21 Feb, 2014
by KIKI
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KIKI
Society - Some thoughts for the weekend ...

 

 

I'm very touched by how people fight for freedom in the Ukraine and don't give up although dozens have lost their lifes yesterday and in the weeks before. We the people all over Europe and in the world watch in consternation and admiration at once. Your fight will be successful in the end and a glorious example of the power of the people, for everybody. Deep respect!

 

WhatsApp is undoubtedly handy because "everybody" uses it (I never used it and survived), so is facebook. BUT, apart from facebook getting all your contacts now there's always alternatives and wouldn't it be funny if those 19 billion dollars where badly spent? Even if people in the world all used different secure services like Threema, Silent Circle or ChatSecure. Is it such a big deal to write different people on different platforms? Come on, we got dozens of apps on our phones. I think it's not too hard to overcome laziness for data privacy in this case. I don't mind writing to most people via Threema and some others via Silent Circle ...

 

Some crazy roofing pictures ... http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2014/02/20/hong-kong-meets-heart-attack-spectacular-rooftopping-photos-show-city

 

A list of companies that use products of Monsanto ...

 

 

Habt ihr neulich auch die Doku über Krupp gesehen? Da wurde wieder gezeigt, woher der Ausdruck "Hart wie Kruppstahl" eigentlich kommt, von Adolf Hitler! Is so ähnlich wie die Geschichte der Quandts, wobei ThyssenKrupp ja nun zum Großteil eine gemeinnütze Stiftung ist und die Erben im Gegensatz zu den Quandts ihre maßgebliche Rolle im Nationalsozialismus versucht haben, durch Entschädigungszahlungen wieder gut zu machen ...

 

Did you know that the hyped brand Hollister wasn't founded in 1922 like they print on their shirts? It's just made up, the brand is from 2000 and owned bei Abercrombie. 1922 just looks better ...

 

And finally I have to post what bugs me for years. Apple is using some idiotically made-up versions of photos of their MacBook Airs that are simply false compared to the real world laptops. They even have those photos in gigantic size in their stores and nobody seems to care, not even the staff itself. Come on, this is ridiculous. And they have different versions on the same actual website when you scroll down. Stupid!

 

The right one is completely made up and has nothing to do with how a 13" looks bezel-wise. 

This is how the bezel actually looks in reality. Look at the completely wrong position of the iSight camera ...

 

 

Don't get spoofed during the weekend ...

 

KIKI