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		<title>Dr Denker kerstpuzzel 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roderik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hij is er weer de Dr Denker kerstpuzzel 2009 uit het Dagblad van het Noorden. Ik heb nog niet de tijd gehad de Dr Denker van 2009 te bekijken maar voor de puzzelaars is hier alvast een exemplaar van de Dr Denker 2009 rebussen en het antwoordblad.
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Hele kerstpuzzel als PDF openen
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hij is er weer de Dr Denker kerstpuzzel 2009 uit het Dagblad van het Noorden. Ik heb nog niet de tijd gehad de Dr Denker van 2009 te bekijken maar voor de puzzelaars is hier alvast een exemplaar van de Dr Denker 2009 rebussen en het antwoordblad.</p>
<p><a href="http://i45.tinypic.com/90u7fs.jpg">http://i45.tinypic.com/90u7fs.jpg</a></p>
<p><a href="http://i47.tinypic.com/2i6fofo.jpg">http://i47.tinypic.com/2i6fofo.jpg</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.jasperscryptogrammensite.com/pdf/dvhn09.pdf">Hele kerstpuzzel als PDF openen</a></p>
<p>Zoals elk jaar, tips en discussie is welkom, antwoorden (of te concrete aanwijzingen) worden niet getoond.</p>
<p><strong>Fout in Dr Denker 2009:</strong><br />
In de Dr. Denker Kerstpuzzel in Dagblad van het Noorden is helaas een  fout geslopen. Het gepubliceerde plaatje bij opgave 26 is niet helemaal  correct. Hierbij de correcte versie van opgave 26.</p>
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		<title>Nationale Wetenschapsquiz 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roderik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hij is er weer, de nationale wetenschapsquiz 2009. 
&#160;

In de Nationale Wetenschapsquiz 2009 neemt een team van wetenschappers het op tegen een team van mensen uit de wereld van de kunsten.
Het team van wetenschappers bestaat uit hoogleraar computationele sterrenkunde Simon Portegies Zwart, aquatisch bioloog Marten Scheffer, klinisch psycholoog Sjaan Nederkoorn en hoogleraar insectendiversiteit Menno Schilhuizen.
Zij [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hij is er weer, de nationale wetenschapsquiz 2009. </p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p>In de Nationale Wetenschapsquiz 2009 neemt een team van wetenschappers het op tegen een team van mensen uit de wereld van de kunsten.</p>
<p>Het team van wetenschappers bestaat uit hoogleraar computationele sterrenkunde Simon Portegies Zwart, aquatisch bioloog Marten Scheffer, klinisch psycholoog Sjaan Nederkoorn en hoogleraar insectendiversiteit Menno Schilhuizen.</p>
<p>Zij nemen het op tegen vormgever Jelte van Abbema, theatermaker Gerardjan Rijnders, architect Francine Houben en beeldend kunstenaar Voebe de Gruyter.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>De vragen zijn dit jaar alsvolgt:</p>
<p><strong>Vraag 1: Kan een operazangeres met haar gezang haar eigen gehoor beschadigen?</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Nee, haar stemgeluid bereikt haar binnenoor vooral via het bot</td>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Ja, als ze vaak en lang uit volle borst zingt</td>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> C.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Nee, er is een reflex die ervoor zorgt dat ze haar eigen herrie aankan</td>
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<p><strong>Vraag 2: Er ligt een olietanker in een bak water. Wat gebeurt er met het waterniveau als de tanker olie lekt?</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> A. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Het waterniveau stijgt</td>
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<input type="radio" name="v02" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Het waterniveau daalt</td>
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<input type="radio" name="v02" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> C. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Het waterniveau blijft gelijk</td>
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<p><strong>Vraag 3: Wat gebeurt er met de golven op zee als je het zeewater vervangt door een vloeistof die per liter twee keer zo zwaar is?</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> A. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">De golven gaan trager bewegen</td>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">De golven gaan sneller bewegen</td>
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<input type="radio" name="v03" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> C. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Er verandert niets</td>
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<p><strong>Vraag 4:Wat gebeurt er als je op de maan een ballon opblaast en loslaat?</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> A. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Hij loopt sneller leeg en vliegt sneller weg dan op aarde</td>
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<input type="radio" name="v04" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Hij loopt langzaam leeg en zakt naar beneden</td>
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<input type="radio" name="v04" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Hij loopt niet leeg en blijft zweven waar je hem hebt losgelaten</td>
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<p><strong>Vraag 5: Hoe lang duurt het ongeveer voordat een geheim dat eens per uur alleen door de laatste ingewijden wordt doorverteld aan drie nieuwe personen de wereld rond is?</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> A. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Een dag</td>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> B. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Een weekend</td>
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<input type="radio" name="v05" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Een week</td>
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<p><strong>Vraag 6: Voor welke schaarse grondstof bleek melk in de Tweede Wereldoorlog een alternatief te bieden?</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> A. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Smeerolie</td>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> B. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Wol</td>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Cement</td>
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<p><strong>Vraag 7: Welk wapen had een neanderthaler meestal bij zich?</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> A. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Een speer</td>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> B. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Een knots</td>
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<input type="radio" name="v07" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Pijl en boog</td>
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<p><strong>Vraag 8: Wat gebeurt er met het gewicht van een usb-stick als je er bestanden op zet?</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> A. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Het gewicht van de stick neemt een klein beetje toe</td>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> B. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Het gewicht van de stick neemt een klein beetje af</td>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Het gewicht van de stick blijft exact gelijk</td>
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<p><strong>Vraag 9: Is het doen van push-ups voor lange en korte mensen even moeilijk?</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> A. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Nee, voor lange mensen is het makkelijker</td>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> B. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Nee, voor korte mensen is het makkelijker</td>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Hoe moeilijk push-ups zijn hangt van je lichaamsbouw af, niet van je lengte</td>
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<p><strong>Vraag 10: Hoe spant een spin een draad tussen twee bomen die een stukje uit elkaar staan?</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> A. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Hij loopt via de grond met de draad van de ene naar de andere boom en trekt de draad strak</td>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> B. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Hij schommelt aan de draad naar de andere boom</td>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Hij wacht op een windvlaag en laat de draad vastwaaien aan de andere boom</td>
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<p><strong>Vraag 11: Je metselt nieuwe stenen in een bestaande muur van je huis, maar ze zijn iets donkerder dan de oude stenen. Wat kun je het beste doen?</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> A. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">De nieuwe steenlaag voegen met wit voegsel</td>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> B. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">De nieuwe steenlaag voegen met zwart voegsel</td>
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<input type="radio" name="v11" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">De nieuwe steenlaag bespuiten met een zoutoplossing</td>
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<p><strong> Vraag 12: Wat gebeurt er als de mond van een stofzuiger wordt afgesloten?</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">De motor in de stofzuiger wordt zwaarder belast</td>
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<input type="radio" name="v12" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> B. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">De motor in de stofzuiger wordt even zwaar belast</td>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">De motor in de stofzuiger wordt minder zwaar belast</td>
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<p><strong>Vraag 13: Hoe zorgt het gif van de Australische tijgerslang ervoor dat je uit veel van je lichaamsopeningen gaat bloeden?</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Je bloed gaat stollen</td>
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<input type="radio" name="v13" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Je maakt extra bloedplasma aan</td>
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<input type="radio" name="v13" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> C. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Je bloedplaatjes worden afgebroken</td>
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<p><strong>Vraag 14: Wanneer is je verwachte winst bij de Staatsloterij het grootst?</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> A. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Als je een heel lot koopt</td>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Als je twee hele loten koopt met verschillend eindcijfer</td>
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<input type="radio" name="v14" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> C. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Als je een straat koopt (10 hele loten met verschillend eindcijfer)</td>
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<p><strong>Vraag 15: Waar droogt secondelijm het snelst?</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> A. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Onder een f&ouml;hn</td>
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<input type="radio" name="v15" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Boven een stoomapparaat</td>
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<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong> C. </strong></td>
<td valign="top">Voor een airconditioner</td>
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<p>Deelname aan de Nationale Wetenschapsquiz (Senior en Junior) kan tot    maandag 22 december, 12.00 uur via de website van het NWO.</p>
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		<title>La Antena</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roderik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#34;Once upon a time there was a city without a voice. Somebody had taken away the voices of all its inhabitants. Many, many years went by and nobody seemed bothered by the silence.&#34;
The NPS couldn&#8217;t have chosen a better moment to broadcast the Argentinian movie La Antena (the aerial) than after the news of Geert [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><img height="100" align="left" width="224" src="/lib/img/la-antena-4.jpg" alt="la antena" /></em><em>&quot;Once upon a time there was a city without a voice. Somebody had taken away the voices of all its inhabitants. Many, many years went by and nobody seemed bothered by the silence.&quot;</em></p>
<p><em><img height="100" align="right" width="224" src="/lib/img/la-antena-1.jpg" alt="antena - words get soaked away" /></em>The NPS couldn&#8217;t have chosen a better moment to broadcast the Argentinian movie La Antena (the aerial) than after the news of Geert Wilders (Dutch&#8217; politician) brought to court for his criticism of the Islam. Where The Netherlands once was a country where freedom of speech was one of our highest values times seems to be changing. Especially his comparison of the Quran and the book Mein Kampf was taken as an offense for the muslim society in The Netherlands. The claim that Wilders spreads hate and is guilty of discrimination is far overrated though. Opinions should be spoken out even if they are not so sharming, they can become a ground for debate. I hate to see our once open society to become like this. <strong>Do people really think that limiting the freedom of expression will lead to a more harmonious society?</strong><br />
Luckily Denmark gave better response to the rumours concerning their cartoonist.</p>
<p><img height="100" align="left" width="224" src="/lib/img/la-antena-3.jpg" alt="la antena - voices, words, lives" />Reflexive, allegorical and poetic, La Antena is a dizzyingly dense piece of cinema, thriving on paradox, and always matching its medium to its message. Though I do not consider `La Antena&#8217;&nbsp; as a master piece, it is definitely worth watching (I rate it 6.6/10). And luckily it leaves us with some beautiful statements.</p>
<p><em>&quot;They have taken our voices but we still have words&quot;</em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/la-antena-d-esteban-sapir/">review of the film</a></p>
<p><em><img height="100" align="right" width="224" src="/lib/img/la-antena-0.jpg" alt="girl" /></em></p>
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		<title>Dr Denker kerstpuzzel 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.roderik.net/2008/12/24/dr-denker-kerstpuzzel-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roderik</dc:creator>
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Net als afgelopen jaren is hij er weer, d&#233; Dr. Denker kerstpuzzel 2008 uit het Dagblad van het Noorden. De puzzel staat inmiddels ook op de website. De kerstpuzzel heeft dit jaar het thema lijf en leden. Het is ongetwijfeld weer een grote uitdaging om de rebussen op te lossen.
Ook discussi&#235;ren over de antwoorden kun [...]]]></description>
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<p>Net als afgelopen jaren is hij er weer, d&eacute; Dr. Denker kerstpuzzel 2008 uit het Dagblad van het Noorden. De <a href="/drdenker2008.php">puzzel</a> staat inmiddels ook <a href="/drdenker2008.php">op de website</a>. De kerstpuzzel heeft dit jaar het thema lijf en leden. Het is ongetwijfeld weer een grote uitdaging om de rebussen op te lossen.</p>
<p>Ook discussi&euml;ren over de antwoorden kun je hier doen, maar voorzeggen (impliciet of expliciet) mag niet. Veel succes weer met de <a href="http://archytas.net78.net/Assets/pdf/dr-denker-2008-puzzel.pdf">Dr Denker kerstpuzzel</a>.</p>
<p>Niet helemaal zeker van een antwoord? Je kunt je antwoorden weer controleren met de <a href="/check2008.php">antwoordcheck 2008</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Dutch National Science Quiz 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roderik</dc:creator>
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It&#8217;s there again, the most inspiring scientific quiz of The Netherlands: The National Science Quiz. Do you know the answers to the twenty mind-blowing or maybe just easy questions? What are your theories that brings you to that certain answer? Exchange your ideas by responding to this post and when you think you got all [...]]]></description>
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<p>It&#8217;s there again, the most inspiring scientific quiz of The Netherlands: The National Science Quiz. Do you know the answers to the twenty mind-blowing or maybe just easy questions? What are your theories that brings you to that certain answer? Exchange your ideas by responding to this post and when you think you got all those answers right consider participating by posting your answers at the VPRO (celebration for the spirit) and you might compete for a prize (though I doubt if internationa participants are allowed, its a national quiz after all). On Christmas Eve the answers will be given on television.<br />
<em>(the translation is quite poor so far, but I will try to improve it)</em></p>
<p><strong>Question 1: What happens when you open a bottle of champagne in the international Space station (ISS)?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<table cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0" width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v01" value="A" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Champagne spouts in thousands mini-balls.</td>
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<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v01" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Champagne ejects slowly as a liquid ball out of the bottle.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v01" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Champagne foams with large bells but a considerable amount remains in the bottle.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Question 2: When a space shuttle returns to the earth, it will first return into a lower orbit around the earth. What will then happen to its forward velocity?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v02" value="A" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">This will increase.</td>
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<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v02" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">This will reduce.</td>
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<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v02" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">It will remain the same.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Question 3: How will the shape of our planet transform in the future?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v03" value="A" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">The earth will continuously become rounder.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v03" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">The earth will continuously become more oval.</td>
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<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v03" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">The shape of the earth will not change.</td>
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</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Question 4: Why is it that dark skinned people are usually perceived less old in comparison to people with lighter skin tone?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v04" value="A" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Because of the greater number of sebaceous glands</td>
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<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v04" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Because of a thicker epidermis.</td>
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<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v04" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">As a result of the pigment layer.</td>
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</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Question 5: A car drives in circles with a fixed angle of its steering wheel. Will there be a difference in the size of the circle it makes by driving either forward or reverse?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v05" value="A" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">No, there is no difference.</td>
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<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v05" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Yes, the circle is larger when driving forward.</td>
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<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v05" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Yes, the circle is smaller when driving forward.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Question 6: How do the oil balls in a pan with ebullient oil come float above?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v06" value="A" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">By lossloss loss</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v06" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">By puffing-up of gas.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v06" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">By convection in oil.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Question 7: You play a well-known melody on an instrument and take that. Vervolgens cut you 1/25ste of the beginning of the tones gone. Someone who listens to the prerecording:</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<table cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0" width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v07" value="A" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">the tone altitude of consonances no longer recognises.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v07" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">the melody no longer recognises.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v07" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">the instrument no longer recognises.</td>
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</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Question 8: Above 15,000 Hertz you can hear sounded hardly more. What hears hear you as tones at the same time two of respectively 15,000 and 20,000 Hertz late?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v08" value="A" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">You hear gentle quivering.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v08" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">You hear virtually nothing.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v08" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">You hear a clear tone of 5000 Hertz.</td>
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</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Question 9: What demands on average the most of effort?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v09" value="A" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Motoring.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v09" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Quiet running.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v09" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">To brush.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Question 10: What happens there eventually with 95 per cent of the fotonen &#8211; lichtdeeltjes &#8211; which roams round in the universe?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<table cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0" width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v10" value="A" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">They lose their cargo.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v10" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">They have eternal living.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v10" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">They go up in other particles.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Question 11: How does it come indicate that less weight to the most of electronic balances on a gentle subsoil then on a hard subsoil?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<table cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0" width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v11" value="A" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Nearly all electronic balances have too low pootjes.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v11" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Impression-ingot-driven of the weegsensor decreases with the softness of the subsoil.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v11" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">The floor plate bends on a gentle subsoil less.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Question 12: What is maximum altitude with which you with a firm straw a glass can drain water in one time?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<table cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0" width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v12" value="A" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Approximately 3 meters.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v12" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Approximately 7 meters.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v12" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Approximately 10 meters.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Question 13: What will happens to the reception quality of radio signals, when there is not just a couple of thousands, but a couple of million people listening to the radio broadcast?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<table cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0" width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v13" value="A" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">The signal remains just as strong.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v13" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">The signal becomes weaker.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v13" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">The signal becomes stronger.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Question 14: When is an egg the heaviest?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<table cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0" width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v14" value="A" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">When an egg is fertilised.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v14" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">When the chick in the egg is full-grown.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v14" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Both eggs weigh the same.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Question 15: What to see you first as someone vanachter you do sudden langszij, beyond run?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<table cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0" width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v15" value="A" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Form.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v15" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Colour.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v15" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Movement.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Question 16: Your hand is appropriate to a round banister exactly, so that can inch and middle finger touch each other. What happens there if you attract a glove and your hand lays for the leuning?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<table cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0" width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v16" value="A" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">There a breach between inch and middle finger arises.</td>
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<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v16" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">It is appropriate still exact.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v16" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">The inch and the middle finger overlap each other a smattering.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Question 17: You throw a number of times with a coin, someone else throws with a coin one more time. How big is the chance that he throws head more often than you?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<table cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0" width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v17" value="A" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">That chance is half.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v17" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">That chance is smaller than half.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v17" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">That chance is larger than half.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Question 18: Which snow melts the fastest?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<table cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0" width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v18" value="A" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Clean snow.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v18" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Dirty snow.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v18" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Powder/drifting snow.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Question 19: You fill a small beer bottle with such an amount of water that it will still float upside down in the water. Why is it that the bottle will sink to the bottom when you push it considerably down under water?</strong>&nbsp;</p>
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<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v19" value="A" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Because there air escaped from the flask.</td>
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<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v19" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Because the glass is compressed.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v19" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">Because more water in the bottle is pressed.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Question 20: A heavy object is attached on top of a blown up innertube that floats in water. What will happen when you attach the object under the innertube?</strong></p>
<table cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0" width="100%">
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<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v20" value="A" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>A.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">The innertube goes deeper into the water.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v20" value="B" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>B.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">The innertube remains at the same level.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="5%" valign="top">
<input type="radio" name="v20" value="C" /></td>
<td width="5%" valign="top"><strong>C.</strong></td>
<td valign="top">The innertube will float at a higher point in the water.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Participation in the national science quiz (senior person and Junior) is possible until 12:00 at Monday 15th of December. Then invulformulieren by mail must or by means of Internet within its. You can send in you definite answers of national science quiz on the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://66.196.80.202/babelfish/translate_url_content?.intl=us&amp;lp=nl_en&amp;trurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.nwo.nl%2fnwohome.nsf%2fpages%2fNWOA_7LQKP4">site of the NWO</a></p>
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		<title>The Cat came back</title>
		<link>http://www.roderik.net/2008/11/30/the-cat-came-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roderik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And the cat came back. Not on its own though. My father found it high in a tree not able to leave it on its own. With our ladder in the dark we finally got her out of the pine tree. Well, a good end to the story because the fact that it was gone [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And the cat came back. Not on its own though. My father found it high in a tree not able to leave it on its own. With our ladder in the dark we finally got her out of the pine tree. Well, a good end to the story because the fact that it was gone for over two days annoyed me quite a bit.</p>
<p>A video I received through facebook once about a cat that was much more able to return than ours:</p>
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		<title>Cats &#8211; Drouwe and Droppie</title>
		<link>http://www.roderik.net/2008/11/29/cats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roderik</dc:creator>
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Since some months we have new cats. They are called Drouwe and Droppie. They are very playful and very keen on food. As most young cats I suppose. Especially Drouwe &#8216;mews&#8217; a lot to get food as if he is starving. Unfortunately Droppie did not return home since yesterday night. So if you see her, [...]]]></description>
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<p>Since some months we have new cats. They are called Drouwe and Droppie. They are very playful and very keen on food. As most young cats I suppose. Especially Drouwe &#8216;mews&#8217; a lot to get food as if he is starving. Unfortunately Droppie did not return home since yesterday night. So if you see her, use your most authoritive and strong voice and say to her: &#8220;Droppie, this is an official order: return home!&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>Graduation</title>
		<link>http://www.roderik.net/2008/11/10/graduation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roderik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[5 November I graduated for my MSc Computational Intelligence and Robotics course together with Chaekith and Jonathan. On the photo you see me in my graduaton dress with Chaekith next to me. The ceremony was a nice experience.

Although my father is not in very good health he still decided to join us for some days to England so that we could be present there altogether. We did not stay in Leicester itself but at a farmer's B&#038;B. A good choice, nice rooms, and an excellent typical English breakfast of choice (see the photos that come soon).]]></description>
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<p>5th of November I graduated for my MSc Computational Intelligence and Robotics course together with Chaekith and Jonathan. On the photo you see me in my graduaton dress with Chaekith next to me. The ceremony was a nice experience.</p>
<p>Although my father is not in very good health he still decided to join us for some days to England so that we could be present there altogether. We did not stay in Leicester itself but at a farmer&#8217;s B&amp;B. A good choice, nice rooms, and an excellent typical English breakfast of choice (see the photos that come soon) with sausages, eggs, fresh fruit, bacon and baked beans.</p>
<p>Besides the graduation ceremony we visited Stratford upon Avon, Cambridge and we had a glimpse of Ipswitch. The graduation itself was in De Montfort hall. A nice sight with all the people dressed up. And now I am graduated its time to get employed. I already had some job interviews and visit companies now and then.</p>
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		<title>Vakantie</title>
		<link>http://www.roderik.net/2008/08/08/vakantie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roderik</dc:creator>
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		<title>Groene innovatie</title>
		<link>http://www.roderik.net/2008/08/02/groene-innovatie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roderik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weet je wat pas echt handig is? Juist ja, een wasmachine op je WC. Dat is precies wat Sevin Coskun in Turkije heeft bedacht, wel ja eens een keer niet de japanners voor de verandering. Niet alleen bespaard het je ruimte in de badkamer, het is bovendien milieuvriendelijk doordat het waswater wordt herbruikte voor het doorspoelen van het toilet. Bovendien is het makkelijker inladen daar je niet hoeft te bukken om bij de klep te komen, wel moet je je was natuurlijk niet in de toiletpot laten vallen, alhoewel, daar zit natuurlijk ook waswater in.]]></description>
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<p>Weet je wat pas echt handig is? Juist ja, een wasmachine op je WC. Dat is precies wat Sevin Coskun in Turkije heeft bedacht, wel ja eens een keer niet de japanners voor de verandering. Niet alleen bespaard het je ruimte in de badkamer, het is bovendien milieuvriendelijk doordat het waswater wordt herbruikte voor het doorspoelen van het toilet. Bovendien is het makkelijker inladen daar je niet hoeft te bukken om bij de klep te komen, wel moet je je was natuurlijk niet in de toiletpot laten vallen, alhoewel, daar zit natuurlijk ook waswater in.</p>
<p>Coskun dingt met dit concept mee voor de duurzaamheidsprijs &#8216;Greener Gadgets Design Competition 2008&#8242;. Of hij zal winnen, ik denk het niet. Schone was met een toch doorgaans smerig toilet, dat gaat volgens mij niet samen. Je kunt natuurlijk je wasmachine ook gewoon een verdieping hoger plaatsen en hetzelfde concept implementeren bij je in huis. Volgens mij gebeurt iets dergelijks ook bij sommige gebouwen.</p>
<p>Behalve washUP zijn er meer slimme gadgets die meedingen naar de prijs. Zo is er de stekkerdoos met een pedaal om je stekker te ontkoppelen, de zichzelf opladende mp3 speler, een intelligente douchekop (die je waterverbruik aangeeft) of de koelkast die met de restwarmte je eten ook kan opwarmen. Voor deze en overige gadgets kun je kijken op <a href="http://www.core77.com/competitions/GreenerGadgets/notables.asp">de core77 website.</a></p>
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		<title>AI Dating</title>
		<link>http://www.roderik.net/2008/07/31/ai-dating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roderik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second semester has been cleared by me, seem to be the only one so far, and the last (third) semester has started. The third semester has the final project. In this project I proposed to make a dating web site that makes use of artificial intelligence. The AI is used in the matching system. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The second semester has been cleared by me, seem to be the only one so far, and the last (third) semester has started. The third semester has the final project. In this project I proposed to make a dating web site that makes use of artificial intelligence. The AI is used in the matching system. Since AI is very suitable for matching and to make inferences. In the first stage however I had and have to read about what makes a good match, a system can learn this, but that takes a while, so to start with some real human knowledge will make the system at least somewhat robust. This knowledge is in the form of an expert system, based on the knowledge of people in the field of social psychology, matches are made. Besides crisp reasoning, fuzzy logic, is applied. Since most human logic is vague, fuzzy sets and inferences can represent this knowledge in a better war. Besides the fuzzy logic I try to implement neural networks to learn which characteristics will combine for a good match. This last part is optional since the whole implementation using AJAX, PHP, Perl, MySQL and possibly AIR is a whole lot of work in its own. Not to mention to review the literature and of course to present all this in my thesis.</p>
<p>Since it is hard to find a good name for a daitng site that has not been taken I registered the following domains which were still free. Unfortunately some people have no clue what AI is about (well it is Artiificial Intelligence), which I used in the names <a href="http://www.aidating.nl">www.aidating.nl</a> and <a href="http://www.aidating.co.uk">www.aidating.co.uk</a>, as an alternative I also registered <a href="http://www.datingatmosphere.com">datingatmosphere.com</a>. If anyone knows an original name thatis not taken, please let me know.</p>
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		<title>Waar is de zeep?</title>
		<link>http://www.roderik.net/2008/07/29/waar-is-de-zeep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roderik</dc:creator>
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