September 26, 2003 - Posted by André Restivo- 4 Comments
It seems Portugal and Spain have finally reached an agreement about the configuration of the new highspeed railways connecting the two countries. Unfortuneatly but not surprisingly the configuration sucks:
The map has been drawn by me and is probably not entirely correct but you can get the picture:
- So where exactly is Portugal’s Capital anyway? Madrid? Are we finally a Spanish province as many seem to think?
- Why didn’t they connect Porto to Vigo? Now that would be a great thing. Porto and Vigo are two strongly connected cities, both culturally and economically.
Bah, I hope at least it works and it’s finished promptly.
September 26, 2003 - Posted by André Restivo- 0 Comments
Finally XFce 4 was released. I might take the time to try to replace the oldie but great WindowMaker once again.
XFce 4 claims to be light, nice-looking but not bloated and easily configurable. I guess I’ll have to see it with my own eyes …
Now, I just have to wait for some good soul to create an ebuild for gentoo 
September 26, 2003 - Posted by André Restivo- 0 Comments
Wow, scientists found out what everybody knows for ages. The fact that temperatures fluctuate on a weekly cycle (there are no weekly cycles in nature) show that human activity is affecting the climate.
No kidding. Didn’t you never notice it only rains on weekends.
Scientific American: Workweek Causes Climate Fluctuations The five-day workweek may be affecting the climate, researchers say. Findings published online this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicate that daily high and low temperatures fluctuate on a weekly cycle in many locales in direct response to human activity, causing scientists to dub it the weekend effect.
