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Facebook – 1.5 million accounts hacked

slopjong — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:17:00 +0000

CSO reports on 1.5 million stolen Facebook IDs for sale.

A hacker named Kirllos has a rare deal for anyone who wants to spam, steal or scam on Facebook: an unprecedented number of user accounts offered at rock-bottom prices.

Researchers at VeriSign’s iDefense group recently spotted Kirllos selling Facebook user names and passwords in an underground hacker forum, but what really caught their attention was the volume of credentials he had for sale: 1.5 million accounts.

… read more

Lost connection of the hard drive

slopjong — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:43:39 +0000

Once again I have some trouble with my backup drive today. The problem is that at any time the connection to my external hard drive gets interrupted. This is very bad if Time Machine, the backup software, is writing to the disk at the same time and there’s absolutely no rule when this appears. One more bad thing is that the system recognizes the lost connection but it hangs up until the cable is unplugged. It looks like the hard drive is going into a sleep mode but you can still hear the disk rotating. There’s a WD Caviar Green inside and after my research I’m sure that the case is the evildoer. This is a MacPower Pleiades 3.5″ FW400/USB I bought in last August.

These and those have the same problem with their Pleiades case and here’s a video of a guy getting nervous like me:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGsaGzHlcjQ

Hunger

slopjong — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:57:15 +0000

Cycling for three hours made me hungry.

Painting while working

slopjong — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:53:00 +0000

This is the result of 4 hours ~~painting~~ working. The dot sizes represent the time the cursor wasn’t moved. This picture was captured with IOGraph.

And no I didn’t make thousand coffee breaks. One only need a keyboard and two fingers for programming and reading e-books.

Heeelp, the Chinese are coming!

slopjong — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:29:43 +0000

Since the post frequeny became higher on my blog I was taking more often a look into my stats thus I had to experience a couple of high peaks during the last three weeks. Up to 200 uniqe visitors per day is a normal number but 500 is way too high.

I could explain the first two by posting the shortened URLs of some articles on facebook and twitter but I didn’t blog anything the past few days except the One Word A Day entries so the latest peak is absolutely nonsense. A closer look on the referers breaks the secret. It seems that Baidu, a Chinese search engine, is crawling my blog every fifteen minutes on some days but what for? There’s nothing too interesting stuff for them …

Do they expect pixel-encoded messages in the picture of my pi cake which I baked ten days ago?

Happy PI Day!

slopjong — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:00:30 +0000

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The error between the measured and is only 2%.

Here is the exact : 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128481117450284102701938521105559644622948954930381964428810975665933446128475648233786783165271201909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273724587006606315588174881520920962829254091715364367892590360011330530548820466521384146951941511609433057270365759591953092186117381932611793105118548074462379962749567351885752724891227938183011949129833673362440656643086021394946395224737190702179860943702770539217176293176752384674818467669405132000568127145263560827785771342757789609173637178721468440901224953430146549585371050792279689258923542019956112129021960864034418159813629774771309960518707211349999998372978049951059731732816096318595024459455346908302642522308253344685035261931188171010003137838752886587533208381420617177669147303598253490428755468731159562863882353787593751957781857780532171226806613001927876611195909216420198938095257201065485863278865936153381827968230301952035301852968995773622599413891249721775283479131515574857242454150695950829533116861727855889075098381754637464939319255060400927701671139009848824012858361603563707660104710181942955596198946767837449448255379774726847104047534646208046684259069491293313677028989152104752162056966024058038150193511253382430035587640247496473263914199272604269922796782354781636009341721641219924586315030286182974555706749838505494588586926995690927210797509302955321165344987202755960236480665499119881834797753566369807426542527862551818417574672890977772793800081647060016145249192173217214772350141441973568548161361157352552133475741849468438523323907394143334547762416862518983569485562099219222184272550254256887671790494601653466804988627232791786085784383827967976681454100953883786360950680064225125205117392984896084128488626945604241965285022210661186306744278622039194945047123713786960956364371917287467764657573962413890865832645995813390478027590099465764078951269468398352595709825822620522489407726719478268482601476990902640136394437455305068203496252451749399651431429809190659250937221696461515709858387410597885959772975498930161753928468138268683868942774155991855925245953959431049972524680845987273644695848653836736222626099124608051243884390451244136549762780797715691435997700129616089441694868555848406353422072225828488648158456028506016842739452267467678895252138522549954666727823986456596116354886230577456498035593634568174324112515076069479451096596094025228879710893145669136867228748940560101503308617928680920874760917824938589009714909675985261365549781893129784821682998948722658804857564014270477555132379641451523746234364542858444795265867821051141354735739523113427166102135969536231442952484937187110145765403590279934403742007310578539062198387447808478489683321445713868751943506430218453191048481005370614680674919278191197939952061419663428754440643745123718192179998391015919561814675142691239748940907186494231961567945208095146550225231603881930142093762137855956638937787083039069792077346722182562599661501421503068038447734549202605414665925201497442850732518666002132434088190710486331734649651453905796268561005508106658796998163574736384052571459102897064140110971206280439039759515677157700420337869936007230558763176359421873125147120532928191826186125867321579198414848829164470609575270695722091756711672291098169091528017350671274858322287183520935396572512108357915136988209144421006751033467110314126711136990865851639831501970165151168517143765761835155650884909989859982387345528331635507647918535893226185489632132933089857064204675259070915481416549859461637180270981994309924488957571282890592323326097299712084433573265489382391193259746366730583604142813883032038249037589852437441702913276561809377344403070746921120191302033038019762110110044929321516084244485963766983895228684783123552658213144957685726243344189303968642624341077322697802807318915441101044682325271620105265227211166039666557309254711055785376346682065310989652691862056476931257058635662018558100729360659876486117910453348850346113657686753249441668039626579787718556084552965412665408530614344431858676975145661406800700237877659134401712749470420562230538994561314071127000407854733269939081454664645880797270826683063432858785698305235808933065757406795457163775254202114955761581400250126228594130216471550979259230990796547376125517656751357517829666454779174501129961489030463994713296210734043751895735961458901938971311179042978285647503203198691514028708085990480109412147221317947647772622414254854540332157185306142288137585043063321751829798662237172159160771669254748738986654949450114654062843366393790039769265672146385306736096571209180763832716641627488880078692560290228472104031721186082041900042296617119637792133757511495950156604963186294726547364252308177036751590673502350728354056704038674351362222477158915049530984448933309634087807693259939780541934144737744184263129860809988868741326047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Celebrating PI

slopjong — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:42:26 +0000

Yeah. In four days is March 14th also called PI-Day. Let’s celebrate the constant 3.14159265…

Who’s in?

Let’s meet at two minutes after half past four in the Fachschaft

Mary X-Mas. Let us sing Jingle Bombs …

slopjong — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:00:35 +0000

… with Achmed the dead terrorist.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYwiDHKJ-7M

Goodbye Uncle Pennybags

slopjong — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:00:42 +0000

It was a great time with you!!

I was told of Monopoly City Streets few days after the board game maker Hasbro launched a Google Maps version of Monopoly on Wednesday, September 9th. MCS allowed users to compete in a live, worldwide version of the popular game, creating the biggest Monopoly tournament ever played.

I started to play one day before the game had to be relaunched, one week after the first launch. I was very soon the leader of the Luxembourgish leaderboard but I had to work to keep the first place!

I will post more details about the past three months next days.

If you are one of the mycitystreets board or the Luxembourgish (or what else) leaderboard, leave a comment! I’m interested in your experience. Furthermore I want to know who Zwiwweldeluxe, Serge, Mrstringer, Roddy Piper and Hulk Hogan really were!! Oberweis was the prime suspect.

Winter car tips

slopjong — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:45:37 +0000

Who’s not bothered by frozen car doors and steamed up windows in wintertime? These tips should make our life easier in this season:

Frozen door: Grease the door seal with lip balm.
Frozen headlights: Rub in the headlights with some glycerine.
Steamed up windows: But a box with some charcoal in the car in the evening. They absorb the humid air.

I haven’t used these tricks yet so I don’t know if they really work.