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Assembly is…

2007-09-01

:kissm: 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…. :mrgreen:

Thickrate

2007-08-23

…or what else is the result if – as reported e.g. on on Spiegel Online (German), but that’s apparently not an isolated case – you have a flat rate for your iPhone and receive an 80-page printed bill in which every single call, every single SMS and every single data transfer are listed, even though they are included in the flat rate and thus billed with $0.00?

:phone:

And that with all the environmental-frendliness that Apple and AT&T like to emphasize…

102 Unsolicited Calls

2007-07-25

Good that I’ve configured my FRITZ!Box 7170 and my ISDN phone with answering machine such that I don’t get disturbed by calls to my (published) main MSN that do not transmit their caller ID, which in virtually all cases are call centers and others who rather stay anonymous (my relatives with old analog connection are few, and they know a “secret” MSN) – they only hear an appropriate message, and except for some pseudo-raffle robots, only once someone said:

“Not bad, this answering machine.”

:)

Using the FritzBox’s call list, I now created a little set of statistics:

In the previous 6 months (26 weeks), there were 102 such calls, that’s 3.9 per week, although fluctuating quite heavily between 0 and 12. Just one coincidentally hit the “secret” MSN, five (at regular distance on two days, so it was the same call center) on the third MSN where a fax is connected only occasionaly. Only once the “number” 049 was transmitted, once one from Cologne from a robot.

Here’s a breakdown by weekday, time of day, and calendar week:

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