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  1. Re:/etc/rc.d ? on Self-Repairing Computers · · Score: 1

    a restart of samba isn't the only type of restart they are looking at. in your example, an /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb restart kills and starts nmbd and smbd. wthey are talking about finer control.

    think of the dependencies between processes. if my application depends on serviceA, serviceB, and serviceC, I should be able to restart each service on it's own without the other services or the primary application failing. also, if a restart of the primary application is needed, we should be able to restart all the associated services or leave them running depending on their current stability.

    this can be done with an rc script, but in addition to a simple "start|stop|restart" choice, we also need "stop all services|stop service(A|B|C)start all services
    start service(A|B|C)|restart all services|restart service(A|B|C)|restart service(A|B|C) if service(A|B|C) is being restarted".

  2. work while in school on Are Student Loans Burying Graduates? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I found that working while in school helped to pay for tuition. Some people believe that they can worry about the payments later, but never pay tomorrow what you will be charged interest for today.

    School doesn't need to be paid for all at once. Pay for each semester as you earn the money. Do a work study so that you are learning on the job and making money to pay for your next semester.

  3. Rsync to large local disk array, then to tape on Advice on Remote Backup Services? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I have an Rsync backup walk thru. Once everything is on a large array, you can run backups to a localy mounted tape drive.

    Rsyncing keeps the network traffice to a minimum, and the local tape speeds up the backup to tape.

  4. Re:That's a long time to be out of work on Tech Jobs Projected to Double by 2010 · · Score: 1

    That's 94%, and I made it up.

  5. Re:No good answer on Building a Better 'Mobile $HOME'? · · Score: 1

    I agree that there is no good solution. I used to use rsync to keep 5 or 6 machines up to date with my latest changes to $HOME, but the following has got me as close to having a single home dir as I have ever been.

    I use NFS over CIPE tunnels to get around the roaming problems. That link is to a bit that I wrote up about doing this, but the short version is below:

    1) set up NFS so that one monster server has your home directory.
    2) For trusted networks, just use nfs to mount the server's home directory on all machines.
    3) for untrusted networks... like over the internet using your laptop or an office machine... use CIPE tunnels. The cipe config files can remain static as long as you know your public ips on both sides, but can also be setup to be programaticly changed. Then just fire up the tunnel and mount like normal NFS.

    I'm not sure how well windows supports CIPE or NFS, which is why I say there is no good solution.

  6. Re:Don't take away freedoms to "improve" productiv on Improving Company Morale? · · Score: 1

    What is this... Dilbert? Reading mail is part of the job.

  7. Re:rsync on What Software Do You Use for Unix Backups? · · Score: 1

    One note of concern:

    having the on-line backup by using rsync is great... speedy to run, speedy to restore, and more reliable than tape. OTOH, you still need to backup to tapes, as someday the drive you rsync to is going to fail in a nasty way. please please please, run the rsynced files to tape once in a while!

  8. Re:rsync on What Software Do You Use for Unix Backups? · · Score: 1

    I do very much the same thing. I wrote a script that will do parallel rsyncs to pull backups off of any number of servers. You can find it here.

    Making it parallel really cuts the time to complete down because much of rsync's time is spent doing checksumming, and not high traffic.

  9. Re:Shameless EverLED promotion on Which LED Flashlight Do You Use? · · Score: 1

    then try $15.

  10. Re:Turtlelite II on Which LED Flashlight Do You Use? · · Score: 1

    I was just going to say that! I can't figure out who could be so out of it to put that there. Even if the picture went into a magazine, there is no way it could be actual size.

  11. Re:Like what? on Google Hacks · · Score: 1

    And as an interesting corollary:

    "how to * the meat

  12. Re:Stow isn't Perfect, alas... on Manage Packages Using Stow · · Score: 1

    The quote is right, you OTOH... Well, lets just say that is why most apps let you specify files via a command line argument. The ones that don't allow this should take the 5 minutes to put it in.

  13. Re:How far back are we talking? on An IMDb for Books · · Score: 2

    here you go:

    Book type, category

    Coloring, Coloring
    Pamphlets, not-really-books
    instruction manuals, instruction-manuals or not-really-books
    comic books, comics
    music books, music or music-scores or howto-music

  14. Re:A couple of things... on An IMDb for Books · · Score: 1

    Very good! There should be a mission statement, or something akin to that, which promises that this will always remain an "open" form of information. On the site I haven't seen anything like that.

  15. Re:A Great Idea on An IMDb for Books · · Score: 1

    Plus it avoids the fact that Amazon has a vested interest in SELLING books. I rarely see super-negetive reviews on Amazon... probably because it would limit the number of people that buy the book.

    Think of this as the Consumer Reports of Books.

  16. Re:I think ... on An IMDb for Books · · Score: 1

    Right, but if you happen to have a memorable quote on the tip of your tounge, and have the book handy, one is enough. It gets collated into the content that others have handy.

  17. Re:How far back are we talking? on An IMDb for Books · · Score: 1

    Why have boundaries? I suggest that it would be easier just to categorize the content. Basiclly, if the book isn't in the list, you can add it and it goes into a queue for the site editors that research the ISBN, cover copy, and that kind of thing. You should be able to comment on any book without bounds.

  18. OS Bloat. on Microsoft to End DLL Confusion · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Great... now when you install and uninstall a package, the DLLs are going to hang around (on purpose). I can see it now with a 13 year old that likes to install lots of little programs. Hopefully there is enough space on my hard drive.

  19. Mon and Nagios on Monitoring the Health of Your Penguin? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Mon is what I use. It is very extensible, but also is fairly good out of the box. I monitor ~90 servers (many in remote data centers) with no problems. I write all sorts of monitors that are run on the remote servers via ssh. It is open source, and free.

    Nagios seems to be good as well, although I haven't used it myself.

  20. Re:advertise however you want on Dr. Pepper Tries New Astroturf Method · · Score: 1

    the point is to sell the product. morality often gets the back seat to profits. commercials aren't trying to raise kiddos, they are raising thier bottom line.

  21. advertise however you want on Dr. Pepper Tries New Astroturf Method · · Score: 1

    howard stern has been doing this for years. he follows their script just as far as he needs to in order to let the public know what the pruduct is. After that he'll start making stuff up, like how much Thor's vodka he drank last night. He justs starts making up details, usually fitting them into whatever bit he is in at the time.

  22. Re:Unique ID? on British Telecom Pushes Universal ID Check System · · Score: 1

    yikes... in the US (or at least new jersey) it is illegal to share meters. a land lord must have seperate meters for each dwelling or have a way to calculate which dwelling used how much power/gas.

    I agree about the uniqueness problem though... i posted my own thoughts before seeing yours.

  23. ID number? on British Telecom Pushes Universal ID Check System · · Score: 4, Interesting

    what does my electric asset number have to do with my unique ID? Whay if three of the george foreman kids live in the same apartment? then they all get the same id?

    what if you move a lot? does your number change every time?

    Wouldn't something a little more unique and static be of more use?

  24. sounds like a play on soviet russia jokes on Humans Make Ozone · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...late last year, Lerner, Wentworth, and Babior demonstrated that the oxidants produced by antibodies can destroy bacteria by poking holes in their cell walls.

    in the human body, ozone pokes holes in you.

    On a more serious note, this sure doen't sound like a fix for the ozone hole in our atmosphere. You'd have to inject everyone in the world with bacteria they could survive, yet would have to fight. After that, you might have enough ozone to fill an aresol can.

    Isn't ozone bad for humans? Kinda funny that to save us, our cells make and transport a poison around our bodies.

  25. Re:and? on Humans Make Ozone · · Score: 1

    Less SUVs driving around = more ozone.