VI in JavaScript
VI in JavaScript - yes, you read that right. VI. In JavaScript. In the web browser. The pain!
Content-type: matter-transport/sentient-life-form
BKA investigators search in the beer garden
BKA investigators searching in the beer garden - rampaging federal agents on the wrong track. Embarrassing.
IT Chronicle
IT-Chronik - who is behind the eavesdropping interfaces. Are we selling our data, our conversations, and everything else to all those cooperating intelligence agencies. Parliamentary control only rudimentary and in the absence of the public. Big Brother Global.
New database class - HyperDB
New database class - HyperDB - that's what makes it possible to run WordPress in data centers under wordpress.com. Nice.
Study: Nuclear Power - Neither Cheap Nor Good for the Climate
Study: Nuclear power - neither cheap nor good for the climate - because uranium mining is conveniently ignored by the nuclear lobby. Combined heat and power plants, on the other hand, are more efficient and better - but they don't require the monstrous equipment that energy monopolists would need.
RFC against Spam
RFC against Spam - will it help? Maybe, because an RFC tends to be implemented in mail servers. On the other hand, will the mail servers also be updated to the new versions with the feature?
A terrorist like you and me
Like you and me, a terrorist - that's how it starts. We are moving into a state that nobody really wants - except maybe Schäuble. This has nothing to do with a free democratic order in the long run. But about the Stasi, they all made fun of it. Nonsense, the whole thing. Pure nonsense.
Retailers rejoice: Biometric images for health card
Retailers rejoice: Biometric images for health card - can someone explain to me why we need biometric data on the health card? What's the point? The whole thing has become so absurd that you feel like you're living in a satire ...
Amnesty International condemns 'Politics of Fear'
Amnesty International condemns "politics of fear" - that's how far it's come, that Germany is being condemned by AI. But Berlin will also ignore this and continue. Because fear-mongering sells better than rational action.
The ARD Audio Disturbance Named Godefroot (Update 3)
The ARD sound disturbance named Godefroot (Update 3) - and even more information about the ARD "sound disturbance".
Dietz, Henn, Böltz, Aldag, Ullrich
Dietz, Henn, Böltz, Aldag, Ullrich - and the team doctors and Godefroot didn't know anything about it? And the sponsor wasn't aware of any of this? When will Riis speak? Somehow, the entire cycling world is falling apart. Give the young riders a chance, those who haven't done all this nonsense yet.
Microsoft will identify the unknown internet user
Microsoft will identify the unknown internet user - let's build the transparent surfer and applaud it. Stupid. People, get yourself anonymizing proxies. Privoxy is quite easy to install on every system ...
NDR Censors Dietz Interview with Beckmann
NDR censors Dietz interview with Beckmann - if journalists and TV stations censor themselves, why do we need Schräuble?
Ornithopters to Revolutionize Aircraft Design
Ornithopters to Revolutionize Aircraft Design - so far I have mostly associated ornithopters with steampunk and sci-fi.
Wiesenhof exits
Wiesenhof quits - too bad, because Wiesenhof has developed many young riders.
Federal Interior Minister warns of increasing cyber espionage
German Interior Minister warns of increasing cyber espionage - but forgets to mention that he himself is demanding expanded surveillance permissions for his department. Somehow already hypocritical, right? I mean, when the goat styles itself as the defender of the vegetables in the garden?
Cyborg feeling for everyone
Cyborg-Feeling for everyone - if they have the 600 euros. Otherwise, wait for the mass-market version. Techno-phobias and warnings of the downfall of the Western world by the personal environment included.
Google turns the page... in a bad way.
Google turns the page… in a bad way. - how Google nests on Dell computers. No, not just the toolbar, but an additional tool for redirecting to ad pages.
Inside the Monkeysphere - interesting.
Introducing Mahlee™
[Introducing Mahlee™](http://www.kirit.com/Introducing Mahlee™) - Multithreading for JavaScript.
Former Telekom Professional Confesses Doping
Ex-Telekom-Profi beichtet Doping - well, that's probably the end of the clean record of Team Telekom.
Internal Security: The Scent of Terror
Innere Sicherheit: The Scent of Terror - the use of tried and tested Stasi methods is certainly simply consistent with the current situation. Or so. (read while it is still openly accessible)
The Birth Control of Yesteryear
The Birth Control of Yesteryear - in ancient Greece. Fascinating.
Warner increases EMI offer
Warner raises the stakes in EMI offer - Kids, don't mess up the DRM-free music with this nonsense.
Economics professor demands: ''We need a regulated market for organs''
Economics professor demands: "We need a regulated market for organs" - complete madness. There are good reasons why donor organs in this country may only be taken from deceased people. And exactly why this Pandora's box must not be opened. But what does an economic expert care. Presumably, he thinks he's particularly modern with this inhumane idea. One thing is clear: his brain is definitely not suitable as a donor organ ...
100-Dollar-Laptop: Negroponte sharply criticizes Intel
100-Dollar-Laptop: Negroponte sharply criticizes Intel - with good reason. The way business is being attempted there is outrageous. This is probably the biggest danger for OLPC: the arrogance and selfishness of the capital-driven society of the rich countries.
CIA's Harsh Interrogation Techniques Described
CIA's Harsh Interrogation Techniques Described - Torture. Plain and simple torture - especially the "Water Board" method is nothing more than a simulated execution. And this is applied - approved by the government - in a supposedly democratic state that makes such a fuss about its constitution. Because non-Americans are probably subhuman. Or something. Probably I'm just anti-American again. Just like ABC News, which as a well-known anti-American propaganda channel is not trustworthy anyway. Which is why their report on torture by the CIA can simply be ignored.
Diamonds Tell Tale Of Comet That Killed Off The Cavemen
Diamonds Tell Tale Of Comet That Killed Off The Cavemen - Were Stone Age cultures set back in their development by a comet impact? Interesting stuff.
The Cerne Abbas Giant
The Cerne Abbas Giant - the Brits. They were probably always a bit strange.
The Red Hot Erlang Blog
The Red Hot Erlang Blog - interesting blog software in Erlang. One should take a look at it, some of the features look nice.
Uffington White Horse
Uffington White Horse - and there are horses too. A 3000-year-old image, and they still measure the size in feet.
Wilmington
Wilmington - why wander to the Andes, when gigantic ground "drawings" are so close at hand?
Amazon announces DRM-free MP3 downloads
Amazon kündigt DRM-freie MP3-Downloads an - nice deal for EMI. I think it's about time for the other major labels to stop with the DRM nonsense if they want to keep up. Two huge shop platforms for EMI and good press, that can quickly make the number 3 the number 2 or even better, if download numbers are the primary sales share.
Deutsche Telekom says goodbye to the T-Com brand
Deutsche Telekom bids farewell to T-Com brand - one builds a brand for a lot of money. Then one crushes it and introduces another brand that again swallows money for advertising measures. At the same time, one wants to pay the service employees less money for more hours. So that one can squander more money on nonsensical marketing measures? The monkey dance that the Telekom is currently performing is simply ridiculous.
Friday 20 - It's about almost everything
Friday 20 - It's about almost everything - why the Deutsche Telekom strike is more than just an attempt to save the company's employees. Much more.
individual-i [en]
individual-i [de] - linked by the raven, pointed out by the eagle owl and no, I don't have a bird. But simply one of several logos in the top right corner of my site, as a sign that individual rights are more important to me than an exaggerated and unrealistic need for security. And the link collection at the raven should be explored as further information.
JPC - Computer Virtualization in Java
JPC - Computer Virtualization in Java - a PC emulator in Java. Strange.
Why, oh WHY, do those #?@! nutheads use vi?
Why, oh WHY, do those #?@! nutheads use vi? - interesting text about the strengths of vi. Slightly shocking: this was written by people who built a VI emulation for Microsoft Visual Studio.
Support for globalization critic Geißler joins Attac
Support for globalization critic Geißler joins Attac - always good for surprises, the man.
Atze Schröder and Wikipedia
Atze Schröder and Wikipedia - is it clear to the comedian who portrays Atze Schröder that trademarks in the trademark register are publicly accessible? Or does he now want to prohibit Wikipedia from including the link to the Patent and Trademark Office in the article? Or even sue the trademark register?
capsulehotel - strange. very strange.
MarcoPolo - Automatic location switching for Mac OS X
MarcoPolo - Automatic location switching for Mac OS X - very cool. Uses various rules to decide with which probability you are in a certain network environment and switches accordingly. Can also trigger shell scripts, so you can automate quite a lot with it. Very good for network nomads.
Administrative Court: Honey Must Be Protected from Genetically Modified Corn Pollen
Administrative Court: Honey must be protected from GM maize pollen - a small victory that hopefully won't be undone in higher instances (yes, sometimes I'm a hopeless optimist and dreamer).
Beautiful Soup: We called him Tortoise because he taught us.
Beautiful Soup: We called him Tortoise because he taught us. - not new, but practical: an HTML parser for broken HTML. In Python. (and yes, I need to automate HTML browsing for tests right now)
ISO working group proposes Unicode with 'ß' as uppercase letter
ISO working group proposes Unicode with "ß" as uppercase letter - funny, never thought about it, a big ß is sometimes necessary. Never knew that there was even a big form of it ...