Data protection expert openly talks about the path to a surveillance state - don't worry, won't impress anyone, we'll continue as planned. Civil rights don't interest anyone anymore.
Archive 7. November 2006
Efficient JavaScript - you should definitely go through it, can't hurt.
Fission for Mac OS X - lossless audio file editing. Nice addition to Audio Hijacker by the same manufacturer, e.g. for recording life events on the internet ...
inches - yikes!
Light Zone - interesting tool for image editing. Not too expensive, demo available, in Java (and actually portable across multiple platforms). Sounds at least interesting for a test.
Personal selection via facial analysis: Telltale bump on the head - "Phrenology was ultimately also the basis for the racial science popular during the Nazi era".
Judgment: T-Online may not store connection data - unfortunately only for one customer and for everyone else another lawsuit would be necessary. Such an absurd thing - the BGH finds that T-Online acts unlawfully, but simply ignores that they will continue to do so for a million (or however many) other users ... this is then called a rule of law ...
VIA closes driver sources - it would be best to simply boycott VIA. Somehow, the company is just too arrogant.
World Mysteries - Voynich Manuscript - strange ...