Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (1930-2000) was a Dutch computer scientist. He received the 1972 Turing Award for fundamental contributions in the area of programming languages. He was known for his low opinion of the GOTO-statement in computer programming culminating in the 1968 article “A Case against the GOTO Statement” (EWD215), regarded as a major step towards [...]
The Lost Construct in IT: The Self-Referencing Loop
By June 28th, 2007, underWhat do Artists and Military Man have in common?
By June 28th, 2007, underA few months ago I wanted to make an extensive horoscope to learn more about myself, my ex-wife (Merel Visse) and our relationship. I used Astro.com. There are many choices and I ordered a Jungian Horoscope using a different name. Astro.com uses Archetypes and I believe in them. They are the language of the Unknown. Much [...]
Why Mobile Communication is Generating Stress
By June 19th, 2007, underToday I searched the Internet and by coincidence (does it exist?) I found a small document about the dangers of Wifi. It is dated the 28th of April 2007. The most interesting part of this document is a poll. 40% of the voters are not interested in the answer if it is dangerous or not. [...]
Money Makes The World go Round
By June 13th, 2007, underI am working again for a big software company. They have asked me to help to define their strategy. To make this work I wanted to talk with their CEO. His secretary phoned me and I heard that his mother died last night. She died at the age of ninety.
I talked with his secretary about how strange it is when your mother dies and your parents are gone. My father died much earlier. I am their only child.
Hahahaha Dadadada: About Childisch behavior and Decadence
By June 13th, 2007, under
This evening I talked with a friend of mine. He runs a business in Knowledge Management Tools. His brother-in-law is very rich and he was invited to visit him in Spain (Valentia). His brother-in-law owns six cars, a big house and a very expensive sailing ship but he is not able to sail.
Why Crazy people Always Win a War
By June 8th, 2007, underIn the New York Review of Books of this month (June 2007) Robert Cottrel reviews the book “A Russian Diary” by Anna Politkovskaya. She was a very famous Russian journalist who was assassinated October 2006 in Moskow. Anna had the Guts to oppose Putin. The book is about him and the current situation in Russia. Robert [...]
Catching the Light: About Steiner, Goethe and The Placebo Effect
By June 6th, 2007, underWhen I was working at ABN-bank I was doing a project to reorganize the Archives of the bank. One of my colleagues was heavily inspired by the work of Rudolph Steiner. He was very busy to create a new type of bank based on his ideas (now The Triodos-Bank).
