Bounce ban for federal mail servers - what I think of the various anti-spam list operators is generally known if you've been reading along here. Why administrators still use these pathetic lists, even though it's clear that each of these lists will eventually become an absurd farce through silly power games, I'll probably never understand.
Archive 24. September 2007
PIN-Code and fingerprint - it seems the idiots in Berlin still haven't quite figured out that the internet is international - and stores abroad will ignore their great control fetishism. But of course, they will continue to try to sell this to us as a great idea for consumer protection.
Police intervention at demo against the surveillance state - "The police command, which initially had 450 officers present, defended the use of force after half of the distance covered with the argument that there had been numerous violations of regulations, such as against the height and width of the permitted transparents and against the ban on covering faces, 'in relation to the entire history'. In addition, radicals had already caused 'evil destruction' at tables and chairs of the luxury hotel Adlon during pre-checks of bags." - great de-escalation strategy and very appropriate for the topic, right? Does anyone need a bucket of sarcasm?
Experts have significant concerns about data retention - but this will certainly not impress any politician much. The critics simply pay too poorly.
Buy two OLPC notebooks, donate one - hey, why should the second device go to a child of the buyer? If the buyer wants one for themselves?