Posted by jpluimers on 2017/07/21
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/07/11
Likely the Droste effect won’t last long: best torrent sites – Google Search and https://www.google.com/#q=best%20torrent%20sites both give this list at the top and a recursive link about stories with the search links at the bottom.
via many, including:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/07/07
Good reading on #NoEmailDay 2017: The case of the 500-mile email [WayBack] on how a sysadmin in the mid 1990s found the cause of not being able to send email further than roughly 500 miles.
The exact mile unit doesn’t matter as it was all approximation. Read the FAQ on the 500-mile email [WayBack]
–jeroen
via:
PS: some sendmail tricks from
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/06/30
It’s such an all time classic from 2006 that people even kept scans of the original 2006 Computer World publication by [WayBack] John Klossner.
Over the last few years, it has done its round over the internet a few times, so I did some digging for the scans, colour and mono originals.
Data security versus Human Error.
In this corner, we have firewalls, encryption, antivirus software, etc. And in this corner, we have Dave!!
[WayBack] John Klossner Cartoons: Computer World has the original black and white version: it’s even a gif!
Way better than the scan from paper: [WayBack] ShackF00 » Weekend Round-up: Google Issues and a Sad-but-True Comic
In 2014, Spiceworks re-ran the black and white one: [WayBack] And in THIS corner we have Dave! (Funny cartoon) – IT Security – Spiceworks
In 2015, Wombat Security published a coloured version on social media, and even bigger too: not just large, huge as well (:
–jeroen
via: [WayBack] Dave – CodeProject – Google+
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/06/23
This was too funny to let go unnoticed: [WayBack] How to turn on the light at home, Philips Version – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+.
It was shown during [Archive.is] Google Cloud Next 2017 in Amsterdam and immediately reminded me of The Big Bang Theory – How to turn on a lamp below.
A few notable entries from the comments:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/06/15
A diverse community pays off but also needs investment from everyone. Small steps…
A playable post on how harmless choices can make a harmful world.
Source: Parable of the Polygons – a playable post on the shape of society
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/05/31
[WayBack] cov.fefe.de – The Isoblog.
(it was Scheduled for 09:00 UTC, but after all these years, WordPress.com at random still suffers from the “missed schedule” bug)
Brilliant move. Der Spiegel never had a chance, and even Der Postillion is in awe. (Context).
Yes, cov.fefe.de is the same content as blog.fefe.de.
Via: [WayBack] #covfefe punkt de http://blog.koehntopp.info/index.php/1833-cov-fefe-de/ – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+
Background:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/05/25
Wishing you all a happy Geek Pride Day. Please hug your local Nerdious geekius computerus.
Big image [WayBack] of the PDF map based on this world image [WayBack]. Older Google Drawing.
–jeroen
via:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/05/18
Quite a few interesting entries got posted after I published this compiler glitch:
Wow, this parses:
property Foo: string index 0 string read GetFoo;Note the extra “string”.
Found this in an old piece of code so it must have been uncaught by the compiler for quite a while.
Some:
property DepartmentName: string index 0 program library uses unit interface string class read GetCustomDataX;
property Foo: string index 0 unit if library uses unit do not inline file else raise object if is nil read GetFoo;
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/04/01
Still sooo funny many O Rly fake book covers. Here’s just one of them:
http://imgur.com/gallery/jXAza
–jeroen
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