Month: July 2009

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SHA-3: second round in the cryptographers’ Olympiad

Source: Heise The competition run by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to find the next generation of cryptographic hash functions has gone into its second round. Fourteen algorithms are still vying to be crowned in 2012 as the next standard for cryptographic hash functions, SHA-3 (Secure Hash Algorithm). I am curious […]

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Avira has a Risk Level

http://techblog.avira.com/risk-level/en/ Avira Risk Level definitions There is an average level computed for the last 30 days for both malware and phishing. The alert level is computed like this: 1 Normal activity – less than -50 percent 2 Increased activity – between -50 and -25 percent 3 Suspicious activity – between -25 and 25 percent 4 […]

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Bitter experience at the Magic Circle Festival 2009…

IMPORTANT: I AM NOT A JOURNALIST, JUST A BIG FAN ! I wanted to attend the festival because I love Manowar ! So, I drove 5h30min to Loreley on 18.07.09 to see and hear Manowar. Here is my (bitter) experience: 1. The location was badly chosen Why ? In order to go there you must […]

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Puzzle globe

After more than 10 h of work (distributed in about 2 weeks) I managed to finish the puzzle globe from Ravensburger. Here is the entire set of pictures: puzzle globe And here is just one (because I might delete the set sometime):

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They have arrived …

No, not the aliens… The tickets for the Magic Circle Festival. Here the tickets and the flyer look like : And a ticket: Looking forward to attend even if we have to drive for four hours to Loreley.