Author Archives: Oliver

Good for a laugh – but not much more …

Posted on 2008-08-14 by Oliver

… as serious as the standoff in Georgia/South Ossetia is at the moment, as laughable the following quote: As I have made clear, Russia’s ongoing actions raise

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Yeah, I know!

Posted on 2008-08-13 by Oliver

This is what I want to say in advance to everyone who wants to let me know that Iceland won against Germany in some handball match – presumably at the Olympic Games. What the heck do I know. I am … Continue reading →

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“But disk space is cheap”

Posted on 2008-08-09 by Oliver

Often you hear people make this statement if someone dares to complain about the disk space requirements of some software. This is the usual response in such a case. But first of all, even though it is cheap, it requires … Continue reading →

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Es brennt mal wieder

Posted on 2008-08-08 by Oliver

Bei TELEPOLIS kann man dieses schöne Zitat zum Konflikt in Südossetien finden: […] Zum einen ist die georgische Armee in den vergangenen Jahren von dem nordatlantischen Militärpakt unterstützt und ausgerüstet worden. Zum anderen zeigte sich im UNO-Sicherheitsrat am Freitag die … Continue reading →

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Gottbezug raus

Posted on 2008-08-08 by Oliver

Wer ist bereit an einem Text für eine abermalige Petition zu arbeiten und die Petition mit zu unterschreiben in der eine Entfernung des Gottbezuges aus der Präambel des Grundgesetzes gefordert wird? Interessenten melden sich bitte bei mir über das Kontaktformular … Continue reading →

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Zensur bleibt Zensur

Posted on 2008-08-07 by Oliver

Wie man bei Heise nachlesen kann hat ein gewisser Herr Vesper sich mit Anlauf in ein Fettnäpfchen begeben, indem er sagte: In jedem Land der Welt, auch in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, werden Internetseiten gesperrt. Bei uns sind es rechtsradikale Seiten, … Continue reading →

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You are on camera

Posted on 2008-07-30 by Oliver

In Great Britain, if you visit a cinema, you’re likely on camera now. Two of the biggest companies have installed CCTVs inside the cinema halls, claiming it “prevents crime”. I still don’t get how cameras can do that, but that … Continue reading →

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Weswegen? – Deswegen!

Posted on 2008-07-29 by Oliver

Wie oft macht man sich schon Gedanken über Sprache? Ich recht häufig. Es ist eines meiner Interessengebiete. Da ich in Island arbeite, habe ich das Glück, daß ich ständig mit Fremdsprachen konfrontiert bin – sei es nun Englisch oder eben … Continue reading →

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“etch-and-a-half”, Debian Etch R4 released

Posted on 2008-07-29 by Oliver

If you can, use apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade in some kind of sandbox (“lab-conditions”). For me everything went smooth. // Oliver

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Stephan Derrick und Harry Klein

Posted on 2008-07-28 by Oliver

Als DDR-Kind, kannte ich Derrick natürlich nicht wirklich. Okay, davon gehört … schon. Aber geguckt? Hmm, vielleicht hatte ich aus Versehen mal reingezappt. Muß aber dann langweilig gewesen sein. Einerlei. Island ist klein. Weil Island so klein ist, werden hier … Continue reading →

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“A brilliant composer, songwriter, singer” ….. NOT!

Posted on 2008-07-27 by Oliver

Last weekend, as a temporary spectator at what you could call a bachelorette’s party, I was introduced to Icelandic “artist” Leoncie and the Icelandic version of this song (luckily it was a double 😉 – and in this case was … Continue reading →

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Anti-phishing techniques – or how to defeat the purpose of IDNs

Posted on 2008-07-26 by Oliver

International Domain Names (IDNs) are attractive. They allow people to express themselves in the multitude of languages which this planet has to offer. However, they also allow scammers and phishers to trick you into believing a particular domain name is … Continue reading →

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Sterbehilfe illegalisieren?

Posted on 2008-07-25 by Oliver

Wie kommt es, daß insbesondere Unionspolitiker wie Herr Oettinger sich gegen Sterbehilfe aussprechen? Geschieht dies aus dem Kalkül des Kapitalisten heraus, daß jeder tote Bürger quasi den ROI (Return of Investment) mindert? Oder hat es mit den christlichen “Werten” zu … Continue reading →

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A clarification – because it is needed

Posted on 2008-07-24 by Oliver

Almost one month ago I wrote a blog post. Some people more or less took offence by it. In German we have a saying that goes like this “Wem der Schuh paßt, der zieht ihn sich an.” – which translates … Continue reading →

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Keine Angst – es geht uns doch gut

Posted on 2008-07-24 by Oliver

Da es nicht etwa so ist, daß viele Deutsche der Mittelschicht und drunter Zukunftsangst wegen der sich abzeichnenden Inflation haben, kann sicher auch nicht behauptet werden, daß die durch die Gegner des Grundgesetzes vorangetriebene Totalerfassung der Bürger, ihrer Kommunikation, ihrer … Continue reading →

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CreateRemoteThread, Vista and separate sessions

Posted on 2008-07-23 by Oliver

Recently I’ve hit a wall during development. I had written a nice workaround for a problem, based on code injection. In fact the code wasn’t injected by loading a DLL but instead by loading relocatable (32bit) code of less than … Continue reading →

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What’s the deal with Obama?

Posted on 2008-07-22 by Oliver

It seems Germans are overly enthusiastic about the visit of presumptive US presidential candidate Barack Obama. Obviously no German has a say in the election, but putting that fact aside, it is still astonishing how enthusiastic many Germans are. I … Continue reading →

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сніжок.net

Posted on 2008-07-21 by Oliver

Just a test сніжок.net PS: If the URL looks horrible, it’s Firefox or IE. No further comment 😉 Update: link removed.

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CSimpleBuf, a C++ utility class under BSD license

Posted on 2008-07-21 by Oliver

Today I am happy to announce the release of a C++ buffer class that is of special use for interfacing with Windows system functions. The class is a template class and thus only one header file is needed. The template … Continue reading →

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Windows in XEN domU on laptop, using screen and VGA?

Posted on 2008-07-21 by Oliver

Does anyone among my readers have a clue whether or not it is possible to set up XEN in a way so it will pass control over the screen to a domU to which I want to assign it? It … Continue reading →

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