May 4, 2007

Hex numbers?

The world must have become crazy. For some reason, I keep seeing the hex number 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 all over the net...

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February 9, 2007

Release, then test

From a release announcement (slightly edited):

We are happy to announce the first release of XYZ. We are currently testing the code so comments and suggestions are welcome.

Probably just the lack of the word "beta". 8-)

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Leading forum?

From a call for presentations for the 1st European ... Conference:

The European [...] Conference is the leading European forum to bring together those who use...

At least say something like "it aims to be the leading forum", please!

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Introduction

An introduction from a new colleague (slightly edited):

Hello, I'm very glad and excited to be here, Innsbruck is beautiful, people I've met here are friendly, I hope I can do something for DERI one day. Thank you.

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