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coldarchon··on Knight Ridder promo video from 1994 describes iPad-esque tablet device [video]
watch the movie Demolition man. It's from 1993 and you see the first appearance of a tablet like an iPad ..
coldarchon··on 1981: U.S. Postal Service announces E-COM email
Back in Germany: http://www.epost.de/

absolutely no spam, free fax, free and secure mail, free sms when you get a letter, no letter will ever get lost, perfect authentification, perfect encryption, any email can become a registered mail; including pdf files or for businesses even DVD and CD-ROM, perfect for e-government &banks, backup for all documents and if you are blind services are for free. The catch? You need a mobile phone, because if you change password, your profile or anything like that you are sent a TAN. If you log in you are told when you logged in the last time including your IP.

coldarchon··on Trojan T-shirt targets German right-wing rock fans
people who voted this down probably have no idea about the spirit of '69.
coldarchon··on Trojan T-shirt targets German right-wing rock fans
on a sidenote, Trojan Skinheads are not political in any way. They are chaotic neutral ..
coldarchon··on DIY hacker drone: Home-made surveillance craft can launch airborne cyber attacks
I have no idea how they want to stop this ..
coldarchon··on My experience with a 'negative review' scammer.
There is no connection to Germany. http://www.whois.net/whois/teatra.de "www.teatra.de (69.175.69.250) located in United States" http://teatra.de/about/

And in fact they violate the German law about telemedia. http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/tmg/__5.html Just an email adress and no phone number, no registrar of companies or entry in the commercial register in Germany and I'm very sure the admin won't be able to reply in German.

This means they will have to pay for the Abmahnung/warning from a lawyer between 800 and 1.000 € or if they don't provide the information within a given time a fee of 50.000 € for violating § 16 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 TMG (TMG = telemedia law).

The German law doesn't tolerate "unavailable" internet commerce.

coldarchon··on My experience with a 'negative review' scammer.
I give you a hint. His domain is German, but he is in the USA. To be able to do so, he needs an Admin in Germany responsible to receive any complaints and legal actions. http://denic.de/domainbedingungen.html Read §3. Don't have the time to translate, I used google: "If the domain holder is not domiciled in Germany, he appoints a Germany-based administrative contact shall also be the person authorized by § 184 of the Zivilpro-zessordnung, § 132 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, § 56, paragraph 3 of the Administrative Procedure Code and § 15 of the administrative procedure Act and the relevant provisions of the Administrative procedure law of the countries."

I doubt he has one, and our laws are very strict about scamming. The keyword here is "Abmahung", which can become very expensive ..

coldarchon··on 50 Renowned Academics Speaking About God
I'm just happy they speak about God and not about Allah ..
coldarchon··on Twice the height of the Empire State - massive solar tower for AZ
I could be wrong, what why is it called a solar tower when it's mainly based on Bernoulli?
coldarchon··on Why doesn't every company buy developers the best hardware?
I got the best machine they have at Alienware because I got fed up with managers and customers sending me 200mb pdf containing 8 raw bitmap files. I don't regret it although I still have my indy from silicongraphics for nostalgic reasons.

one of the best benefits? I can look something up in no time.

coldarchon··on Hacker3000 - what would you build for $3000?
you have to ask yourself which alternatives are already there. From scratch I know http://www.instructables.com/ and the Evil Genius book series. Many specialized forums will probably exist. You have to ask yourself if you want to create a funding market for the brainiacs to improve science/patent mining or HR networking.

There is no email adress on your personal page and twitter is inactive - you can find me by the same name on skype or twitter.

coldarchon··on What Can You Offer Your Immigrants?
In Germany 2/3 in words TWO THIRDS of the kids are not German, I don't there is a need to offer anything ..
coldarchon··on Hacker3000 - what would you build for $3000?
too much or too less for a hacker, either I do my projects with used stuff or with very exclusive stuff. This means: 100$ > myprojects > 10.000$
coldarchon··on Our Test Shows Firefox 7 Aurora Uses Nearly 40 Percent Less Memory
it needs to reduce much much more, right now it takes 500MB of my memory, that's what I had on my pre-previous comp altogether ..
coldarchon··on A Philosopher Every Programmer Should Know: Susanne K. Langer
Schoppenhauer and Sokrates knew more about the functions of the brain than all scientists of any neuro branch together.
coldarchon··on Google Tests a New Interface
type in "gay", press enter and look at the search button ..
coldarchon··on Ask HN: Do Americans stand a chance on freelance sites?
my minimum is at 50€/h because people hired those for 10 or 5€/h which failed or stopped calling back ..
coldarchon··on Large German lobby organization supports ban on Bitcoins
Not in Germany. The finance office has made billions recently because nearby tax havens like Luxembourg and Switzerland were betrayed by bank employees. If this lobby organization says bitcoin might be abused for tax evasion, money laundering and illegal transactions, you can be sure many people in Germany will avoid it. Besides, I think the whole project is pretty naive ..
coldarchon··on A Refrigerator that Runs Without Electricity
It is so rare because it is pretty useless, inefficiently and there is no need for it in the proposed regions. People there desiccate their food or use spices like chili to make sure it stays esculent for a longer time, They don't have much water, so in my opinion it is pretty stupid to waste it for food if they have much better ways to conserve.
coldarchon··on New iPhone app identifies trees from photos of their leaves
I'm just happy you didn't make one for insects. Just imagine an app that doesn't recognize a running bug and the owner of the iPhone kills it after 3rd try to get a better result ..
coldarchon··on Hiding Nobel prizes in plain sight
as a german I'm a bit disturbed they didn't call it Nazi-Germany in the text. And the nazis tried to get any gold for foreign exchange, even from gold teeth of jews they executed, so I have some doubts about this story ..
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