Clement wants less bureaucracy in professions
And when do we introduce mandatory brains for professional politicians? What that would all save ...
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Archive 5. June 2003
A Virtual Pome Fruit as a Potential Bone of Contention
Somehow, this age-old dispute between Apple Computer and Apple Records is really absurd. And the idea that multimillionaire Paul McCartney should rake in even more millions just because he named his record label after a piece of fruit is somehow even more absurd. The fact that Apple Computer is cast as the victim here doesn't really help either (even though they themselves are hardly innocent when it comes to absurd lawsuits - just think of the patented trash can).
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Jürgen W. Möllemann is dead
I'll spare myself the tasteless joke that he's finally made an impression. I also won't make any comments about him bouncing back up like a wobbling doll. And I'll refrain from speculating about who packed his parachute. Because that would all be tasteless and mean. And that's not who I am.
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Microsoft Patents Interactive Entertainment System
And once again an absurd patent that the world doesn't need
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Pantani to Bianchi?
Well, I don't know if that's a good idea. Can a Pantani subordinate himself to a Jan Ullrich? Because it's clear to see that he no longer has the performance of his earlier days - and Bianchi probably won't be able to afford a double leadership. And Pantani as a loyal domestique - no, sorry, but I just can't imagine that...
Commuter allowance under scrutiny
Yeah, great. On the one hand, employers are constantly demanding higher flexibility from employees in choosing their workplace, on the other hand they want to cut the benefits that serve as compensation for this flexibility. The employment office considers a commute of 50 km to be reasonable, and the tax office is cutting the commuter allowance.
At tagesschau im Internet there's the original article.
Steve Ballmer feels threatened by Linux
Steve Ballmer is making a fool of himself again: Non-commercial software suffers from the lack of a central authority that takes care of "health, growth and innovation". - and why doesn't that work with Windows? Especially with health? Even more absurd: that's why Linux will never be as innovative as Windows. - I'm still waiting for Microsoft to implement innovative features like tabbed browsing in Internet Explorer, and for Microsoft to implement something as innovative as a functioning package management system for post-installation software like Debian apt-get or Red Hat rpm. Sorry, Ballmer, but that's only good enough as background material for the Monkeydance.
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Web Crawler searches for tax evaders
I wonder if this spider adheres to the robots.txt convention. And how to react if, for example, auction sites block it.
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Renewed Dispute over Draft on Publication of Security Vulnerabilities
What? 30 days after receipt until the patch and then another 30 days to secure important infrastructure, and then - after 60 days! - only then the publication? Ridiculous! If the vendor is given any chance at all, it should be a maximum of a few days! After all, it's about security holes through which attackers can compromise a system.
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