Again I had to wait for a Test-Computer to be prepared for installation of a test application.
While waiting, I decided to play Chess again and trying to bone the AI again.
As it is rather difficult to gain six Queens AND NOT to Stalemate the AI.
Stalemate means that the opponent can’t make a move without being checked.

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…where all those airplanes you see on the sky are going to?
I always wondered about the immense amount (spotting almost 5 or 6 planes on the sky
above Bern on a busy day!). More and more modern planes are equipped with a special
GPS sender that allows them to send their position to the different ground controls.

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…can be now found in the Fuji Q theme park in in Fujiyoshida,
Yamanashi, Japan. With it’s astonishing 121 degress drop, you’re
short-term bit overhead rushing down from ~57 metres and
approaching the rest of the coaster with a speed of approx 100 km/h (65mph)!

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Our eyes are subject to optical illusions. Nothing new
as there are famous people like M.C.Escher who made
impressive optical illusions like the neverending waterfall
or the endless steps. With videos you can do similar things.

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iPhone here, iPhone there. Some people might say that
it is boring to read about Apple’s wonder device, being
owned by more than 20 million people every day. But
did you know about the funny things about it’s camera?
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Last but not least I am also part of the Google+ community. Why, you ask?
Because my other friends have done so, too and being recently informed by local news that
there’s a new facebook killer on the way garnished with a demo.
What shows up now seems to be a potential facebook alternative…

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As you can see, the Euro is undergoing some loss of value compared to the Swiss Franc.
So is the Dollar and other currencies aswell.
But what makes the Swiss Franc so extremely strong compared to the other currencies?
Is it Switzerland with it’s well-known banks or some other factor?

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Again I had to wait for an application to finish maintenance on my workstation.
So I decided to play chess again. Funny to see, how the iPhone can loose at medium settings:
I think, the AI seems to be either very dumb (easy), not deep-analyzing (medium) or a real
pain in the a** when using a higher difficulty setting as it analyzes every move (hard).

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…what a sandstorm is like, you will find this video quite interesting.
All I can say that it is sort of scary and can be dangerous to drive.
Never thought, that it can get so dark inside…
Anyway… I, myself, would not want to get into such a sandstorm at all!

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…in Zurich-Altstetten, Switzerland!
 It appears that a rather big waterpipe has burst and spilt millions
of liters of water into the streets of Zurich. Yet impressive to look
at, it also means big loss for insurance companies!

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You probably do not want to get awake like this.
But for the gal of this guy it seems rather normal
to wake him up with kinda strange methods!
I, myself would not want to be woken up like this!

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Especially buttered floors can be very painful. This gal of the young man in
the shower had the glorious idea to butter the floor while he’s in the shower
whistling and having no idea what awaits him when he’s done showering!
Funny to watch yet I’d consider not playing this trick on your close ones!

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As today, Nokia seems to have decided to bring out another new cellphone that is not
yet using Windows Phone 7.
Instead, the N9, as Nokia calls it’s newest development, comes with MeeGo 1.2
(Codename Harmattan) and thus with an already known OS that has given life to the N900.

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The new Top500-list of the 500 fastest supercomputers in the world is out now and the
Japanese domain the top again!
How did they do that? Well, read the full article about their new wonder machine, it’s
specs and technical data…

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Usually concerts are something great one would
be looking forward to go on. Good music an adored
singer cool light show good sound… However it
depends on whose concert you are.

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I thought that law in USA has strange situations such as not being allowed to ride horses
in an office building or not being allowed to spank your wife with a wooden rod thicker
than your indexing finger or 1cm…
This here tops it all…

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Russia is always known to have curious things… but when you expect a
water tap to spend water but instead “drinks” the water out of your glass,
then you can say, it’s somewhat strange. However I am not yet able to say
what causes the tap to “drink” the water but I think, there might be some…

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What do Karlsplatz (Stachus) in Munich and Zytglogge in Bern have in common?
They’re both famous places as they have well-known landmarks on them.
Good point, but they have also something else in common. It can’t be the size as
Karlsplatz (Stachus) is way bigger than Zytglogge… so what can it be?

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To sweeten up the beginning of the weekend for all of you, I am
presenting you another funny video bit I discovered on YouTube.
If you take time to chop a tree in order to steal a bike, then better
check, if you’re alone and don’t do it when you’re being watched!!!

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…for your computer at work to reboot and install some software.
 
While waiting for my Computer at work to restart and doing some maintenance,
I decided to play a quick round of chess at medium setting. I did quite well…

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Yesterday, Nintendo revealed their new game console, called the Wii U,
to the public on the E3 in Los Angeles.
 
What will come to us looks outrageously promising:

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Volcanoes are somewhat strange world occurencies. They tend to be calm or
being some very active beasts that can devastate entire isles. Those that are not
calm but also not too ferocius seem to be very impresive nature spectacles.
While browsing, I stumbled over an imressive video that shows a recently

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…and their curiosities!
Today while reading my news sites about what’s new in the computer scene, I stumbled
over some rather strange pictures. The made me think only this: What the F…-prompt!
If you think, CPU cooling is going to reduce in Size as the chip structure is being reduced,

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…or how I got into a really annoying trip to munich again. Annoying because of the fact
that I had to deal with the bad reliability of the german railsystem… AGAIN!
And the other fact that I also left my cell phone in Bern made this an even more challenging
trip. How did my trip end up? Read the full story:

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later today I stumbled upon another, rather disgusting picture in our local newspaper.
I thought, what the heck is this??? And I decided to read the linked blog…
What I’ve seen there was really disgusting and I only thought: Hopefully they’re not going
to bring such food to Europe…

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Reading my favourite computer tech site today, I stumbled over a really interesting article
that made me also think about the current world situation.
As wars are currently striking on Libya, Syria and some other african countries, the
following linked article made me really thinking and also brought up some uncomfyness!

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Believe it or not: Usually, Noteboos are supposed to be outlived by their data storages (HDD).
In my case the good old notebook (now 8 years old!) has outlived the second HDD!
Now installed WinXP new from scratch and typing this blog entry by now.
Sad but true that the f***ed HDD was a Samsung HDD which are usually known as being very

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Things you’d better not do at your community or you consider cleaning the mess afterwards!
However the preparations are made very detailed and carefully…
So if you want to have a laugh or two, you might find the following video an inspiration
for a new prank…

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…but still time to relax

Well… Currently sitting in Starbucks, enjoying a strawberry&cream Frappé and thinking
about my vacation starting on friday…

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When the big Web2.0 sympathy began and all these social networks offered ppl to track
their life online, also known as “blogging”, I did not instantly adapt to this technique.
But in today’s time it can be very interesting to look back, what you have done in the past.
With the help of some software (in this case WordPress), blogging never became easier.

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…after some several kinks with subdomaining, domaining, whatever…

Sometimes things ain’t that easy as they are promoted… it’s all trial and error!
Last but not least I got WordPress to work and with it a (hopefully) easy-to-manage blog.

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Today a good friend of mine celebrates his 30th birthday and I am also invited.
Better start to get my luggage packed and prepare to get to Munich asap!
Stay tuned when I update this entry about how the party was!
*** Update on June, 8^th, 2011 ***

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