Author Archives: Oliver

Kepplahwiek

Posted on 2007-10-07 by Oliver

Was bedeutet dieses Wort? Es ist ein Name und zeigt die Aussprache des Namens, wenn man obiges Wort nach deutschen Ausspracheregeln liest. Es ist der Name für den größten isländischen Flughafen (und die Siedlung): Keflavík. Apropos isländisch. Im Isländischen benutzt … Continue reading →

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Hvaða tungamál tala Þú? ‘Eldhús og trésmiður’

Posted on 2007-10-06 by Oliver

Wie versprochen, hier die Auflösung. Einige werden vermutlich zumindest den “Baumschmied” (trésmiður) erraten haben – es handelt sich um einen Tischler. Im Falle eines klassischen Schmiedes, sagt man im Isländischen “Eisenschmied”: járnsmiður, um eine Unterscheidung zu ermöglichen. Smiður allgemein bedeutet … Continue reading →

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Zurückschlagen!

Posted on 2007-10-06 by Oliver

… nein, nicht handgreiflich, auch wenn diese Idee einen gewissen Charme hat. Wenn Behörden abhören, müssen sie zwangsläufig filtern. Wenn sie also bspw. Reizworte ala “Bombe”, “Osama”, “Al Qaida” etc. als Indikator für die Aufzeichnung nehmen, könnte die Bevölkerung die … Continue reading →

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God save the … encrypted data

Posted on 2007-10-05 by Oliver

As Hitzi writes in his blog – thanks for the pointer, by the way 😉 – it is formally possible for authorities in Great Britain to force someone to provide his data in decrypted form or at least provide the … Continue reading →

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Re: Blogs und persönliche Daten

Posted on 2007-10-03 by Oliver

Mathias verlinkt mal wieder einen interessanten Artikel auf heise.de – da zeigt sich mal wieder wie realitätsnah Juristen denken. Während in der Öffentlichkeit die Diskussion über die Vorratsdatenspeicherung, bei der die Bundesregierung mal wieder in vorauseilendem Gehorsam EU-Richtlinien übereifrig umgesetzt … Continue reading →

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The day we put Windows under GPL

Posted on 2007-10-03 by Oliver

A few weeks ago some people were trying to convince me (but they didn’t manage to) that any program that loads a library (i.e. binary) which is under GPL has to be under GPL automatically as well. Now, this viral … Continue reading →

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Was ist ein Baumschmied und was ein Feuerhaus?

Posted on 2007-10-02 by Oliver

… Fragen über Fragen. Mit etwas Glück gibt es hier bald die Antworten 😉 // Oliver

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The pope

Posted on 2007-09-30 by Oliver

Gefunden im Heise-Forum: The pope arrives in heaven, where St. Peter awaites him. St. Peter asks the pope who he is. The pope: “I am the pope.” St. Peter: “Who? There’s no such name in my book.” The pope: “I … Continue reading →

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Hallo aus Wien

Posted on 2007-09-20 by Oliver

Einige werden es bereits aus privaten Konversationen wissen, der Rest weiß es eben jetzt … ich halte mich als einer von sieben Vertretern von FRISK Software in Wien bei der Virus Bulletin Konferenz 2007 auf. Hier trifft man nette Leute … Continue reading →

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DDKBUILD.BAT updated

Posted on 2007-09-17 by Oliver

OSR just updated their DDKBUILD.BAT to version 6.11! If you use this version, I recommend to update. As usual either at OSR Online or at the DDKWizard homepage. // Oliver

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comdef.h in the WNET DDK is flawed

Posted on 2007-09-17 by Oliver

#if defined(_COM_SMARTPTR) #if !defined(_COM_SMARTPTR_TYPEDEF) #if defined(_COM_SMARTPTR_LEVEL2) The error was: comdef.h(266) : error C2004: expected ‘defined(id)’ comdef.h(266) : error C1012: unmatched parenthesis : missing ‘)’ // Oliver

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Verdammt, wer hat ihm denn nun wieder diese Flausen in den Kopf gesetzt?

Posted on 2007-09-15 by Oliver

Gott bloggt!

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Getting the SIDT base address with Delphi

Posted on 2007-09-13 by Oliver

function GetSIDTBaseAddress: DWORD; assembler; asm sub esp, 8 // create stack frame sidt qword ptr [esp] mov eax, dword ptr [esp+2] // write into EAX for return value add esp, 8 // clean up stack end; … or if the … Continue reading →

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DDKBUILD.CMD fix for RC2 (makes RC3)

Posted on 2007-09-12 by Oliver

Hey. For those among you, who have actually updated to RC2, here is a little fix, if you like manual patchwork. If you prefer the easy way, just download RC3 here. Apologies! This fix is yet another issue that can … Continue reading →

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How to know you are a hacker

Posted on 2007-09-12 by Oliver

… you open the mail which says “New PE patch” without the slightest doubt, that it could be anything but the patch for a PE file.

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“All Americans are stupid!”

Posted on 2007-09-11 by Oliver

Yeah, now that I have your attention, let me make my point. First of all, I hate generalization, thus of course not all Americans are stupid. Secondly, I hate if someone says “Americans”, but actually means “US-Americans”. Check it out … Continue reading →

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Patriot Day … so so

Posted on 2007-09-08 by Oliver

A few days ago our Führer proclaimed September the 11th “Patriot Day 2007”. Since this date (2001-09-11) was so redefining for many other Western countries in that politicians are removing one by one our civil liberties and rights, I think … Continue reading →

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Two bytes make the difference

Posted on 2007-09-08 by Oliver

… had to update the DDKWizard 1.1.2 setup. It won’t matter for those who downloaded it before. The only difference is, that the version shown in the dialog that allows you to choose the options was changed to 1.1.2 now. … Continue reading →

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DDKWizard 1.1.2 released

Posted on 2007-09-08 by Oliver

It has been almost half a year since DDKWizard got updated last time. But now it’s time for an update. Some accumulated reports of glitches and issues – especially those that bugged me most in daily use – got me … Continue reading →

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Farewell, Pavarotti!

Posted on 2007-09-07 by Oliver

Luciano Pavarotti died yesterday at an age of 71 years. Since I enjoy(ed) his music, I just want to pay tribute to his work with this blog entry. Most of all I liked the way he reached out to other … Continue reading →

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