Author Archives: Dyrathror

Buying an iPhone in China

Posted on 13/12/2009 by Dyrathror

Lately it was the time that I had to replace my old PDA with something new because I dropped it one time too much on the floor. Because we had business in Shanghai and found a shop with “original” iPhones … Continue reading →

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The Nonsense of Software Patents

Posted on 13/08/2009 by Dyrathror

I am Software Developer and my opinion is that Software Patents are not only Nonsense but also counterproductive! There are not infinitely many ways to program something. Computer Science Theory already shows that for many problems there are only few … Continue reading →

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Back after a Break

Posted on 06/08/2009 by Dyrathror

I didn’t write anything for quite a while. But now I am back 🙂 My break had two reasons. The really good one is that I became father of a little daughter named Thalea in the mid of July. Naturally … Continue reading →

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Ruby Objects, Class-Objects and MetaClass-Objects

Posted on 13/07/2009 by Dyrathror

After a while of evaluation I started over programming mainly in Ruby about two month ago. Long time ago I learned for a short while object orientation programming in Smalltalk-80 but soon started to use C++, first with the AT&T … Continue reading →

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Tropical Thunderstorms

Posted on 04/07/2009 by Dyrathror

When I arrived in Haikou a year ago my only experience with a tropical region has been 6 month on Martinique between my studies in physics and the start of my computer science studies. On Martinique the rainy season is … Continue reading →

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