Archive 30. January 2004

BA interim chief prevented Gerster's exoneration

The mud-slinging continues ...

At tagesschau im Internet you can find the original article.

Guardian of the Lost Sentence - sueddeutsche.de - Culture

The Commission for Orthography would thus be the only instance of the executive branch to be removed from political control – it had never allowed for societal control from the outset.

And this in a matter that affects everyone's life. Is it stupidity, ignorance, or cunning scheming that is on display here? Were the spelling reformers, driven by a diffuse anticapitalism, not once set out to break the monopoly of a private enterprise, the "Duden" editorial office?

Well. For the political failures for whom there are no serious tasks one could entrust to them, there is always spelling to botch ...

Here you can find the original article.

NASA will reconsider decision on Hubble shutdown

Jo, let the old lens keep spinning successfully for a few more years ...

At WDR: Landing on Mars you can find the original article.

News: Will XFree86 become GPL incompatible?

That's annoying. Do some people never learn? This stupid advertising clause has been causing endless trouble in the original BSD license when combined with other licenses. What's the point?

Here's the original article.

Python Apocrypha - Python example for a multithreaded application that works with a pool of workers.

Disposable DVD turns out to be a slow seller

And that surprises anyone?

At heise online news there is the original article.

Yahoo! News - Decomposing Whale Explodes on Street

I can't think of anything to say about this either. Except that fortunately I wasn't standing nearby.

Teufelsgrinsen

Here's the original article.