Author Archives: Oliver

Schäuble beobachtet dich!

Ja holla, da fiel mir doch soeben was ein. Vor einigen Jahren hieß es noch, daß sich die Führungsriege in unserem Land denkt, es sei eine gute Idee kryptographische

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NO, I WILL NOT COMPLY! PERIOD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbNIU2KEz4g

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Das Internet ist deutsch!

Wer bietet wem ein Forum, und wem gehört das Internet? Ein bißchen Zensur muß sein, sonst kann Teutone nicht Teutone sein. So gut wie wir uns heute zensieren, darf sowas nicht passieren

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Cool, LS at Virus Bulletin Conference

… although LS is not quite in the AV-business (yet? ), they promise – i.e. their CEO, Jason King, promises – that LS will show up at the Virus Bulletin Conference in Vienna in September. What a lucky occasion. So … Continue reading

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More reasons not to visit the US :)

One of the comments to the article is also hilarious: A US citizen was once asked,”If you hate this country so much why don’t you live somewhere else?” to which he replied, “Because I don’t want to be a victim … Continue reading

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Moan my IP

www.moanmyip.com made my day!

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Zweite Halbzeit der großen Koalition

Schön schön, bei der Regierungskoalition ist also Halbzeit und DW-World fragt Passanten wie zufrieden sie mit den bisherigen Ergebnissen dieser Regierung sind. Et voila, natürlich war auch diese zum Thema “Merkel” dabei: Die find ich gut – vor allem, weil … Continue reading

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Worth a look (or two)

http://research.microsoft.com/invisible/

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WTF?

The terms and conditions of the air carrier where I just booked a flight states: The taxes and charges the air carrier currently has to pay to governments, authorities, airports and others, are: Overflight charges Passenger taxes Navigation levy Landing … Continue reading

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DDK BUILD utility and delay loads

Just found it out, although it’s not hard to find if you know where to look. If you put a line such as the following into your SOURCES file, you will be able to make use of the delay-load-feature that … Continue reading

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Hope for deliverance

… although LS managed to lure another professional into working for them … let me guess, 6 months notice period and a fairly good wage? … there is hope for deliverance. One of my former colleagues and friends, Faik, has … Continue reading

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British humo(u)r

Jihad the Musical

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Dawkins’ “God Delusion”

Although I read through the book already a few weeks ago, some of the theses of Dawkins still keep me thinking. Despite being very witty and despite the good metaphors used in his book, the purpose is clear – consciousness-raising, … Continue reading

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Joanna Rutkowska gets serious ;)

She and a partner, Alexander Tereshkin, have published the source to BluePill, or rather a rewrite called New BluePill (NBP), since Rutkowska’s previous employer owns the rights to the original one: http://www.bluepillproject.org The source is a little flawed, at least … Continue reading

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Confession of a Windows developer

… I’ve been a Debian fan for a while and after managing different machines as well as the server on which this blog runs, it’s only natural that I installed Debian on my primary machine now as secondary operating system. … Continue reading

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Meine Favoriten …

Wann immer ich mein System neu installiere, brauche ich auch ein paar sinnvolle Standardeinstellungen. Einige Tools liegen bei mir immer im Pfad, so daß sich folgendes REG-Skript bewährt hat: REGEDIT4 ; FTChange zum Ändern der Dateizeiten [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Zeitstempel ändern\command] @=”FTchange \”%L\”” … Continue reading

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I’d be worried, I suppose. Are you?

Does this sound familiar to anyone who had history lessons in school? (b) “Catastrophic Emergency” means any incident, regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U.S. population, infrastructure, environment, economy, … Continue reading

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Gute Neuigkeiten

Heise meldet: unter dem Titel “GDatas Antivirenlösungen für Unternehmen ohne Kaspersky-Scanner” … “[…] Stattdessen setzen die Produkte für Unternehmen in den aktuellen Versionen auf die F-Prot-Engine von Frisk […]”. Ich wußte es ja schon ein Weilchen, aber da es jetzt … Continue reading

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Good morning buggers …

… it’s System Administrator Appreciation Day again. How about thanking your sysadmins today with a cake, or a beer, or some really geeky presents? Well, you get the idea. Don’t miss it – an administrator that feels neglected may quickly … Continue reading

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From Dusk Till Dawn

One of my favorite movie characters, Ambrose Bierce (played by Michael Parks) in “The Hangman’s Daughter” about the bible: Ambrose Bierce: My singular critique of the good book … is, that its covers are too far apart. Mary Newlie: Excuse … Continue reading

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