Daily Archives: November 2, 2005

Mouse Serenade

Posted on November 2, 2005 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

Mice are rarely the source of romantic inspiration, but it now appears that male mice may serenade potential mates with melodies approaching the complexity of bird song.

Apparently mouses sing pick up songs like birds as well.

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    Evidence Dutch terror organization destroyed

    Posted on November 2, 2005 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

    Theo van Gogh
    Theo van Gogh 1957 – 2004

    Mohammed B.AMSTERDAM – Exactly one year after the murder of the Dutch criticaster Theo van Gogh a mayor Dutch newspaper reports the destruction of e-mail traffic from the convicted murderer Mohammed B. to fellow members of the alleged terror organization ‘Hofstad groep’.

    The e-mail evidence consisted of traffic between 78 e-mail addresses discovered by the police (Amsterdam) after Mohammed B. was arrested in September 2004 for a minor offence. The evidence was passed on to the Ministry of Public Affairs which in turn passed it though to the Dutch secret service (AIVD). Mohammed B. was already listed as a radical Muslim extremist by this Dutch Secret Service.

    In the weeks after the murder of Theo van Gogh the investigation team asked the AIVD for e-mail and internet traffic of Mohammed B. Unfortunately the AIVD hesitated and moreover forgot to ask Microsoft to freeze and backup the hotmail account of Mohammed B. Finally on December 22, seven weeks after the murder and arrest of Mohammed B., the secret service agreed to pass on the evidence to the team. By then the hotmail account was already terminated.

    Volkskrant article: Bewijsmails ‘Hofstad’ vernietigd (dutch)

      Posted in General Interest, Politics | 3 Comments

      Internet Demographics Changed

      Posted on November 2, 2005 by Administrator Barnhard Blog

      demographics
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      Internet democraphics have now changed. Not the USA but Asia has most regional users. This would make the US governments claim of authority of the internet standards as set by ICANN as predicted slowly more into question. Has ICANN woken up and finally started using some diplomacy? This would be best for all I guess. More information here. via smartmobs.

        Posted in General Interest, Innovation & Knowledge Economy, Politics, Webtech | Tagged | 4 Comments