Nokia: Hinweise auf VerstoĂź gegen Auflagen - can someone please explain to me in a coherent way why 60 million in subsidies were paid and a violation of the conditions is only noticed when the whole place causes such a massive stir that even the dumbest prolethician can no longer look the other way? I mean, does no one really check when only a measly 60 million is at stake, or are they just completely stupid in DĂĽsseldorf? 200 to 400 missing jobs should surely be noticed earlier (and anyway, why don't they know how many jobs are actually missing? Should I report my tax debt next time with "oh, around 100-200 euros"?)
bananenrepublik - 18.10.2007 - 28.1.2008
Federal Fiscal Court: Commuting allowance reduction unconstitutional - the federal legislators are currently collecting unconstitutional things. When will they learn from this and listen to the experts who regularly predict exactly that? And when will Easter fall on Christmas?
"America's best housewife" baffles German digital lifestyle conference - maybe the whole lifestyle blowhards will realize how ridiculous their entire nonsense actually is, when it culminates in the awarding of the ultimate conformism from the USA.
CDU Hessen may have used internal school office data for election advertising - well, of course, the lists of explicit interested parties "all parents' and school parents' representatives, teachers, school staff councils, school principals, students, and student representatives" in this completeness are naturally freely available on the Internet. Of course, Mr. Boddenberg, we believe all of this. But if that is the case, then either an authority in Hesse has a massive hole, or someone else has a massive misunderstanding of data protection. Or they are simply just a liar? Wasn't an accusation, just a question ... (just "owled" because this negligence with internal databases is also how the party of the currently ruling - illegally - works, not the first time this happens. Every burglar covers their tracks better.)
Three constitutional judges argue over jurisdiction for data retention - for some reason (probably overly optimistic) I hope they are arguing about this because they all want to beat up the prolethikers in Berlin, as attacks have come from that direction more often.
Kapitalspritze fĂĽr WestLB - Bankers are already more of a problem than a solution. But when you let a pack of bankers be meddled with by incompetent politicians, you get state banks. And that is more of a billion-dollar hole than a bank operation. It's funny how the federal states resemble each other in this regard.
SPD debates measures against Clement - it's nice to see again how the Social Democrats tear each other apart. And that the Union finds the best election helpers in the ranks of the SPD is nothing new. Now, do all those Social Democrats who, during Clement's departure to RWE, said "he is so honest, there is no conflict of interest" reconsider their nonsense from back then? Sorry, okay, I won't put "consider" and "politicians" into an inappropriate context again ...
Schäuble sharply criticizes constitutional judge Papier - Schäuble, who is planning a new aviation security law, told the newspaper Die Welt that constitutional judges are "not democratically legitimized" for "advice" on the design of such laws. Unlike the Federal Constitutional Court, the interior minister opined, without excluding human dignity: "All constitutionally protected areas end somewhere." In his opinion, where these limits lie is "a matter for the legislature." - Well, if you have such interior ministers, you don't need terrorists anymore. Can someone explain the Basic Law to Mr. Schäuble? And could the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution finally put Mr. Schäuble under observation? After all, he is the number one enemy of the constitution in Germany.
German Bundestag advocates for regional top-level domains - yes, no, of course. Because something.bayern is so much easier than something.bayern.de - which has been possible for a long time but hasn't been done because all the states basically dropped the ball and some of the idiots sold their domain to some shops. Sorry, but all the whining about "we just want our own pathetic and completely useless top-level domain" is really getting on my nerves. The people from the very last row in the Bundestag can finally act like big politicians because there's nothing more important than the fox tail for the DSL modem ...
Interior Ministry blocks release of Buback files - and of course, one immediately wonders what is in the files that they should not be given to their own federal prosecution service ... the refusal means that these files "would cause disadvantages to the well-being of the Federation or a German state". Hmm. Very interesting.
SPD: Decision for online search has been made - "I do, however, have the hope that the Constitutional Court will re-interpret the significance of the right to informational self-determination in the age of the internet. This is relevant for all security authorities." - I, on the other hand, have the hope that the Constitutional Court will verbally kick the proletharians in Berlin's ass.
Schäuble's new plans outrage the opposition - "The plan by Federal Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble to further expand his already heavily controversial draft for an amendment to the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) law and to finally abolish the eavesdropping protection for so-called professional confidentiality holders has led to outraged reactions from the Left and the Greens." - of course, outrage is cheap in the opposition. But does anyone believe that in the event of a possible change of government, the current opposition - if it were to participate in a new government - would strongly advocate for the repeal of any laws? The Union also liked to express outrage during its time in opposition, just like the SPD. Simple outrage is indeed very cheap, politically ... (especially when you are insignificant)
Railway announces job cuts after agreement with GDL - of course, Mehdorn, the (in relation to the total number of employees at the railway) small number of train drivers who now possibly have a normal working week (yes, more than 40 hours a week is not normal, Henry Ford knew that) and adequate remuneration, they of course pose a great threat to the competitiveness of the state monopoly railway (whose competitors are mostly also financed by municipalities or regions, as hardly any purely private investors can be found in this area). I'm currently trying very hard to figure out where the hell the railway in Germany (and it does run there, and thanks to the tracks it's not necessarily all that far away from it) is under such great competitive pressure that it has to pay so much attention to its competitiveness, so as not to be threatened by the evil train drivers, but certainly this master strategist Mehdorn will be able to explain this to me in a coherent manner. Or he's just talking bullshit. I believe the latter.
Struck refuses to apologize to Koch - the Union's whining about the verbal beating Koch received is cute. Most of the insults from the Union camp towards other politicians are much harsher. It's always the same, those who can dish it out the most can take it the least. It's a shame that Struck, like any good Social Democrat, will surely cave in sooner or later - because the hate preacher from Hesse really doesn't deserve an apology ...
Ver.di sacks official, NPD is pleased - anyone who wants to know what's wrong in our society should read this. Because a union that wants to fire an engaged anti-fascist - how does that go together with the idea of a union? Our society has such a hatred for the left and flirts so much with the right that you can actually feel sick. And this is not just the case in the new federal states ...
Ruffles for "Existential Threatening" Warning File of the Insurance Industry - and another pot in which data is diligently collected so that some companies can steal themselves from the performance expected of them. And customers are diligently driven into the maw of potential customers with the privatization of parts of old-age provision and health insurance ...
Child pornography: Companies to evaluate hard drives - "In their investigations against child pornography in connection with the nationwide operation 'Heaven,' the Berlin police want to use internet specialists from external companies." - as if it were such a good idea to hand over private data (and every hard drive contains such data) to companies instead of having it examined by officials. What nonsense is this? Of course, the volume of data may overwhelm the officials - but one could have realized that beforehand. Now, however, to ultimately devalue all potential evidence by handing it over to entities outside the investigating authorities is quite a strange action.
BGH: Raids against globalization critics were unlawful - it's becoming normal that the state doesn't care about its own laws ...
Surfing for 61.98 euros per hour - ouch. What some people come up with to relieve others of their money is really awful.
Harvey Wasserman on New Ohio Voting Report: "The 2004 Election Was Stolen… Finally We Have Irrefutable Confirmation" - after California, Ohio is now the second state to publish its own investigations into electronic voting machines, describing them as massively problematic. Incidentally, comparable systems were allowed for the state elections in Hesse. Because they are so easy to manipulate?
New setback for music industry's cease-and-desist lawyer - "In his judgment, Judge Schulz criticizes the fact that the Rasch law firm did not notice the transposition of numbers in the correspondence with the public prosecutor's office. He also read the riot act to the latter: The transfer of the personal data behind the IP address to the lawyer had been unlawful. The Code of Criminal Procedure would not allow such a transfer of personal information by the prosecutors."
SPD interior politician announces approval for online searches - the dishonest Social Democrats don't even bother to set up their dominoes before knocking them over themselves.
TOR-Server threatened with shutdown due to data retention - presumably, in the long run, we will have to rely on TOR servers in democratic and free states to be able to go online without being snooped on. But just as likely, the use of TOR servers will eventually be banned.
129a: Lesereise behind bars - "The Schrader case also raises questions and initially offers two possible interpretations: Either the accusation of political justice is correct or the investigators have botched things in an incredible way. If an alleged guerrilla can travel in and out of the country for years - what does that say about the protection against real terrorists?"
heise online - Extended police surveillance powers demanded - "The SPD interior expert Dieter WiefelspĂĽtz spoke out against the proposal of the CDU politician and warned in the newspaper against 'constantly calling hysterically for new laws'" - what do you want to bet that the Special Democrats, when push comes to shove, will flip again like dominoes? They make a lot of noise, but act? Hypocritical posturing, nothing more.
Experts confirm link between nuclear power plants and cancer - "The number of cancer cases among children growing up near nuclear power plants is significantly higher than among their peers in the rest of the country. A corresponding study, which the Federal Office for Radiation Protection had commissioned, has now also been confirmed by an independent expert panel." - will the usual "think of the children" screamers now also open their mouths? Or do they limit themselves to wanting to censor the internet? The whole discussion is quite cute - has it ever occurred to any of the "we need to research and discuss this further" representatives that the study is not based on some abstract statistics, but on very concrete diseases and deaths of children?
Foren-Haftung: LG Hamburg insists on prior review - every time one is happy about a few positive judgments or comments from Karlsruhe or the BGH, one can be sure that the court least competent regarding the internet (at least among those who feel they must comment on internet issues) will speak up again. How this fits with current case law, in my opinion, the court itself cannot convincingly explain. I don't mind - I am a) not a friend of comments at all (sorry, but if you have something to say, you can run your own blog, which is really simple enough today) and b) in my opinion, all the spammers are reason enough to restrict comments. With forum systems like Heise or similar, this is of course completely different.
You have the right to remain silent - because they write more and better than I do, go read it there.
Minimum wage dispute: PIN lays off nearly 900 employees - of course has nothing to do with the fact that PIN was not profitable at all, for a long time. And of course has nothing to do with the fact that PIN belongs to the Axel Springer publishing house, which is currently waging a campaign against the minimum wage compromise (which was created between employers and unions!) in the Bild newspaper. Has absolutely nothing to do with it. And whoever believes that, I have a cheap bridge near Brooklyn to sell ...
Standpauke vs. Requiem - just wanted to point out the Kolumnistenschwein again. It's just too good.
VoIP-Signatur Patent fĂĽr Fraunhofer - once again nonsense from the patent front. On the one hand, signing a sequence of packets is not really so terribly innovative that it needs a patent. Also, the linking of packets via hashes of the predecessor contents is not really groundbreakingly innovative. Sure, the idea may be nice - but is it realistically worth a patent? Especially in a country where there are supposedly no patents on algorithms? Apart from that: if the signing of communication for legal transactions is so essential - why are individual institutions or companies granted patents that de facto represent a monopolization of security means? Are contract forms and receipt pads also patented, so that you can only buy them from one manufacturer? No? Oh ...
Apple iPhone in Germany: Waiting for the Court - not that I want to defend T-Mobile greatly. But that Vodafone of all companies is making such a loud fuss is quite embarrassing. After all, they originally wanted to have the iPhone exclusively themselves, but apparently failed across Europe. And now they are complaining about the evil monopolists? What would they have done themselves if they had gotten the contract? Here, only a thwarted "monopolist" is complaining about another's gain.
BGH declares control of letters in Hamburg to be unlawful - amusing how a SPD politician justifies the excessive action, contrary to the BGH's argumentation. How prolethicians repeatedly place themselves above the judiciary and the law is quite shocking. That the Social Democrats are right at the forefront of this is, of course, not surprising since Schily.
Warning of "unbearable escalation" of data retention - it was clear that this nonsense would come. With our prolethic leaders in Berlin, terrorism and copyright infringement are the same thing. Will a BGH or a Federal Constitutional Court protect us from this madness?
LKA-Director HĂĽttemann has resigned - well, now we know where all the "isolated cases" are going ...
Richter hält Vorratsdatenspeicherung für verfassungswidrig - well, whether this will impress the paranoid wheelchair user? Even with a constitutional complaint and a corresponding assessment by the Federal Constitutional Court - there is still Schäuble's "Yes and, then we change the constitution" hanging in the air ...
Bundestag approves agreement on the transfer of passenger data - how the prolethikers pat themselves on the back for the nonsense they spout. Disgusting.
Schäuble steps up software development - Golem.de - because the Interior Minister doesn't need to think about trivial matters like proportionality and constitutional compliance.
Police hand over computers of suspects to music industry lawyer - even more goats, even more gardeners.
Is the Federal Eavesdropping Center coming? - and those who previously believed that Stasi 2.0 was only a satirical exaggeration will now slowly realize that it is deadly serious.
E-Vergabe: Nutzer von Linux oder Mac mĂĽssen drauĂźen bleiben - that's just pathetic: when you create a new platform, you can immediately build on platform independence. But that would mean thinking about such stupid projects.
"Spiegel": Evidence of Power Company Collusion - fits well, as the power companies are just trying to turn the price screw again ...
Zypries accuses critics of data retention of lacking expertise - reading such statements from the federal incompetence (some insist on calling her the Federal Minister of Justice) is quite amusing. If we talk about lack of expertise here, then this first and foremost applies to our politicians, who are completely ignorant of facts and realities. When she then makes such an accusation, among other things, to the Federal Data Protection Commissioner, it only becomes ridiculous.
CCC hackt Hamburger Wahlstift - "The CCC particularly criticizes that, according to the new Hamburg election law, only the digital crosses recorded by the voting pen should be considered as an expression of the voters' will. The paper serves only as a voter-soothing decoration, as the votes on the paper are to be recounted for verification in only 17 of the approximately 1,300 polling stations. Votes that are clearly cast with a conventional ballpoint pen or fountain pen are to be sorted out as invalid, so that in case of doubt, the computer is decisive, not the votes on the paper."
Is the inflation rate really alarming? - if "economic experts" dismiss the price increase of milk by saying that computers and TVs have become cheaper, then I'm not surprised at the miserable state of our society anymore. How mentally impoverished must one be to actually compare a product that almost everyone buys regularly with something that is rather a rare purchase? With these flimsy arguments, everything has been twisted into a "perfect world" for years. No matter how ridiculous it is upon closer inspection. Experts? Really? Sorry, I call such people blabbermouths.
Arcor must block YouPorn - not that I want to defend large porn offers now. But what is visible here is how the internet is increasingly being destroyed with warnings, court orders and all that machinery. Because the collateral damage is quickly large - but that doesn't interest anyone. Ultimately, it's all about someone wanting to make more money and, without their own ideas, simply playing the lawsuit card. No matter how absurd and nonsensical the approach (blocking websites) is. Some people are bothered by porn without age verification, others might be bothered by virtual worlds without proper age verification, the next person is bothered by bread images. And the state is bothered by all kinds of information offers if they do not correspond to their own ideology. And so everyone happily runs around, uninformed by facts, and screams for blocks. No matter how ridiculous the whole thing is.
annalist - about life under general suspicion and observation by the BKA. Because the man researches certain topics that then stand out in cross-references to search queries. And does anyone still believe that this whole surveillance fetishism in Germany is completely harmless?
How does one become a terrorist? - about the background of the proceedings against Andrej H. (about whose surveillance by the BKA his wife reports in her blog)
Voting machines and the limits of freedom of information - so much for our democratic order, which is based on trust in elections and their correct conduct. Why should any citizen trust a voting machine if its function is considered a state and corporate secret and the protection of corporate interests outweighs the protection of citizens' interests? This is about voting machines, not some stupid hi-fi device ...