And now the covetousness begins: The ITU, being the only standards organization that practically brings together all international governments and private entities at one table, would be very well suited for this. Sorry, Mr. Hill, that's wrong. Private at the ITU is equivalent to large corporations. But quite amusing: At the protocol level, a solution would basically be needed that lies between the X.400 standard, which failed in the IP world, and SMTP, Hill said. Ouch. No. Nobody wants anything that even remotely lies on or in the direction of X400. That's one of the stillbirths of the ITU's design-by-committee philosophy. A pile of garbage. Mountains of paper. Far too complicated.
At heise online news there's the original article.
A slightly higher taxation of corporations would also be acceptable, but of course he has something against that. What is acceptable is always only what others have to do.
What is not acceptable, however, is the constant grumbling of various industry representatives against the allegedly so uncompetitive Germans. Funny only that we are export champions - how do we manage that if our products are all so lacking in competitiveness?
At tagesschau.de - Die Nachrichten der ARD you can find the original article.
The text is in Japanese, but fortunately the images speak internationally
One could almost weaken if it weren't for the gigantic acquisition resistance of an estimated 3500 euros ...
Here you can find the original article.
... a Tour stage finally gets really exciting towards the end. O'Grady clearly just played his great experience (and his strength of course - Backstedt isn't exactly a young guy either).
Though I had the feeling that the three more active riders in the group of five let the other two (Backstedt and Casar had fallen back slightly) catch up on the final climb. Which would be okay after a breakaway group over almost the entire stage. Riding 190 kilometers alone at the front in that lousy weather is quite a performance.
The main field, meanwhile, was busy staging the most impressive mass crashes. Shortly before the breakaway arrived at the finish, they managed it and knocked over some 20-30 riders and sent another bunch into the dirt.
And otherwise? Voeckler gets the yellow jersey. Aldag the prize for the most impressive looping (hopefully everything is still intact!). And Haselbacher the golden lemon for the wildest action in a sprint.
Yes, I'm working from home today and happen to have the TV running in the background. So what?
The whole haggling is already quite dubious.
At WDR.de you can find the original article.