Archive 25. February 2003

Canon's new digital SLR

Hmm. Somehow that doesn't sound like what some might have been waiting for.

I found the original article at Gizmodo.

Union demands National Guard

What for? The National Guard is after all either the target of reckless mockery in the United States for its incompetence or in the spotlight of discussion because a few overzealous hardliners have made a stir again. But it's probably precisely what Mrs. Merkel has in mind following the U.S. model: dyed-in-the-wool incompetence.

Devil's grin

Otherwise, I still believe that protecting the interior is a task for the police. I already think the existing police alongside the police (Federal Border Police for example) is wrong.

At tagesschau im Internet there's the original article.

Yahoo rewrites Lisp code in C++

They're stupid, especially when you read the reasons mentioned by Paul Graham (the author of the original Lisp code) for Yahoo's decision:

  • the programmers didn't know Lisp and were afraid to learn it
  • to implement it to any reasonable extent, they had to build something in C++ that was basically a Lisp interpreter
  • and even then they had to drop a number of features

Typical shallow-minded decision-making. Unfortunately there's more and more of this in software development. Afraid to learn a programming language? Pathetic.

At lemonodor you can find the original article.

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.