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Happy birthday Linux

 From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: What would you like to see most in minix? Summary: small poll for my new operating system Message-ID: <1991Aug25.205708.9541@klaava.Helsinki.FI> Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT Organization: University of Helsinki  Hello everybody out there using minix – I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be […]

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Wie doof sind Phisher?

(Sorry, German only) Okay, Ich habe gerade eine E-Mail von der “Migrosbank” bekommen. Thunderbird warnt schon:“Diese Nachricht könnte ein Betrugsversuch (Phishing) sein.”Mir egal, durchgelesen und gedacht: ich muss meine nächsten 20 Paswortzusätze eintragen. Der Link zum e-Bankingportal wurde freundlicherweise gleich mitgeschickt (http://203.190.146.50:9070/banking.migrosbank.ch/c…). Angeglickt und… 404. Jetzt hat dieser Vollidiot (Sorry, Kraftausdruck) den Link falsch geschickt. Zwischen […]

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Valleywags "Web 2.0ooh" got interesting

Valleywag startet the ladies round of their “Web 2.Ooh fight”. I listened to Tara Hunt at this years mesh con and because she likes the voting so much, I sat down and hacked a little something.In Valleywag’s system, you click the link and see the results. Boring! I wanted chart over time to see how […]

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How much is a website worth?

GigaOM reports, the web calendar Kiko is selling on eBay for as little as $50’000. On the eBay page, the Kiko shows some Google Analytics stats from July 7 to August 6 and 39’803 visits (33.81% are returning visitors).   Stats for www.kiko.com   Stats for www.cocaman.ch That made me curious. 40’000 visitors and selling for […]

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