DGB will allow longer working lifetime
That's great, so the pension funds work again simply because nobody lives to see retirement age anymore.
At tagesschau im Internet you can find the original article.
Content-type: matter-transport/sentient-life-form
dp-now.com - Features - Printer reviews - HP Photosmart 7960
Review of the New HP Photosmart 7960
This appears to be a heading/title referencing a printer review from dp-now.com. As there is no additional Markdown body content provided beyond this link reference and title, here is what I'm returning:
Review of the New HP Photosmart 7960
LaTeX Equation Editor
LaTeX Equation Editor - Editor for mathematical formulas that outputs LaTeX and can thus generate PDF
McKinsey: Poorly Advised - manager-magazin.de
Interesting. I wonder if the consulting work for the Union was actually advertised by the Union?
News: SCO sues Novell
And on to the next round of lawsuits. Whether anyone can still keep track of who actually wants to go after whom, why, and where?
Patent dispute over music downloads in Europe settled
Another idiotic patent - 1985 technical ideas are certainly super relevant for Internet solutions. Besides, it's such a brilliantly genius idea to download data over long distances onto removable data carriers. It's so genius that it has to be patented. And apparently this kind of nonsense goes through anyway.
At heise online news there's the original article.
Rau succession: Chancellor annoys Union
Hmm. Sometimes Schröder can be a real bastard
At tagesschau im Internet you can find the original article.
xgpatsf.gt
xgpatsf.gt - Prolog with interface for OS X
Federal Employment Agency: Evidence apparently manipulated
Well, it is indeed the task of the Federal Employment Agency to find work for job seekers, but this part is exaggerated: Almost all renowned consultants have received an assignment in Nuremberg. Gerster will certainly come up with great reasons again why the lies were completely fine. Probably such things, just like lavishly equipped executive floors, are part of the good practice of the business world, without which one apparently cannot discuss on equal terms with managers. That's probably even true when you look at the rip-off at Mannesmann. They're all just liars and cheaters, so they're looking for their own kind at the Federal Employment Agency too...
I wonder if Clement will finally feel properly foolish now, having just demonstratively stood up for Gerster?
I found the original article at RP-Online: Politik.
CSU wants to stop abortion at state expense
When I read through something like this, I find it exceedingly unfortunate that abortions at the time of birth of such politicians could not have been carried out at state expense...
At RP-Online: Politik I found the original article.
Essential Killer Tips for GarageBand
Essentielle Killer-Tips für GarageBand - Midi Utilities that work well with GarageBand
Kodak Discontinues DCS Pro Backs
Ouch! The DCS Pro Back for medium format was an absolute killer piece, I looked at it with stars in my eyes at Photokina on a Contax 645. And now it's being discontinued. Really a shame. The flexibility of modern medium format systems like the Hasselblad H1, the Contax 645, or the Mamiya 645 AF is simply greater than with 35mm SLRs.
I found the original article at PhotographyBLOG.
Praise for grandpa gets Merz into trouble
So Merz' role model is a Nazi. Somehow fits.
I found the original article at TAZ.
Massachusetts Senator Gets Lift for the Race in New Hampshire
Oh yes, what did all those US bloggers go on about, how important the Internet would be and how important they were and how important candidates with Internet programs would be. And what happens in Iowa? In the first round of the primaries, two people make the race who couldn't care less about the Internet. Could one perhaps draw the conclusion from this that all those Internet weblog importance giants see themselves as a bit too important and gigantic?
At New York Times: NYT HomePage there's the original article.
Backing for Gerster
There is no reason to question Gerster's work, according to Clement. An internal audit report is still to be presented today. - So retroactive creation of files to fabricate evidence is no longer considered grounds for questioning the work of a government agency head? In any case, that answers my question about whether Clement now feels stupid for his support of Gerster - apparently not stupid enough yet, so he continues.
At tagesschau im Internet there is the original article.
Sun will Hardware for Windows get certified [Update]
Is there actually anyone left - including SUN's entire management - who still understands what SUN's strategy is? By strategy, I don't mean the headless running around in circles that they're currently putting on display
At heise online news there's the original article.
The Game Is Over
Rheumatologists are therefore not chronically ill. The Health Ministry has completely lost it...
At passe.par.tout you can find the original article.
Fraud made easy: Security gap at Ebay
No kidding, eBay allows JavaScript in description texts. What a stupid idea - JavaScript can do all sorts of things, including accessing other parts of the page via DOM and changing content there.
Apart from the fact that JavaScript can do many other nasty things that become particularly interesting in the context of an auction system.
And what does eBay say about it? That they would allow JavaScript so that sellers can make their offers interesting. Question: why on earth would you need JavaScript for that? You need HTML. And CSS. And maybe more intelligent formatting of the eBay pages themselves. But JavaScript? That's completely crazy ...
It seems only idiots work at eBay
I found the original article at RP-Online: Media.
BottomFeeder - Cross-platform RSS/Atom News Aggregator - RSS News Aggregator in Smalltalk
Domain Law: When two fight, neither gets anything...
Furthermore, the matter has no fundamental significance - the users of the domain will probably see it differently. After all, they have effectively been deprived of their home on the web. But as long as judges believe they don't need to deal with the matter, there will continue to be such absurd rulings. Sure, no one will take it to the constitutional court over a domain, so the Oldenburg Regional Court gets away with such a fundamentally flawed ruling.
At heise online news there is the original article.
ESA - Mars Express
That's nice indeed. A Mars journal from ESA. Of course it would be nice if they had an RSS feed too. But at least there are some colorful pictures of Mars instead of complaining about the lost waffle iron.
NSI removes Strato customer domains from DNS
What Strato did is - as you would expect from Strato - rarely stupid. Terminating a contract before the domains have been moved is recklessly careless. Especially since you know what kind of outfit NSI is. Nevertheless, of course the behavior of NSI - as you would expect from NSI - is outrageous and in my view unacceptable. The company should be shut down - their business practices happily operate in the triangle of spam, extortion, and fraud.
At heise online news you can find the original article.
Criminal complaint against Ulla Schmidt following death of kidney patient
The Dead Early Retiree Will Probably Be Counted as Collateral Damage
Of course, one can now argue that he was responsible himself, that he could have taken care of things, that he certainly could have found another way to get treatment. All nonsense. When situations become harder to understand and manage, it's always the weakest members of society who fall by the wayside. And all of this for a few miserable euros...
I found the RP-Online: Politik and the original article.
Tapestry - Your Favourite Comics by RSS | dwlt.net
Tapestry - Your Favourite Comics by RSS | dwlt.net - Various web comics via RSS
VisualWorks: VisualWorks TypeLess IRC Client - IRC Client in Smalltalk
Trittin accuses energy suppliers of 'rip-off'
But apparently he doesn't really want to take action against the rip-offs ...
At tagesschau im Internet you can find the original article.
Images from the Kodak DCS 520
Nothing special, just my first test images from the camera.
Digital Secrets: How Spirit Makes Great Photos
If you're interested in how the digital cameras in the Spirit Rover are built, how many there are, and what distinguishes these cameras and imagers, you should read the linked article. It's very interesting that NASA took the sensible approach of fewer pixels with more area per pixel.
Network Solutions and Register.com Sued for Patent Infringement
Well, and there's the idiotic lawsuit over the idiotic patent
At heise online news you can find the original article.
Speno's Pythonic Avocado 16.1.2004
Speno's Pythonic Avocado 16.1.2004 - Building Python applications with buildapp on OS X
Of Sorbs and Helmets
The essential questions of life.
You can find the original article at tagesschau im Internet.
Reports: Gerster concludes another consultant contract
Gerster just doesn't learn ...
At RP-Online: Politik I found the original article.
Digital Camera batteries
Digital Camera batteries - Source for compatible batteries for DCS 520
Europe's PR Crash on Mars
Exactly that is the problem. A technical success with Mars Express. A small disappointment through the lost Beagle, which due to its immobility would have been able to provide only very limited information anyway. And terribly bad public relations. Quite a shame.
At Spiegel Online: Wissenschaft there is the original article.
FavIcon Generator
FavIcon Generator - Online generator for favicons
GROKLAW - Comments on SCO's 'Evidence'
As usual, not much good can be said about SCO's statements. Not only has SCO apparently badly missed deadlines (started too late, caught off guard by Christmas - if they have such problems with the calendar, I'm hardly surprised =), they also still haven't provided explicit information about copies, but only mentioned general subsystems. And they're demanding 90 more days after IBM gave them even more versions of AIX and Dynix.
All of this stinks of stalling tactics, especially since SCO has started building an international distribution network for their hot air. The fact that they're demanding truckloads of source code versions and documentation also points to these stalling tactics - SCO couldn't possibly work through these mountains of information in 90 days.
I'm curious to see what IBM gets out of this in court and how the court will react. Maybe SCO will simply be thrown out of court, since according to some opinions on Groklaw, what SCO is delivering in no way meets the court's demands.
Compared to SCO, the Softram executives of those days were solid businesspeople who at least had a somewhat realistic business plan.
iPod Battery FAQ
iPod Battery FAQ - Answers about iPod batteries
Cancer from Artificial Light
Is also not only used as permanent lighting in almost all open-plan offices ...
At RP-Online: Wissenschaft I found the den Originalartikel.
Simon Willison: This could be the most ludicrous tech patent yet
Another ridiculous patent...
Tear Your iPod mini Open To Get The 4GB Hard Drive?
Cool. The mini iPod is the cheapest 4GB drive for Compact Flash ports. It might hurt to disassemble the iPod and rip out its innards, but anyone who wants a large drive for their digital camera might find one here ...
Of course, no one's taking responsibility for whether it actually works. But if someone tries something like this, they can get in touch with me to let me know if it works. I could still use an affordable large storage for my digital camera ...
You can find the original article at iPoding.
The New Python
The New Python - Book about the new features of Python 2.2 in the type system
Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2
Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2 - Guido van Rossum on the new class system in Python 2.2
Voigtlander Bessa R2S R2C
Voigtlander Bessa R2S R2C - Current rangefinder cameras for Contax and Nikon rangefinder camera lenses
Bavaria wants to reduce curriculum content by 60 percent
Oh, are all the other federal states now allowed not to recognize the Bavarian Abitur anymore, the way Bavaria did that nonsense with the NRW Abitur? Or are they only cutting insignificant parts like independent thinking, reason, logic and similar obstructive things?
I found the original article at RP-Online: Wissenschaft.
Canon 100mm Macro USM vs Tamron 90mm Macro
Canon 100mm Macro USM vs Tamron 90mm Macro - Comparison between the Tamron 90mm and Canon 100mm macro
Canon UK - EF 50mm f/2.5 Macro
Canon UK - EF 50mm f/2.5 Macro - 50mm macro for Canon EOS - 1:2 and 1:1 with optional adapter
debtakeover - Conversion to Debian
For people with root servers running Red Hat or Suse, this might be quite useful: the linked script converts a machine running Suse or Red Hat to Debian while the system is running, and even transfers some configuration settings. However, it's still beta, so the application could also leave behind a useless pile of rubble - you probably shouldn't apply it to a fully configured system that's already in operation. It's better to use it with a still-virgin configuration.