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All these Blogthings quizzes going the rounds – make you wonder… be it about the “meaning” of your birthday or – after a few personal questions – about the oh so important information what finger you are…
Alright, I don’t mind some meaningless entertainment, 
so:
You Are the Thumb |
You’re unique and flexible. And you defy any category. You get along well with: The Middle Finger Stay away from: The Pinky |
Luckily, the thumb points upwards, that’s quite cheering one up! 
It’s been known for a long time that the moon consists of cheese 
.– Wallace & Gromit also have proven this – now the entire space could have holes like Swiss cheese. At least that’s what Valerio Marra and his colleagues say: Many holes without any matter could appear to us like the effects of dark energy, and without the need for accelerated expansion.
And let’s be honest, a cheese universe is quite more likeable than one full of dark energy, isn’t it?. 
In a few days, the “Volksfest” (public festival like the Oktoberfest, just much smaller) will start here in Pfaffenhofen — and the lokal savings bank uses that for advertising its “Wiesnpackage” (festival vouchers when buying certain investment products from them).
Quiz: What’s wrong here? Probably even some of my international visitors will know that…
(Apart from the fact that “Wiesn” is quite a euphemism for Pfaffenhofen’s festival ground…)
What can be done with the Linux shell can also be done with x86 Assembly language – maybe a little less safe but with direct access^^ (note that “BH” is German for “bra”):
enter 0xCafe,0xC
not [0xbadFace]
monitor
lahf
lock leave
sysenter
push bh
test ah,0xDD
pop bh
lock enter 0xBed,2
into
call si
rep mov ah,0h
aaa
leave
sysexit
times 9 mwait
call 0xDad
Even when reading several times (hint!), even with the help that pops up when hovering over the dashed underlined items – probably no-one except me will understand that. But, well, I don’t care….