XPost: sci.electronics.design   
   From: nospam@de-ster.demon.nl   
      
   Bill Sloman  wrote:   
      
   > On 20/02/2026 5:25 am, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   > > On 02/19/2026 10:19 AM, Bill Sloman wrote:   
   > >> On 20/02/2026 3:08 am, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   > >>> On 02/19/2026 02:06 AM, Bill Sloman wrote:   
   > >>>> On 19/02/2026 7:57 am, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   > >>>>> On 02/18/2026 12:54 PM, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   > >>>>>> On 02/18/2026 12:49 PM, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   > >>>>>>> On 02/18/2026 12:43 PM, Python wrote:   
   > >>>>>>>> Le 18/02/2026 à 20:13, Ross Finlayson a écrit :   
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   > > About as useless as "t'Hooft's Ladder".   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_%27t_Hooft   
   >   
   > He's a rat-bag. He won a Dutch Spinoza prize in 1995, as my wife did in   
   > 1999, so she got to meet him from time to time at the prize-winner's   
   > get-togethers. He wasn't an attractive character.   
      
   In that case she may also have met him occasionally   
   at meetings of the KNAW, [1]   
      
   Jan   
      
   [1] Koninklijke Nederlandse Academie van Wetenschappen.   
   As of 2017 the 'science' and 'humanities' parts if it have been joined.   
      
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