Contax – RIP or Resurrection - Thoughts on what could happen to Contax after Kyocera's withdrawal. Specifically, the 645 system is mentioned here, as it was allegedly developed by Zeiss and Kyocera was only the manufacturer - if this is the case, Zeiss could find another partner for production. Unfortunately, the 645 system is beyond good and evil for most financial possibilities ...
Archive 19. April 2005
Nikon Encrypts D2X and D2Hs White Balance Data - they really have a screw loose. What's the point of encrypting the image data so that the user is forced to use the camera manufacturer's software to read it? It's not as if Nikon makes money from selling software - they earn (and not badly) from the cameras. And especially with professional cameras, such paternalism towards the user is just brainless nonsense. The image data belongs to the photographer - and all of it, not just the parts that Nikon kindly leaves unencrypted ...
Parliament in Kuwait approves women's suffrage - I would like to have something positive here for once. Even if it is only a small step in that direction - for the region, the whole thing is almost revolutionary.
Should Spam be Punishable?
DIHK against penalty for spam senders - no wonder, as many spammers in Germany are members of the Chamber of Commerce ...
But what also doesn't really sit well with me about this story:
In the future, it is to be prohibited to conceal or withhold the true identity of the sender in the header of a commercial email.
This may be a justified demand for commercial communication, but as I assess Otto Orwell, this will soon be extended to all citizens. And if he doesn't do it, lawyers will do it with cease and desist letters when, for example, the web server sends automatic notifications under the name www-data ...
Judgment against Kanther
Judgment against Kanther: Koch should provide an explanation - well, not just an explanation would be appropriate, but what would be right won't happen anyway: Koch's resignation. Because no matter how often he claims he knew nothing, no one believes him. The judgment itself is at least not as weak as the prosecution demanded:
With the penalty of one year and six months' probation and a fine of 25,000 euros for Kanther, the Wiesbaden Regional Court went significantly beyond the prosecution's demand.
Kanther wants to appeal. Let's hope the next higher instance doesn't cave. Although personally, I would have preferred it to say "without probation" ...
Preparatory Question
Can you actually have the Pope declared a hate preacher?
What to expect from the BZÖ
The future President of the Federal Chamber shows: Haider MP criticizes "brutal Nazi persecution" - must be the thin air in the Alps. Severe brain damage due to lack of oxygen.
The Carinthian Federal Councillor Siegfried Kampl and future President of the Federal Chamber criticized the "persecution" of Nazis in Austria after the Second World War. Furthermore, he referred to Wehrmacht deserters as "comrade killers".
In comparison, our local Nazis are quite cute ...