Yearly Archives: 2004

Happy New Year 2005

Posted on December 31, 2004 by Nils

Another year done and over with. Iraq war, torture scandal, slow abolishment of key rights, Bush’s reelection, and most recently a nasty floodwave that left 140,000+ dead… when you think back, nothing really unusual happened in 2004 and yet the … Continue reading →

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Giant Airplanes in Tolouse

Posted on December 5, 2004 by Nils

194This past weekend, I had a unique opportunity to travel to [Toulouse]( http://wikitravel.org/en/Toulouse). Unique because the voyage included an organized tour of the Airbus company yards, with a special something thrown in for us at the end. Everybody can get … Continue reading →

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Biometrische Reisepässe

Posted on December 2, 2004 by Nils

> “Das Grundgesetz geht vom Schutz des Bürgers vor dem Staat aus, nicht vom Schutz des Staates vor seinen Bürgern. Und deren Freiheitsinteressen dürfen nicht auf dem Altar vorgeblicher Terrorismusbekämpfung geopfert werden.” – [Ulla Burchardt](http://www.bundestag.de/mdb15/bio/B/burchul0.html) via [Heise Online](http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/53849)

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No Software Patents!

Posted on November 23, 2004 by Nils

We do not need software patents. Wir brauchen keine Software Patente! “Read more.”:http://nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/intro/index.html

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Upcoming Travels

Posted on November 17, 2004 by Nils

Tuesday November 23rd: Düsseldorf Köln. Friday November 26th – Sunday November 28th: Tolouse Monday November 29th – Thursday December 3rd: Budapest The Budapest thing has not been finally decided. Some people at work want me to go, but I really … Continue reading →

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Condor Fliegenpreise

Posted on November 12, 2004 by Nils

Let’s see…. Friday: Get up at 6:30, go to work at 7:30, arrive at 8:35. Work until 17:30. Be on call until 19:00. Saturday: 0:00-1:00 check into [Fliegenpreise](http://www.fliegenpreise.de) going live for the day. 1:00-11:00 Be on call for that server. … Continue reading →

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Another year, another winter

Posted on November 10, 2004 by Nils

Just woke up from 5h sleep (yeah it’s now 1:30am, seriously inconvenient times. Guess I am training for Friday…) and outside it’s snowing. The stuff is melting again as it hits the ground. Guess the winter’s really here now. (D’oh.)

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Ender's Game

Posted on November 9, 2004 by Nils

I had big trouble sleeping the last week, and thus completed another (unabridged) audiobook. The beauty of audiobooks, as compared to the normal paper ones, is that I can listen to them while I do other things. Sometimes, this is … Continue reading →

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Fewer Holidays or Working More?

Posted on November 8, 2004 by Nils

Here in Germany there’s a debate right now (again – it seems to pop up about every 3 months or so) about whether workers should lose a holiday, or whether they should work more; the later either in the form … Continue reading →

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Three Years of Frankfurt

Posted on November 1, 2004 by Nils

I just realized I have been in Frankfurt for exactly three years now. Oh, well.

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