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Two years …

The blog exists for two years now. Amazing it’s still active.

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Serious development over at ReactOS

Read this: http://www.reactos.org/pipermail/ros-dev/2008-June/010461.html and then this: http://www.reactos.org/pipermail/ros-dev/2008-June/010462.html Update: nope, you don’t get the impression that James is taken serious. http://www.reactos.org/pipermail/ros-dev/2008-June/010463.html … although he is serious about it. But it seems this time ReactOS has been hijacked for good. Take a … Continue reading

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Mal wieder Versuchskarnickel für GMX

Na schönen Dank auch. Da wird man als zahlender Kunde tatsächlich in einen Betatest für ein Produkt gezwungen, daß – wiedermal – den aktuellen Funktionsumfang von GMX einschränkt, indem es nur Uralt-Browser unterstützt. Statt dies per Opt-In zu machen, darf … Continue reading

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OpenBSD’s NTPD inside a Debian domU

To get the package openntpd installed was easy, but to get it to work, required some search. In order to have a domU use an independent clock, you have to set a kernel variable. In a running system you do … Continue reading

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Let me know if anyone has problems accessing …

… this blog or any of the subdomains of assarbad.net, assarbad.info or assarbad.org. If this is the case, something went wrong with the migration to a different server. Otherwise you should perhaps not even have noticed. Except if you have … Continue reading

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Hmm lecker

Meinen Reis kaufe ich ohnehin nur lose. Aber letztens habe ich mal etwas eigenwilliges probiert. Ich habe nach dem Kochen Pesto zu meinem Reis gegeben und es schmeckt ziemlich gut. Abgesehen von den Preissteigerungen beim Reis (allerdings habe ich den … Continue reading

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DLOAD_ERROR_HANDLER not specified

If you’re using the Windows 2008 Server WDK in order to develop usermode code, you’ll have stumbled over this error message referencing DLOAD_ERROR_HANDLER: Warning: DLOAD_ERROR_HANDLER not specified in $(MAKEDIR) I am not yet sure whether you have to give a … Continue reading

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Polar bears in danger

Today two more polar bears were sighted in the North of Iceland. Let’s hope this time there is a veterinarian with tranquilizers, not like last time. My father told me even the German yellow press reported about the polar bear … Continue reading

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Searching electronic devices at the border

Following a court ruling, the EFF and several news sources world-wide have reported about the practice to search through the data on electronic devices at the US border. Bruce Schneier has picked up the topic in his latest cryptogram (a … Continue reading

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British humo(u)r at its best :)

A very nice prank call. Graham Norton talks to Greta with Grosse Titten via an interpreter …

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Fucking, Austria ;)

Just a hilarious clip: on Youtube.

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The laughable “democracy” of the European Union

Now that the Irish have rejected the Treaty of Lisbon in a plebiscite, European politicians suggest to leave the Irish behind and ratify the treaty regardless with only the consenting member states. This is a notable development because it shows … Continue reading

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Powerful reinforcements for the Icelandic church

The Icelandic church received support from a … forceful ally but wasn’t all too interested And in Icelandic. Some pictures from the photo-shooting on Flickr (also as a slide show) 😉 // Oliver

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Chernobyl the second in Slovenia?

The European Commission issued an EU-wide radiation alert late on Wednesday after Slovenia began shutting down a nuclear power plant following a problem with the cooling system. (Source: interactive investor, deutsche Leser gehen hierher) Don’t panic just yet. The amount … Continue reading

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Nation Of Andorra Not In Africa, Shocked U.S. State Dept. Reports

Nation Of Andorra Not In Africa, Shocked U.S. State Dept. Reports

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Animation: It’s 3 a.m.

A hilarious spoof of the “Children” spot from the Hillary Clinton campaign. It answers the question that wasn’t explicitly answered in the original spot 😉 // Oliver

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Lovely official video contribution …

… for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 from “Euroband”. This is, as far as I was told, really the official video that was sent in for Iceland. It’s really hilarious in my opinion, although for example my boss wasn’t as … Continue reading

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An ethereal song …

Joel Goldsmith has written a song that was performed by Rachel Lutrell, alias Teyla Emmagan (i.e. the name of the character), in the episode “Critical Mass”, that I really liked the first time I heard it. I was lucky enough … Continue reading

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Overall a rotten website, but there are some gems on it …

Like this, for example. Description of the neighbor: Total, absolute jerk. Irresponsible. Lets his velociraptors roam freely around the neighbourhood. They ate two of my children, but thank goodness I have more or there’d be no one to put to … Continue reading

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How Swedes dry their laundry

At the end of March, and it seems this is not a April fool’s joke, a Swedish newspaper reported on their website about the fastest residential internet connection in the world. However, the 75-year old woman didn’t appreciate the connection … Continue reading

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