfold manifold that manifests
              as a fourfold manifold between three kinds of
              sevenfold singularities
bsod: that sounds very superstringy
LionClan:  we see and feel [...]]]></description>
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LionClan:  The universe is an elevenfold manifold that manifests
              as a fourfold manifold between three kinds of
              sevenfold singularities
bsod: that sounds very superstringy
LionClan:  we see and feel with fourfold vectors like photons
              and electrons, it is understandable our first guess
              was the universe is four dimensional
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		<title>Some google techtalks</title>
		<link>http://www.smurfsurf.net/2009/12/24/some-google-techtalks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8216;Your brain at work&#8216; talk is really worth it, if you&#8217;re interested in how your brain solves problems&#8230;

Google techtalk: Your Brain at Work.(also note the talk The Mechanism of Thought by Hecht-Nielsen)
Google techtalk: Nutrients for Better Mental Performance.
Google techtalk: Leadership and Vision.


Quantum Computing Day 1: Introduction to Quantum Computing.
Quantum Computing Day 2: Image Recognition [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The &#8216;<strong>Your brain at work</strong>&#8216; talk is really worth it, if you&#8217;re interested in how your brain solves problems&#8230;</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/googletechtalks#p/u/3/XeJSXfXep4M">Google techtalk: Your Brain at Work</a>.(also note the talk <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=457220708103840157">The Mechanism of Thought</a> by Hecht-Nielsen)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/googletechtalks#p/u/0/-PA-buwI3q4">Google techtalk: Nutrients for Better Mental Performance</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/googletechtalks#p/u/54/yK_fEX8WNf8">Google techtalk: Leadership and Vision</a>.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I56UugZ_8DI">Quantum Computing Day 1: Introduction to Quantum Computing</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMvC-wv1ayo">Quantum Computing Day 2: Image Recognition with an Adiabatic Quantum Computer</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qAIPC7vG3Y">Quantum Computing Day 3: Does an Explanation of Higher Brain Function require Quantum Computers</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>I&#8217;ll also post a bunch of very good physics courses (by Leonard Susskind):</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/stanforduniversity#g/c/A27CEA1B8B27EB67">Quantum Entanglements: Part 1</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/stanforduniversity#g/c/84C10A9CB1D13841">Modern Physics: Quantum Mechanics</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/stanforduniversity#g/c/189C0DCE90CB6D81">Modern Physics: Classical Mechanics</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/stanforduniversity#g/c/CCD6C043FEC59772">Modern Physics: Special Relativity</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/stanforduniversity#g/c/6C8BDEEBA6BDC78D">Modern Physics: Einstein&#8217;s Theory</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/stanforduniversity#g/c/888811AA667C942F">Modern Physics: Cosmology</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/stanforduniversity#g/c/B72416C707D85AB0">Modern Physics: Statistical Mechanics</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/stanforduniversity#g/c/5F9D6DB4231291BE">Quantum Entanglements: Part 3</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eFvVzNF24g">New Revolutions in Particle Physics (2010)</a></li>
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		<title>LHC is up and running</title>
		<link>http://www.smurfsurf.net/2009/12/01/lhc-is-up-and-running/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Large Hadron Collider is doing its first succesful experiments.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Large Hadron Collider is doing its first <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/0911.5430">succesful experiments</a>.</p>
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		<title>HaR 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.smurfsurf.net/2009/08/17/har-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, I&#8217;m back from Hacking at Random 2009, still with a mountain of stuff in my living room to sort out. Here are my pictures and I made one reasonable youtube movie of the ccc tent at night. 
However, others made much better material available: xor-gate pictures, oisec pictures, har2009 at night, harddisk shredder, Soviet [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok, I&#8217;m back from <a href="http://har2009.org/">Hacking at Random 2009</a>, still with a mountain of stuff in my living room to sort out. Here are my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hyperbsod/sets/72157610727112056/">pictures</a> and I made one reasonable youtube movie of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSsg2X29O4k">ccc tent at night</a>. </p>
<p>However, others made much better material available: <a href="http://xor-gate.org/har2009/">xor-gate pictures</a>, <a href="http://gallery.oisec.net/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&#038;g2_itemId=56721">oisec pictures</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUfQ5KKYprc">har2009 at night</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znYWl9IQoXY">harddisk shredder</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0jT6f-r3AY">Soviet Unterzögersdorf</a>, and a movie from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3CPx7Frt80">anonymous</a>.</p>
<p>There was also some news coverage: the homemade gsm network was on <a href="http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/09/08/17/0014235/Open-Source-GSM-Network-At-Dutch-Hacker-Convention">slashdot</a> and security.nl had several articles, including <a href="http://www.security.nl/artikel/30641/1/Foto%27s_Hacking_at_Random.html">this one with pictures</a>.</p>
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		<title>C++0x dead in the water?</title>
		<link>http://www.smurfsurf.net/2009/07/22/c0x-dead-in-the-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was quite shocked to learn that C++ concepts have been voted out of the upcoming C++ standard, C++0x. I&#8217;ve written about concepts before and always have been a great fan of the feature. However mostly due to time constraints, the concept feature won&#8217;t make it into the new standard. See The Removal of Concepts [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was quite shocked to learn that C++ concepts have been voted out of the upcoming C++ standard, C++0x. I&#8217;ve written about concepts before and always have been a great fan of the feature. However mostly due to time constraints, the concept feature won&#8217;t make it into the new standard. See <a href="http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=cplusplus&#038;seqNum=441">The Removal of Concepts From C++0x @ InformIT</a> and <a href="http://www.artima.com/forums/flat.jsp?forum=270&#038;thread=263251">The Removal of Concepts From C++0x @ Artima Developer Spotlight Forum</a>.</p>
<p>Without concepts, many related features won&#8217;t make it. Is C++0x now a failed standard or not? I&#8217;m not sure, there are many things that will go into the standard that are very useful: auto variables, multithreading (if they can do this in the given time they have), library updates, etc. </p>
<p>However, concepts are a *major* feature, and with them the for-each loop which is so desperately needed won&#8217;t make it. Only time will tell if C++ is evolving fast enough&#8230; I hope it will.</p>
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		<title>A few great TED talks:</title>
		<link>http://www.smurfsurf.net/2009/04/06/a-few-great-ted-talks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few talks:

Saul Griffith on self-assembling biological computers
Garrett Lisi: A beautiful new theory of everything
P.W. Singer: Military robots and the future of war
Juan Enriquez: Beyond the crisis, mindboggling science and the arrival of Homo evolutis
Joe DeRisi: ViroScan, a high-tech tool for solving medical mysteries
Bonnie Bassler: Discovering bacteria&#8217;s amazing communication system
Wade Davis: Cultures at [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here are a few talks:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/saul_griffith_on_everyday_inventions.html">Saul Griffith on self-assembling biological computers</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/371">Garrett Lisi: A beautiful new theory of everything</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/504">P.W. Singer: Military robots and the future of war</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/463">Juan Enriquez: Beyond the crisis, mindboggling science and the arrival of Homo evolutis</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/joe_derisi_hunts_the_next_killer_virus.html">Joe DeRisi: ViroScan, a high-tech tool for solving medical mysteries</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/bonnie_bassler_on_how_bacteria_communicate.html">Bonnie Bassler: Discovering bacteria&#8217;s amazing communication system</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures.html">Wade Davis: Cultures at the far edge of the world</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/wade_davis_on_the_worldwide_web_of_belief_and_ritual.html">Wade Davis: The worldwide web of belief and ritual</a></li>
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		<title>Yay springtime&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.smurfsurf.net/2009/03/22/yay-springtime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a nice youtube movie, made in WoW, called &#8216;First of May&#8216;, you&#8217;ll have to age verify. (This video may not be suitable for minors.)
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