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Wow. Out of 11 million Hugos, I'm in second place ...
Archive 17. June 2005
Forum operators will soon no longer be able to take vacations
For operators are liable for the delayed removal of illegal content:
The forum operator's statement that he had no opportunity to block access within the 24-hour period due to absence was not accepted by the judge. In the age of "fast emails," the defendant is obliged to comply with the deadline set by the plaintiff. Therefore, he has to bear the court costs and the out-of-court costs of the plaintiff.
This makes the private operation of a forum de facto impossible - at least if you set it up alone. And since blogs with their comment function are essentially forums, we can look forward to the first lawsuit against a blogger. What a mess. Of course, illegal content must be removed immediately - but equating "immediately" with a deadline of one day is sheer nonsense.
And what a practical method to get rid of an unpleasant colleague: if he announces that he will be offline for a few days, quickly post something in the forum and file a complaint ...
Schily is still struggling with democracy
Schily accuses data protection officer of abuse of office - sure, we've already had that, nothing new. But somehow it becomes even creepier through constant repetition. I mean, from any halfway intelligent person I would expect to learn from stupid mistakes and think next time before leaning out of the window. But Otto Orwell is pain- and oblivious ...
So-called experts ...
... then bring such absurd suggestions in the value-added tax discussion:
Such a step was recommended by the head of the Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI), Thomas Straubhaar. According to his ideas, the value-added tax should be raised to 20 percent. The reduced tax rate of seven percent - which currently applies to food, among other things - should be completely abolished.
Clear, super idea. 20% value-added tax and abolishing the reduced rates (which would immediately be an increase in the value-added tax on staple foods and books by 13 points!) - these are the ideal suggestions to stimulate the ailing domestic consumption.
It is completely absurd - everyone seems to only have the goal of taking even more from those who have little. Or has anyone ever heard in the context of such proposals that in the course of a value-added tax increase - especially one as drastic as 13 points - unemployment benefits, minimum wages (where they exist in some industries), the amount of salaries still tax-free for employees, social assistance rates, and pensions must be increased by at least the same rate so that they can still afford a normal life?
Reducing payroll taxes is nice - but this only affects companies and employees (only if the payroll taxes for employers are not to be reduced again). Those who do not have payroll taxes (because they are not employees, or fall below the minimum rate) do not benefit from the reduction in payroll taxes. Quite apart from the fact that even with small salaries, the total payroll taxes are lower than an increase in the value-added tax on food by 13 points.
According to the opinion of such great economic experts, pensioners, the unemployed, social assistance recipients, and low-wage earners are probably just supposed to die socially acceptable ...
Your inhuman attitude disgusts me, you pseudo-experts.
US immigration officers are soon to be peepers
Because the US government plans to use backscatter X-ray scanners on airline passengers - and with a method of X-ray technology that completely scans through clothing and basically leaves the person standing naked on the monitor. Great idea. Especially great is the reaction of the representative of this brain fart:
Chertoff had made it clear to the legislators, according to a report in the New York Times, that he did "not want endless debates" about data protection issues.
That could easily be from Otto Orwell, that saying ...
Well, just another reason not to want to travel to the USA. They really have a screw loose.