Bryn, I have been generally happy with smile. Since online is the only place you get to do things with them they tend to have it all worked out. The only thing I dislike about their web interface is that they make the back button log you out “for security reasons”, but at […]
I’m not going to FOSDEM because I have spent most of today since about 4am alternately vomiting or curled up in a foetal position with incredibly painful stomach cramps.
No throwing up in the last 5 hours and cramps reduced to the point where I can actually use the computer, so fingers crossed I’m past the […]
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel/49590
“If we turn the lights out, close the curtains and stay real quiet, do you think he’ll believe we’re not in?” — Entire Ubuntu community
See also.
Ante, what’s wrong with Linux software RAID plus LVM for that? SATA RAID is generally “fakeraid”, and Linux software RAID will most likely outperform even the real 3ware SATA RAID. The only thing something like 3ware has going for it is battery backup — as an expensive optional extra.
Uwe’s post about script reminded me that script just doesn’t seem to work for me for some reason anymore on Debian (both sarge and etch). I also see it sometimes on work’s RHEL-alike machines, but not all of them!
Here’s what happens:
$ script
Script started, file is typescript
bash: No such file or directory
Script done, file is […]
Comment on a BBC News article about the “size zero” fad:
“Deep down, if the reason women want to look skinny is cause they think it is atractive, then why doesnt someone carry out a survey of all men in the world.”
ureasample.com:
“Contents of our Executive Ultra Realistic kit:
Five inch ultra realistic prosthetic penis (available in 3 skin tones)”
And:
“Residents of Pennsylvania, Arkansas, North Carolina and South Carolina may only purchase this kit minus the clean urine and therefore must choose ‘NO SAMPLE’ from the ‘Select Sample Type’ options box below. Kits are […]
If the ads were really honest, Webb would be standing there with one arm, struggling to open a packet of peanuts while Mitchell effortlessly tore his apart with both hands. But then, if the ads were really honest, Webb would be dressed in unbelievably po-faced avant-garde clothing with a gigantic glowing apple on his back. […]
Via the BBC: A woman who put her boyfriend’s cat in the washing machine and set it on full cycle has been given a four month suspended sentence. The cat died of heart failure and severe burns.
District judge Andrew Shaw, sitting at Llandudno magistrates’ court, told Hannon it was the worst act of animal […]