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Tomorrow the 27C3 hacker congress is starting at the bcc in Berlin.
Watch out for “The Concert”, which is taking place at 18:30h on the second congress day (28th of december 2010).

Another paradigm shift:

Julian thinks different – Apple doesn’t. It’s main stream!

1997: Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes.

The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.

About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They invent. They imagine. They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire. They push the human race forward.

Maybe they have to be crazy.

How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art? Or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written? Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?

While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

Copy of my letter to MasterCard & Postfinance

Viseca Master Card Services SA
Europa-Strasse 18
Postfach 1234
CH – 8152 Glattbrugg

Good day

I am writing you in relation to the latest happenings in connection to the whistleblower “Wikileaks”.

Due to unattended and illegal closing of the accounts of Julian Assange and Wikileaks by your company, I have completely lost my trust in your services and therefore abrogate our contract without notice. (Card-account No. XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX).

Further I will not fail to tell and ask my friends and collegues to do the same.

Do not continue to send me any advertisments and similar mail in the future and cancel my complete data from your database.

Merry christmas and best regards

Copy of this letter goes to:
– Lawyer
– Postfinance
– Privacy Commissioner

Viseca Master Card Services SA
Europa-Strasse 18
Postfach 1234
CH – 8152 Glattbrugg

Fristlose Kündigung meiner Master Card

Guten Tag

Ich schreibe Ihnen in Bezugnahme auf die Vorkommnisse der vergangenen Tage im Zusammenhang mit dem Whistleblower Portal „Wikileaks“.

Wegen unerwarteter und rechtswidriger Schliessung der Konten von Herrn Julian Assange und dem Whistleblower Portal „Wikileaks“ von Seiten Ihrer Firma, habe ich gänzlich mein Vertrauen in Ihre Kreditfirma verloren und kündige deshalb meinen Vertrag hiermit fristlos. (Kartenkontonummer XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX).

Ich werde es über dies nicht unterlassen, meine Freunde und Bekannte dazu aufzufordern, es mir gleich zu tun.

Schicken Sie mir in Zukunft auch keine Werbeschreiben und dergleichen und löschen Sie meine persönlichen Daten aus Ihrer Kartei.

Eine schöne Weihnachten und beste Grüsse

Kopie geht an:
– Persönlicher Rechtsberater
– Postfinance
– Datenschutzbeauftragter

Steve Jobs (22. December 2010):

“We removed WikiLeaks because it violated developer guidelines. An app must comply with all local laws. It may not put an individual or target group in harms way.”

– What local laws does Wikileaks violate?

Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

25 years ago Apple promised to its customers that “1984 won’t be like 1984”. – This is beyond sarcasm!

The same day when Julian Assange was arrested, the U.S. Department of State announced the “UNESCO World Press Freedom Day 2011“.

It reads like a sarcastic joke by the Department of Irony.

The United States is pleased to announce that it will host UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day event in 2011, from May 1 – May 3 in Washington, D.C. UNESCO is the only UN agency with the mandate to promote freedom of expression and its corollary, freedom of the press…

The United States places technology and innovation at the forefront of its diplomatic and development efforts. New media has empowered citizens around the world to report on their circumstances, express opinions on world events, and exchange information in environments sometimes hostile to such exercises of individuals’ right to freedom of expression. At the same time, we are concerned about the determination of some governments to censor and silence individuals, and to restrict the free flow of information.

… perfect timing!

[Update on P0rno-Scanner]
TSA searches menstruating woman:

“These new scans are so horrible that if you are wearing something unusual (like a piece of cloth on your panties) then you will be subjected to a search where a woman repeatedly has to check your “groin” while another woman watches on (two in my case – they were training in a new girl – awesome). So please, please, tell the ladies not to wear their liners at the airport (I didn’t even have an insert in). I’m a strong, confident woman; I’m an Army vet (which is why those camo liners crack me up), I work full-time and go to graduate school full-time, I have a wonderful husband, and I don’t take any nonsense from anyone. I don’t dramatize, and I don’t exaggerate. I’m trying to give you a sense of who I am so you won’t think that this is a plea for attention, or a jumping on the bandwagon about the recent TSA proposed boycott. I just don’t want another woman to have to go through the “patting down” because she didn’t know that her glad-rag would be a matter of national security.”

Link: Gladrags Gab Blog

… they did it again. As mentioned in my blog beginning of August, TSA continues to illegally store pictures of scanned people.
See: Gizmodo.

Another example on what ridiculous forms the “war on terror” gains. Meanwhile the “Nackscanner” or “nude scanner” has been renamed into “Porno scanner”. To prepare your kids for the upcoming age of naked citizenship, get this guide:

What will we see next? Pregnant women that try to hide it from their husband, being disclosed by a TSA agent while passing through the security check? Detained fakirs and Sikhs because of the nails in their stomach and dagger in the turban?

Compete by finding your 0wn way to opt-out (e.g. with a creased shirt?) – Haha! Or maybe a “wet t-shirt contest flashmob” at your airport?

… get yourself a shirt and stay tuned! 😉

Today Christoph Schlingensief would have turned 50.

We miss you, Christoph!