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– Avocados
Oracle’s Java FAQ Displays in Chinese
17. January, 2014I just looked at an article in the Oracle Java FAQ and I was a bit surprised to get this result:
如何設定例外網站清單？
本文適用於:
- Java 版本: 7.0
從 Java 7 Update 51 版本開始導入了例外網站清單功能。藉由將應用程式 URL 新增至「例外」清單，可讓使用者執行通常會被安全檢查封鎖的「豐富網際網路應用程式 (Rich Internet Applications, RIA)」。[…]
The solution was pretty simple: Append ?locale=en to the end of the URL: http://www.java.com/de/download/faq/exception_sitelist.xml?locale=en
That fixed it for me … sometimes.
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Printing Money @Home
2. July, 2013Ever thought about printing money at home?
It’s illegal, right. But think about this idea:
Your printer driver is connected to, say, PayPal. You draw some cute image (or use your cat if you can’t draw or the Internet, it’s full of cats). You create a QR code worth $15, slap them together with gimp and go to spend it.
Everyone has a mobile phone, so checking those codes would be no big deal. Just an app and you’re done.
And the best part: The NSA would know all the time where you are! You’d never get lost! When they notice you stopped spending money, they could send you an ambulance!
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Backups are for Wimps, Real Men use the NSA
25. June, 2013We spend a lot of money on various secret services to spy on us. Why not turn the intrusion into a service and ask them for files which we accidentally deleted or lost?
But maybe you’re subversive. Like Markus Kompa. In that case, try to get a German passport. Write some document and send a copy to someone whose wires are probably tapped. Now write a letter to an involved secret service and request them to delete the copy (according to German law, you have full control on where, when and under which circumstances one of your works may be published).
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Samsung Asks For More Money … From Apple
13. November, 2012A short time ago, a jury decided that Samsung owes Apple roughly[1] one billion dollars for patent infringement.
Now Samsung raised prices for the chips they make for Apple.
Hm …
Makes me wonder …
Is that a clever scheme to make Apple pay for its own license fees?
Samsung: “Can we pay even higher license fees?”
Apple: 😦
Samsung: “Just asking …”
Update: Apparently, the original report isn’t correct (good luck verifying this claim): Samsung never asked for more money but it’s still a funny idea.
[1]: With that kind of money, who cares for decimals?
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Google, The Evil Empire
18. October, 2012Google says “We’re not evil[*]” but some have their doubts. “Why insist, when you’re not?” they might ask.
The photo of an Imperial Stormtrooper in standing guard in one of their server farms might be fuel for the wary:
Source: Take a walk through a Google data center. When you start, take a step left and then turn left.
[*]: Actually, the slogan is “Don’t be evil.” See how a slight change of words changes the meaning of a sentence.
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Touching the RGB Colorspace
22. September, 2012
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Takedown Instead of Touchdown
7. August, 2012Scripps News Service (one company of the E. W. Scripps Group. The same group owns United Media who publishes the famous Dilbert comic strip) sent YouTube a DMCA takedown notice claiming they were owning the copyright of one of the videos in NASA’s YouTube channel (again).
It’s like Einstein said: “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”
But now we have computers to bring dumbness to whole new levels.
Related:
- “NASA’s Mars Rover Crashed Into a DMCA Takedown” by Alex Pasternack
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Order Your Own Mecha
3. August, 2012Ever wanted to pilot one of those huge robots from Japanese Anime? Here is your chance:
Training video:
I especially liked “the system will fire when the pilot smiles. This feature is called ‘THE SMILE SHOT’. You will be able to take out all enemies with a single smile. Be sure not to cause a shooting spree by smiling too much!” 😉
And all that for a mere $2,051,200 US (with all extras enabled)!
Order form (needs flash)
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Symphony of Science
31. July, 2012When I reach to the edge of the universe
I do so knowing that along some paths of cosmic discovery
There are times when, at least for now,
One must be content to love the questions themselves— Neil deGrasse Tyson
Symphony of Science is a YouTube channel where they mix awe-inspiring images with vocalized texts. It’s a bit hard to explain but easy to understand. Watch this:
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