Archive 17. December 2002

Doubts about Gorleben's suitability as final repository

Doubts about Gorleben's Suitability as Final Repository - well, so let me summarize this again:

Suitability as a final repository site is defined, among other things, by the acceptance of the local population. Okay, I don't need an expert committee for that, everyone knows it anyway. And that nobody is willing to have radioactive waste lying in front of their door should also be clear to everyone.

Trittin commissioned the study and now accepted it. So he is interested in the result after all - he himself emphasizes that based on the aspects of the report, Gorleben's suitability is questionable. Why on earth should a decision not be made before 2015? If the site - as Trittin himself says - is a burned site, why burden the people there with the waste for another 13 years? Why continue making expensive transports there that would possibly have to be transported somewhere completely different if the site were abandoned - with all the complications and costs that would entail? Found at tagesschau on the Internet.

BinTec is insolvent

BinTec is insolvent - I'm not entirely sure, but I think we've just selected BinTec routers as standard at the company - okay, that fits so far, but usually once we commit to a supplier, they're already in trouble, if I think back to ArcNet, Carbon Copy and a few other strategic decisions

Found at heise online news.

Just posted! Canon EOS-1Ds review

Just posted! Canon EOS-1Ds review - okay, now DPreview has their final test report on the 1Ds online too. If you're thinking about buying something like that, I still find DPreview's tests to be one of the better forums on the web - both in terms of factual presentation and partly also in terms of assessment.

Found at Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com).