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Exterminate!

2008-08-31

Don’t worry, there are no Dalek here… No, it’s about these flies (or crawling bugs) that have been creeping in here recently since I won them in the quiz at the Krötengrün (German) – this has to end!

Of course I could have turned to toads or other bug-eating animals, but I was afraid that those would multiply uncontrolled then. And since my fly swatter didn’t help much, I was looking for experienced help, and this green feller was so kind to come along and fight these critters:

fly and a small weapon

That was the last we have seen of these bugs here!

(Based on green GreenSmilies smilies, of course…)

48 Spaces

2008-08-30

asian memory Warning: It will be a little techical here ;) – but maybe just ignore the details, you still can get what’s odd here, so in case of doubt just read the bold print…:

From the SMBios/DMI info for memory modules that are supposed to be set by the BIOS, ideally taking the info from the modules’ SPD EEPROMs:

Manufacturer: 48spaces
Part no.: 312345678901234567890123456789012345
Serial no.: 31234567

And the same for all four slot info items. How did that go, did someone say to his colleague programmer: “Nobody cares about these fields anyway, just write 48 spaces into them”?
aargh, another one of these bugs! ;)

Photo: Lev Olkha – Fotolia.com

Popular soft, lowest quality

2008-08-29

Another badly translated German spam mail – do they really hope to sell something this way??

I tried to reproduce the meaning in English here:

Popular soft for PC and Mac

…with “soft” translated like “mellow, smooth,…” and not as short form for “software”…

All Europe uses our software
ms of lowest quality at highest level.
— All programs for PC and Mac
— You can choose, the programs in the own language http://[removed].com

Lowest quality at the highest level, who wouldn’t like that? The sender was “Deutsche software.com|” (incl. vertical bar), by the way.

Or in this variant (also to be seen at “Unser täglich Spam”, German):

Hi
Sell software
Best take and the best service.
— All programs from Microsoft and Apple
— Our programs translated and adapted to the users speak French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, English.
Will the talk with you soon. http://[removed].com

Sender: “Best deutsche soft.com|”. No, will the talk with you never.

The Tonnendreher (German) got another version…

Projekt 52 week 35: Opposites

2008-08-29

The topic of week 35 in Sari’s photo Projekt 52:

Opposites

I picked the opposites of old and new:

35: Opposites

Week 35: Opposites

The old house from the century before last, whose side wall, for instance, I already showed in week 27, during its renovation – the roof and the gables have been torn down, now they’re building a new roof and new gables on top of the old walls.


Mist, schon wieder so 'n blödes Insekt!