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Back to the Middle Ages

I can only agree with that. Although what grips me is not so much the astonishment as the cold horror. Especially when you look at the names that are appearing again and then watch the Panorama report from June 6, 2002: "Covering up and suppressing - right-wing extremists in the CDU".

And specifically for Koch, I recommend the Panorama report from December 19, 2002: "the stagings of Roland Koch". No, with such people I'm hardly surprised by anything anymore. They're willing to use any means and any shabby discussion and far-fetched action if it brings them votes. No matter which foundations of our society end up falling by the wayside in the process.

At MEHRZWECKBEUTEL you can find the original article.

The X-Files - The End

Ok. The X-Files is over. In 2012 the aliens take over our planet and Mulder wants to become religious and believe in ghosts.

And the truth is still out there.

Deutsche Bank is tired of credit risks

They could have come up with such an outlandish idea sooner, how long ago was Schneider now?

Teufelsgrinsen

At tagesschau im Internet there's the original article.

First Ogg Vorbis player

Yeah! Declare war on the Fraunhofer patent!

Teufelsgrinsen

I found the original article at Gizmodo.

Bank refuses to discuss security system

No class. Once again bankers who are shameless enough to publicly advocate for "Security by Obscurity". How can one possibly go down this wrong path? Preventing public discussion does nothing to help security, since those who exploit security vulnerabilities don't participate in public discussion anyway, but instead rip people off in the dark. Public discussion, on the other hand, helps security, because through it security vulnerabilities are exposed on the one hand, but on the other hand the blind trust of people in alleged security is also reduced. We need public discussions of security vulnerabilities more urgently than ever, the more computer systems determine our everyday lives!

At heise online news you can find the original article.

The Man Who Stopped Time

Some background and a few pointers to the father of film, Eadweard Muybridge.

At Industrial Technology & Witchcraft you can find the original article.

New IO Version

Now there's an Objective-C Bridge for OS X. Hmm. Could be quite interesting to play around with.

Here's the original article.

02.22.03, 20:22 Uhr - Bet That ... (II)

Wrong. Any halfway educated sausage consumer knows that currywurst originally comes from Berlin. Tse!

At kniebes.de I found the original article.

Crafting Course for Mac Users

Mac users and hardware tinkering, even something as complex as replacing a power supply. That's asking for trouble.

Teufelsgrinsen

At heise online news there's the original article.

Lego day

Hey, I was at Legoland too not so long ago. But at the real one in Denmark

At The Doc Searls Weblog there's the original article.

Script Identifier 0.0.1

Hmm. That gives me a straight idea: apply Bayesian mail filtering to detect active content and use it to build a filter for active content in email or also websites

At freshmeat.net there is the original article.

Court clears the way for 'Body Worlds'

First signs of intelligence in Bavaria!

Teufelsgrinsen

I found the original article at tagesschau im Internet.

How many parents call their baby "it?"

Great. Hilarious, even for someone who doesn't have children.

I found the original article at The Doc Searls Weblog.

MobiliX is now called TuxMobil

Well - the judge must think we citizens are pretty stupid if he believes we could confuse an overweight, weathered Gaul with a website about mobile Linux ...

What's next? Instructions for toothpicks? Wonko the Sensible would have a field day.

I found the original article at heise online news.

Sample FinePix F700 Images at DPReview

That does indeed look like a real improvement. The dynamic range of digital technology is really a genuine limitation, especially for someone who works a lot with negative material (slide photographers are already predisposed to this).

At PhotographyBLOG I found the original article.

20.02.2003 - 20:28: TV Tip

I'm sorry, but Dragonheart is just too good, I'm not switching channels

At gedankenschnipsel I found the original article.

Banks attempt to cover up worst PIN vulnerability yet

Ouch. If there's any truth to this, that's more serious than the 8 million stolen credit card data!

At kuro5hin.org you can find the original article.

Discussion about torture threats flares up

That's also only right that Hansel gets a disciplinary complaint. It's still simply incomprehensible to me that in Germany someone actually speaks out publicly in favor of torture or even defends it.

At tagesschau im Internet there's the original article.

History of (Personal-) Computing

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Will the Schockwellenreiter start drooling now if I tell him that I have two Xerox Lisp machines (sister systems to the Xerox Star) standing in my room here?

Devilish grin

(although I would still prefer the Symbolics XL1201 to the Xerox any day - at some point I really need to finally install the web server on the little fat one ...)

At Der Schockwellenreiter you can find the original article.

Fewer receipts with electronic tax return

Great. Unfortunately, though, Elster is only Windows software. So users of the correct operating system are favored when filing their tax return. Damn stupid decision. What the heck would be so hard about realizing an online solution from the start that works on all systems? Or if client software absolutely has to be the way to go, why not at least develop it in Java so non-Windows users have a chance to participate? In the end, a clear competitive advantage is being created for users of one particular operating system. I seriously doubt that's within the scope of what tax offices should be doing...

I found the original article on heise online news.

A Windows Flashback

Ouch. That doesn't sound good at all. I'm actually quite satisfied with OS X so far, no unusual problems. But I'm still using 10.1.5 ...

I found the original article at PragDave.

Greens scratch at employment protection

Oh come on, you stupid Greens, just leave the dumb ideas to the Conservatives ...

At tagesschau im Internet you can find the original article.

Hackers crack millions of credit card accounts

Uiuiui ...

At tagesschau im Internet there is the original article.

Is Microsoft engaging in a little domain name squatting?

Very interesting, indeed. A rogue would think no evil of it

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Update : shame, it seems to be only a - already known? - gag from someone, but not really Microsoft. Would have been too good to be true

At Gizmodo I found the original article.

USA: Iraq should ''shoulder'' reconstruction itself

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Great. Excellent idea. First we bomb it to rubble, then we let them repair the damage themselves. Very good strategy by the USA, and especially so cheap. And of course a country is still a wealthy nation after a war with the USA, they can just sell all the bombed-out houses as construction debris...

At tagesschau im Internet there is the original article.

Desktop Cray

Too bad. I don't have 10.2 yet

At Ben Hammersley.com you can find the original article.

Nikon Coolpix SQ - Quick Preview

Cute. I kind of like it somehow. I'll have to take a closer look at it when it becomes available. The DImage is admittedly smaller, but the image quality is too mushy to want to deal with it. Maybe Nikon offers something better there.

At Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com) you can find the original article.

Even More Water Beneath the Martian Surface

Property with swimming pool anyone?

At Astronomische Kleinigkeiten you can find the original article.

And once more, because it''s so nice

And again, because it's so beautiful

And again, because it's so beautiful

In winter, many seagulls gather on the canal in the harbor basins of the RCG and in the city harbor basins. When you see the hustle and bustle for the first time, it's quite surprising to see it so far inland. But it's even more impressive when you see the seagull swarm after the weekend market at Domplatz...

When in the evening in the harbor ...

When in the evening in the harbor ...

When in the evening in the harbor ...

the seagulls go to sleep ... (okay, okay, rhyming is not my thing, I'll stop now)

TV Tip

Culture Week on Arte

At gnurps you can find the original article.

02.17.03, 18:14 Uhr - That is Mr. Busch

Evil. Very evil.

Teufelsgrinsen

I found the original article at kniebes.de.

Photo walk at the Dortmund-Ems Canal

With the weather today I simply couldn't resist and walked home early along the canal. Unfortunately too early, the sunset was only due in the city, with the usual problems of seeing enough sky between tall buildings. But otherwise the result isn't so unsatisfying. Except that I finally want spring so that a few more colors come into play. Yellow-gray-brown nature is somewhat depressing. ![5-100-100.jpeg][P1] ![6-100-100.jpeg][P2] ![7-100-100.jpeg][P3] ![8-100-100.jpeg][P4] ![9-100-100.jpeg][P5] ![10-100-100.jpeg][P6] Here you can find the original article.

iPhoto has stupid ears

As soon as you edit an image with iPhoto and export it again, iPhoto messes with the EXIF data. Afterwards, there are suddenly invalid tags and type codes in there, which EXIF.py (which I use to read the EXIF data) complains about. Stupid idea.

No lottery million with 'knitting pattern tip'

Ouch. Hopefully no one in their initial excitement over 6 correct numbers peed on their boss's desk.

Teufelsgrinsen

At tagesschau im Internet there's the original article.

Least Common Multiple

Gerhard Hofmann just on RTL from Brussels: "They are trying to find the lowest common denominator, but that will be difficult" - ok, if they're all as bad at math as he is, then that will really be very difficult

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Microsoft in Second Deal to Sell Phone Software

And Telekom is dumb enough to go through with it instead of backing out and telling Microsoft to go to hell.

At New York Times: Technology I found the original article.

He was really that kitschy!

That really was so kitsch!

That really was so kitsch!

At least I left out the church tower silhouette, that would have been a bit too much. If the weather tomorrow is like it was today, I'll probably head out an hour later and hopefully capture the sunset at the canal.

It would be nicer if it were green ...

It would be nicer if it were green ...

It would be nicer if it were green ...

... but that will take a while yet. At the canal today, everything was gray, yellow and brown anyway. Slightly frustrating, especially since the hedge trimmers apparently just marched through and did the spring pruning.

One could almost get wanderlust...

One could almost get wanderlust ...

Man könnte fast Fernweh kriegen ...

... but unfortunately it's only the city harbor of Münster. Nothing distant, just nearby. But a wide-angle lens helps the imagination along a bit.

Ok, a few more splashes of color

Ok, a few more splashes of color

Ok, a few more splashes of color

Not blooming, except in the imagination of the artist or artists. Unfortunately, all of this will probably be torn down soon. What a shame. For me, this is also art.

When the only splash of color ...

When the only splash of color ...

When the only splash of color ...

... is the industrial facilities, then it's high time for spring!

Weather Phenomena Up Close

Weather phenomena up close

Weather phenomena up close

You rarely see such vortices around here. I'm quite familiar with them from the north (though they're usually much larger), but such a mini low-pressure system is rather charming.

Apple's global pricing policy. Utter cobblers

Sometimes Apple really does have a screw loose...

Apart from the fact that QuickTime has always annoyed me anyway because you have to buy a new key for the Pro version with every new QuickTime release. And of course the upgrades are suggested to you, during installation you get an "Gotcha, if you're a Pro user, buy yourself a new key or forget about this upgrade". Annoying. Irritating.

I found the original article at Ben Hammersley.com.

Gaelic is dying

Sad. Really sad. But unfortunately not unusual for people in Europe. Many languages are dying out. I'm thinking of Frisian, or something like Münsterländer Platt.

At but shes a girl... there is the original article.

Ring Around the Earth

Cool. Absolutely Cool. An object tracking of all the satellites swarming around the Earth. With live updates.

I found the original article at PragDave.

Sunday Tinkering

Yes. A pointless gimmick. That's why I also did it with the Python Desktop Server: "When is actually posted here?". Pointless, but perhaps quite interesting since the macro source is included. It's definitely advantageous to have the full capabilities of Python at your disposal.

At WorldWideKlein - The Daily Durchblick there's the original article.

Weather

A small, interesting collection of links on the topic of weather. For all weather fetishists out there

At bbums rants, code & references you can find the original article.

The Speech of US Senator Robert Byrd Before the Senate

Read!

Here's the original article.

Kate Bush - All albums

Hey, I feel the same way. My Kate Bush collection is usually the first thing I convert to MP3s and put on the disc. Hmm. I think I need a bigger memory card for the Zaurus after all so I can take it with me.