Life of a post Soviet hacker

Experiences of a hacker living in a post Soviet country called Lithuania. It’s a multi-national, multi-cultural, multi-lingual blog. If you can’t understand something, use tools available on the internet, technology will set you free.

I enjoy my ride… October 9, 2008

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Mitsu Lancer '08

This beauty is tech-loaded gizmo. It has built-in voice controlled bluetooth with cell freehand mode, full keyless operation and gorgeous 7 inch navigation system with 30GB hard drive inside. No wonder CNET nominated it 2007 Tech car of the year.

 

Personal ID in Lithuania [continued] October 2, 2008

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While having my lunch, I saw other bank’s branch on the other side of the street. Short visit and I got away with receipt I needed. I spent 2 litas (0.7 euro). This is reasonable, far more reasonable than 8 litas for the very same operation. Do nowadays banks compete with each other?

 

Personal ID in Lithuania October 2, 2008

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My passport is about to expire. That fact dragged me into Lithuanian migration department stupidities. There is a fixed fee of 10 litas (roughly 3 euro) for new ID. That money has to be wire-transferred to a given bank account. So far so good. BUT. One can’t just transfer the money, one must bring receipt from a bank. So I ended up traveling to nearest bank. Here comes the surprise,for cash deposit and the transfer they charge me 8 litas (roughly 2,3 euro). Stupid migration dep. In this day and age you can’t sort out wire-transfers?
I didn’t pay.