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	<title>Frank Bitterlich &#187; Rants</title>
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		<title>Completely different</title>
		<link>http://www.frankbitterlich.com/2011/08/13/completely-different/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 14:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[BART]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blocking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dictator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Exactly 50 years ago, on August 13, 1961, the East German dictatorial government finally admitted its failure by building the &#8220;Berlin Wall.&#8221; They actually thought that they could control the people by oppressing them, taking away their freedom, and their basic human rights – like freedom of expression. What a funny idea – nobody would consider [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Botched Launches: WoW Cataclysm</title>
		<link>http://www.frankbitterlich.com/2010/12/07/botched-launches-wow-cataclysm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.frankbitterlich.com/2010/12/07/botched-launches-wow-cataclysm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bit</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cataclysm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poor Customer Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WOW]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frankbitterlich.com/?p=327</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The title &#8220;Failed Launch of the Month&#8221; in December goes to Blizzard. An extensive media campaign to sell Cataclysm, the latest add-on for the popular Word of Warcraft game, did exactly what it was supposed to do: Get lots of new (and returning) players to buy it. And this, apparently, was something Blizzard wasn`t prepared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Space balloon wipes out car &#8211; ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)</title>
		<link>http://www.frankbitterlich.com/2010/04/29/space-balloon-wipes-out-car-abc-news-australian-broadcasting-corporation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.frankbitterlich.com/2010/04/29/space-balloon-wipes-out-car-abc-news-australian-broadcasting-corporation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hardware]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[crash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weather balloon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frankbitterlich.com/?p=259</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Space balloon wipes out car via Space balloon wipes out car - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Scientists are always finding new ways to burn money, and fast. Their newest method: Releasing a &#8220;weather ballon&#8221; type ballon too early, trashing the multi-million dollar equipment hanging beneath it in the course, wrecking a minivan, almost destroying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Having trouble viewing this email?</title>
		<link>http://www.frankbitterlich.com/2010/04/29/having-trouble-viewing-this-email/</link>
		<comments>http://www.frankbitterlich.com/2010/04/29/having-trouble-viewing-this-email/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bit</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Funny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spam]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frankbitterlich.com/?p=250</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spam isn´t that bad. At least it´s good for a laugh every once in a while. Like this one&#8230; Sorry, guys, viewing it in my browser won´t solve the readability problems of this]]></description>
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		<title>Xenophobia</title>
		<link>http://www.frankbitterlich.com/2009/11/30/xenophobia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.frankbitterlich.com/2009/11/30/xenophobia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minarets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Switzerland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xenophobia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frankbitterlich.com/?p=235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Der Bau von Minaretten ist verboten. &#8212; Swiss Federal Constitution, Article 72, Paragraph 3 4. &#8212; Total number of existing minarets in Switzerland. &#8220;The construction of minarets is forbidden.&#8221; Rarely has such a short sentence of legislation caused such a stir worldwide. But as small Switzerland is, as powerful is its economic; and in parallel, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terms that should be banned</title>
		<link>http://www.frankbitterlich.com/2009/09/08/terms-that-should-be-banned/</link>
		<comments>http://www.frankbitterlich.com/2009/09/08/terms-that-should-be-banned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bit</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blunder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bullshit Bingo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Press]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frankbitterlich.com/?p=206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By reading one press release after another from various players in the IT industry (none of which, amazingly, contained the word &#8220;sorry&#8221;) about different kinds of stupid blunders unexpected features, I got the distinct feeling that we seriously need to regulate the corporate PR departments a bit more. Here`s my first suggestion&#8230;: Terms that should [...]]]></description>
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