Emanuel told me about Hackit and that he had solved the 16 levels. So I gave it a try…
| The first few levels were very easy, than it got harder. The hardest level was the number 12 because I had to try out about 48 possible solutions. And it did not match until the second last. What bad luck! |
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On the right and below you can see two evidences of my success 
Do it yourself: http://www.isatcis.com/
In the last few days I did some work on our MathML plug-in for FrameMaker. It is about three years ago when I did a term project with Christian Cavegn on this topic. We started working with FrameMaker7.0. Since then I am burdened from time to time to do a new release for the current release. I had no problem with version 7.1 and 7.2. But now with FrameMaker8.0 it is different.
First, when downloading the FrameMaker Developer Kit (FDK8.0) I noticed that the included documentation is still for FDK7.2. Finally I found some parts of the documentation online, but not the things I needed. So the only thing I could do is work with the well known principle try and error. But that is not the way we do our work at the IFS. So unless our costumer pays for guessing around (which I doubt) I am done with it
Yes, I know it does not sound too bad… but of course there are several other things to mention about Adobe especially the Acrobat Reader. Why does the installer need to reboot after the update process? Not only that it gives an alert which recommends a to reboot the system. Sometimes it even reboots the system automatically after a few minutes. Nice feature when you are compiling or letting the computer work itself without controlling the monitor.
And not to forget how slowly this document viewer is… Compared to other pdf viewer!
At IFS we have a costum. It is called Dönerstag and means that we eat a Kebab every Thursday. But this just for introduction….
That you can unterstand the problem you have to know the process in the Istanbul Kebab (aka Dönerbude 
). You have to order the food at the desk and can take place afterwards. When you want to take of your jacket you put the Kebab on the table. By this action it is comment that some piece of meet or salade fall out onto the table. This can be really annoing. But not anymore mit my Invention
Yes I know it would be stylisher if I had use Ayran!
btw: How do English/Americans call a Kebab/Döner/Dürüm do they use the turkisch names or do they have their own names?
The stereo from my parents did not work properly. Some times one loud speaker did not work so you could hear the sound only on the left or on the right side. It is quite a while ago this curious behaviour started. My father said to me lets open this thing and lets have a look otherwise we through it away. After we dissassembled the whole device. I started looking for a defect part. After a short time I noticed a few cold solder connection. I took the soldering iron and made this connection new. After reassemble the apparat, you will not believe it, it is working properly. I know good and high quality devices are hard to find especially with the strong competition today. No wonder money is safed everywhere. As it look like the conections on the print where made by machine automatically, but all the cables and other connection to the main platine where soldered by hand. And it looks like this people who soldered it had no clue how to do it…. Besides the stereo it is no long ago I fixed a toaster and a sauna heat controller (of our sauna) on the same way. Only by solder this joint again.
My first Post in 2008… and it is all about things from 2007 which I should have blogged long ago To be a bit more specific: The following five topics had all their on post but were never published. (By that I mean: I didn’t finish these posts)
Score
When I received the Results from my tests I was surprised. I did
very well in the TOEFL but not so good in the GRE.
The overall score in the iBT TOEFL is 110 out of 120.
And in the GRE I have 320 in the Verbal section, 710 in the Math section and 3.0 in Analytical writing.
Report of the Score
To send a TOEFL score report to a University is very easy. You have to log in on a Website and select the University and can get charged by credit card. Sounds quite easy…
But even it is the same Company ETS the score reports for the GRE are different. There is no cool web interface. No you request reports by letter/fax or phone. The fastest way
is by phone. So I tried that one. I thought there would be a person taking my order but instead it was a computer program which asks for all the codes by entering the numbers
on the phone. After each number the number was read and I had to confirm it by pressing 1. So I put the speaker on and sat in front of my telephone listening and entering numbers for about 5min.
Thanks to the newest Technologies
In December I went to the Ärzte concert and went afterwards home with mixed feeling. First the positive side. The Band did a very good show and surprised me that they even can change the instruments. Bela played guitar and Farin played the drums. (For all real Ärzte fans: that was new for me… sorry ) Of course they did not miss one chance to make Swiss jokes! In the stadium there was e very good vibe and it was a lot of fun to be there.
On the other hand there is also a downside. The average age of the audience was very low. I even wondered why the parents allow a kid in this age to stay out at a Wednesday for so long!
But anyway I did like it and would go again!
It is longer ago but I still want to mention it
If seen Ratatouille which is a sweet and entertaining movie.
The other Movie was “Lissi und der wilde Kaiser”. I did not see any advertising for this movie but when I heard that this is the new movie from Bulli I definitely wanted to see it. In my opinion it is very easy to describe the Film or better said who will like this movie: Everybody who liked “Der Schuh des Manitu” and “(T)raumschiff Periode 1″. One little thing I have to mention. It is a comic movie but you can exactly recognize the mimic from bull in the face of the comic figure.
I took one of the last possibillities to see the musical “We Will Rock You”. And I think it is worth every penny. Of course I do not have to mention that I like the Queen’s I think it is a must for all Queen fans. The story is about the future where rock music is prohibited and there is a small group who fight against the system. Besides the music they told a lot of jokes referring to. The actor showed a solid performance and the whole evening was very entertaining.
First I was surprised when I saw the following screen on the SBB time table. But now I am sure this must be a train for “fare dodgers”
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