User: Andries

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nl:Gebruiker:Andries de:Benutzer:Andries fr:Utilisateur:Andries My name is Andries Krugers Dagneaux. I am from the Netherlands. Interests are cult/cults, Hinduism, science (esp. physics), electronics (component level), chess. I may make some small mistakes in English, especially in punctuation. My Dutch is excellent but I care more about the English version of wikipedia than the Dutch version. I have become a complete skeptic due to an unfortunate experience with an Indian guru called Sathya Sai Baba. I think Wikipedia is a great project. Same user as Omniscient

Contents

1 I do not use an ip or sockpuppet to push my POV

2 Permanent gratitude

3 George W. Bush

4 Is Wikipedia a cult?

12.1 Useful information

13 29 August, 02:44+2:00

14 A small esay about spelling

15 Subpages

I do not use an ip or sockpuppet to push my POV

My ip at work is 194.178.102.131 10:27, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC). My ip at home is 62.163.36.36 18:20, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC).

Permanent gratitude

I want to thank to all the people who do household chores to improve and maintain Wikipedia. I do shamelessly little at the moment. Thanks.

George W. Bush

Like many West Europeans I dislike George W. Bush and find his ignorance very worrying.

Is Wikipedia a cult?

Please read this eyes-opening new article that dissects Wikipedia's propaganda! User:Andries/Wikipedia:controversy Feel free to expand.

Sathya Sai Baba

Can somebody please improve the article Sathya Sai Baba? I don't see my own mistakes. Thanks in advance.

Favorite Quotes

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation. by Herbert Spencer Many people would agree with this quote but for psychological reasons, only pay lip service to it (including me sometimes).

To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. 'Tis much better to do a little with certainty, and leave the rest for others that come after you, than to explain all things. Isaac Newton
- Quoted in Calculus Gems (1992) G Simmons

One sign of dependence on ideology over data is lack of notes.
- Paraphrased from Mary McCormick Maaga's book [1] Hearing the Voices of Jonestown (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1998)]

Hinduism

I am not a Hindu but I see some ignorance and prejudice against Hinduism here.

Re-reading sources

In my experience, it takes a lot of effort to write a good article. Sometimes I think I can rely on my memory of books that I read a while ago but later I find out then some inaccuracies have slipped in. So I really have to re-study the subject to write a good article.

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Links

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Symbols

Useful information

(Special Character Stash shamelessly "borrowed" from Stan's page)

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29 August, 02:44+2:00

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(shamelessly copied from user Patrick)

• bullet
… ellipsis
′ prime = minutes = feet
″ double prime = seconds = inches
‾ overline = spacing overscore
⁄ fraction slash
← leftwards arrow
↑ upwards arrow
→ rightwards arrow
↓ downwards arrow
↔ left right arrow
∂ partial differential
∏ capital pi
∑ capital sigma
√ square root = radical sign
∞ infinity
∩ intersection = cap
∫ integral
≈ almost equal to = asymptotic to
≠ not equal to
≡ identical to
≤ less-than or equal to
≥ greater-than or equal to
.^.. therefore

A small esay about spelling

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt!

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