WikiLeaks starts releasing confidential and secret US Embassy cables. I’m torn between a very human curiosity on one side, and skepticism w.r.t. this IMHO unethical kind of whistle blowing on the other side. Do we really desire to live in a world without secrets… and without privacy? Shouldn’t talks between diplomats and foreign leaders enjoy the same privilege of privacy as talks between two lovers in their bedroom?
Archive of entries posted in the year 2010
NATO endorses Missile Defense, invites Russia
On November 19th, 2010, NATO endorsed the common Missile Defense System, extending the US Missile Defense to all of NATO. Russia has been invited to join as well, and is likely on board. That’s a huge step towards world peace and deserves huge praise.
Kunduz, Georg Klein, and the Fog of War
Colonel Georg Klein, the commanding officer responsible for the Kunduz Air Strike will likely go unpunished, at least legally. This raises questions about the moral compass of a nation at war: doesn’t this never-ending war slowly turn us into a sociopathic “1984″-rish Orwellian society, where human decency and the respect for human lives have lost their universal meaning? Is this never-ending war slowly, but inexorably dehumanizing us as a society?
The Pirate Bay Leaks User Data Like A Sieve
The Pirate Bay’s user database was hacked by an Argentinian security researcher, who got access to IP addresses and E-Mails of torrent uploaders. TPB failure to hash those very sensitive data before storing them in their database is a major FAIL w.r.t. data protection.
FireGPG is Dead
FireGPG development has just been discontinued.
World War II Bomb Explodes In Göttingen, Kills Three
World War II bomb explodes in Göttingen, killing three members of a bomb squad.
Düsseldorf Japan-Day 2010
29th May 2010, the largest Japanese community outside Japan organized the traditional Japan Day in Düsseldorf.
Lena Meyer-Landrut wins Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Congratulations to Germany’s Lena Meyer-Landrut, Eurovision Song Contest 2010′s winner in Oslo.
Hello, World on the Bare Metal
In this tutorial, we invoke BIOS functions (which are fortunately available in Real Mode) to write a simple string on the screen. This assembly program doesn’t require an operating system kernel, and runs on bare metal.