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Archive for September, 2002



Physical Geography of the moment

Russian peat bogs on fire. And thanks to an unlikely high pressure system the smoke managed to get all the way to the south of Sweden which was enveloped in a thin but very noticeable smoke cloud. There seems to be uncontrolled fires raging in Ukraine as well so who knows where this stuff is [...]

Free trade update

Nothing substantial. PTS noted the complaint but could not assist me. Basically they can only make a case or a recommendation if a sufficient (whatever that is) number of people argue the same case. Well, I can always rally the support of dvdforum I suppose.
Next up could very well be the Ministry of Industry, Employment [...]

Privacy and digital rights

RIAA finally met some real opposition today it seems. Organizations like the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Consumer Alert, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and National Consumers League filed an amicus curiae brief arguing that the RIAA suit agains a Verizon Communications subscriber relies on unconstitutional elements of the DMCA. Don’t get it? Read the complete story [...]

Mind Mapping (second attempt)

I admit I always wanted to “mindmap” instead of taking notes. Well, what is stopping me then? I don’t know, it takes a while getting used to (before you get up to speed) and as we all know I am pretty lazy so there goes that chance of improvement.
Still, I have thought of starting over [...]

Vision Quest

Wow, wow, wow. I don’t know what so say really. As I happened to flip through the september issue of Wired I came upon this fascinating story about bionic vision. The article pretty much says it all.
Five years from now I would be damned if I haven’t got an option for an advanced version of [...]





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