Johannessen Design Bureau

This entry is here to lend some support and PageRank to a worthy cause. Jarle Dahl Bergersen recently received a “Cease and Desist” letter from Nikkens Swedish representative. If you know me, you know I don’t much care for the concept of “intellectual property” (sic) in the first place. Seeing it abused like this just [...]

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Asbjørn Bjørnstad posted the following pearl to rec.photo.digital: Funny how technology changes things. First you could count your things, and if something was missing, someone had stolen it. Simple. Later, you could count other peoples things, and if they had something that was exactly what you had, then they had stolen it. Now you look [...]

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From Vernon Schryver: “Each item in the following list was suggested by the words or actions of people who presented themselves to the IETF or elsewhere as having discovered the FUSSP. Some of the items may seem obscure to those who have not dealt with the IETF.” http://www.rhyolite.com/anti-spam/you-might-be.html This list should be required reading for [...]

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Introduction The db.org mail server at 195.159.29.203 and 195.159.29.204 has been used as a spam relay from approximately 2003/11/25 19:00 UTC until approximately 2003/11/26 03:45 UTC (a total of a little under 9 hours). The problem has now been corrected, and no further spam should originate from this server. This page will be continuously updated [...]

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From RISKS Digest: A US tourist’s trip through Bavaria ended with an unexpected visit to a supermarket when his car’s navigation system led him straight through the store’s doors. He depended entirely on the navigation system and did not notice approaching the supermarket until entering it. Am I the only one who think the car’s [...]

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