Fraud made easy: Security gap at Ebay

No kidding, eBay allows JavaScript in description texts. What a stupid idea - JavaScript can do all sorts of things, including accessing other parts of the page via DOM and changing content there.

Apart from the fact that JavaScript can do many other nasty things that become particularly interesting in the context of an auction system.

And what does eBay say about it? That they would allow JavaScript so that sellers can make their offers interesting. Question: why on earth would you need JavaScript for that? You need HTML. And CSS. And maybe more intelligent formatting of the eBay pages themselves. But JavaScript? That's completely crazy ...

It seems only idiots work at eBay

I found the original article at RP-Online: Media.

BottomFeeder - Cross-platform RSS/Atom News Aggregator - RSS News Aggregator in Smalltalk

Domain Law: When two fight, neither gets anything...

Furthermore, the matter has no fundamental significance - the users of the domain will probably see it differently. After all, they have effectively been deprived of their home on the web. But as long as judges believe they don't need to deal with the matter, there will continue to be such absurd rulings. Sure, no one will take it to the constitutional court over a domain, so the Oldenburg Regional Court gets away with such a fundamentally flawed ruling.

At heise online news there is the original article.

ESA - Mars Express

That's nice indeed. A Mars journal from ESA. Of course it would be nice if they had an RSS feed too. But at least there are some colorful pictures of Mars instead of complaining about the lost waffle iron.

Here's the original article.

GTK OSX - Run Gimp without X11 on OS X

NSI removes Strato customer domains from DNS

What Strato did is - as you would expect from Strato - rarely stupid. Terminating a contract before the domains have been moved is recklessly careless. Especially since you know what kind of outfit NSI is. Nevertheless, of course the behavior of NSI - as you would expect from NSI - is outrageous and in my view unacceptable. The company should be shut down - their business practices happily operate in the triangle of spam, extortion, and fraud.

At heise online news you can find the original article.

Criminal complaint against Ulla Schmidt following death of kidney patient

The Dead Early Retiree Will Probably Be Counted as Collateral Damage

Of course, one can now argue that he was responsible himself, that he could have taken care of things, that he certainly could have found another way to get treatment. All nonsense. When situations become harder to understand and manage, it's always the weakest members of society who fall by the wayside. And all of this for a few miserable euros...

I found the RP-Online: Politik and the original article.

Tapestry - Your Favourite Comics by RSS | dwlt.net - Various web comics via RSS

VisualWorks: VisualWorks TypeLess IRC Client - IRC Client in Smalltalk

Trittin accuses energy suppliers of 'rip-off'

But apparently he doesn't really want to take action against the rip-offs ...

At tagesschau im Internet you can find the original article.

Images from the Kodak DCS 520

Nothing special, just my first test images from the camera.

Here you can find the original article.

Digital Secrets: How Spirit Makes Great Photos

If you're interested in how the digital cameras in the Spirit Rover are built, how many there are, and what distinguishes these cameras and imagers, you should read the linked article. It's very interesting that NASA took the sensible approach of fewer pixels with more area per pixel.

Here's the original article.

Network Solutions and Register.com Sued for Patent Infringement

Well, and there's the idiotic lawsuit over the idiotic patent

At heise online news you can find the original article.

Speno's Pythonic Avocado 16.1.2004 - Building Python applications with buildapp on OS X

Of Sorbs and Helmets

The essential questions of life.

You can find the original article at tagesschau im Internet.

Reports: Gerster concludes another consultant contract

Gerster just doesn't learn ...

At RP-Online: Politik I found the original article.

Digital Camera batteries - Source for compatible batteries for DCS 520

Europe's PR Crash on Mars

Exactly that is the problem. A technical success with Mars Express. A small disappointment through the lost Beagle, which due to its immobility would have been able to provide only very limited information anyway. And terribly bad public relations. Quite a shame.

At Spiegel Online: Wissenschaft there is the original article.

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GROKLAW - Comments on SCO's 'Evidence'

As usual, not much good can be said about SCO's statements. Not only has SCO apparently badly missed deadlines (started too late, caught off guard by Christmas - if they have such problems with the calendar, I'm hardly surprised =), they also still haven't provided explicit information about copies, but only mentioned general subsystems. And they're demanding 90 more days after IBM gave them even more versions of AIX and Dynix.

All of this stinks of stalling tactics, especially since SCO has started building an international distribution network for their hot air. The fact that they're demanding truckloads of source code versions and documentation also points to these stalling tactics - SCO couldn't possibly work through these mountains of information in 90 days.

I'm curious to see what IBM gets out of this in court and how the court will react. Maybe SCO will simply be thrown out of court, since according to some opinions on Groklaw, what SCO is delivering in no way meets the court's demands.

Compared to SCO, the Softram executives of those days were solid businesspeople who at least had a somewhat realistic business plan.

Here's the original article.

iPod Battery FAQ - Answers about iPod batteries

Cancer from Artificial Light

Is also not only used as permanent lighting in almost all open-plan offices ...

At RP-Online: Wissenschaft I found the den Originalartikel.

Simon Willison: This could be the most ludicrous tech patent yet

Another ridiculous patent...

Here's the original article.

Tear Your iPod mini Open To Get The 4GB Hard Drive?

Cool. The mini iPod is the cheapest 4GB drive for Compact Flash ports. It might hurt to disassemble the iPod and rip out its innards, but anyone who wants a large drive for their digital camera might find one here ...

Of course, no one's taking responsibility for whether it actually works. But if someone tries something like this, they can get in touch with me to let me know if it works. I could still use an affordable large storage for my digital camera ...

You can find the original article at iPoding.

The New Python - Book about the new features of Python 2.2 in the type system

Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2 - Guido van Rossum on the new class system in Python 2.2

Voigtlander Bessa R2S R2C - Current rangefinder cameras for Contax and Nikon rangefinder camera lenses

Bavaria wants to reduce curriculum content by 60 percent

Oh, are all the other federal states now allowed not to recognize the Bavarian Abitur anymore, the way Bavaria did that nonsense with the NRW Abitur? Or are they only cutting insignificant parts like independent thinking, reason, logic and similar obstructive things?

I found the original article at RP-Online: Wissenschaft.

Canon 100mm Macro USM vs Tamron 90mm Macro - Comparison between the Tamron 90mm and Canon 100mm macro

Canon UK - EF 50mm f/2.5 Macro - 50mm macro for Canon EOS - 1:2 and 1:1 with optional adapter

debtakeover - Conversion to Debian

For people with root servers running Red Hat or Suse, this might be quite useful: the linked script converts a machine running Suse or Red Hat to Debian while the system is running, and even transfers some configuration settings. However, it's still beta, so the application could also leave behind a useless pile of rubble - you probably shouldn't apply it to a fully configured system that's already in operation. It's better to use it with a still-virgin configuration.

Here's the original article.

FingerWorks - Product Overview - Portable, Programmable, USB Touchpads and Keyboards - Genius keyboard with gesture control

FM Software - Very good ready-made Photoshop actions for digital photo editing

Objective Test Overview - Comparative test of various macro lenses for Canon EOS

Registration data via bookmarklet

I don't know where Mr. Pepilog got the bookmarklet from either, but it's very practical.

At Pepilog - Registrierungsdaten per Bookmarklet you can find the original article.

Phew. Mindstorms will continue to exist.

Ok, toy supplies are secured

At Nochn Blogg. you can find the original article.

Anti-counterfeit software: implications for Open Source

A fair question: what happens if the CBCDG (which is behind the banknote recognition software in Photoshop) wants their software to be built into, for example, Gimp?

On Advogato there's the original article.

CDU politician: offset holidays with vacation

Is that just a creative paraphrase or is that already an outright lie?

At RP-Online: Politik I found the original article.

Deutsche Bahn AG: The Problem Child Celebrates Anniversary

Loss of reality by a manager: running in the red for years. Being punished by customers for a new pricing model. Despite customer exploitation through arbitrary train upgrades, not reaching break-even. Failing to achieve even the most basic success parameters of a transport company - punctuality, reliability. Despite this, drawing a positive conclusion and proclaiming success.

At tagesschau im Internet there's the original article.

German Economy Still Hopes for Iraq Contracts

After all, we all want to be war profiteers ...

At tagesschau im Internet you can find the original article.

Digital Black and White

A very interesting article about digital black and white images and their processing. With good tips and tricks and pre-made Photoshop actions.

Here you can find the original article.

Eichel makes fewer debts than feared

Surely the Union is now demanding his resignation because he failed to achieve the goal they set for him

I found the original article at RP-Online: Politics.

Hanau: Proceedings against former mayor discontinued

Corruption in Hesse is This Cheap

At RP-Online: Politik I found the original article.

Jaap Weel's Homepage - Information page on Lisp machines

PanoTools plug-ins

Panorama Tools for macOS

Anyone editing panoramas under OS X needs this software. Finally, the integration of Panotools into classic OS X graphics programs (at least those that can use Photoshop plugins). Correct lens distortions, convert panoramas between different projection types, everything you need when you want a wide field of view.

Here's the original article.

SCO vs. Linux: ... and then Santa Claus came

Well, Christmas does surprise you completely every year after all.

At heise online news there is the original article.

Grinning Cats Forever?

It's alarming how we're getting closer and closer to Aldous Huxley's vision in Brave New World and even making moves to go beyond it... At Telepolis News you can find the original article.

Immunity lifted for Berlusconi

Will his opponents now pounce on him? One would certainly hope so.

I found the original article at RP-Online: Politik.

Kanther, Sain-Wittgenstein and Weyrauch go to court

Yay! Kanther in the box!

At RP-Online: Politik I found the original article.

Class, Jörg Schönenborn

Agreed. Why public broadcasters still think they're something special when they submit everything to ratings and viewership numbers anyway remains a real mystery to me. Nobody needs a trashy channel financed by fees.

The original article can be found at kulturnation.de.