Topic: COPYRIGHT - on June 10, 2009 at 1:18:00 PM CEST
Pirates 'ignore' warning letters
Sending letters to persistent pirates will not stop them copying, suggests research.
Only 33% of those receiving a letter from their ISP would stop pirating content, found a survey carried out by legal firm Wiggin.
However, it found 80% would stop if the letter were followed by action such as cutting net connections.
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Topic: NEWS english - on June 9, 2009 at 9:53:00 AM CEST
20th Anniversary of the Dawn of Dot-Com
It was 20 years ago today when I posted to USENET the public launch of ClariNet, my electronic newspaper service delivered over the Internet. By finding a way around the NSFNet acceptable use policy, ClariNet was the first business founded to use the Internet as its platform for business, and the era of the 'dot-com' had begun. For the anniversary I have written a history of the founding of ClariNet and early internet business, which outlines how it all came down. Readers may also enjoy the included anecdote about what I term 'M5' reliability, where the news system was so robust that, like the M5 computer on Star Trek, even those authorized to do so were unable to shut it off; and a story of the earliest large SF eBook effort
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Topic: EU - on June 9, 2009 at 9:52:00 AM CEST
Pirate Party Wins and Enters The European Parliament
The Pirate Party has won a huge victory in the Swedish elections and is marching on to Brussels. After months of campaigning against well established parties, the Pirate Party has gathered enough votes to be guaranteed a seat in the European Parliament.
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Topic: FUN - on June 9, 2009 at 9:48:00 AM CEST
The Aliens Are Coming: Sheep In A Circle
This is a picture of sheep in Herefordshire, England forming a perfect circle all by themselves because the aliens are coming. And aliens, at least according to science, hate circles. Some people believe the shape was created by a farmer dropping feed in a circular pattern, but those people are crazy.
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Topic: WEB - on June 7, 2009 at 11:51:00 AM CEST
Titanic zeigt die neuen Internetschilder
Ab sofort vorrätig zum Runterladen und Befolgen: Die brandaktuellen Internet-Verkehrsschilder aus dem neuen Heft! Als Wallpaper und Postkarte! Damit auch Ihre Freunde und Bekannten immer wissen, wo es lang geht im www.
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Topic: Online-Fahndung - on June 7, 2009 at 11:49:00 AM CEST
Bundesverwaltungsgericht: IP-Adressen unterliegen dem Datenschutz
Mit Urteil vom 27.05.2009 (Az. A-3144/2008) hat sich das schweizerische Bundesverwaltungsgericht der inzwischen ganz überwiegenden Meinung angeschlossen, wonach IP-Adressen nicht nur bei dem Internet-Zugangsanbieter, sondern allgemein personenbeziehbar sind und deswegen dem Datenschutzrecht unterliegen (ebenso Amtsgericht Berlin, Landgericht Berlin, Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden, Bundesjustizministerium und der Bundesdatenschutzbeauftragte; anders nur ein nicht rechtskräftiges Urteil des AG München). In Deutschland ist es Anbietern von Websites nach § 15 Telemediengesetz verboten, IP-Adressen über die Dauer des Nutzungsvorgangs hinaus zu speichern oder – z.B. durch Nutzung von Google Analytics – speichern zu lassen, weil sich dadurch die Internetnutzung jedes Bürgers nachverfolgen ließe.
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Topic: WERBUNG - on June 7, 2009 at 11:45:00 AM CEST
Awesome vintage hypnotist posters
The ephemera assemblyman blog has a mesmerising gallery of last century stage hypnotist posters that are an irresistible combination of camp send-up, schlock horror and roll-up roll-up razzmatazz.
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Topic: NATURE - on June 7, 2009 at 11:43:00 AM CEST
Seven Deadly 'Shrooms
Mushrooms can be delicious, beautiful and even, well, "magical". But if tough times send you out to forage for food—beyond the nearest fast-food restaurant—be wary of some of nature's more toxic temptations.
Whether mistakenly—or maliciously—used, mushrooms have claimed the lives of many, including the Roman emperor, Claudius, who is rumored to have been poisoned by a mushroom dish administered by his wife. The death of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, which prompted the war of Austrian Succession, may also have resulted from feasting on foul fungi.
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Topic: health - on June 7, 2009 at 11:40:00 AM CEST
Botox allows paralysed man to walk again after 20 years
An Australian man who had been paralysed for more than 20 years is walking again after being injected with Botox.b
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Topic: DRUGS - on June 5, 2009 at 1:55:00 PM CEST
Pot bust ripped out $2 million in plants near Snelling
Agents with the Merced/Mariposa High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force reported destroying 14,291 marijuana plants from an operation conducted Friday at several sites in Merced County.
Cmdr. Neil Compston of the HIDTA task force said the plants had a street value of about $2 million and weighed more than 750 pounds.
mercedsunstar.com Map, video: Three marijuana groves uncovered
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Topic: DRUGS - on June 5, 2009 at 12:26:00 PM CEST
Cannabis wirkt regenerativ auf Nervenzellen
Wissenschaftler der italienischen Klinikanstalt Irccs Fondazione Santa Lucia haben nachgewiesen, dass die als "Cannabis sativa" bekannte Hanfpflanze neben ihrer berauschenden und betäubenden auch eine nervenheilende Wirkung hat. Damit ergeben sich neue Möglichkeiten, Neuropathologien wie Multiple Sklerose, Schädeltraumata und Rückenmarksverletzungen erfolgreich zu behandeln.
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Topic: DRUGS - on June 5, 2009 at 10:42:00 AM CEST
Kroatien legalisiert Cannabis
Kroatische Kriegsveteranen dürfen jetzt ungestraft Cannabis rauchen. Das geht aus einem Urteil des Obersten Gerichtshofes des Balkanstaates hervor, wie die Zeitungen in Zagreb am Donnerstag berichteten. Das Gericht reagierte auf die Berufung eines Veteranen, der in seinem Hinterhof Cannabis für den eigenen Gebrauch gezüchtet und dafür ein Jahr Gefängnis bekommen hatte. Der Mann ist nun frei.
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