Ook op het internet ontkom je niet meer aan het politiek geweld, dus dan doe ik maar gezellig mee. Lees over de standpunten van de grootste zeven politieke partijen (in de peilingen) betreffende ICT, innovatie & ondernemerschap in mijn serie interviews op BlueAce. De PVDA beet de spits af, in de komende weken de rest…
A fascinating comment on the Habeus Corpus issue. If only for the dramatic qualities. Cry or laugh but then take a close look at your own government, the netherlands for instance is dangerously ahead of the US when it comes to freedom inhibiting laws to achieve a sense of safety, in my opinion.
I missed this news when it first came out but appearently a stunning 410-15 US congressmen voted for a law that demands from schools and universities that they block social networking sites. Social networking sites are defined as sites that, among other things, allow “communication among usersâ€. Let that sink in for a minute.
Note the 410 clueless congressmen & women.
News today: Friendster gets a patent on social networks US gets more retarded. I guess a .eu domain will become a good investment as the US is becoming a harder market to target every day. Start working on your internationalization skills people, english won’t cut it anymore.
update: and of course let’s make sure europe does not get just as retarded. There are a lot of big companies successfully persuading politicians to introduce software patents to europe but that battle has not been won yet. As far as software goes patents only gain is short term and for huge companies.
update2: Zweden heeft ondertussen zijn eigen piraten partij welke ten strijde gaat voor het aanpassen van copyright en patent regels naar een vorm die innovatie vriendelijk wordt.
En Rob Gongrijp gelukkig ook niet: Wij vertrouwen stemcomputers niet
Although it is impossible to enforce Alain thinks the EU should tax e-mail and text messages thereby wasting everybodies time.
There are seven times as many people locked up in the states than in most other democratic nations. Why? Is this really just racism alive and kicking? Incarceration Rates