Canon EOS 5D Mark II: 21MP and HD movies - thanks, Canon. How the hell am I supposed to decide now with the choice between 5D MKII, D700 and Alpha900? Can't one of the three drastically lower its prices, by about 1000 euros, then it would be easier for me ...
Archive 17. September 2008
Million blunder: KfW transfer to bankrupt bank Lehman - somehow the bank crash is turning into a blunder crash. I mean, how stupid do you have to be to throw another 300 million at a bankrupt bank? "By accident"? "Technical defect"?
US Intelligence Agencies: Terrorists Could Use Online Role-Playing Games to Plan Attacks - Ongoing summer doldrums debate in the USA? Don't they have a few banks and insurance companies to worry about? The impact of a collapse at AIG would certainly be much greater than these movie horror scenarios that some self-important people come up with. Unfortunately, such theorists with their contrived nonsense are increasingly found here as well. Instead of dealing with real dangers (when will there finally be a speed limit on highways?), more and more absurd proposals on the topic of surveillance are coming up, which will classically protect us from non-existent problems. And money is then spent on such nonsense ...
Throw the guy in jail! - "The Berlin Regional Court today sentenced lawyer Günter Freiherr von Gravenreuth, known for his cease-and-desist letters, to 14 months in prison without parole." - You can't comment on this any better than it reads! (Unfortunately, not yet final)