After decades of funding the most fancy and unproductives aspects of the welfare state by raising taxes, politicians have discovered that too much is too much. So cutting taxes has become the mantra of right- and left-wing politicians alike. There is one problem, though. Citizens have become unresponsive (i.e. they don't believe anymore to "tax cuts" promises). One suggestion to politicians in need of recovering citizens' confidence: instead of saying "I will cut this tax", say "I will cut this…

The Christian religion explains the mess of the world we live in with the Original Sin that has destroyed the good nature that would otherwise be in us. The Original Sin cannot be undone but Baptism and adherence to the Religion's precepts promise to make us reborn people. How can this help sorting out the European mess experienced of these days? Here, too, we have an original sin: greedy Greek politicians bent on lighting new debts from greedier bankers bent…

Leonardo gave the keynote speech on the opening day at 3DSA with the title The Long March to 3D Video.

Leonardo has given a lecture on Standardisation: The MPEG experience at University of Geneva.

Some think that engineers are needed to undo the confusion created by others. As an engineer I note that the current use of the term "broadband" is most confusing. Depending on countries, people, context, it can mean anything from 2 Mbit/s asymmetric to 100 Mbit/s symmetric access. The low end of "broadband" can be obtained with a judicious use of existing infrastructure, but various degrees of new infrastructure is required for the high end. Is it too much to ask…