Finally got a reply back from my most favorite public transport company in Rotterdam (probably because it’s THE ONLY one). Read it here.
Now I’m wondering, what in my original e-mail (see 14-01-2004) made this J.Hulscher dude(tte) think I’m female ? Is it a standard e-mail template gone awry ? Or does my real name sound feminine ?
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 01:25:29 +0100 (CET)
From: K. Ung
To: Klantenreacties@RET.Rotterdam.nl
Subject: Voorbereiding he ?
Geachte RET,
heden mocht ik uw voorbereiding op het afschaffen van meerdere lijnen na 23:00 uur aanschouwen. Dit gaat in maart beginnen heb ik begrepen. Nou vertel ik u, vandaag bracht de metro mij netjes af om 00:12 op het Maashaven. Even snel het bord van tramlijn 2 kijken, en ja hoor, nog 10 minuten, en de laatste tram vertrekt. Om 00:27 druipen al wat mensen af. Ik sta nog met 4 andere mede-“passagiers”. 3 trams richting remise rijden voorbij. Auw, dat doet pijn.
Om 00:37 is het wel welletjes, dat wordt lopen. Voor mij is het een half uur. Anderen moeten verder, ongeveer 45 a 50 minuten. Een frisse windkracht 5 houd me gelukkig wakker gedurende mijn snelle pas naar huis (De regen was gelukkig eerder op de avond al gestopt, het moest er nog eens bij komen, zeg). Langs de trambaan natuurlijk. Je wilt niet een flink vertraagde tram missen als het je toch eerder thuisbrengt. Helaas, de hoop vervaagt met elke stap dichter naar huis.
Nederland wordt vet, overgewicht enzo, een wandeling zou ze goed doen. *zucht* Ik ben amper 60 kilo.
Ik kan me niet anders voorstellen dan dat het nachtelijke leven in het centrum er flink onder zal lijden. Ach, het voor-avond-leven in hartje Rotterdam zal ook wel gezellig zijn.
Maar even een suggestie nog, kunt u alstublieft deze voorbereidingen een halt toe roepen (pun intended) ? Ik heb deze tram namelijk elke week, dat zijn er nog een paar tot maart, maar toch zou ik dat zeer apprecieren.
Mvg, KaNam Ung.
During his satallite acceptance speech (BFC Critic’s Choice Award, 4 nods for picture, acting ensemble, director and composer), Peter Jackson said on his current job, editing The Return of the King for DVD, “For those of you who thought Return of the King was too short, I’m giving you more”.
Okay, that still leaves the rumors of a 4, 5 and 6 hour result wide open. Way to go, dude.
Can it be true ? Is the new US Federal antispamming law (use of PO Box, and a valid return address to unsubscribe, with fines possible as high as $1 million) really having effect ? Today, I received only 67 spam messages, down from 200 something.
Well, while only time will tell, but I’m currently inclined to tag this as a fluke. As more and more people get online, 24/7, combined with less and less knowledge, the number of zombie pc’s (worm-like virii with spamming abilities) will explode, and that will possibly result in an exponential increase in spam.
Worse still, if it doesn’t help, why should a European Law work. Or even the rest of the world, for that matter ? Guess I’ll need to order a few extra DEL-keys, I’m sure it will be the first key that wears off.
Are you one of the few lucky blessed people with a clean mailbox ?
Can you believe it ? Fifth year in a row, and I even doubled my chances this year by buying TWO New Year’s Eve lottery ticks. And what did I get ? Not even two fiddy, no, exactly freakin’ zero zero zero point zero zero. Next year, I’m gonna kill the person who’ll sell me those lousy tickets again.
Waaaaaaaaaah, what a start, I’ll in bed soon, I’m starting 2004 with a migraine. Y’all have a good 2004, and keep to your new year’s resolutions (I know I won’t, so I never make’m).
Another year of law suits and settlements has gone by. Latest is the settlement of Microsoft with SPX/Imagexpo for patent #5206934, “Method and apparatus for interactive computer conferencing”. It costs dear Microsoft some $60 million bucks. With that even more ridiculous lawsuit between Microsoft and Eolas for a patent involving embedding a program object inside a browser still pending, it’s not hard to guess what will happen with an enough stupid jury.
And while all this wasn’t really happening a few months ago, I was laughing my ass off on knoppix.com, reading the back-out explanation:
“This can lead to the termination of many software projects such as KNOPPIX, at least within Europe, because the holders of the over 30,000 already granted “software patents” (currently without a legal foundation) can claim exclusive rights and collect license fees for trivial things like “progress bars”, “mouseclicks on online order forms”, “scrolling within a window” and similar.” Now, I’m not laughing so hard anymore.
Yupz, the makers Kazaa, the all too popular peer to peer sharing software, cannot be held liable for the copyright infringements of music and movies shared on its network. That’s the decision of the Dutch Supreme Court, which will set a precedent for whole Europe. The case, brought on by BUMA/STEMRA, is one of the many cases all around the world. For BUMA it’s a setback, because they’re probably going to follow the more time consuming road the American RIAA has taken (suing individuals).
So, now that Mr. Saddam Hussein has been captured, the most important question remains. Will some wicked US official shave him just the way he was before, or will the upcoming parodies on TV adapt to his new looks ?
So, here I was, thinking I’m special. Getting a big envelope with an even bigger typeface, saying Royal Mail. Must be because of the birth of our new crown princess, right ? Something special, I’m being invited for a visit, or baby shower party, or something. NO ! It’s some freaking mail order stuff for some new coins that are worth rusting for. Royal, my ass.
There was once a big creature, about my age, swimming near the fjords of Norway, but it does no more. I’m talking about Keiko, the killer whale featured in three Free Willy movies. Only 18 months in the wild (before that, a too tiny cage in Mexico), and now a bad case of pneumonia seems to have been the cause of death. And even if I’ve never seen any of the movies, can you say it with me ? Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw.
Well, the second line heir to the crown of this lil’ Kingdom has just been born, so congratz to Willem-Alexander and Maxima with their baby girl. Strangely enough, info about the baby was spread quickly, followed by a picture, but we STILL don’t know the name. What are they thinking over there ? Whole Holland has to keep referring to “the baby” in their conversations ?
As you can see, or you might see in just a few moments, the comments are popped up again ! This MUST mean my likability rate has just gone through the roof, right ?
Not really a post. Just a test. By putting the words Hilton Paris Sex Video and download together, I can measure that particular popularity on the search engines. People looking for the video and wanting to download it will be so disappointed. Dang, anyone met someone more evil than me ? 😈
Update:
Fox’s premiere of its new reality series “The Simple Life” (starring the more slutty than usual Hilton sisters) won the Tuesday’s Nielsen ratings in its 18-49 demographic. This also helped Fox to win the whole night’s ratings.
Makes you wonder who leaked that homevideo, eh ?
It seems it’s not Alexander Graham Bell who made the first transmission of speech from one point to another by electrical mean in 1876. Old documents found in the archive of the Science Museum in London suggest it happened 15 years earlier, by a German research scientist named Philipp Reis. The result of Scottish pride and a bit of conspiracry led to the beliefs of today.
So, how does this sound ? “You can ring my reis any time you want.”