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Going places, dabbling in too many things with too few results

I live in a rural area of Germany which is in some regards very similar to the Sims world: You know all your neighbours and there are not that many buildings around. Unfortunately, the similarities end here. Reconstruction of your living space isn't as easy as in the game

Currently my job is keeping me extremely busy, so my Sims time is restricted to the rare vacation day. I am still puzzling over a way to improve the situation. In the meantime bear with my rare appearances...

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Why I read serialized novels only after the last part has been releasedWritten Apr 14, 2011

I guess it has happened to everyone at least once. Reading a fantastic, absorbing book or watching a great movie that ends with a "to be continued". But the next installment isn't available yet. So you have to wait. Impatiently. For an increasingly frustrating long time. For me, it's like starting to count the days until christmas 6 months in advance. That's why I shy away from serialized... ...More

Copyright is such a difficult topicWritten Nov 04, 2010

Copyrights make for a huge topic. Sometimes even in the Sims community. I totally agree on the idea of protecting intellectual property, not the least because modern societies shift from producing material things to non-material values like entertainment or technology. Or to put it simple: Minstrels need to be paid if you want them to work as one. But the protection of the copyrights does... ...More

A Spambot proving groundWritten Oct 29, 2010

Automated spambots are programs designed to infiltrate forums, guestbooks, blogs etc. Usually their aim is to spread hyperlinks (which lead to pages where the user can expect everything from simple advertising to evil trojan-infestations) or to do at least only some annoying stuff like disrupting forum page layouts etc. Such automated buggers are the main reason why CAPTCHAs exist. " C... ...More

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