Adapters: Micro 4/3 - well, I probably won't buy the rather expensive G1 after all (even though it handled nicely at Photokina), but if Olympus comes out with the announced compact Micro-4/3 camera, and the adapter works with it, that would be a real alternative. Especially with the cute little 90mm macro that I have for my M6 ... (though of course the question remains how focusing is supported - if it's only based on the electronic viewfinder image, I can forget it)
Archive 20. February 2009
Alhazen - because one tends to forget all too easily what scientific achievements were made in times when, in our part of the world, the descendants of Charlemagne were still amusing themselves with their serfs and brawling with their noble friends.
ITU plans to combat cybercrime face resistance - why we definitely do not want any involvement of the ITU in any form. This is the typical megalomania of the old monopolists in the telecommunications industry and their state lackeys. Does anyone believe there would still be chances for independent projects if the ITU were to actually succeed with its idea of mandating the implementation of ITU security protocols? Especially since ITU standards are anything but free (and even patent-infested garbage can establish itself there as a "standard" that can then only be implemented in practice by stores like IBM or similar. The IETF is a chaotic bunch - but due to the quite pragmatic structure ("a standard can become what two interoperable, independent implementations can demonstrate") is much better suited for the Internet and its constantly changing situation.
StillTasty: Your Ultimate Shelf Life Guide - for the big questions in life, such as whether you should store opened mustard jars in the fridge.
Union wants to have children monitored as well - it's not about countering terrorism, but solely about establishing a surveillance state while no one is looking or the opportunity is good. The goal of a surveillance state is to secure the state as an apparatus, not the citizen. Usually, this becomes "necessary" when the state leaves the framework of the democratic rule of law, or plans to do so.