Dec 31 18:59:59 kernel: Clock: inserting leap second 23:59:60 UTC
Dec 31 18:59:59 kernel: Clock: inserting leap second 23:59:60 UTC
I'm starting to understand the hype about twitter. They were smart opening up their API to a simple bash script. See below for a sample that allows you to easily tweet from the command line.
#!/bin/bash TEXT=$* curl -s -u username:password -d status="${TEXT}" https://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml >/dev/null
I guess the value comes from finding interesting people to follow. Suggestions?
I've solved 50 problems at this site, and I'm not even rated as a novice. Instead, I'm a level 2 cube. You're not considered an expert until you hit level 5, which requires you to solve over 200 problems. So, it looks like I'll be at it for awhile.
The problems require the use of induction and the use of a computer. My language of choice for this is Python, but you'll see, once you enter your answer, how other people have solved the problem. Some people use assembly.
You might want to take a quick look see. Careful, it's addictive.
I wasn't happy with Linksys SRW248G4 switch. After using it for over a year, which is the length of the warranty, it slowly began to fail. It finally got to the point where it would only handle 10baseT/Half, and even with that setting, a lot of packets were dropped. In addition, the ssh interface is limited. Instead, the main interface is an http interface which requires Microsoft's IE (with low security for ActiveX controls).
So, I replaced the Linksys switch with a Soekris Net5501 computer, with SanDisk Extreme III 8.0GB CompactFlash card,a wireless mPCI card from Netgate( 802.11a/b/g), and a lan1641 (PCI Quad ethernet board). You have to install an operating system on the device. A lot of people choose OpenBSD, but Linux (Fedora 8 with a custom kernel config) works just fine.
The first thing that impressed me was lack of noise. Since the Soekris Net5501 doesn't require a fan, it's completely silent. Second, you get complete control over the setup -- how you're going to handle bridging, firewall rules and additional software. There is enough power on the device to run a mail server, Apache, and even compile programs on the device in a reasonable amount of time. In fact, I ended up compiling Postfix from source directly on the device. For kicks I compiled the Linux kernel, but that took the better part of the night. This device is really a small computer (bogomips 999.79).
Anyone can sign up and use the Google App Engine. It works nicely on Linux.
You have to have Python 2.5, and you download their Software Development Kit. The applications that you build are in Python. After testing the application locally, it can be uploaded to Google. Of course, you can also point your own domain name to where the application lives as well, so no one will know that you're using Google.
Yeah, they do limit the amount of content to 500MB, which is enough for development. They're talking about increasing the content for a fee. So, you have plenty of space for development; but, when you land a contract, for your work, you'll have the option to increase the amount of space and pass the expense along to the client.
Is it true you cannot link to an article on your own site, even if the content is relevant and helpful? That strikes me as a form of prejudice.
Okay all I wanted to do was link my SQLite Tutorial on the Wikipedia SQLite page so that someone could find some useful information. Careful, that "MY" is a crime.
Apparently, I cannot link it to my own site because it's me doing it - ad hominem
I thought the purpose of Wikipedia was to give out information. I'm okay with someone telling the content isn't relevant. That would certainly be a valid reason for not linking it. But, as I understand it, I'm somehow associated with the SQLite project, therefore, I'm not fit to judge the content?
Anyway, I hope your experiences with Wikipedia are better. I'm not too positive on it. My intend was only to distribute information. Please see for yourself.
"The Mathematics of Poker", by Bill Chen and Jerrod Ankenman. (2006)An excellent book on poker especially if you're into programming poker bots. The book explains the math, leaving no missing steps; yet, these guys know their math (Chen has a a PhD in Mathematics from Berkeley, and works at a well known Susquehanna International Group, that specializes in financial analysis). These guys know their poker too. Chen has 2 world series bracelets in a subdivision of hold'em.
If you're interested in programming Java poker bots, you may
want to checkout Poker
Academy. You can plug in your Java coded bots and use
these bots to play against other players on line for PAX
(poker play money).
A quick note, don't be fooled by the
term play money - you'll have to earn that money with hard
work against other good players. Time is money. It takes
time to earn PAX; therefore, PAX is equivalent to money.
You may also be interested in the following book:
"Comparing and Merging Files with GNU diff and patch; for
Diffutils 2.8.1 and patch 2.54", by David MacKenzie, Paul
Eggert, Richard Stallman. Edited for publication by Brian
Gough. (2002).
If the above free download doesn't work, since I'm not sure
it will
work outside the United States, try the following Souptonuts
downloads
Robert Morris of the NSA proposed the following problem:
What is the next series of numbers?
1 11 21 1211 111221 ...
It appears that Fedora core yum updating has been disabled. Perhaps this was done to try and minimize the impact on the servers, while users download the new release of Fedora Core 6?
Symptoms
# yum -y update Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories core [1/3] Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core
Fix
Uncomment the baseurl setting. The following was done on my FC5 systems. It makes backups, using the extension .backup.
cd /etc/yum.repos.d/ perl -pi.backup -e "s/#baseurl/baseurl/" *
Now you should be good to go.
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
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If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!