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Category Archives: Thoughts
The puns in the “war on terror” are getting more ridiculous
… they killed “al Libi” … really? … 😆 // Oliver
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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
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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I didn’t do it for science: bloody gravel (literally)
… but I think my findings could benefit others 😉 Gravel on cobblestone doesn’t provide the same grip as normal asphalt does when you try to take a sharp turn at high velocity with your bike. This somewhat surprising fact … Continue reading
Posted in EN, Thoughts
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С днём Победы 2012 (Victory Day)
Classic! Today is Victory Day in many parts of the former Soviet Union. I’ve had some special Easter Eggs hidden on my website in past years, but never on my blog. Time to change this. Listen to the song “День … Continue reading
Not a convert
It’s a trap! I’m more and more convinced that the GPL is just that – a trap. Richard Stallman, aka RMS, was visiting Iceland one year ago and I had the “pleasure” of listening to his talk at Fjölbrautaskólinn. While … Continue reading
Merkozy is dead …
… long live Merkollande? We shall see. All in all it appears that one old saying becomes true: if elections would change anything they’d be banned. 😕 // Oliver
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What a beautiful day indeed …
Today was even more awesome. Met with someone at 11:30, had a decent chat for about three hours, had a nice walk, met more nice people, went to shop supplies, drove to another place had a nice BBQ from the … Continue reading
Wow again, Norway …
It’s incredible how calm people remain in the face of this person who did those gruesome things. The Norwegians have my sincerest respect and compassion, in particular those that have been injured (body and mind) for life. And frankly I’m … Continue reading
Finland’s Revolutionary Education System
Finland’s Revolutionary Education System Unfortunately they forgot to mention who inspired the Finnish system. Which is what got the German authorities thinking when they asked the Finns
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“Meet The Hackers Who Sell Spies The Tools To Crack Your PC (And Get Paid Six-Figure Fees)”
Interesting article about Vupen to which a colleague pointed me (thanks, Anna 😉 ). I have problems with their business model on so many levels, but just two points: Their business is completely legal, although it may be immoral I … Continue reading
Posted in EN, IT Security, Thoughts
Tagged democracy, ethical hacking, ethics, hacking
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ISOStick
… looks interesting But I guess I’ll wait for prices to drop. It somewhat looks like ideas where in part coming from this project. Which is not to say that was the case, but it’s a possibility as the other … Continue reading
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Annoying
U3 technology has reached end of life. SanDisk began phasing out support for U3 Technology in late 2009. So where can I get U3-capable drives these days? // Oliver
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Наш дурдом (голосует за Путина)
Русский / Deutsch / English Die russische Rockgruppe Рабфак hat ein nettes Lied (Youtube oder hier oder hier) welches die aktuelle Stimmung vieler Russen so kurz vor den Präsidentschaftswahlen in Russland widerspiegelt. Hier also meine eigene (zugegebenermaßen etwas holprige) Übersetzung … Continue reading
I’m blind (I think)
Now don’t get me wrong, I love to use GNU make on all the unixoid platforms where I have to use it and I have been using it for some advanced stuff on Windows as well. But honestly, when has … Continue reading
“… but this is Iceland here”
… to say it with “my”, i.e. the German, secretary of foreign affairs. Last Friday I was trying to (SWIFT-)transfer money out of the country in order to pay some goods I had ordered. It took nearly half an hour … Continue reading
Afghanistan
… the way we don’t usually get to see it: http://vimeo.com/31426899 Deutsch: Bilder aus Afghanistan wie wir sie normalerweise nicht zu sehen bekommen.
Posted in DE, EN, Gedanken, Thoughts
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Android, what is it all about?
So I did it. I actually bought a cheapo Android phone (Simvalley SP-60) with dual-SIM feature, because that’s the single most important feature of a phone for me. Of course I went immediately to the privacy settings to turn off … Continue reading
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FLOSS not sustainable for companies?
A few weeks ago I reported about ksplice whose Git repository had disappeared. Now the same happened for Likewise Open which was bought by BeyondTrust. After renaming the repository and moving its location from git://git.likewiseopen.org/likewise-open.git to git://git.likewiseopen.org/bt-identity-open.git it now also … Continue reading
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