Dieter at the Duenenhof Farm

AKA "Prinz Luitpold wan der Dũne"

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Courtesy of Joachim Korn – who pointed out a certain degree of similarity to one of the most often photographed men in the world. Alas, not any longer! I foolhardily experimented with my moustache.

What Dieter is believing in

Personal beliefs

There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels.

The Church of Emacs

Rien n'est beau que le vrai …

Nicolas Boileau

Show me your .emacs and I'll tell you who you are

Yuri Linkow

Credo

I am believing in …

What I like to do

Programming

An example in elisp:

This is an add-on – called ANSYS-Mode – to the GNU Emacs editor for investigating and coding APDL (Ansys Parametric Design Language)

Some visual impressions can be seen in the online introductory tutorial or its equivalent PDF presentation.

I dance, therfore I am.

Here is my site for dancing (especially for discofox): Tanzmöglichkeiten in Rhein-Main/Rhein-Neckar

For nostalgic reasons, below is a link to the site for dancers in English, but the information is not topical since Dec 2010: Dance halls

What I'm not believing in

A somewhat bizzare opinion piece regarding the importance of the engineering profession:

Foreword to lecture notes

The German origin:

Vorwort zum Vorlesungsskript

What I like to behold

Another tragic victim of life in the Middle East

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Juliano Mer-Khamis was an Israeli actor, director, filmmaker and political activist of Jewish and Christian Arab parentage, he was assassinated by a masked gunman in 2011 (picture: reuters).

Ricky Hatton

The boxer Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton AKA "Ricky Fatton" between … a n d

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… during fights! (Above picture: Steve Allen, below: AP, June 2007 Castillo-Hatton WBC welterweight title fight)

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In round four, Hatton landed this "perfect" left hook to the liver, which put Castillo to the canvas. Unable to stand up, Castillo was counted out for the first time in his career.

The bravest Eyes

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Natalia Estemirova , a human-rights campaigner murdered in 2009, picture taken from The Economist ( Natalja Chussainowna Estemirowa , Wikipedia Seite auf deutsch)

Somewhere, 2007 in the land of endless opportunities

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Picture taken from The Economist

The City of Sin in 2005

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Tending buffalo

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From Gangfeng Wang, or the "Gang of One", the first freelance photographer in China.

Fidel's sole sin?

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Cuban leader Fidel Castro drinking Coca-Cola. Photograph: PA

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