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There is something annoying about Windows Error Reporting: The minidump created after a crash is removed once we close the WER crash notification window. Greggm explains in his blog how to avoid this:

basically move to the %tmp% directory
find the .dmp file recently created and
change it’s attribute to read-only.

Gregg explains how to do this […]

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I recently read a book that reviews the basic notions of probability. And this book also describes the "Gambling of the Chevalier De Mere": Solving this problem, Blaise Pascal produced the basic laws of probability.
Historically recorded is the fait of a swinging Flemish renaissance gentleman, the Chevalier de Mere. Around 1650, he suffered severe […]

Amazing Optical Illusions

I came across this amazing optical illusions that are album covers for a band called Soulwax. Here are some hints to see the hidden text:
• squint your eyes• make your vision blurry by ”flexing’ your eyes• cross your eyes just a little bit• raise your eyebrows & stretch your eyes tight

The Monkey […]

The Joy of Tech Support

A funny cartoon from NGenius:

Its NGenius! » Blog Archive » The reason I ask the Question via kwout

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