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Seventy Years since World War 2

In which I remember World War 2
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Get your German interior minister’s fingerprint here

A fundamental flaw with biometric ID cards has been demonstrated in a very high profile way. In the most recent issue of Die Datenschleuder, the Chaos Computer Club printed the image [of the fingerprint of Wolfgang Schauble, Germany's interior minister] on a plastic foil that leaves fingerprints when it is pressed against biometric readers. (my emphasis) “The [...]
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Visited Countries

I’ve updated my visted countries maps, and they look like this (with Germany and Austria being only fleeting): I’ve visited the counties in yellow.Which counties have you visited? made by marnanelmap reproduced from Ordnance Survey map databy permission of the Ordnance Survey.© Crown copyright 2001. On the UK map, much is to be taken with a pinch of [...]
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Germany vs. Italy

This was a fantastic semi-final, it’s an old cliché, but both teams deserved to go through – if only the final is to be as good! The Italian goals at the end was just inspired. The second goal was made more likely as the Germans were forced to throw everything forward. The Germans were unlucky, they can [...]
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Germany vs. Argentina?

For the English supporter, this is a tough call… who do we want to win? Whenever I’ve asked someone today who they’d prefer to win, the answer has been ‘neither’! We have a history with both (both on and off the field), so we can’t just look at that. I think I’d prefer Germany to win, as [...]
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