http://www.mabuse.de/blog/ Doc Mabuse's Report on Diagnostic Findings en Copyright 2009 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:08:12 +0100 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Surface', a small desktop that runs a desktop, which means that a specially prepared Windows PC is used for providing a digital desktop experience. You might view videos, do funny games, have some user experience somewhere between iPhone and Windows etc. I'm not that impressed. In principle it's the old desktop metaphor, only the desktop became a bit more colourful and it looks a bit more playful. It's a consumer machine that doesn't leave the well-known paths of common GUIs. I never thought I was working in such an innovative environment, when we developed a pioneer device in 1993: one of its features included a 3D display. It was meant to break the desktop metaphor. ]]> http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2009/03/on_the_surface.html http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2009/03/on_the_surface.html da doc sez... tech technology Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:08:12 +0100 spying scandal at Deutsche Bahn, the case is clear. Thousands of Germany's railway enterprise have been spyed in sort of a dragnet, where masses of personal data have been transferred to a detective agency that has already been involved in a similar action at German Telekom. Not only was the Bahn's data protection officer left unaware of this initiative, the works council was not involved as well. Of course, representatives of Deutsche Bahn told to the public that everything was legally correct. Legally correct - so they obviously think - is trying to intimidate the German blogger who wants to shed light on this outrageous scandal: after publishing an internal Bahn memo on the spy action, the maintainer of netzpolitik.org was receiving a letter of demand to remove the memo and any excerpts. That's the data policy of a self-proclaimed global player! That memo is indeed dynamite - you may find it at WikiLeaks in the meantime, and even a German politician is hosting it on his web site. Let's see if Bahn lawyers try to admonish him too. (Source)]]> http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2009/02/on_spying.html http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2009/02/on_spying.html da doc sez... internet law politics Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:19:27 +0100 Berkman Center for Internet and Society study detests many of its contractees: it says the Internet isn't as bad as politicians and the media see it. Not even measurements against the permanent seduction of minors (which is an overrated problem according to the study), would have the desired effects. All in all a very important study with refreshing statements! It will soon disappear in the poison cabinet. (Source)]]> http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2009/01/on_sex_lies_and_the_internet.html http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2009/01/on_sex_lies_and_the_internet.html da doc sez... internet study Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:24:15 +0100 Tilt-Shift lenses: TiltShiftMaker. Recommended.]]> http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2009/01/on_tiltshifting.html http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2009/01/on_tiltshifting.html da doc sez... tech photo web Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:36:56 +0100 Source)]]> http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2009/01/on_nonprogrammers.html http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2009/01/on_nonprogrammers.html da doc sez... bullshit IT programming languages Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:00:07 +0100 Latvia's fight on freedom of speech, when an economist got arrested because he dared to criticize the policy of his government. But South Korea is no better, as the blogger Minerva obviously transgressed the common sense. Spreading of rumours seems to be the next big thing after throwing bombs and copying music, so to say.]]> http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2009/01/next_victim_freedom_of_opinion.html http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2009/01/next_victim_freedom_of_opinion.html da doc sez... freedom internet society Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:12:53 +0100 Source)]]> http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2009/01/on_leaking_dams.html http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2009/01/on_leaking_dams.html da doc sez... internet society surveillance Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:41:51 +0100 surviving German Christmas fairs I just want to wish you a merry Christmas (or whatever you celebrate). And be assured, you'll find something new at this place here and then, but more frequently this will happen at eclectic imaging. Enjoy!]]> http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2008/12/merry_christmas.html http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2008/12/merry_christmas.html da doc sez... miscellaneous Thu, 25 Dec 2008 02:09:21 +0100 eclectic imaging, at aminus3. ]]> http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2008/12/make_a_vote.html http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2008/12/make_a_vote.html da doc sez... web Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:53:03 +0100 New York Times article on ignorance of the human factor in the mathematical models of risk as an important reason of the recent financial crisis. Missing quality of data and incomplete models are certainly part of the drama (a 'bullshit in - bullshit out' scenario), but can't be the only nor the main reason. What we experience here are the fruits of a collapsing market that reinvested its profits from real economy during the last 20 years that started running hot. The profits were taken from the diminishing middle class by means of offshoring, streamlining, and permanent optimizing. Enormous amounts of money flushed back into the market and were a major reason for the bubbles that are now bursting. The good money so created highly-sensitive financial products that were only survivable in boom times. If only a few parameters, such as the base rate, changed, the overly optimistic models played havock.]]> http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2008/12/on_the_human_factor.html http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2008/12/on_the_human_factor.html da doc sez... computers economy Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:56:35 +0100 The combination of the attributes "cool" and "funny". http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2008/12/a_nono.html http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2008/12/a_nono.html da doc sez... bullshit Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:11:18 +0100 Nerd Girls. It is indeed high time to get rid of lame stereotypes, as, just in the moment of this typing, I witnessed another unfunny joke on women's capabilities. Go on, nerdgirls, there's a lot left to do! (Source)]]> http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2008/12/on_nerd_girls.html http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2008/12/on_nerd_girls.html da doc sez... internet IT society Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:28:18 +0100 Source)]]> http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2008/11/on_boot_time.html http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2008/11/on_boot_time.html da doc sez... computers Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:41:29 +0100 to: Admin - If You want to delete your site from my spam list, please sent url of your domain to my emai: stop.spam.today@gmail.com And I will remove your site from my base within 24 hours webmastegz Why not ask for money too?]]> http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2008/11/on_the_internet_1.html http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2008/11/on_the_internet_1.html da doc sez... bullshit internet spam Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:56:53 +0100 this study. Women forgo having children, postpone marriage or even remain single to focus on their careers, much more often than their male colleagues. But these significant personal sacrifices won't benefit women, as their overall job chances remain relatively low and keep them on stereotype, low-visibility tasks. (Source) ]]> http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2008/11/on_women_in_it.html http://www.mabuse.de/blog/2008/11/on_women_in_it.html da doc sez... IT job market Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:58:57 +0100