DHReutter

Modern computers often profit from Direct Memory Access (DMA). Today even FireWire uses it for faster transmission to external devices (read: hard disks). The only problem is: this could be a security flaw.

Ever wondered if peer review of source code really enhances security? Ever thought it could be possible to hide routines in plain C so cleverly noone would even think something was there? Ever wanted to work for a feared government agency with three letters but your resumée is not spiffy enough yet?

Search no more, fellow hackers! The 2008 Underhanded C Contest has been announced and offers fun, eternal respect writing and $100 ThinkGeek gift certificate!

Because there is no German word for blowjob. Isn't this sad?

Spoiler: There is, but it roughly translates to Oral Intercourse, which is simply not funny. Or exciting. Or sounding like anything you'd want to have.

Link via fefe.

As I started my blog, I also had to choose the right license for the stuff I publish. Since I am an avid opposer of the idea of copyrights, I knew from the beginning, it would be a Creative Commons license.

My favorite text editor is TextMate, as some of you might know.

And yet, until today I was not able to use the Blogging API built in to this great text editor. I always got the error ' Blog API module is not configured to support the 0 content type'. That bugged me quite a bit. So what to do? Google wasn't helpful at all.
In the end, a lexical analysis of the source code was the way to let me find the problem:

One of my all-time favorite comics is xkcd. Its humor strikes me quite well. Today's comic about geohashing (not to be confused with another hobby of mine, geocashing, a GPS assisted scavenger hunt) is finally something I really have to try. So, if the weather is right, I'll be going out next saturday and look where this day will lead me.

I'll take my camera with me so expect pics.

A bad pun in German.

Because the wikipedia article of crossdressing during wartime is called list of female military persons disguised as a man in German.

English has more style in stating facts. 'nuff said.

A blessed Whitsuntide to you all!

On fleeing the hot sun, I stumbled upon another creative abuse of CCTV cameras.

After 35 hours of calculation, my impatience played a trick on me once again.

Remember yesterday's post? 'Course you do! Well, as I found out now, 11,111,111,111,111,111,111,111 is a prime number. Shouldn't be strange at all, since it consists of 23 ones.

But when checking the lower numbers of that form to be sure I got the smallest one, of course I found another one, which computed significantly faster (and I'd like to dedicate this number to a friend of mine).