Archive 27. July 2003

Bill Gates: Linux also contains Microsoft code

Such nonsense, I'm pretty sure Linux doesn't contain Microsoft code, it simply works too well for that

Devilish grin

At heise online news you can find the original article.

Good Desktop Wallpaper

Perpetual motion?

Here's the original article.

East Frisia Growing

Well then, let's congratulate the East Frisian coast on its offspring

At tagesschau im Internet you can find the original article.

Well, that was it, the 2003 tour ...

... thrilling right to the end. A devilishly close yellow jersey. And a victory for Armstrong that he really had to work for. The 2004 Tour can be like that as well.

I'm wondering, though, what they want to name after Alexandre Vinokourov in Kazakhstan now, since he did finish in third place.

Water and Plutonium Hold Explosive Danger

Ugh. Couldn't they have tested that before storing the waste accordingly? Yet another proof that throughout the entire nuclear industry supply chain, the supposed safety measures are all just speculation—no one has ever really bothered to seriously investigate them. That's why new risks keep popping up that were previously unknown. But what do we do? Keep producing that garbage, keep hauling it across the country, keep storing it in unsuitable facilities. Until someday it goes bang. But of course the nuclear industry has nothing to do with it and everything is safe.

At Spiegel Online: Wissenschaft there's the original article.

Ten Years of Windows NT

And the misery never ends ...

Teufelsgrinsen

At heise online news you can find the original article.