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  • Zeno

    ‘Zeno was concerned with three problems. These are the problems of the infinitesimal, the infinite and continuity. From his day to our own, the finest intellects of each generation in turn attacked these problems, but achieved, broadly speaking, nothing.’― Bertrand Russell

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  • Stupidity

    ‘Today for every competent expert on the side of the prophets there is an equally competent and opposite expert against them. If there is stupidity anywhere it is so evenly distributed that is has ceased to be a mark of distinction.’― Eric Temple Bell

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  • Koga Signature (aka Newtonian Motion)

    About 20 years ago I bought myself a Koga Signature. I was working in The Netherlands at the time and the government still subsidised the purchase of bicycles. You could trade in some of your vacation days for money to buy a bike. I cannot remember the exact amount you could trade in but as I had too many holidays anyway and me and my wife liked to go on biking trips during our holidays I decided to make use of this government plan and splash out on an expensive Koga trekking bike. Not just the standard configuration but a…

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  • Back Saver

    As mentioned in an earlier post I try to commute as much as possible on my speed pedelec. Unfortunately I don’t live in The Netherlands where they have quality bike paths. I am already happy if there is a bike path that I have to share with pedestrians. Not ideal on a speed pedelec but I have found a way around it that works for me : get out of bed half an hour late and start biking when school has begun, no more need to share with pedestrians. Worse is the fact that many bike paths are actually foot…

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  • Speed Pedelec Commuting

    Back in 2017 I sold my motorbike and bought a second hand speed pedelec to bike to work. Stromer was gaining popularity and I did a couple of test rides on one. Besides being fast the bike was obviously also very expensive and I decided to opt for a second hand demo model of Cannondale instead, a Control E Speed. It had been driven for only 500km and I could buy if with a 25% price reduction. That made the investment a little less risky financially as I wasn’t sure I would consistently use the bike to commute. The first…

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  • The Discovery of Pure Mathematics

    ‘Pure Mathematics was discovered by Boole in a work which he called The Laws of Thought.’― Bertrand Russell

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  • The Poet Mathematician

    ‘It is true that a mathematician who is not also something of a poet will never be a perfect mathematician.’― Karl Wilhelm Theodor Weierstrass

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  • Confidence

    Found this one on the FB of Maddie Hinch. ‘Confidence is not “They will like me”. Confidence is “I will be fine if they don’t”. ― Christina Grimmie

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  • Tequila

    ‘Neem het leven als Tequilla, met een tikkeltje zout.’ ― Metejoor & Snelle

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  • The Bourne Identity

    In 2002 the Bourne Identity hit the theatres and new spy movie franchise was born. This was also the year of Die Another Day, the last James Bond movie starring Pierce Brosnan. Where Jason Bourne is in search of his identity in the movie one could say that James Bond has been looking for his new identity ever since Sean Connery quit the role. Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton did not succeed and probably many also disliked Pierce Brosnan’s interpretation of the character. Compared to the 2002 James Bond Jason Bourne is a spie of another kind, unseen at that…

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