revelation of silence http://www.revelation-of-silence.com simplicity - silence - solitude Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:35:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 newsworthy http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/2012/02/04/newsworthy/ http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/2012/02/04/newsworthy/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:32:06 +0000 E. http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/?p=4628
  • The German Christian Democract Ansgar Heveling wrote the most hilarious guest article, in which he attacks the new generation using the internet, pretending you can either use the internet, or live a real life as a real person. (German link, and commentary on the article on spiegel.de)
  • “Two large ISPs in the Netherlands have said they will not be blocking subscriber access to The Pirate Bay, as demanded by the Hollywood supported anti-piracy outfit BREIN. T-Mobile and KPN argue that blocking websites is a threat to the open Internet, and suggest that the entertainment industry focuses on new business models instead.” (via torrentfreak)
  • “Top 10 Mistakes in Behavior Change … and some ways you can fix them” (Persuasive Tech Lab, Stanford University)
  • “Under new consular fees published Thursday, cost of renouncing U.S. citizenship skyrocketed from $0 to $450″. They really want you to stay American citizen, I guess? (NYdailynews)
  • “Aerospace engineers from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor have developed a prototype device that could power a pacemaker using vibrations in the chest cavity that are due mainly to heartbeats.” (Source)
  • FDP at 0%. Hard to fathom that a party which would be voted by 0% of the people is governing this country (German source)
  • “As FBI and Scotland Yard investigators recently plotted out a strategy for tracking suspects linked to Anonymous, little did they know that members of the group were eavesdropping on their conference call and recording their plans.” (Wired)
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    (via Anja M.)

    ]]>     http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/2012/02/01/unattended-children/feed/ 0     series of defeats http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/2012/02/01/series-of-defeats/ http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/2012/02/01/series-of-defeats/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:38 +0000 E. http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/?p=4633

    “A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.”
    – George Orwell

    ]]>     http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/2012/02/01/series-of-defeats/feed/ 0     business (time) http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/2012/01/31/business-time/ http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/2012/01/31/business-time/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:02:25 +0000 E. http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/?p=4630 Business, from busy-ness:
    The etymology of “business” relates to the state of being busy either as an individual or society as a whole, doing commercially viable and profitable work.

    See also: business time, flight of the conchords.

    ]]>     http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/2012/01/31/business-time/feed/ 2     ich bin am ziel, hören sie mich an. http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/2012/01/29/ich-bin-am-ziel-horen-sie-mich-an/ http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/2012/01/29/ich-bin-am-ziel-horen-sie-mich-an/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:27:33 +0000 E. http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/?p=4625

    “Ich bin am Ziel, [...] hören Sie mich an. Ich liebe das Leben, – dies ist ein Geständnis. Nehmen Sie es und bewahren Sie es, – ich habe es noch keinem gemacht. Man hat es gesagt, man hat es sogar geschrieben und drucken lassen, dass ich das Leben hasse oder fürchte oder verachte oder verabscheue. Ich habe dies gern gehört, es hat mir geschmeckt; aber darum ist es nicht weniger falsch. Ich liebe das Leben … “

    (aus “Tonio Kröger”, von Thomas Mann)

    ]]>     http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/2012/01/29/ich-bin-am-ziel-horen-sie-mich-an/feed/ 0     ACTA http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/2012/01/28/acta/ http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/2012/01/28/acta/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:59:35 +0000 E. http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/?p=4620 Yesterday, Kader Arif, rapporteur for ACTA in the European Parliament quit his role as rapporteur stating the following:

    “I want to denounce in the strongest possible manner the entire process that led to the signature of this agreement: no inclusion of civil society organisations, a lack of transparency from the start of the negotiations, repeated postponing of the signature of the text without an explanation being ever given, exclusion of the EU Parliament’s demands that were expressed on several occasions in our assembly.
    As rapporteur of this text, I have faced never-before-seen manoeuvres from the right wing of this Parliament to impose a rushed calendar before public opinion could be alerted, thus depriving the Parliament of its right to expression and of the tools at its disposal to convey citizens’ legitimate demands.
    Everyone knows the ACTA agreement is problematic, whether it is its impact on civil liberties, the way it makes Internet access providers liable, its consequences on generic drugs manufacturing, or how little protection it gives to our geographical indications.
    This agreement might have major consequences on citizens’ lives, and still, everything is being done to prevent the European Parliament from having its say in this matter. That is why today, as I release this report for which I was in charge, I want to send a strong signal and alert the public opinion about this unacceptable situation. I will not take part in this masquerade.”
    – Source

    (Members of the Polish Parliament protesting against ACTA yesterday)

    Information on ACTA:

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