Future Shock
Extremely funny, if superficial, Daily Show piece on the future of robots. (Here’s part two.) Features Ray Kurzweil in one of his most humorous performances.
Online Volunteering on the Rise
An Associated Press article on how voluteering online, as an alternative to in the real world, is on the rise
The Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design is a new initiative happening in Denmark.
The aim is to create a high profile design institute, which is small but dynamic and which interfaces with academia and industry. The institute will become an international setting for new thinking in design and technology in Copenhagen. http://www.ciid.dk
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U.Wickert: Hätte man mit solch einer (Antiterror-) Datei das, was hier passiert ist, verhindern können? Dr. W.Schäuble: Nein, da würden wir uns tüchtiger machen, als wir sind.(...)
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The defendants are permanently enjoined from directly or indirectly utilizing the Terrorist Surveillance Program (TSP) in any way [...]. [The program] violates the separation of powers doctrine, the Administrative Procedures Act, the First and Fourth amendments to the United States Constitution, the FISA and Title III.
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Codename of grml 0.8 is Funkenzutzler. ‘Funken’ is the german word for sparks. Zutzler is austrian jargon for ‘some(one|body) who sucks’. The word Funkenzutzler is an austrian word for an electrical engineering technician. Oh, and yes: grml is sucking since 2004. But less than the rest. Mess with the best – suck like the rest.
