I guess you know the typical eBay ads on TV, showing happy people cheering about their purchase. But what about reality? Who talks about the people who missed an item or were overbid by some software tool, which is against the TOS of ebay. But I don’t want to destroy any illusions, do I?
Author: ToeiRei
Skype on the mobile phone
As my nokia phone is able to log into a wlan, I was thinking of some practical use of it. Sure, reading mails and backing up contacts is a practical application – but this is not the kick ass feature I’d use it for. A phone is for making phone calls. So why not using it as a […]
HeadlineAnimator
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 […]
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.
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.