Religion and CarsReligion and Cars
The Catholic Church has recently issued a set of 10 road commandments. Number 9 is “On the road, protect the more vulnerable party” which ties in with an article by[...]
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IEA predicts global oil crisisIEA predicts global oil crisis
The ABC reports that an oil shortage is predicted soon. The International Energy Agency predicts that oil supply problems will start within the next five years. Oil production has been[...]
Correspondent Inference Theory and the USCorrespondent Inference Theory and the US
Bruce Schneier writes about Correspondent Inference Theory which deals with situations when the motives of an individual or group are inferred by the results of their actions. Both his article[...]
Testing STONITHTesting STONITH
One problem that I have had in configuring Heartbeat clusters is in performing a STONITH that originates outside the Heartbeat system. STONITH was designed for the Heartbeat system to know[...]
A Free-Software Only LaptopA Free-Software Only Laptop
Mark Shuttleworth asks if people are interested in a high-end free-software laptop (it seems that Linspire is leading in the low-end free-software laptop stakes). I am interested in such things.[...]
License Fees for Music in ClubsLicense Fees for Music in Clubs
The Cyber Law Center has blogged about the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia Limited being permitted to charge night-club owners $1.05 per person per night for playing commercial music up[...]
Documentaries about Gifted ChildrenDocumentaries about Gifted Children
On several occasions I have watched part of a TV documentary on gifted children, but I have never been able to watch one completely because every one that I have[...]
Desktop Machines and ECC RAMDesktop Machines and ECC RAM
In a comment on my post about memory errors Chris Samuel referred me to an interesting post on the Beowulf mailing list about memory errors. In that list posting Joe[...]
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Tevion MP4 Player Model M6 – a ReviewTevion MP4 Player Model M6 – a Review
On Thursday I bought a $99 (discounted from $199) MP4 player from Aldi (a German supermarket chain that has recently opened up here). The player is a Tevion model M6.[...]
Memory Errors and Memtest86+Memory Errors and Memtest86+
Early this year I deployed a server. As part of my normal procedure I ran the Memtest86+ memory test program (which showed no errors) before deploying it. After some time[...]