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delphi – RAD Studio 2009 Persistent Selection Issue: Bug or Feature? – Stack Overflow
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/12/15
Bug, also in Delphi 2007:
Just hit Insert twice (which changes the text entry mode between Insert and Overwrite and then back) and your text selection will be back to working normally.
Source: delphi – RAD Studio 2009 Persistent Selection Issue: Bug or Feature? – Stack Overflow
–jeroen
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.NET/C#: PasteText command line tool as reverse of Clip.exe
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/12/15
Quite a while ago I learned about the clip.exe tool.
clip.exe is a nifty tool that allows you to copy console text output to the clipboard. Though shipping with Windows Server 2003, it wasn’t part of Windows XP, but as of Windows Vista it shipped on desktop versions of Windows.
Digging a bit deeper, I found out it was already part of the Windows NT 4 Resource Kit.
So I wrote PasteText:
PasteText: the reverse of clip.exe; pastes Clipboard.GetText() or Clipboard.GetFileDropList() to the standard output.
The full source code is below and in my repository.
There are many examples on the internet about Clipboard.GetText, but there is very little about Clipboard.GetFileDropList. Read the rest of this entry »
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SSDs that are HUGE: when will they actually be there? And how much would they cost?
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/12/14
Close to X-mas, so doing some dreaming of unaffordable things (:
In august, this 2.5 device was sort of announced: PM1633a: a Samsumg 16TB (nah: 15.36TB) SSD.
- New 15TB SSD fits world’s highest-capacity hard drive in compact, 2.5-inch package | 9to5Mac.
- Samsung unveils 2.5-inch 16TB SSD: The world’s largest hard drive | Ars Technica UK.
No news ever since, so I wonder when will they get to the market and how much they would cost.
Just like I’m wondering about a Retina MacBook Pro with 2TB of SSD storage and more than 32 GB RAM (:
–jeroen
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Reminder to self: SKU numbers for the ThinkPad UltraNav USB keyboards with horizontal Enter key and 6 rows of keys
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/12/14
IBM/Lenovo stopped producing ThinkPad UltraNav keyboards with 7 rows of keys a while ago. It stopped me from buying ThinkPad machines (together with the screen issues), but I still use the external USB UltraNav keyboards which are harder and harder to get.
So here some SKU/FRU/PN/EAN that seem to have a horizontal enter key and US layout.
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/etc/netconfig conflict
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/12/13
Hmm:
Detected 1 file conflict:
File /etc/netconfig
from install of
libtirpc3-1.0.1-1.1.x86_64 (Main Repository (OSS))
conflicts with file from install of
libtirpc1-0.2.5-1.1.x86_64 (openSUSE-20150508-0)
File conflicts happen when two packages attempt to install files with the same name but different contents. If you continue, conflicting files will be replaced losing the previous content.
Changes: go figure (:
revue:/etc # diff netconfig.201507191158 netconfig 13,14d12 < udp6 tpi_clts v inet6 udp - - udp6 tpi_clts v inet6 udp - - > tcp6 tpi_cots_ord v inet6 tcp - -
–jeroen
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This week, some ideas to debug and monitor your 6502-based system.
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/12/12
Interesting links to some sites explaining how to build the hardware side, including PCB design and creation: This week, some ideas to debug and monitor your 6502-based system.
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Windows: Some links around SeBatchLogonRight (Logon as Batch job)
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/12/11
- powershell – How to view user privileges using windows cmd? – Stack Overflow.
- command line – Windows 7 equivalent for ntrights.exe – Super User.
- Locating the SeBatchLogonRight (Logon as Batch job) value in WMI.
- Give the built-in Administrator group the right to log on as a batch job for Windows SBS 2008 migration.
- windows server 2008 – “log on as a batch job” user rights removed by what GPO? – Server Fault.
- FAQ: Granting “Logon as a batch job” | Brooks Internet Software, Inc (visual way without scripting).
- Set Logon as batch job rights to User by Powershell, C# and CMD (also through secpol: the security policy).
- permissions – What local group should user belong to be able to run windows task as that user – Super User (secpol answer).
- Windows Scheduled Task: What are the minimum user rights needed for the task? – Server Fault.
- Log on as a batch job: Security Configuration Editor; Security Services (Windows 2000/2003/XP era).
I will need this one day when doing some migration of jobs written as cmd scripts that are now ran occasionally by end-users into a scheduled fashion.
–jeroen
via: “Logon as batch job” script – Google Search
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SMS cards: The technology inside IBM’s 1960s mainframes
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/12/11
When SMS means Standard Module System.
Pure Geek Porn, for instance this triple AND gate:
triple AND gate with germanium transistors and diodes
Thanks Jan Wildeboer for sharing this.
–jeroen
via: SMS cards: The technology inside IBM’s 1960s mainframes.
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In remembrance of Felipe Rodriquez
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/12/10
Felipe makes a few appearances in this great _Unauthorized Access_ documentary by Annaliza Savage 1994.
Memorable moments:
- Intro about the initial small size of Hack-Tick.
- The start of the Hack-Tick ISP in The Netherlands, which originally started with UUCP and later grew into one of the most important general ISPs with a very keen focus in privacy: xs4all.
- Hacking at the End of the Universe congress.
Most of the “in memories” were in Dutch, but one of the few English ones says it all: [Wayback] D U T C H F E L L O W S — In memory of Felipe Rodriquez.
Karin Spaink (friend of Felipe, also suffering from MS) wrote [Wayback] Felipe Rodriguez has died.
A few of the Dutch articles that impressed me very much (some obituaries, some on the internet history in The Netherlands):
- [Wayback] Mooi mens Felipe Rodriquez is gestorven | Netkwesties.
- [Wayback] XS4ALL-oprichter Felipe Rodriquez is overleden.
- [Wayback] De eerste vijf jaar van XS4ALL – Vrij Nederland.
- [Wayback] In memoriam: internetpionier en XS4ALL-oprichter Felipe Rodriquez | B R I G H T.
- [Wayback] Interview met Felipe Rodriguez Van hacker tot politiek adviseur – NRC Handelsblad – Computerbeveiliging – Hackers.
- [Wayback] Felipe Rodriguez, oprichter XS4All (1969-2015): internetmiljonair met ijzeren ballen | Quote.
- [Wayback] Van hacker tot internetmiljonair – De Groene Amsterdammer.
- [Wayback] RIP Felipe Rodriquez #XS4ALL – Nieuws.Social.
- [Archive.is] Charmante internetpionier en restaurateur | Het Financieele Dagblad.
- [Wayback] Felipe Rodriquez, oprichter van Xs4all en De Digitale Stad, overleden – AMSTERDAM – PAROOL.
- [Archive.is] Rop Gonggrijp on Twitter: “My friend Felipe Rodriguez, co-founder of XS4ALL and early internet-and-society thinker, died yesterday. Thanks for everything Felipe.”.
- [Archive.is] ‘Zelfregulering gebruikers moet Internet schoonhouden’ | Media | de Volkskrant.
- [Wayback] Absolute internetheld Felipe Rodriquez overleden | Retecool.
–jeroen
The full video:
Slightly longer but with a worse audio quality:
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