Category Archives: /dev/null

Interesting problem when building GMP during GCC build …

… I needed to unset CDPATH in order to get it to build, because otherwise it tries to cd into tests inside one of the folders from CDPATH (in my case the setting was /mnt) instead into ./tests from inside … Continue reading

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Reminder to self

… if someone approaches you and asks to advertise on any of your websites, they have more to gain than you. Ergo: any such arrangement is pointless.

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Tolle Tips vom Fernsehkoch

Seit einiger Zeit hört man von den Fernsehköchen immer, daß man (Gemüse-)Paprika doch bitte schälen soll. Schälen? Jupp, die Haut sei unverdaulich und müsse daher weg. Da fragt man sich wieso das bei den Fernsehköchen immer “Haute Cuisine” heißt (Scherz!) … Continue reading

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Harmful “badware” …

Google had an issue today. I noticed it by chance when looking for the name of an author. Later, coming to the office, Friðrik told me we had a major problem in that Google flags out company website with “This … Continue reading

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Gimme dope Obama …

Check it out here.

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We have done it all …

“Secure” deletion of some piece of data. Programs, whether commercial or free – such as Eraser – offer to overwrite the data several times according to “DoD standards” (referring to the US department of defense) and so on. A study … Continue reading

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Useful script for MSVC users …

I wrote a little .cmd script (for the NT script interpreter, cmd.exe) that can be used to get the environment for the newest, or a specified installed version of Visual C++, similar to what the link from the start menu … Continue reading

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Zlob author leaves new year’s wishes in variant

As you can read here, the author of Zlob has once again hidden a message inside a variant. This time it’s about best wishes for the new year to the MS virus response team and future plans, so to speak. … Continue reading

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Arrived 1.1

I updated the program Arrived to version 1.1. There is one important change in this version that breaks compatibility, but I am convinced there are rather few users anyway 😉 The change is to use CreateProcess() instead of ShellExecute(). That’s … Continue reading

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Neues aus Stenkelfeld!

Gerade bemerkt, die sind wieder da und NDR2 hat ein paar alte Folgen als Podcasts verfügbar gemacht. // Oliver

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The woes of debug builds

I like C++, and I use Visual Studio to make use of it most of the time, even though plenty of that code is later also used on other platforms. However, when you build in debug mode, sometimes the results … Continue reading

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“Silvesterkonzert 2008”

In Germany New Year’s Eve is called Silvester, called after some saint. The Berlin philharmony gave its “Silvester” concert yesterday and it has been made available on the web as a video stream. Check it out here. I liked the … Continue reading

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All the best to everyone in 2009

Happy new year! Ein frohes neues Jahr! С новым годом! Gleðilegt nýtt ár! // Oliver

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My Subversion repositories …

Just wanted to let everyone know that I am opening up a few of my Subversion repositories. Others will remain completely private and even others will eventually follow in future. Check it out on vcs.assarbad.net. // Oliver

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Weihnachtsgebäck

Wie man vermutlich anhand der Rechtschreibung merken wird, habe ich soeben ein (leicht ) alkoholisches Dessert zubereitet. Der eigentliche Grund für diesen kurzen Beitrag ist aber ein Rezept meiner einen Oma, welches sie freundlicherweise zur Veröffentlichung freigegeben hat. Es handelt … Continue reading

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Alle Jahre wieder …

… gibt es Stinkefisch Es ist wieder der Vorabend des 24. Dezember, also gibt es traditionell bei den Isländern kæst skata, auf Deutsch besser bekannt unter dem lecker klingenden Namen Gammelrochen. Wie viele andere isländische Gerichte ist er nicht sonderlich … Continue reading

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Alljährliche Killerspielejagd …

Es ist mal wieder kurz vor Weihnachten, was gäbe es also schöneres als Killerspiele verbieten zu wollen? Wie schon hier, hier und hier zu sehen war (man achte auch auf das jeweilige Datum), habe ich eine eindeutige Meinung zu Killerspielen … Continue reading

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“Derrick” died on Saturday …

Horst Tappert, German actor best known for his role as inspector Derrick, died last Saturday. This surely must be terrible news for the Derrick-loving Icelanders – which, according to my experience includes everyone who was alive at the time it … Continue reading

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Wow, GCC is pretty patronizing …

Trying to compile the following code in GCC yields an error: #define __dbgprintf /##/ The error reads error: pasting “/” and “/” does not give a valid preprocessing token. As far as C99 is concerned, this should be perfectly valid … Continue reading

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Arrived

… is the name of a small Win32 command line tool I wrote. It executes a command whenever a volume (e.g. USB memory stick, portable hard drive) gets connected to or disconnected from the machine. The particular use-case for which … Continue reading

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