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A 1977 Time Capsule, Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recorder
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Funny observation on the side:
This content is geoblocked in Germany.
And, as far as I can tell, trying a few destinations with my VPN: only in Germany...
So what the hell is in there, that we Germans must not see???? π
You already know too much, ja?
l would say there is more advanced information tech in 70s era Voyager than in a typical current German public administration office. ;-)
Fear of change and modernization. :)
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It's blocked on the server side, though... (nginx message).
Maybe some German "Neuland" shenanigans the page owner doesn't want to be exposed to ...
Itβs a slippery slope. If you let the village know thereβs a ship sailing the cosmos then next thing you know theyβll want the rathaus to use email instead of fax. Just best to follow the rules and keep things the way they are.
Maybe they really couldn't be bothered with writing an Impressum!
Impressum would only be a necessity if they were targeting the German market, which they (as an English language only site) are clearly not.
I meant it as a joke but I could imagine them getting one email from Germany about GDPR and then deciding to geoblock the whole country instead of complying (and ignoring the fact it applies elsewhere in Europe too).
By now I am curious enough that I consider just writing them a mail and ask...
Edit:
Just did. Will post if they give me an answer...
So france, austria, works? Else, if europe, it could be not wanting to comply with GDPR. Or germnay has a few extra rules they don't like.
Edit: Switzerland works, but maybe because IP ranges aren't that exact.
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Had been thinking the same at first.
But France and Austria did work. Only Germany was blocked.
Only thing that is unique to Germany I can think of is the hate speech laws that are very specific towards Nazi symbolism and Holocaust treatment.
Maybe they had some article (or comments from users...) once that collided with that and decided to just block Germany to make their life less stressful.