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Not without protection, honey.
Posted by Adrian A. Baumann on 03 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: In the news, Bzzzt - wrong!
As Mr. Häck would say: The dumbest volunteer at 20 Minutes, a free Swiss newspaper (and worth every penny!), strikes again…
Now, what Amazon are offering is music without any Digital Restrictions, so without copy protection. And what, pray tell, does one call that? Of course: Copy-free music! Can we therefore assume that whoever wrote this doesn’t use protection? I know, cheap joke, but it’s before my 2nd morning coffee. You might well find that post edited later.
(Note for the Görmen speakers out there… it should be “Kopierschutzfrei”…)
No shit, Armstrong…
Posted by Adrian A. Baumann on 24 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: In the news, Huh?
Although I am fortunate enough not to be looking for a job anymore, an interesting opening was pointed out to me. Unfortunately, I don’t fit the profile in several important factors (Not being USian, being less fit than your average portion of fish&chips… although I would just about still fit the age bracket). One thing struck me as a qualified linguistic pedant though: Who on earth (or, as the case may be, off earth) would want to apply for this job if frequent travel was not an option? I mean, these folks travel more in a single go than anybody else, for f’s sake!
TED | Talks | Blaise Aguera y Arcas
Posted by Adrian A. Baumann on 12 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: In the news, Photography, Computers
All I can say is: Holy Shit! I want one of those!
Update: for some reason, the video wouldn’t load on my site. So I’ll link to it instead.
All together now: OUCH!
Posted by Adrian A. Baumann on 16 May 2007 | Tagged as: In the news, Software
I assume hardly any advert these days is placed by a human redactor who carefully balances the text of the surrounding article with the product or service advertised for.
More’s the pity, really, as I’d love to meet the genius who put an ad for IBM Tivoli management services slap-bang into the middle of an article of severe data loss at IBM. Following my experience with earlier versions of Tivoli Storage Manager on Windows 2003 Server… dead on!
National Shuffling Association
Posted by Adrian A. Baumann on 13 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: In the news, Bzzzt - wrong!
RiffleA common shuffling technique is called a riffle, in which half of the deck is held in each hand with the thumbs inward, then cards are released by the thumbs so that they fall to the table intertwined. Many also lift the cards up after a riffle, forming what is called a bridge which puts the cards back into place.
This can also be done by placing the halves flat on the table with their rear corners touching, then lifting the back edges with the thumbs while pushing the halves together. While this method is a bit more difficult, it is often used in casinos because it minimizes the risk of exposing cards during the shuffle.
That’s all nice and good, but what on earth could a society dedicated to shuffling decks of cards possibly have against regulating gun ownership? I do wonder…
Truth in Advertising
Posted by Adrian A. Baumann on 31 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: In the news
Nice lesson in truth in advertising in today’s “Der Bund”
There’s an advert, printed in blue, which pollutes the whole page with its colour. The text of the advert: “Some facts about oil, for a change”. So… possible interpretations: “Oil pollutes far beyond expectations”, “Pollution doesn’t stop at borders”, “Oil pollutes more than the industry has paid for”… I’m open for additional suggestions…