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Archive for June, 2008
Politics Explained
Jun 29th
FEUDALISM: You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk.
PURE SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else’s cows. You have to take care of all of the cows. The government gives you as much milk as you need.
BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and put them in a barn with everyone else’s cows. They are cared for by ex-chicken farmers. You have to take care of the chickens the government took from the chicken farmers. The government gives you as much milk and eggs as the regulations say you need.
FASCISM: You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to take care of them and sells you the milk.
PURE COMMUNISM: You have two cows. Your neighbors help you take care of them, and you all share the milk.
RUSSIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the government takes all the milk.
CAMBODIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. The government takes both of them and shoots you.
DICTATORSHIP: You have two cows. The government takes both and drafts you.
PURE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. Your neighbors decide who gets the milk.
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. Your neighbors pick someone to tell you who gets the milk.
BUREAUCRACY: You have two cows. At first the government regulates what you can feed them and when you can milk them. Then it pays you not to milk them. Then it takes both, shoots one, milks the other and pours the milk down the drain. Then it requires you to fill out forms accounting for the missing cows.
PURE ANARCHY: You have two cows. Either you sell the milk at a fair price or your neighbors try to take the cows and kill you.
LIBERTARIAN/ANARCHO-CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.
SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.
Jabber + Google Maps = World of Jabber
Jun 27th
You probably remember the Jabber World Map by Ralph Meijer. The problem there was, crowded areas were difficult to decode.
During my morning tour of Websites and RSS feeds, I have found a post on Jabberforum.org by Sublime Porte about a new Jabber World Map. The post can be found here.
This Map is based on Google Maps, and uses your vCard profile feeds to get the location. He says that in future he wants to use the XEPs XEP-0080 and XEP-0154 for the user location. This might be a project to keep an close eye on 
To use it, simply add geolocator@jabbering.org to your Jabber Roster. A few minutes later, you’ll find yourself on the Map.
Update: I was just told, that it is based on SleekXMPP.
Euro 2008 and Jabber
Jun 22nd
Hey guys,
yesterday evening, we had a sort of trial discussion room for Euro 2008. It attracted quite some people, so today we’ll have the same thing, but better.
People can join the MUC room, and join the lively discussion going on in there. On top of that, we’ll try to get a BBC Livefeed integrated, automatic score updates, and maybe some bets on the outcome? We’ll see what we can finish in less than 12 hours.
Any other suggestions are welcome ofcourse.
So how can I participate? It’s easy.
1. A Jabber / XMPP Account
First of all, you would need a Jabber / XMPP Account. If you have Google Talk, you can use that. If not, you can register an account on im.flosoft.biz.
2. A MUC capable Jabber Client.
If you want to join the conference, you would need a MUC capable client. Normally every Jabber client supports MUC (Multi User Chat). The Google Talk client however, doesn’t.
For Windows, I recommend Psi or Pandion. For Linux, try Gajim, and for OSX try Adium.
3. Join the MUC Room.
Last but not least, join the conference.
euro2008@conference.im.flosoft.biz
Translated:
Host: conference.im.flosoft.biz
Room: euro2008
Hope to see you there! 18:45 UTC!
Last.fm is preparing for a reload!
Jun 7th
A friend of mine was not really understanding how Last.fm works today, so I spent a bit of my afternoon on the Last.fm Website, and found out, that there is a new private beta of the new Last.fm Website and Service.
It all started on paper, well actually no. That would be old-fashioned. So let’s try this again: It all started on a glass table. That’s something you haven’t seen before. And before you don’t believe me, here’s a picture of that table.
The new Last.fm Service comes with many new features, which improve the usability and speed of the Last.fm Website, and also give you a lot of new features.
So I thought, I might as well share some information about it with you guys. So here goes.
The library. Your entire Last.fm music profile made visible, down to every last artist and track. Add to it by scrobbling or with the click of a button. Browse it, play it, and get new music recommendations based on it.
Real-time charts. Yes, finally! Every track you scrobble gets added to all of your charts. Instantly. No more waiting for Sunday and praying to the chart gods…
Plus… Activity feeds, all-new visual styles, an improved music player, sharing, podcasts, and more.
We’re only getting started, but feel free to have a play, give us your feedback, and help spot bugs.
We’ll be expanding the beta and opening it up to more users in the coming weeks. In the meantime, subscribers can find out how to access the beta site now at the Last.fm Beta Group.
In short. It rocks!
But I can tell you a lot. Just look at these screenshots, and you’ll be convinced!
If you are interested in other Last.fm stuff, check out their Last.fm Build and their Playground.
Hazardous Material
Jun 7th
Which was the chemical element to be discovered first? If you look at the periodic table, you will not find it! It’s so old, that many of us have forgotten about it.
It’s a very dangerous material. Please refer to the information sheet below.
Slovenia sparks EU nuclear alert
Jun 4th
A leak of coolant has prompted Slovenia to shut down the reactor at its only nuclear power plant.
The Commission alerted all 27 EU member states under its Ecurie early warning system for nuclear emergencies.
The European Commission says there has been no discharge into the environment. No explosion was reported either.
A safe shutdown is in progress at the Krsko plant, which has a US-made pressurised water reactor. It supplies energy to Slovenia and Croatia.
“There is no influence on the environment and we do not expect any,” said Slovenia’s nuclear safety chief Andrej Stritar, quoted by Reuters news agency.
(via BBC.co.uk)
However, this is the same thing they said for 3 days about Chernobyl. Let’s wait and see.
.eu is live!
Jun 1st
Hey guys,
you might remember a few months ago, I added FlorianJensen.fr as there was a free domain offer.
So today, there was another free domain offer for .eu! So since this morning, this site can be reached through FlorianJensen.eu!
