stannol

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1. 31.▲
   by stannol 12y ago

   ß is not equivalent to ss, that's just plain wrong. Simple example: "In Maßen" means "in moderation" while "In Massen" means "en masse".
2. 32.▲
   by stannol 12y ago

   They're completely banned on the Autobahn and even on normal roads all ads have to be approved.
3. 33.▲
   by stannol 12y ago

   Not true at all. There are not many high profile IT companies in Germany, true. But there are countless companies that produce A TON of software (Daimler, Siemens, Bosch, ThyssenKrupp, Continental, Schaeffler, Infineon, EADS, Rohde+Schwarz
4. 34.▲
   by stannol 12y ago

   Interesting article, but saying Munich is conservative is just plain wrong. Munich is to Bavaria what Austin is to Texas, it's as liberal as it gets.
5. 35.▲
   by stannol 13y ago

   All of the companies you mentioned are owned by huge corporations (Fiat, Ford, Volkswagen). I can't speak for the others but Lamborghini and Bugatti would have ceased to exist a long time ago if it weren't for VW.
6. 36.▲
   by stannol 13y ago

   The article is wrong. They already aired a short segment of the nterview and Siemens was just used as an example by the interviewer. Snowden said something like "The US intelligence agencies would spy on Siemens if they had information
7. 37.▲
   by stannol 13y ago

   I've lived near a US base in Germany all my life (I can actually see the "border" from my house) and I can't think of any way to "get in trouble" by showing up nearby. The only way to get in trouble here is to