Author Archives: Oliver

Steinbrück ist das trojanische Pferd, die SPD ist Troja, die CDU die Griechen …

… so sieht das für mich derzeit aus. Es gibt kaum bessere Gründe nicht die SPD zu wählen als das Gebaren und die Äußerungen ihres Kanzlerkandidaten. Aber es soll ja noch Leute geben welche meinen die SPD wäre irgendwie links. … Continue reading

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The outrage in India …

… is understandable. More than that. One cannot possibly imagine the torture this woman went through – or, for that matter, all the other women going through similar torture at the hand of rapists every single day as the cold … Continue reading

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Recommendation against Paragon backup products (when used together with TrueCrypt)

Being a longtime user of Paragon software, it’s kind of hard to do this, but anyone who thinks about getting a Paragon backup product should think twice. And here’s why. There are two main facets to data security: keeping the … Continue reading

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New rule …

… the Pope shouldn’t be allowed to use a bulletproof vehicle made of bulletproof glass. A technology that requires hard science instead of blind faith. I suggest he resort to more fitting bulletproof technologies available in medieval times, such as … Continue reading

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“Experten”

In meiner Funktion als “Jan” treffe ich immer wieder auf Rechner die etwas mehr Liebe von ihren Besitzern und den Möchtegern-Experten, die sie betreuen, vertragen könnte. “Experte” scheint ohnehin ein überbewerteter Begriff zu sein. Besonders hier in meiner Heimatstadt, Forst. … Continue reading

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Die “neue” Religiosität

Was derzeit fehlt, ist ein Plädoyer für den Zweifler und den Suchenden. Denn er ist der sympathischste, ehrlichste und am wenigsten anmaßende Menschentypus. Nur wer meint, im Dienste des Absoluten zu stehen, ist intolerant und gefährlich. So liest man in … Continue reading

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Hehe … hurry down one’s chimney tonight

The Queens Christmas Message 2012

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GETTING RID OF CAPS LOCK

Through reading the great tmux book from pragprog.com I got the idea to repurpose the caps lock key as left control key. The idea seems brilliant, given how little used caps lock is. I don’t know for everyone, but most … Continue reading

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Heimsenda-Pizza for the doomsday :)

Very cool Icelandic pun from my boss (Friðrik), who suggested that pizza services around Iceland advertise pizzas under that name tomorrow. I mean you do know the world is going to end tomorrow, right? 21st of December 2012 … Maya … Continue reading

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A shout to VMware …

Since I don’t have a support contract, perhaps you would be so kind to tell your setup authoring folks to not remove the last resort for anyone who tries to install the vSphere client 5.0? Thank you in advance, very … Continue reading

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Da läuft der Hase also lang …

… bis vor einiger Zeit habe ich die Waffennarren in den USA immer belächelt. Aber die jetzigen Vorstöße zum Thema (abermalige) Verschärfung des Waffenrechts machen für mich deutlich, daß die Politiker Angst vor der Bevölkerung bekommen. Kein Wunder, wenn man … Continue reading

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Bitbucket not accepting StartCom CA

After contacting the Bitbucket support, I now know that they don’t support the StartCom CA. The apparent reason is that they use the stock CA certs supplied by Redhat (no version was specified in the response). It’s a bit annoying, … Continue reading

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Some of my stuff now also on Bitbucket

Find it via bitbucket.org/assarbad/. // Oliver

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First impression of Windows Server 2012

*facepalm* // Oliver PS: does MS think that making it look like a 2D game and forcing everyone to click tiles instead of using the keyboard to navigate the startmenu makes an admin more productive? 😕

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305

… the number of squats I did yesternight, a little over 24h ago, and that I am still feeling in my upper leg muscles. 29 29 31 31 35 35 29 29 28 29 Seventy five second breaks between each … Continue reading

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Da echauffiert sich die Opposition mal wieder …

… wegen Panzern für Saudi-Arabien. Daß Deutschland drittgrößter Waffenexporteur ist, scheint dagegen ansonsten nicht so schlimm. Denn die Waffen gehen logischerweise nur in Staaten welche die Menschenrechte sorgfältig achten … klar 🙄 // Oliver

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Hope I got it right …

Here’s a little command line tool to retrieve the product key from a running Windows 8. It should also work on Windows XP through 7. I am releasing the code into the public domain. I hope I got it right, … Continue reading

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Intelevator and Fairytalevator …

Norwegian show … hilarious! I kveld med Ylvis – The Intelevator #1 I kveld med Ylvis – The Intelevator #2 I kveld med Ylvis – The Intelevator #3 I kveld med Ylvis – The Intelevator #4 And for everyone who … Continue reading

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Annoying

… companies that tell me may passwords have to be alphanumeric or set an arbitrary upper limit to its length. More annoying: companies that do both. 🙄 // Oliver

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Am I the only ignorant bastard who is skeptical about this?

Google Fiber in Kansas City. I’m torn between jealousy and skepticism concerning the many areas of our lives that Google tries to invade these days. Don’t be evil was yesterday, … ever since Larry Page took over the position as … Continue reading

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