If I have to think back at the times I have started developing the HeadlineAnimator for having a fine signature at the discussion boards, I tend to look at the documentation I wrote those times as I cannot exactly remember all of the details by now. But there’s one thing I know for sure: The code still works […]
Month: October 2008
KDE 4 – no thanks (yet)
It was quite a surprise as yesterdays update list showed KDE4. They have unmasked and keyworded it for ~x86. Having mixed feelings, I started the emerge procedure which took a while until my system was up to date again.
Schallplatten, Tassenhalter und andere Relikte
nun, ich stamme noch aus einer zeit, da gab es relativ große, empfindliche, schwarze scheiben mit je einer rille pro seite, also in summe zwei rillen… und wenn man diese schwarzen scheiben auf das entsprechende elektromechanische gerät namens “plattenspieler” legte, die nadel vorsichtig in die von oben sichtbare rille einlegte und am “volume”-regler drehte, dann konnte man mit […]
A theoretical nightmare
It sounds like the sysadmins’ worst dream: Microsoft publishes a patch addressing a current problem and just a couple of hours later the world has to face tons of attacks regarding this issue. Before we disconnect the network and run around in panic, let’s have a look at the facts. In my opinion it’s just a matter of […]
Cracking passwords – the end
This is now the official end on cracking generated passwords here. After running for 77 days and 3 hours not even a single password was cracked. So this is the last status report: guesses: 0 time: 77:03:40:35 c/s: 971 trying: 055ud And that’s all folks. Hope you’ve enjoyed the experiment.
Logitech MX310 vs G5
After five years of quite fine service, my Logitech MX310 mouse broke down. Personally, it’s a big loss, as we have had many lan parties together. As ranting doesn’t help, I was forced to go out to the shopping center for getting a new one. But as the MX310 isn’t produced anymore, I had to look for a […]