Author Archives: Oliver

-0.6 (= 39.3)

Posted on 2011-12-15 by Oliver

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canyoucrackit.co.uk – yes we can ;)

Posted on 2011-12-10 by Oliver

So the British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) wants to recruit smart people. Well, there should be enough around. Although they seem to look for some 1337 h4x0rz, not some serious people from all indicators. The original one (MD5: 1585DFECC90AE7549814DCE52CA4EDDA) filled … Continue reading →

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I’m blind (I think)

Posted on 2011-12-10 by Oliver

Now don’t get me wrong, I love to use GNU make on all the unixoid platforms where I have to use it and I have been using it for some advanced stuff on Windows as well. But honestly, when has … Continue reading →

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+0.1 (= 38.7)

Posted on 2011-12-08 by Oliver

It was a major setback (not really). Not even trying to excuse it 😆

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CVS and SSH on a very old machine …

Posted on 2011-12-01 by Oliver

Had trouble getting it to work with ancient versions of ssh (OpenSSH_3.1p1) and cvs (Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11.20). Until I figured that I could write a little wrapper script to see what’s wrong. The wrapper script looked like this: … Continue reading →

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-0.9 (= 38.8)

Posted on 2011-12-01 by Oliver

I’m in an odd mood. No idea where it comes from. Still, it reminded me of this: Blackadder: Brilliant! No time to lose. George, set up your easel, Baldrick and I will pose. This is going to be art’s greatest … Continue reading →

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“… but this is Iceland here”

Posted on 2011-11-28 by Oliver

… to say it with “my”, i.e. the German, secretary of foreign affairs. Last Friday I was trying to (SWIFT-)transfer money out of the country in order to pay some goods I had ordered. It took nearly half an hour … Continue reading →

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Auweia …

Posted on 2011-11-24 by Oliver

Die 14 min Gelächter habe ich mir gegönnt. Auf ZDF kam eine Sendung unter dem Titel “Adel verpflichtet” in dem sich vor allem – aber nicht allein – ein gewisser “Alexander zu Schaumburg-Lippe” über durch Adoption und andere Mittel erworbene … Continue reading →

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-1.3 (= 37.9)

Posted on 2011-11-24 by Oliver

In preparation of the upcoming holiday season … I don’t know.

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-0.5 (= 36.6)

Posted on 2011-11-17 by Oliver

Wild week 😆

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Afghanistan

Posted on 2011-11-16 by Oliver

… the way we don’t usually get to see it: http://vimeo.com/31426899 Deutsch: Bilder aus Afghanistan wie wir sie normalerweise nicht zu sehen bekommen.

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-1.0 (= 36.1)

Posted on 2011-11-10 by Oliver

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Re: Oracle bought ksplice … and apparently the source was pulled

Posted on 2011-11-07 by Oliver

I contacted one of the good people from ksplice (I’ve got an active subscription) and got pointed to oss.oracle.com/ksplice/software/ Unfortunately the access to a distributed version control is gone for good, it seems.

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Die Bänker lachen sich ins Fäustchen

Posted on 2011-11-06 by Oliver

Man sieht sie schon zittern vor den Kameras, die Bankster. Aber das Zittern ist nur ein Zittern des Zwerchfells vom unterdrückten Lachen. Die europäischen Staaten überschlagen sich mit Rettungspaketen und Geschenken an die “armen Banken”, die EU-Staatschefs und lupenreinen Demokraten … Continue reading →

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Indignez-vous!

Posted on 2011-11-05 by Oliver

Gestern im Flieger las ich das Essay “Empört Euch!” von Stéphane Hessel. Kauft euch das Buch Heft und lest es! Dies alles von einem Mann mit westlich geprägter Sozialisierung zu lesen, ist schon der Hammer. // Oliver

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Whitehat, Greyhat, Blackhat

Posted on 2011-11-04 by Oliver

Sorry, it’s blatantly off-topic by all standards, but it’s an association I’ve always had. Presumably you’ve heard those terms in connection with IT security. Now, often people have problems as to what those terms actually mean. Having an RPG background, … Continue reading →

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Android, what is it all about?

Posted on 2011-11-03 by Oliver

So I did it. I actually bought a cheapo Android phone (Simvalley SP-60) with dual-SIM feature, because that’s the single most important feature of a phone for me. Of course I went immediately to the privacy settings to turn off … Continue reading →

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240 x 25 m in 173 min

Posted on 2011-11-03 by Oliver

Set this record one week (minus some hours) ago, but forgot to mention it. Yes, it was beaststroke as usual. // Oliver

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-3.3 (= 35.1)

Posted on 2011-11-03 by Oliver

More than I bargained for. I’m puzzled. 😯 Also most hilarious situation two days ago. When I was paying the sweets I am going to take along to Iceland on my flight tomorrow, one of the guards from the public … Continue reading →

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-0.9 (= -31.8)

Posted on 2011-10-27 by Oliver

Whatever 🙄

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