{"id":1773,"date":"2008-03-01T14:04:49","date_gmt":"2008-03-01T18:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1773"},"modified":"2008-03-01T18:59:04","modified_gmt":"2008-03-01T22:59:04","slug":"around-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1773","title":{"rendered":"Around the news"},"content":{"rendered":"

A<\/span>ccording \"Hey,<\/a>to the Dutch online news site Nu.NL, Flemish kids (as in “Dutch-speaking Belgians”1<\/sup>) are the worst bullies in Europe<\/a> (Dutch language-alert). The original article<\/a> (at the Belgian paper ‘De Morgen’) quotes a survey done by the British Council<\/a>. Unfortunately, I’m unable to find the actual (English) survey on that site, so you have to believe my amazing Dutch translation skills:\n<\/p>\n

Fifty-five percent of (Flemish) teenagers between the age of 12 and 18, say that physical appearance, like height, weight and clothing are the main reasons for bullying other kids.\n<\/p>\n

Via the BBC, I read that a research suggests that vitamin E can increase the risk of lung cancer<\/a>: unsurprisingly, the results of the research suggest that the risk increases with smoking (original article<\/a>).\n<\/p>\n

If you’ve followed the (technology) news the last couple of days, you’ve probably read that Microsoft unveiled Windows Server 2008, which now comes with a minimalist installation<\/a> (Windows Core Server) for admins who wish to assign specific roles to their Windows server: no GUI, just the plain command-line [Slashdot thread<\/a>]. There’s also an interesting article at (Microsoft infamous Open source portal) Port 25, titled ‘How Open Source has influenced Windows Server 2008’<\/a>. More XML settings files, more modularization and well, more Unix-like stuff. Personally, I can’t wait for Microsoft to adopt and embrace the best-ever editor, vi (or rather Vim<\/a>).\n<\/p>\n

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1<\/sup> The term “Dutch-speaking Belgians” refers to an extraterrestrial race called the ‘Flemish’ who in and or around 1800 landed close to the city borders of Brussels and started their own country which we now know as ‘Belgium’.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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