Archive 14. December 2004

Al Qaeda, Ku-Klux-Klan - and PDS

Not much comes to mind about that anymore

Here's the original article.

Barebones pure-Python PostgreSQL client - PostgreSQL client in pure Python - no C compiler required, therefore very portable, but also less feature-rich

Captcha

Yep, Captchas stink.

At Der Schockwellenreiter you can find the original article.

Hamster question? Höhn has an answer

We can and will solve the hamster question at the Neurath location.

Teufelsgrinsen

At WDR.de you can find the original article.

Pirates Response to DreamWorks

Even though the blogosphere is now puzzling over what retractable batons are - the answer to Dreamworks is actually quite funny. Unfortunately, you can't write something like that in this country anymore, because our legal system is increasingly approaching the American garbage heap and, thanks to Schily and other blockheads, is even overtaking it on the right ... By the way, batons are rubber truncheons or police batons - retractable batons being those nice telescopic batons you sometimes see in movies. I won't translate what it means to sodomize oneself with retractable batons.

I found the original article at Der Schockwellenreiter.

REgurgitate - Example of how to tokenize Python code and rebuild it

StupidSheet - Another example for tokenize - a small pure-Python spreadsheet

The Daily Whim: MT Plus Comment Spam Equals Dead Site

An interesting article about the impact of blog spam, especially on Moveable Type hosters. Gigantic server load just because the comment forms of Moveable Type are most frequently attacked by spambots and because the anti-spam plugins for MT are anything but optimal for server load.

Here's the original article.

US film industry wants to take action against BitTorrent

Eventually the film industry will then sue the plastic bag industry because you can secretly smuggle illegal DVDs in them...

At heise online news there is the original article.

Who says safe computing must remain a pipe dream?

Bruce Schneier with a few tips about computer security. I want to share the most important one here, because I absolutely agree with it: If possible, don't use Microsoft Windows. Buy a Macintosh or use Linux.

Teufelsgrinsen

Here's the original article.