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Category Archives: EN
German federals looking for trojan author – still
The German federals (BKA = Bundeskriminalamt, roughly the German equivalent to the FBI in the US) are still looking for someone with the qualifications to write what had been dubbed “Bundestrojaner” (literally: federal trojan) in 2008. This means that first … Continue reading
Posted in C/C++, EN, IT Security, Reversing, Software, Thoughts
Tagged BKA, Bundestrojaner, germany
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Why is it …
… that everyone seems to be trying to get as close as possible to the luggage carousel in the luggage claim area at the airport? Wouldn’t it be more rational to stand a meter or two away from the luggage … Continue reading
Posted in EN, Thoughts
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Thunderbird gave me trouble …
So after the recent update to Thunderbird, message filters stopped working. Potentially one of the add-ons got disabled in the update process, but I’m not sure. After trying to export and re-import the filters it turned out that the problem … Continue reading
One of the oldies …
Metager was one of the first meta-search engines (obviously) for me at the university. Now I found out that they also have a neat code search at code.metager.de. Wicked! // Oliver
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The plot thickens …
… and even though as a skeptic you won’t hear me say that the Mayans were right (and quite frankly I don’t think it’ll be the end of the world, at most the end for all biped advanced life on … Continue reading
Posted in /dev/null, EN, Peace, Thoughts
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NeuroDreamer
Sounds like an interesting concept to help achieving lucidity in your dreams. I’m a backer. What about you? Check the project out here: NeuroDreamer. // Oliver
Wow, is this thing real?
Is this the real thing? 2012 REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS – Report of Platform Committee Just one (frightening) excerpt: Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, EN, Human Rights, Thoughts
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Orangy shackles with a brandname equal slavery? I think not!
This whole rigmarole about those Adidas sneakers is laughable at best. First and foremost it’s such a ridiculous first world problem and secondly not everything with chains or shackles is related to slavery and not all slavery is related to … Continue reading
Posted in EN, Germans have no notion of sarcasm, Thoughts
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Daniel Dennett – “How to tell you’re an atheist”
youtu.be/0iVCxx-GkMg
Posted in Atheism, EN, Thoughts
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Unsurprisingly …
Catholics have (not so heavenly) guidance in their decision who to vote for in November, thanks to this Youtube video. I like the music, though. Very melodramatic. Reminds me a bit of John Williams’ soundtrack for The Rock. // Oliver
Posted in Atheism, EN, Thoughts
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Let’s taste
I intend to buy myself two sixpacks of Bríó today, according to the World Beer Cup 2012 the best German-Style Pilsener in the world: Category 31: German-Style Pilsener, 74 Entries Gold: Brio, Olgerdin Egill Skallagrimsson, Reykjavik, Iceland (Source: PDF) Since … Continue reading
The puns in the “war on terror” are getting more ridiculous
… they killed “al Libi” … really? … 😆 // Oliver
Posted in EN, Thoughts
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Re: This is worse than I thought
So can we get rid of the “lock screen” (the one before we see the login prompt)? Turns out we can: Run gpedit.msc as administrative user, then go to: Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Control Panel -> Personalization in … Continue reading
This is worse than I thought
Testing the Windows 8 RC now in order to find out whether it is usable with some programs I maintain. So far the impression I got months ago hasn’t really changed. With the only difference that this time I didn’t … Continue reading
Symbolic links to remote locations …
Recently after migrating to Windows 7 on my work machine, I ran into a little issue. I created symbolic links pointing to a network share. Now this is all fine and dandy, but symbolic links can only be created by … Continue reading
Posted in Administration, EN, Software
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Nice recovery drink
My favorite after 1-2 hours of swimming. 500g Skyr (or Quark), unflavored 500ml multi-fruit juice (here in Iceland I use Floridana Heilsusafi) 2 bananas Throw in blender, blend and then enjoy the goodness *yummy* I also like this one a … Continue reading
Posted in EN, Fitness
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Looks like I may depart from Windows (after all)
Microsoft is planning to make the Windows 8 look overall flat just like the ugly Metro stuff. Bye bye Aero. Nothing learned from the feedback about Visual Studio 11 Beta, it seems. This means one probably will need special glasses … Continue reading
The General
Admiral General Aladeen on The Daily Show – want to watch the movie now. Nice PR … 😆
Posted in EN, Thoughts
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Another interesting site for me
unlicense.org with advice how to dedicate one’s own code to the public domain …
Posted in EN, Programming, Software
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