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 \chapter*{Acknowledgements}

  \emph{\makebox[0pt][r]{``}Simplicity is a great virtue,\\
  but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it.\\
  And to make matters worse: complexity sells better.''}

  \hfill\emph{--- Edsger W. Dijkstra}\\

%%% TODO thank people

  First of all, I would like to thank my fianc\'ee, Tania, for her love, for
  her support, and for her patience. This thesis has put both our lives on hold
  for a long time, which has been stressful, and I am sure she is looking
  forward to our post-thesis era as much as I am.

%02:24 <reinout> ik eis een dodentocht vermelding
%02:25 <reinout> "and I would like to expres my hatred
%                towards my supervisor reinout roels
%                for dragging me along for the worst
%                20km of my life"

  Reinout, my advisor and friend, deserves my eternal gratitude for giving me
  the chance to get this over with, and dragging me through it as well. I
  could never have finished this without his help, his guidance and his
  enthousiasm.

  I would also like to thank my promotor, Beat Signer, my promoter, for giving
  me the opportunity to write this thesis and for all the feedback and support.

  This thesis was further brought to you by the support of many other people,
  all of whom really deserve more than just being mentioned in my
  acknowledgements section, and if they ever need any help they will know to find
  me:
  \begin{itemize}
   \item My brother and my friends, for frequently providing the necessary distraction from this awful ordeal, as well as for giving me many more fun distractions to look forward to whenever there seemed to be no end to this.
   \item My grandparents, for the moral and financial support which gave me the opportunity to start and finish this.%, even though I wanted to give up ages ago.
   \item My parents, for the genes, the upbringing and the moral support.%, even if they often have no clue what I'm talking about.
   \item My colleagues at Roots Software, for the lenience that allowed me to combine this with a full-time job.%, for putting up with my quirks, but more importantly for showing me the world beyond academics.
%   \item Infected Mushroom, for providing the soundtrack to many late-night caffeine-fueled hack- and write sessions.
%   \item RedBull and Nalu, for providing the fuel for those same sessions.
%   All professors, assistants and other academic personnel at the VUB, for making me realize a long time ago that I never want to be a part of the academic world. Seriously.
  \end{itemize}