Yeah, I got a confusing email like that too. Would have been a nice April Fools' joke on April 1st, but like this it's just embarrassing.
At Die wunderbare Welt von Isotopp there's the original article.
Nice to see the incompetent loudmouth talking about things he doesn't understand again. Sure, from a certain rank level, some civil service pensions are absurd. But unfortunately, the average civil servant is not a state secretary or anything like that. And let's guess which civil service pensions would definitely be cut? Exactly.
But it doesn't matter, most lower-ranking civil servants are barely above welfare anyway, so it will surely be very easy for them when they end up just below it afterwards ...
At tagesschau.de - The news from ARD there is the original article.
Inflation of webmail providers in the GB area. Why am I mentioning this one in particular? Well, although it's paid, it has both a Weblog for the service and a Wiki for the API documentation. And the API is built on SOAP. Additionally, there are IMAP4 and POP3 access options - which Gmail hasn't offered so far. Furthermore, it has existed for quite some time - which is not necessarily a disadvantage when you want to entrust your email to someone else. No, I don't have an account there and don't know anything else about it. I just found the feature list and the capabilities being used quite interesting.
Here you can find the original article.
A question for the legal experts: when I do a linked search (yeah yeah, I know you're not supposed to constantly search for yourself, it's bad for your self-esteem), an AdWord for www.buecher-cd-dvd.de shows up quite frequently. This domain is just an eBay redirector with a — incorrectly configured — search for eBay listings. Pretty pathetic. But what actually really interests me: is it even okay under German law for someone to run ads on Google under the names of other people? Isn't my reputation (okay, I don't have one, but let's say I did) being exploited to place products (yeah yeah, in this case products aren't even being placed, just a silly redirect to eBay is set up, but let's say that ...) ?
No, I'm not planning to sue anyone. Too stressful and too stupid for me. I'm just interested in whether this silly trademark/trade name/name/whatever law would actually be useful for something if it were relevant at all ...
Oh, and yes, I'm currently bugging Google about the fact that they create possibilities for users to contact advertisers directly. Because somehow it's absurd that Google in disputes refers you to contacting the advertiser — and nowhere is this advertiser named. Of course nothing will come of it, Google has never responded to sensible suggestions. But at least this way I have something I can publish to document how arrogant Google is.
Since it's a pure eBay redirection, the site has no impressum anyway. And since it's running AdWords, it's clearly operating commercially, right? If so: if someone wants to send a cease-and-desist letter, fire away ...
Here's the original article.
Temperature-related failures of British brains, or long-term consequences of BSE?
At Telepolis News (17.08.2004) you can find the original article.
The rejection of any criminal consequences for their fraudulent actions has long been a tradition within the Union ...
Here you can find the original article.
Wow, what a fantastic innovation. Let's praise Microsoft, because they've figured out store-and-forward. And there's even a patent on such a ridiculous thing.
At heise online news you can find the original article.
If you want to process emails with Perl and aren't entirely satisfied with the Mail:: hierarchy of Perl modules - especially since performance often leaves something to be desired - you might want to take a look at the Email:: hierarchy.
Here's the original article.
I would think prison would be fair, but based on recent experiences with proceedings against corrupt politicians and business executives, I'm not holding my breath...
At tagesschau.de - Die Nachrichten der ARD I found the original article.
Amusing. Another scientist on a rampage.
Here's the original article.
Well, I understand the confused young man. Sometimes I'd like to swap my (company) phone for bongos too - in my case, even regardless of the temperature.
You can find the original article at merlix.
Because what must not be cannot be? Already absurd when they simultaneously thank one of their ex-presidents for his work as an election observer, but ignore his statement - that the election was fair and ran smoothly and there are no signs of fraud. But the fear of the left is still tremendous. Not only in the USA, but here too - just look at the panic reaction of various politicians and journalists to the Monday demonstrations and the appearance of the PDS there ...
Here's the original article.
Well, put both sides in a sack and hit it, you'll always get the right one ...
Sorry, but how stupid do you have to be to run a forum with false contact information? OK, how stupid do the hosts have to be to go along with something like that? You should really do some verification of the authenticity of data if you want to do serious business - just as customers should also provide correct information. But something like that should actually be clarified beforehand and you shouldn't even start operations if the contacts aren't clear.
At heise online news there's the original article.