<?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1'?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134</id><updated>2008-05-17T12:33:22.826+02:00</updated><title type='text'>pi's blog</title><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>78</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-3669642520342302319</id><published>2008-04-27T19:11:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-04-27T19:19:18.246+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Job titles</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;This weekend I found two interesting job titles. The first was erection supervisor, the other penetration tester. While &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/"&gt;Google&lt;/a&gt; finds both in large number, &lt;a href="https://www.xing.com/"&gt;Xing&lt;/a&gt; know no erection supervisor and only two penetration testers. Probably it is rather strange to have those titles on the business card.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2008/04/job-titles' title='Job titles'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=3669642520342302319' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/3669642520342302319'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/3669642520342302319'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-1932905611172203711</id><published>2008-03-14T10:45:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2008-03-14T11:59:06.221+01:00</updated><title type='text'>pi day</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Today is my day &amp;#8212; &lt;a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/pi/"&gt;pi day&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_vwPmsDyyQ"&gt;Dave Stuever&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZSHr5E7fZY"&gt;Kate&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.absolutelyrics.com/lyrics/view/kate_bush/pi/"&gt;Bush&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmXkDbGdD4Q"&gt;others&lt;/a&gt; praise pi in their songs.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2008/03/pi-day' title='pi day'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=1932905611172203711' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/1932905611172203711'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/1932905611172203711'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-6427174981903402619</id><published>2008-02-21T18:25:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2008-02-21T18:36:03.806+01:00</updated><title type='text'>One night with Paris Hilton</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;So I spent a night with &lt;a href="http://www.hilton.de/arcdetriomphe"&gt;Paris Hilton&lt;/a&gt; (or was it in? or at?). I have to admit, the most attractive of the Hilton family I have stayed with.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2008/02/one-night-with-paris-hilton' title='One night with Paris Hilton'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=6427174981903402619' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/6427174981903402619'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/6427174981903402619'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-868922426198008853</id><published>2007-10-14T15:36:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2007-10-14T15:38:04.934+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Sicko</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Yesterday I have seen &lt;a href="http://www.sicko-themovie.com/"&gt;Sicko&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/"&gt;Michael Moore&lt;/a&gt;. A movie of great wisdom.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2007/10/sicko' title='Sicko'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=868922426198008853' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/868922426198008853'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/868922426198008853'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-6571238201903734295</id><published>2007-10-14T15:34:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2007-10-15T10:37:13.117+02:00</updated><title type='text'>I have unsubscribed</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;I have &lt;a href="http://www.unsubscribe-me.org/"&gt;unsubscribed&lt;/a&gt; from the abuse of human rights in the name of 'the war on terror'.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unsubscribe-me.org/unsubscribe.php"&gt;&lt;img width="600" height="50" border="0" src="http://www.unsubscribe-me.org/buttons/banner-long.jpg" alt="unsubscribe from human rights abuse in the name of 'war on terror'"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2007/10/i-have-unsubscribed' title='I have unsubscribed'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=6571238201903734295' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/6571238201903734295'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/6571238201903734295'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-8140960868601056142</id><published>2007-09-20T16:59:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2007-09-20T17:31:44.478+02:00</updated><title type='text'>One day in Shanghai</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;24 hours in China and I enjoy it. Great meetings. Now I was told I look like a movie star, funny. Somehow more fun than Taiwan. I like it.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2007/09/one-day-in-shanghai' title='One day in Shanghai'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=8140960868601056142' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/8140960868601056142'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/8140960868601056142'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-4664491652643022619</id><published>2007-09-20T01:35:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2007-09-20T16:58:30.680+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Europe meets Asia</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Yesterday I a had new experience. Having dinner in &lt;a href="http://english.tccg.gov.tw/"&gt;Taichung&lt;/a&gt;, a waitress approached me asking for a picture with me. I did not know I am that famous.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Then today arriving in Shanghai (no trace of typhoon Wipha), the officer welcomed me with a wonderful smile. Europe meets Asia, very nice indeed.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2007/09/europe-meets-asia' title='Europe meets Asia'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=4664491652643022619' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/4664491652643022619'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/4664491652643022619'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-2137002841451950954</id><published>2007-09-17T20:27:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2007-09-18T09:53:30.606+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Long way to find ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;I have never been so far from home, now being in Taiwan. And that all to find the worst driver in the world and hear the Donauwalzer on the radio? Let's see what the next days bring.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2007/09/long-way-to-find' title='Long way to find &amp;#8230;'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=2137002841451950954' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/2137002841451950954'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/2137002841451950954'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-1868608909509819771</id><published>2007-09-15T17:56:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2007-09-18T09:37:34.016+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Manfred Piwinger ist PR-Kopf des Jahres 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Gestern Abend war ich in Wiesbaden bei der &lt;a href="http://www.presseportal.de/pm/6688/1049436/dprg_e_v"&gt;Verleihung&lt;/a&gt; des &lt;a href="http://www.der-deutsche-pr-preis.de/"&gt;deutschen PR-Preises 2007&lt;/a&gt; der &lt;a href="http://www.dprg.de/"&gt;DPRG&lt;/a&gt;. Mit Freude und Stolz konnte ich erleben, wie &lt;a href="http://www.piwinger.de/"&gt;mein Vater&lt;/a&gt; als PR-Kopf des Jahres ausgezeichnet und von seine Kollegen gefeiert wurde.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cmgt.uni-leipzig.de/index.php?id=1223"&gt;Ansgar Zerfaß&lt;/a&gt; begründete die Entscheidung der Jury wie folgt:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wer hätte es mehr verdient als &lt;a href="http://www.piwinger.de/"&gt;Manfred Piwinger&lt;/a&gt;, hier und heute in Wiesbaden die Auszeichnung als PR-Kopf des Jahres zu erhalten. Denn dass wir alle in  diesem glanzvollen Rahmen zusammen sind, ist nicht zuletzt auf Sie, lieber Herr Piwinger, zurückzuführen. Sie haben als langjähriger Vorsitzender der Jury des Deutschen PR-Preises den Anstoß dafür gegeben, dass die ehrwürdige &amp;quot;Goldene Brücke&amp;quot; zu einem modernen Branchenpreis weiterentwickelt wurde und zusammen mit dem FAZ-Institut im Rahmen dieser Gala verliehen wird.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Die Sichtbarkeit des Berufsfelds Kommunikationsmanagement ist jedoch nur ein Thema, das Ihnen seit langem am Herzen liegt. Viel wichtiger als der Glamour ist Ihnen die Substanz. Eine Ihrer Prämissen, die Sie mir verraten haben, lautet: &amp;quot;Wer das Richtige nicht weiß, kann das Richtige nicht tun&amp;quot;. Deshalb verbinden Sie wie kaum ein anderer PR-Praktiker in Deutschland langjährige praktische Erfahrung mit wissenschaftlicher Reflexion und berufsständischem Engagement.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Nach ihrem Berufsstart als Journalist waren Sie 33 Jahre in leitender Position der Unternehmenskommunikation tätig, bei Demag, Voko und zuletzt zwanzig Jahre bei Vorwerk &amp; Co. In der Wuppertaler Zeit haben Sie nicht nur 60 Volontäre und Praktikanten ausgebildet, sondern ebenso viele Preise aus aller Welt für die inzwischen legendären Vorwerk-Geschäftsberichte erhalten. Doch wenn auch das Engagement für kreatives Corporate Publishing und die Publizität nicht-berichtspflichtiger Unternehmen Ihr zentraler Verdienst bleibt, wäre es verkürzt, Sie alleine mit diesem Thema zu verbinden.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Denn Manfred Piwinger, meine Damen und Herren, wird zu Recht auch als ein Querdenker der Zunft bezeichnet &amp;#8251; einer, der sich mit Gerüchten und Skandalen, Kommunikation in der Geschlechterrolle (der Begriff &amp;quot;Gender Communication&amp;quot; würde ihm wohl nicht über die Lippen kommen), Vorfeldkommunikation und anderen nur auf den ersten Blick für die PR-Praxis etwas abseitig erscheinenden Themen auseinandersetzt. Wer seine Essays liest, merkt rasch, welche unerwarteten Bezüge strategische Kommunikation hat und wie sich aus Diskussionen in benachbarten Disziplinen fruchtbare Ideen gewinnen lassen.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Aus dem bunten Strauß an PR-Themen, mit dem Sie sich seit Mitte der achtziger Jahre publizistisch auseinandergesetzt haben, ragen einige Blüten heraus, die über den Tag hinaus vielfältige Früchte getragen haben. Zu nennen sind insbesondere die kommunikative Gestaltung der Unternehmenskultur, das Kommunikations-Controlling und nicht zuletzt die Finanzkommunikation, zu dem Sie ein bekanntes Standardwerk vorgelegt haben.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Wertschätzung und Anerkennung gilt Ihnen auch deshalb, weil Sie sich seit langem die Zeit nehmen, Ihr Wissen an den Nachwuchs weiterzugeben &amp;#8251; zunächst an der Bayerischen Akademie für Werbung und Marketing in München und seit nunmehr zehn Jahren als Lehrbeauftragter bei uns an der Universität Leipzig. Und natürlich sind Sie ein Urgestein der DPRG: fünf Wahlperioden lang waren Sie als stellvertretender Landesvorsitzender aktiv, zunächst hier in Hessen-Rheinland Pfalz-Saarland, dann in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Sie haben bundesweite Arbeitskreise gegründet und geleitet, wie anfangs bereits erwähnt Juryvorsitzender des Deutschen PR-Preises und bringen Ihre
Reputation als Elder Statesman seit vielen Jahren in das Selbstkontrollgremium der Branche, den Deutschen Rat für Public Relations, ein.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Gründe für die Auszeichnung von Manfred Piwinger, meine Damen und Herren, gibt es also mehr als genug. Einen persönlichen, den die Jury wahrscheinlich nicht im Auge hatte, möchte ich noch anfügen. Im letzten Jahr hatte ich die Freude, mit ihm zusammen ein umfangreiches Handbuch der Unternehmenskommunikation herauszugeben. Kaum ein Tag verging, an dem nicht bereits früh morgens um sieben Uhr ein E-Mail aus Wuppertal einging: &amp;quot;Haben Sie dieses gelesen, jenen Trend wahrgenommen, was halten Sie von folgendem Gedanken?&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Wer glaubt, dass die &amp;quot;silver ager&amp;quot;, zu denen die Marktforscher Manfred Piwinger zweifelsohne zählen würden, für die PR-Branche vor allem wegen ihrer schönen Anekdoten wichtig sind, irrt. Die Erfahrung und der Blick über den Tellerrand sind heute und in Zukunft wichtiger denn je. Erfolgreiche Kommunikation benötigt die Sicht auf das Ganze, die Orientierung an unternehmerischen Zielen und das kreative Know-how jener, die schon viele Schlachten um die öffentliche Meinung geschlagen haben.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2007/09/manfred-piwinger-ist-pr-kopf-des-jahres' title='Manfred Piwinger ist PR-Kopf des Jahres 2007'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=1868608909509819771' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/1868608909509819771'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/1868608909509819771'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-4624548301627453181</id><published>2007-05-12T15:52:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2007-05-12T15:56:55.430+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Dust N' Bones</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Wow! That was great fun yesterday in &lt;a href="http://www.planet.tt/"&gt;Planet Music&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="http://www.dustnbones.hu/"&gt;Dust N' Bones&lt;/a&gt; are an incredible Guns N' Roses cover band. Three hours of Rock at its best.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2007/05/dust-n-bones' title='Dust N&apos; Bones'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=4624548301627453181' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/4624548301627453181'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/4624548301627453181'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-657626936078083167</id><published>2007-04-21T19:03:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2007-04-21T19:06:48.638+02:00</updated><title type='text'>ETRIA</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Due to my interest in innovation, in particual &lt;a href="/hotlist/science.html#TRIZ"&gt;TRIZ&lt;/a&gt;, I finally joined the &lt;a href="http://etria.net/portal/"&gt;European TRIZ Association (ETRIA)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2007/04/etria' title='ETRIA'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=657626936078083167' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/657626936078083167'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/657626936078083167'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-8431371748080095881</id><published>2007-04-01T17:07:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2007-04-01T17:33:23.817+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Hacking airline security</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Faking airline security is one of the preferred playfields of totally incompetent interior ministers (arguably a redundant description). A week ago I had to travel to the country famous for &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_cow_disease"&gt;mad cow disease&lt;/a&gt;. Even though I could fly there with normal hand luggage, i.e. subject to brain-dead EU regulations, they would not let me fly home with more than one piece of hand luggage. Totally absurd.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now, &lt;a href="http://www.schneier.com/"&gt;Bruce Schneier&lt;/a&gt;, world's leading security expert and &lt;a href="http://www.schneier.com/news-023-wmv.html"&gt;critic of security theater&lt;/a&gt;, announced the &lt;a href="http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/04/announcing_seco.html"&gt;Second Annual&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/04/announcing_movi.html"&gt;Movie-Plot Threat Contest&lt;/a&gt;. This way he wants to force airline "security" into banning even more things to finally make absurdity obvious to everybody.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2007/04/hacking-airline-security' title='Hacking airline security'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=8431371748080095881' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/8431371748080095881'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/8431371748080095881'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-5239767149060086321</id><published>2007-02-25T18:42:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-08-18T19:50:16.585+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Stefan Haider ist Besessen</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Endlich mal wieder im Kabarett gewesen. &lt;a href="http://www.stefanhaider.com/besessen/"&gt;Stefan Haider&lt;/a&gt; hatte ich vor einiger Zeit an einem Abend im &lt;a href="http://www.niedermair.at/"&gt;Niedermair&lt;/a&gt; gesehen, bei dem zahlreiche Wiener Kabarettisten aufgetreten sind. Worum es geht, ist schwer zu sagen. Irgendwie um Sex und Religion, Männer und Frauen. Aber egal, es war sehr witzig und ist auf jeden Fall empfehlenswert.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2007/02/stefan-haider-ist-besessen' title='Stefan Haider ist Besessen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=5239767149060086321' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/5239767149060086321'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/5239767149060086321'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-116273501507550788</id><published>2006-11-05T14:43:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-04-21T16:46:29.782+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Fake Security</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;From tomorrow on new legislation limits liquids in carry-on luggage. It is well known that this will not increase security. As &lt;a href="http://www.schneier.com/"&gt;Bruce Schneier&lt;/a&gt;, creator of &lt;a href="http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/06/movieplot_threa_1.html"&gt;The Big Book of Terrorist Plots&lt;/a&gt;, rightfully &lt;a href="http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/08/terrorism_secur.html"&gt;points out&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;Security measures that require us to guess correctly don't work, because invariably we will guess wrong. It's not security, it's security theater: measures designed to make us feel safer but not actually safer.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Too bad the alleged terrorist plot used liquid explosive not explosives woven into fabrics. Flying would be so much more fun! So I slightly disagree with Bruce &lt;a href="http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2006/03/70470"&gt;who said&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;Although we should all be glad that Richard Reid wasn't the "underwear bomber."&lt;/blockquote&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2006/11/fake-security' title='Fake Security'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=116273501507550788' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/116273501507550788'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/116273501507550788'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-115790863076381626</id><published>2006-09-10T19:06:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-01-26T19:49:18.029+01:00</updated><title type='text'>We did know that before</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;The USA Senate's Intelligence Committee found out that &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5328592.stm"&gt;there is no evidence of formal links between Iraqi ex-leader Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda leaders prior to the 2003 war&lt;/a&gt;. We knew that before.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bush &lt;a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/investigation-the-cias-secret-prisons-415337.html"&gt;admitted&lt;/a&gt; that the USA has secret prisons to let people disappear. We knew that before.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bush &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/weekinreview/10rosen.htm"&gt;wants to have trials without the burden of proof, the basis for any fair trial&lt;/a&gt;. We did not know that before, but it comes as no surprise.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2006/09/we-did-know-that-before' title='We did know that before'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=115790863076381626' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/115790863076381626'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/115790863076381626'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-115516047563966997</id><published>2006-08-09T23:49:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-08-10T08:59:29.496+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The Feeling is Back</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Once in a while I use the hotel pool for some apnea training. After another long break I did it again and hit 3:55, extremely satisfying and relaxing.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A colleague joined me to try it out. Even though he is a strong smoker, he did some 3:20. Sensational. There can only be one reason: The tar in the lung trained him to do without oxygen. With this minimal consumption he can stay under water really long without breathing. Tricky. Is this the beginning of a new trend?&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2006/08/feeling-is-back' title='The Feeling is Back'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=115516047563966997' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/115516047563966997'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/115516047563966997'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-115090340038579563</id><published>2006-06-21T00:00:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-06-21T17:23:20.446+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Austria grants safe conduct to terrorist</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;In addition to granting safe conduct to the terrorist, major parts of Vienna are closed to the public. What would happen if a terrorist would be confronted with excrescences of freedom and democracy like criticism?&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2006/06/austria-grants-safe-conduct-to' title='Austria grants safe conduct to terrorist'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=115090340038579563' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/115090340038579563'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/115090340038579563'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-114803035476978778</id><published>2006-05-19T11:00:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-05-21T14:32:57.476+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Terrorism not prosecuted to protect "national security"</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;A &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/18/AR2006051802107.html"&gt;lawsuit was dismissed&lt;/a&gt; by a federal judge of the USA against terrorists who kidnapped, beat, and sodomized &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_El-Masri"&gt;Khaled al-Masri&lt;/a&gt;. The court ruled that the lawsuit poses a grave risk of damage to national security by exposing government secrets. No comment.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2006/05/terrorism-not-prosecuted-to-protect' title='Terrorism not prosecuted to protect &quot;national security&quot;'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=114803035476978778' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/114803035476978778'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/114803035476978778'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-114683044851032556</id><published>2006-05-05T13:47:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2007-02-24T17:10:36.854+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Strong statistical evidence for election fraud by Bush</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.appliedresearch.us/sf/"&gt;Steve Freeman&lt;/a&gt; provides strong &lt;a href="http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/1970/"&gt;statistical evidence&lt;/a&gt; of election fraud by Bush, he compares exit polls with official counts and finds a lot of significant peculiarities. Then he &lt;a href="http://www.appliedresearch.us/sf/ASA-P.htm"&gt;compares&lt;/a&gt; the security of voting machines with slot machines, the latter highly regulated and protected against fraud.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Form a logic point of view it is interesting to observe that Freeman's findings are consistent with Bush's ignorance of law, in particular international law and human rights.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2006/05/strong-statistical-evidence-for' title='Strong statistical evidence for election fraud by Bush'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=114683044851032556' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/114683044851032556'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/114683044851032556'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-113727124664699199</id><published>2006-01-14T21:39:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-01-15T12:07:47.256+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Terror attack in Pakistan</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Yesterday a terror attack took place in Pakistan killing 18. Even though, the &lt;a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/14/alqaeda.strike/"&gt;press&lt;/a&gt; does not call it terror. Double standards worldwide.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2006/01/terror-attack-in-pakistan' title='Terror attack in Pakistan'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=113727124664699199' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/113727124664699199'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/113727124664699199'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-113139296358993637</id><published>2005-11-07T20:39:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-11-17T20:00:52.943+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Music Industry Reveals Organized Crime Activities</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;The music industry keeps telling us that they are the victim of criminals. They made parliaments write laws in their favor to make illegal fair use of music by the buyer. They also distributed false facts and hatred against their enemy &amp;#8212; the music fan. So one could assume that they celebrate each customer who after all still puts money on the table for fake CDs and "digital content" in any other form. Not so! They use &lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/10/31/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights-management-gone-too-far.aspx"&gt;methods used by organized crime to hijack computers&lt;/a&gt; to attack the legal user (even after the new laws).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lesson learned: The more the legislator gives to them the more they escalate their illegal attacks.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To quote &amp;#8212; once more &amp;#8212; John Perry Barlow: "The Armageddon of digital control, the real death match between the Party of the Past and Party of the Future, will be fought over copyright"&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2005/11/music-industry-reveals-organized-crime' title='Music Industry Reveals Organized Crime Activities'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=113139296358993637' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/113139296358993637'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/113139296358993637'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-112825258674915302</id><published>2005-10-02T13:28:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2008-05-17T12:33:22.890+02:00</updated><title type='text'>SpeedGeeking</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Very nice idea. So I will be at the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_Geeking"&gt;SpeedGeeking&lt;/a&gt; in Vienna, October 15.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2005/10/speedgeeking' title='SpeedGeeking'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=112825258674915302' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/112825258674915302'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/112825258674915302'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-111878421825773440</id><published>2005-06-14T23:20:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-11-25T12:01:36.366+01:00</updated><title type='text'>openBC</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Finally, I also joined &lt;a href="https://www.xing.com/"&gt;openBC&lt;/a&gt;. You find me &lt;a href="https://www.xing.com/profile/Borispi_Piwinger/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and can join &lt;a href="http://www.xing.com/go/invita/Borispi_Piwinger"&gt;there&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2005/06/openbc' title='openBC'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=111878421825773440' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/111878421825773440'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/111878421825773440'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-111729796125968179</id><published>2005-05-28T18:27:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-05-28T18:32:41.266+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Bush ridicules human rights</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;After amnesty international had a &lt;a href="http://web.amnesty.org/report2005/Usa-summary-eng"&gt;serious report&lt;/a&gt; about the USA violating human rights in many cases and thereby "diminishing its moral authority and setting a global example encouraging abuse by other nations" &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/26/international/europe/26amnesty.html"&gt;Bush's speaker only ridiculed human rights&lt;/a&gt;. There is, of course, another interpretation: They might not even consider their victims human beings. Either way, history repeats.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2005/05/bush-ridicules-human-rights' title='Bush ridicules human rights'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=111729796125968179' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/111729796125968179'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/111729796125968179'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5815134.post-111677398431208751</id><published>2005-05-22T16:55:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-05-22T17:07:04.100+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Chutzpa</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Newsweek had a report in which it was mentioned that Bush's troops are insulting religious feelings of their prisoners. White House knew about that report before and did not complain. Suddenly after the report appeared the source did not remember anything, very surprising. Not only the circumstances of that memory lack are surprising, there are also reports of the Red Cross confirming the war crimes. But still &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/18/politics/18koran.html"&gt;White House still has the chutzpa of pressing Newsweek&lt;/a&gt; to not only take back the report, but to "help repair the damage to the image of the United States in the Muslim world". What do they imagine here? The long series of &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/20/international/asia/20abuse.html"&gt;torture with outmost cruelty&lt;/a&gt; with the terror victims dying after they have been virtually destroyed, a report describes that their dead bodies looked worse than from people run over by a bus. It certainly does not make any difference that those terror victims were presumed innocent and tortured just for the "fun of it". If they would have been guilty of any crime by any means it would not be any better. Or does the terrorist central in the White House think about the great heroes bringing their victims to &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/01/international/01renditions.html"&gt;Uzbekistan&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/12/politics/12detain.html"&gt;Egypt&lt;/a&gt; for torture? Or do they think of their terrorists &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-security-usa-renditions.html"&gt;kidnapping innocent people from democratic countries in Europe&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://piology.org/blog/2005/05/chutzpa' title='Chutzpa'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5815134&amp;postID=111677398431208751' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://piology.org/blog/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/111677398431208751'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5815134/posts/default/111677398431208751'/><author><name>pi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06395824310708161806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry></feed>