Well, the most recent update in the TOS of YouTube did cause quite a stir, to the point that there are now petitions going around. And here's where I cannot help but think what corporate **** Google is pulling here ( Read more... )

This time: PDF and "graphics artists". Don't get me wrong, I do respect the amount of work that go into graphical artwork and design, not a problem at all ( Read more... )

Well... after resisting the urge for the longest time I finally caved and got myself one of these nifty fitness tracker wristbands. I stood in the store for quite some time and compared features (and price tags) of various devices. I already knew back then that my primary concern would be "privacy" (or rather lack thereof) since none of the devices ( Read more... )

Example code from the .NET Framework 4 documentation:

public class myReverserClass : IComparer
{
// Calls CaseInsensitiveComparer.Compare with the parameters reversed.

int IComparer.Compare( Object x, Object y ) {
return( (new CaseInsensitiveComparer()).Compare( y, x ) );
}
}
Can you see my ( Read more... )

Today's example of f*** you, customer is from Adobe ( Read more... )

This post is not my typical rant about the concept of open source but rather a note about how funny it can be to read things that other people write... I don't dare say "code" because of the level of stupidity involved sometimes ( Read more... )

And again I'm experiencing the joy and fun of "interpreting standards ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago, I wrote in this journal about my adventures with specs and standards. Well, I've added another algorithm to my crypto-library: SHA3... and oh my... they found an even more confusing way of expressing that than I've seen before. Here's the official NIST document about it... have a read if you dare. My personal enemy was Chapter 4 ( Read more... )

Recently (i.e. about three years ago) I aquired a new hobby: implement internet standards. It is rather time consuming, yes... so far I've succeeded in writing my own implementation of several cryptography algorithms (RSA, AES, SHA-2, PBKDF2 to name most of them) and to get several protocols to a "running in test environment" stage both as server ( Read more... )

Another one. This time: "Production Enhancing Plugins". Or: "The Pain in your Behind you have been taught to enjoy"... another example for Stockholm syndrome ( Read more... )