Monthly Archives: December 2012

Steinbrück ist das trojanische Pferd, die SPD ist Troja, die CDU die Griechen …

Posted on 2012-12-31 by Oliver

… so sieht das für mich derzeit aus. Es gibt kaum bessere Gründe nicht die SPD zu wählen als das Gebaren und die Äußerungen ihres Kanzlerkandidaten. Aber es soll ja noch Leute geben welche meinen die SPD wäre irgendwie links. … Continue reading →

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The outrage in India …

Posted on 2012-12-31 by Oliver

… is understandable. More than that. One cannot possibly imagine the torture this woman went through – or, for that matter, all the other women going through similar torture at the hand of rapists every single day as the cold … Continue reading →

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Recommendation against Paragon backup products (when used together with TrueCrypt)

Posted on 2012-12-31 by Oliver

Being a longtime user of Paragon software, it’s kind of hard to do this, but anyone who thinks about getting a Paragon backup product should think twice. And here’s why. There are two main facets to data security: keeping the … Continue reading →

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New rule …

Posted on 2012-12-30 by Oliver

… the Pope shouldn’t be allowed to use a bulletproof vehicle made of bulletproof glass. A technology that requires hard science instead of blind faith. I suggest he resort to more fitting bulletproof technologies available in medieval times, such as … Continue reading →

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“Experten”

Posted on 2012-12-30 by Oliver

In meiner Funktion als “Jan” treffe ich immer wieder auf Rechner die etwas mehr Liebe von ihren Besitzern und den Möchtegern-Experten, die sie betreuen, vertragen könnte. “Experte” scheint ohnehin ein überbewerteter Begriff zu sein. Besonders hier in meiner Heimatstadt, Forst. … Continue reading →

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Die “neue” Religiosität

Posted on 2012-12-28 by Oliver

Was derzeit fehlt, ist ein Plädoyer für den Zweifler und den Suchenden. Denn er ist der sympathischste, ehrlichste und am wenigsten anmaßende Menschentypus. Nur wer meint, im Dienste des Absoluten zu stehen, ist intolerant und gefährlich. So liest man in … Continue reading →

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Hehe … hurry down one’s chimney tonight

Posted on 2012-12-27 by Oliver

The Queens Christmas Message 2012

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GETTING RID OF CAPS LOCK

Posted on 2012-12-25 by Oliver

Through reading the great tmux book from pragprog.com I got the idea to repurpose the caps lock key as left control key. The idea seems brilliant, given how little used caps lock is. I don’t know for everyone, but most … Continue reading →

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Heimsenda-Pizza for the doomsday :)

Posted on 2012-12-20 by Oliver

Very cool Icelandic pun from my boss (Friðrik), who suggested that pizza services around Iceland advertise pizzas under that name tomorrow. I mean you do know the world is going to end tomorrow, right? 21st of December 2012 … Maya … Continue reading →

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A shout to VMware …

Posted on 2012-12-19 by Oliver

Since I don’t have a support contract, perhaps you would be so kind to tell your setup authoring folks to not remove the last resort for anyone who tries to install the vSphere client 5.0? Thank you in advance, very … Continue reading →

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Da läuft der Hase also lang …

Posted on 2012-12-18 by Oliver

… bis vor einiger Zeit habe ich die Waffennarren in den USA immer belächelt. Aber die jetzigen Vorstöße zum Thema (abermalige) Verschärfung des Waffenrechts machen für mich deutlich, daß die Politiker Angst vor der Bevölkerung bekommen. Kein Wunder, wenn man … Continue reading →

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Bitbucket not accepting StartCom CA

Posted on 2012-12-14 by Oliver

After contacting the Bitbucket support, I now know that they don’t support the StartCom CA. The apparent reason is that they use the stock CA certs supplied by Redhat (no version was specified in the response). It’s a bit annoying, … Continue reading →

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Some of my stuff now also on Bitbucket

Posted on 2012-12-13 by Oliver

Find it via bitbucket.org/assarbad/. // Oliver

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First impression of Windows Server 2012

Posted on 2012-12-10 by Oliver

*facepalm* // Oliver PS: does MS think that making it look like a 2D game and forcing everyone to click tiles instead of using the keyboard to navigate the startmenu makes an admin more productive? 😕

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305

Posted on 2012-12-05 by Oliver

… the number of squats I did yesternight, a little over 24h ago, and that I am still feeling in my upper leg muscles. 29 29 31 31 35 35 29 29 28 29 Seventy five second breaks between each … Continue reading →

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Da echauffiert sich die Opposition mal wieder …

Posted on 2012-12-04 by Oliver

… wegen Panzern für Saudi-Arabien. Daß Deutschland drittgrößter Waffenexporteur ist, scheint dagegen ansonsten nicht so schlimm. Denn die Waffen gehen logischerweise nur in Staaten welche die Menschenrechte sorgfältig achten … klar 🙄 // Oliver

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Hope I got it right …

Posted on 2012-12-04 by Oliver

Here’s a little command line tool to retrieve the product key from a running Windows 8. It should also work on Windows XP through 7. I am releasing the code into the public domain. I hope I got it right, … Continue reading →

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