Archive 17. October 2003

Cease and desist notices due to license plates in domain names

I think that's unfair: if someone starts such an absurd rip-off, they should at least be able to keep it going long enough for people to get properly worked up about the mess. Where will it end, Sodom and Gomorrah!

At heise online news there's the original article.

Atom API

What bothered me about Mark Pilgrim's article, I wrote here. There are several things in the article that don't match what I would expect from a professional explanation of the Atom API on http://xml.com/. It's a shame, but it will probably contribute more to further division than to mutual acceptance between the two API camps. At Der Schockwellenreiter you can find the original article.

BND employee arrested for espionage

Quite amusing when a spy gets arrested for espionage. But well, if he also transports the classified documents in the wrong direction ...

At tagesschau im Internet you can find the original article.

Bush recognizes parallels to 'Arnie'

Do they both have a pea-sized brain?

Teufelsgrinsen

At tagesschau im Internet you can find the original article.

The Impressive Thing About Today ...

... was the inability of our Bundestag officials to conduct two votes without mixing up the ballot boxes.

First Look: Belkin Media Reader For iPod

Well - the thing is so big that they might as well have included the card reader with the drive in the first place. I mean, what's the point if the card reader is just as big as the iPod, and if the card reader needs extra batteries on top of that? Somehow not as great as it sounded. And the problems with the transfer didn't inspire confidence either - since when do you have to reformat a CF card if you deleted it while reading? Very dubious.

At iPoding there's the original article.

War on Terror Battle with Satan

And the UN gave such a madman a mandate?

At RP-Online: Politik I found the original article.

Truck toll: Contract is being disclosed

Anything else would be unacceptable either.

At heise online news you can find the original article.

Microsoft Receives Patent for Cookies

And once again, a patent that the world absolutely does not need.

At heise online news you can find the original article.

Rollup package for Windows XP heralds new update policy from Microsoft

Cool. Security updates only once a month. That's how Windows security issues are addressed.

Teufelsgrinsen

At heise online news there's the original article.

Prosecutor threatens net activist with occupational ban

This is taking on highly absurd proportions these days. This is abuse of power in its most literal sense. This has nothing to do with rule of law anymore, it's the worst kind of state arbitrariness. Usually something like this only appears in reports by Amnesty International or the UN about so-called banana republics. Well, it seems we're not far from that anymore. Torture was already described as a viable means (P405). Recommended is the documentation on http://odem.org/ - there's a bit more information about it there. At heise online news there's the original article.

Telekom complains about massive devaluation of telecommunications secrecy

I'll say just one thing: Bananenrepublik At heise online news you can find the original article.