My company has a project that is funded by NIH, and as part of our project work we are collecting tweet data from the 1% API stream for use in epidemiological research. Up until last week, the python (tweetsream-based) application that was collecting the data was running on an AWS EC2 compute instance. Without any warning or comment from Twitter, we started getting the '401 Unauthorized' error, and our data collection requests were blacklisted.
Twitter's support system seems designed to prevent users from submitting a support ticket. After 4 or 5 tries, I finally managed to get a ticket into their system, but only received robo-responses that did not address the blacklisting issue. Finally, a couple of days latter my colleagues and I were able to determine (empirically) that some or all twitter apps being hosted by AWS were being similarly blacklisted.
My solution was to move the data collection application to a non-AWS server.
I realize that the 1% API sample data is free, but I don't really think that justifies Twitter presenting an impenetrable support system to its user base.
The story left out the part about when General Alexander said that all of this NSA civilian surveillance was to protect American freedom, and somebody in the audience shouted, "BULLSHIT!"
The Google Nexus 4 wifi and bluetooth has been broken ever since Android 4.2.1 was pushed out back in mid November last year, with no indication that Google feels any sense of urgency to fix it. I never would have thought that I'd be considering a Blackberry of any kind, but, the Nexus 4 has changed my way of thinking.
My employer is on the east coast, I am in Santa Fe, NM. I'm currently running Linux Mint 12, with Windows XP as a VirtualBox guest for the Windows-centric activities. All bases are covered.
--Doug
"Never pick a fight with someone who buys his ink by the
barrel."
Slashdot Mirror
The first one is a NAS for about 10 TB of USB drives: http://things-linux.blogspot.com/2013/07/delicious-raspberry-pi.html
The second one is part of my home entertainment system running XBMC: http://things-linux.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-second-helping-of-pi.html
The third one is just for playing around with.
My company has a project that is funded by NIH, and as part of our project work we are collecting tweet data from the 1% API stream for use in epidemiological research. Up until last week, the python (tweetsream-based) application that was collecting the data was running on an AWS EC2 compute instance. Without any warning or comment from Twitter, we started getting the '401 Unauthorized' error, and our data collection requests were blacklisted.
Twitter's support system seems designed to prevent users from submitting a support ticket. After 4 or 5 tries, I finally managed to get a ticket into their system, but only received robo-responses that did not address the blacklisting issue. Finally, a couple of days latter my colleagues and I were able to determine (empirically) that some or all twitter apps being hosted by AWS were being similarly blacklisted.
My solution was to move the data collection application to a non-AWS server.
I realize that the 1% API sample data is free, but I don't really think that justifies Twitter presenting an impenetrable support system to its user base.
The first one is being used for this: http://things-linux.blogspot.com/2013/07/delicious-raspberry-pi.html
The second one for this: http://things-linux.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-second-helping-of-pi.html
The third is for experimentation.
Linux Mint
When it's convenient to do so: http://things-linux.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-fine-art-of-corporate-fibbing.html
Or maybe "Keysone Kops" is a more accurate characterization.
And let them sort it out on their own.
The story left out the part about when General Alexander said that all of this NSA civilian surveillance was to protect American freedom, and somebody in the audience shouted, "BULLSHIT!"
It got a bit lively after that...
$KaChing$
My bad.
As is only appropriate. We tend to have such an inflated view of our importance.
was "Google Is Going Puritan On Us". But this one will do.
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
Although admittedly, we've had the ignorance bit down for quite a while.
It works at least as well any of the flash sites, like Amazon.com, on my Samsung Chromebook.
Yeah, about that: Sorry, didn't see my other replies getting posted.
Wifi and bluetooth has been broken on the Nexus 4 ever since Android 4.2.1 was pushed out mid-November.
See http://things-linux.blogspot.com/ [blogspot.com] for all the gory details.
Actually sorta thinking about maybe possibly becoming open to the potential concept of perhaps thinking about considering a Blackberry.
Wifi and bluetooth, anyhow. Ever since Android 4.2.1 was pushed out mid-November.
See http://things-linux.blogspot.com/ for all the gory details.
Actually sorta thinking about maybe possibly becoming open to the potential concept of perhaps thinking about considering a Blackberry.
The Google Nexus 4 phone has had broken wifi and bluetooth since Android 4.2.1 was pushed out mid-November last year.
See this Google code forum bug report: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40065
and these blog posts http://things-linux.blogspot.com/2013/01/has-google-become-institution-bound.html and this
http://things-linux.blogspot.com/2013/01/time-frame-of-nexus-4-wifi-bug-issues.html
for more info. It's enough to me make me reconsider a BlackBerry.
Check out http://things-linux.blogspot.com/2013/01/has-google-become-institution-bound.html for the skinny on the N4.
Ask the good folks at Los Alamos National Laboratory: the are experts at applying epoxy to computers: http://lanl-the-rest-of-the-story.blogspot.com/search?q=jb+weld
I agree too. Love my Nexus 7, much beter device than the KF.
--Doug
"Never pick a fight with someone who buys his ink by the barrel."
- Mark Twain
Agree about cats. I look forward to the 10 - 15 times per day that my cat *absolutely* *positively* *needs* to be in my lap. Oops, here he is again...
I'm ready for my anal probe now!
cc: dzzr@lanl.gov, please.