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maandag, mei 19, 2003

Jozef Schildermans (in november 2000): Nochtans zou het geen slechte zaak zijn dat we met z’n allen een keer zouden nadenken over het elektronisch stemmen. Zoals de zaken nu staan heeft de kiezer te weinig informatie over hoe dit systeem werkt en hoe betrouwbaar het is.

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vrijdag, mei 16, 2003

An US army major was releaved from command when she refused to obey an order to seize a tv station in Mosul because it began retransmitting Al Jazeera. “She argued that the presence of armed soldiers would intimidate the station’s Arab employees into airing only programming produced by, or acceptable to, the American military.” The [...]

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donderdag, mei 15, 2003

Rent-a-negro.com: The presence of black people can advance business and social reputation. (…) rent-a-negro offers you the chance to capitalize on your connection with a black person. At any gathering our service can bring a freshness and tension that will keep things lively. NYT: A research group has created a part mechanical, part biological robot [...]

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woensdag, mei 14, 2003

Reuters Asia: Security guards smashed their way into an official limousine with sledgehammers on Monday to rescue Thailand’s finance minister after his car’s computer failed. The anti-microsoft gang is forwarding this message to everyone claiming the car was a BMW 7, the first to use a special embedded version of Microsoft Windows CE. However, this Thai [...]

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dinsdag, mei 13, 2003

De Standaard: Gezocht: Klingonvertaler (m/v) Een psychiatrische kliniek in de Amerikaanse staat Oregon is op zoek naar een vertaler die het Klingon beheerst. De taal is ontwikkeld voor de sciencefictionserie Star Trek en wordt door velen als een van de meest volmaakte talen beschouwd. Kuro5hin: Every once in a while, in order to remind myself [...]

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vrijdag, mei 9, 2003

Salon: Advertisers want to use new technology to monitor your every click — and prevent you from tuning out their ads. And don’t even think of trying to escape.

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