Monthly Archives: July 2003

Schroedinger’s cat

Posted on July 31, 2003 by Arthur

Today’s news regarding the ‘Iraq’s weapons program‘ reminded me of ‘Schroedinger’s Cat’. No matter how you twist and turn, the only way to find out if the cat has died is to open the box. Additionally, during his press conference … Continue reading →

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Bikes and Booleans

Posted on July 30, 2003 by Arthur

Today I did succesfully testdrive my new (rather, secondhand) bike. Plus the helmet. There’s still a lot to fix, besides cleaning up the chain and derailleur, but at least it was fun to drive the bicycle after abstaining for three … Continue reading →

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Elections NS coming up

Posted on July 29, 2003 by Arthur

Example of political games. Elections are coming up. The provincial government is trying to get people vote for them: so they reveal they had ‘secret and private’ talks with the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union. Earlier the director … Continue reading →

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Seventy one is the lucky number

Posted on July 28, 2003 by Arthur

Did I tell about the upcoming elections in Nova Scotia? I did, didn’t I? Well, yesterday’s survey asked Nova Scotians who they thought won the latest TV debate (last Tuesday). The results blew me out of the water: 14% said … Continue reading →

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Puzzled

Posted on July 27, 2003 by Arthur

Runninga couple of (graphical) Java apps I ended up with the following error: ‘Could not get display mode’. DXDiag insisted that Netmeeting was still running (so it couldn’t test DirectDraw). Netmeeting? I haven’t used it since, a lifetime ago. In … Continue reading →

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Mirror on the wall

Posted on July 14, 2003 by Arthur

Over at Slashdot a link to an essay about the forthcoming “Browser War”. Or I mean, the “Browser War” that has never ended. Either way. I was not impressed with the article, but there is one section that attracted the … Continue reading →

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