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Heute gingen zwei Leute an mir vorbei und der Herr sagte auf Englisch in dickstem deutschen Akzent, daß es auf Island rein gar nichts kostenlos gäbe, nicht einmal
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Re: “Not a convert” and “Copyleft vs. BSD …”
Almost one year ago I wrote about the GPL and in February last year about the GPL versus BSD license. Today I noticed the following inside OpenSSL code by Eric Young: The license and distribution terms for any publically available … Continue reading
Posted in EN, Software, Thoughts
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Senioren in der Schwimmhalle bzw. im Schwimmbad
… sind wirklich keine Freude. Es finden sich nur selten rücksichtslosere Schwimmer als Senioren. Das habe ich auch in Deutschland schon bemerkt und hier heute mal wieder besonders krass. Während alle anderen Schwimmer sich fein an die Regeln halten und … Continue reading
Reverse Engineering site at StackExchange, yay!
There is a reverse engineering site over at StackExchange in public beta. It is aptly called reverseengineering.stackexchange.com and everyone interested is welcome to participate, ask and answer. The site isn’t limited to reverse code engineering (RCE), but currently seems to … Continue reading
Bezüglich des vorigen Beitrags
Ist “Lustmolch” eigentlich eine Beleidigung oder seit Berlusconi eher ein Kompliment für Staatsoberhäupter? Also der Blick sieht mir ja schon irgendwie danach aus. Alles so verwirrend in der heutigen Politiklandschaft *seufz* // Oliver
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Putin approves …
… of the show Femen put up for him and gives a thumbs up: … and enjoys it visibly: Merkel didn’t join the bare-breasted protest, though. // Oliver PS: The young lady’s back says: “Иди нахуй Путин” which translates roughly … Continue reading
Posted in /dev/null, EN, Human Rights
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Süß!
Im heute Journal wurde gestern berichtet, daß die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Russland durchsucht wurde. Hier berichtet der Spiegel. Was mich aufhören ließ, war die Tatsache, daß man beklagte daß auf beschlagnahmten Computern vertrauliche Daten gewesen seien. Bitte? Ernsthaft? Selbst wenn ich … Continue reading
Posted in DE, EDV-Sicherheit, Meinung
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Hekla …
… dammit … bad news? (photo is unrelated to the text, text is the relevant part) Perhaps it could wait until White Sunday this year. Pretty please? Thanks!
Posted in EN, Thoughts
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Norwalk virus
… it makes for pretty shitty weekends (pun intended)
Posted in EN, Germans have no notion of sarcasm
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Re: Let us hope this pans out for the PSF
Great news: Settlement reached in Python trademark dispute
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Cheeky and stupid bot …
The bot with user agent Linguee Bot (http://www.linguee.com/bot; bot@linguee.com) just downloaded approximately 2 GiB of stuff from a ViewVC-listing on one of my servers. Just because it’s stupid, but also because it’s so cheeky to ignore robots.txt. So be it. … Continue reading
Another one …
Ever since I worked in Göteborg (Sweden) and heard the word “torg” for the first time I wondered: is this related to the Russian root -торг- as in “торговать” ? Turns out my hunch was almost right from the beginning. … Continue reading
Typical Tarantino
“Django Unchained” isn’t for the faint-hearted because between all the funny scenes there is plenty of blood and gore . I loved Christoph Waltz’ sterling performance already within the first few minutes, but Jamie Foxx was also brilliant in his … Continue reading
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How to get English error messages on a localized Ubuntu?
Have you ever noticed that oftentimes people in anglophone forums will almost be offended if someone quotes an error message in their local language? Well, on one hand I can understand it, on the other I see more value in … Continue reading
Clever indeed
Just for giggles and some test I installed Kubuntu in Russian and it turns out that the “Д/н” prompts can also be acquitted with y or n as one would expect. Otherwise I would have been in a kerfuffle as … Continue reading
Bizarre
And I don’t mean the fact that “Kindergärtner” in German describes the kindergarten teacher, not the child. Bizarre is that a five year old girl – in all seriousness – gets suspended for suggesting to another kindergarten child that they … Continue reading
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Imagine this a 1000 years ago …
When I look at the majestic and at the same time scary images of the meteorite fall in Russia (e.g. here), I’m wondering what impression this must have made on humans a thousand years ago. Or imagine something like that … Continue reading
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Let us hope this pans out for the PSF
Read the article over here: Python trademark at risk in Europe: We need your help!. I really hope this backfires so hard that no one else will try similar things on well established names that have been spread by non-profit … Continue reading
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Unimaginable?
The media doesn’t seem to deem it possible that just about any catholic man could rise to the position of pope. Let’s face it, they’re probably right. Only cardinals have been elected for hundreds of years now. Similar to the … Continue reading
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Ich will den Wulff zurück!
Jedes einzelne Mal wenn ich unseren aktuellen Grüßonkel und Bundespräsidenten sehe, wünsche ich mir Wulff zurück. Der hat zwar auch gelabert, aber unterhaltsamer war er allemal. // Oliver