communism and ticket “scalping”communism and ticket “scalping”
In the USSR the government fixed prices on all commodities, how desirable an item was merely determined the length of the queue not the price. Today in the same manner[...]
Advice for speakersAdvice for speakers
I am not an expert at public speaking. Attending Toastmasters to improve my speaking skills is on my todo list. However having given hundreds of talks over the course of[...]
more on clean energymore on clean energy
One new technology for saving fuel in cars is the 6 stroke engine. This is an engine that has two power strokes for every intake of fuel. The first power[...]
Rip It Off unless you use windows?Rip It Off unless you use windows?
The music sales website www.ripit.com.au has the advertising campaign ripit – don’t rip it off. However the web site displays the below message when viewed on a Linux machine. The[...]
upliftuplift
For a long time I’ve enjoyed reading books by David Brin. Not only does he have some good sci-fi ideas and a good writing style, but he’s also a cool[...]
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RAID etcRAID etc
On a closed mailing list someone wrote: 2 X 120gb ide drives installed as slaves on each ide channels. … Presto. A 230’ish GB storage NAS for all my junk.[...]
Debian SE LinuxDebian SE Linux
Yesterday Erich Schubert blogged about reducing Debian SE Linux work due to lack of hardware. To solve such problems I’ve put a Debian/unstable machine on the net and given Erich[...]
planet debian, spam, and SE Linuxplanet debian, spam, and SE Linux
In regard to my post yesterday about Planet Debian I received the following response: James Purser said I’m betting that your feed is an atom feed. We had the same[...]
planet debianplanet debian
I am aware of the problems in displaying my blog in Planet Debian. I have filed a bug report with blogger and informed mako. There’s nothing else I can do[...]
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root-kits on robotsroot-kits on robots
This story on 365tomorrows.com on the topic of rootkits is interesting (note the OSs involved). Also it made me wonder about the other possibilities for a root-kitted robot, the mind[...]