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[TechSucks] Sony totally fucked over XCP
Seems like Sony totally fucked it up with their Digital Restriction Management (DRM) called XCP this time. After some guys used the Rootkits mechanism to hide all files starting with '$sys$' to write a cheating tool for World of Warcraft here's the next big thing: Apparently, the Virus Writing Community...
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[Offtopic] Sick in bed
I hate being sick. Lying in bed all day, doing almost nothing. What bothers me most is not being able to attend Kendo training today. Ah well, guess I'll press out a lemon and mix it with hot water and some sugar. Need a vitamine fix. Hope I won't poison...
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[TechSucks] Why license keys and product activation costs too much time
We're talking weeks of time here. Hands on example: We have to install a few hundred PCs for a customer with no more than two different configurations of software and only one configuration of hardware. So what would you want to do? Install both configurations once and then create an...
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Soccer and Mondaydemonstrations
Do you ever get the feeling that you feel ashamed for belonging to the same human race as other people? Well, I did once again today. Why? I had to share the metro train with a whole bunch of soccer fans for about 5 minutes. I really don't mind it...
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[Solutions] Part 1: Basics and a small example
So, you have a problem. There are different ways to solve a problem. Creating something that will do so is only one of them. Here are more:Write a program that solves the problem Ask some to write a program that solves the problem Work around the problem Give up and...