Archive 22. March 2004

Offended Thin Board Drills

Honestly, the behavior of the blogger generation representatives doesn't strike me as particularly clever either. Written a book and botched it. Tough luck, you have to learn from that. But then making others responsible for the flop instead of looking for errors in one's own writing is definitely strange ... But the failure is only due to a conspiracy of publishers with readers anyway. Or the SPD is to blame. That's what Rudi Carell said back then.

At das Netzbuch there's the original article.

September 11th Could Have Been Prevented.

Now even people from his own camp (after all, Clarke was appointed under Reagan) are starting to accuse Dubya of lying. At das Netzbuch you can find the original article.

EU demands record fine from Microsoft

500 million. A record fine perhaps for the EU - but will that bring Microsoft to change its business policy? I don't think so...

At tagesschau im Internet you can find the original article.

Israel kills Hamas leader Yassin

This is supposed to secure peace? Laughable.

The only goal a government can pursue with such an approach is further escalation. The reaction of the Palestinians is deliberately provoked in order to gain further leverage through the attacks that will certainly follow.

At tagesschau im Internet you can find the original article.

Heading Balls Makes You Stupid

That explains a lot ...

Teufelsgrinsen

At NETZEITUNG.DE Wissenschaft you can find the original article.

MovableType like Windows

... and just like Windows I'm not particularly fond of MoveableType either

At das Netzbuch you can find the original article.

Spamassassin Custom Rule Emporium - Directory of Spamassassin custom rules

SPD plans anti-spam law

As much as I would welcome the law in theory, the reality of the bill will need to be analyzed more closely - I fear that it won't really accomplish that much. Sure, German spammers will be dealt with, but the fact is that a large portion of spam comes from abroad. There's also the question of what happens with fake emails, where someone pretends an email comes from someone else - will courts be able to understand this technical complexity, or will fabricated emails soon be enough to haul someone before the judge?

Still, I really do welcome the fact that legislation here is finally addressing the nuisance of spam, especially since there are already EU-wide directives waiting for national implementation.

At NETZEITUNG.DE Internet you can find the original article.

TP: "Matsushita is a sh...company"

Another so-called spam-fighting bunch without technical competence: Spamcop. I've been upset with them since their existence because they are completely incapable of understanding even the most basic mechanisms behind email systems and accordingly adapting their nonsensical mechanisms ...

Here's the original article.