Brilliantly over-enthusiastic Italian SF manifesto, further improved by passing it through Google Translate.
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Brilliantly over-enthusiastic Italian SF manifesto, further improved by passing it through Google Translate.
German police hassling a wikileaks volunteer.
Marx's Critique of the Gotha Programme. I always fall into the trap of imagining Marx as philosopher rather than journalist, so forget how wonderfully snarky he can be. This is great fun.
Fallows again, claiming that China is thinking of going back to traditional characters. Is this really plausible?
James Fallows contrasts the architectural styles of Beijing and Shanghai.
Ross Anderson (i.a.) & friends claim that one in four of the major government databases is almost certainly illegal. Full Report
And here is the German atheist bus campaign itself
The BVG is refusing to carry the atheist bus campaign - despite a slogan that makes the UK original look forthright: "Es gibt (mit an Sicherheit grenzender Wahrscheinlichkeit) keinen Gott"
Nice list of consequences of the recession
French minister Nadine Morano is attempting to legally extract from Dailymotion the IPs of users who have been defaming her. Evidence of a cross-channel partnership of Nadines to be bone-headed about the internet? [Although given British libel laws, Ms. Morano might well have an even easier time of it there]