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December is a bad month for Linux system administration
The system load for Linux is an indication of how busy the system is, and how long you are going to wait to get something done. When the load is 0.0, that means that the system is ready to do … Continue reading
On Bitcoin
Currencies are based on a scarce and desirable commodity, and as such, can be traded for any goods and services. Where does this leave Bitcoin – what is the commodity it uses? Why would anyone want it? Your currency options … Continue reading
Indecisive justice is indecisive
It has taken 10 years and 7 months for the honourable Eben Jordaan to reach a conclusion in the trial of the right wing “boeremag”. 10 years. What was so complex and difficult in this trial that it could not … Continue reading
rlm_sql_mysql: MySQL error ‘Incorrect integer value: ” for column ‘XAscendDataRate’ at row 1
If you get this on your favourite radius server: rlm_sql_mysql: MySQL error ‘Incorrect integer value: ” for column ‘XAscendDataRate’ at row 1 it is probably because you have upgraded your FreeRadius with MySQL backend system from RHEL/CentOS 5 to RHEL/CentOS … Continue reading
ERROR 1305 (42000): FUNCTION eval does not exist
MySQL cluster – a wonderful idea. It’s really nice: you have a front end, and multiple redundant back ends, and all the data is loaded into memory, so things go very fast, even queries that inefficiently scan vast squabs of … Continue reading
Defy not to buy in July
Game is advertising a “34 litre mirror finish grill microwave oven (DMO343)” for “R1090” with features including: 1000W Cooking power 5 power levels 60 minute timer 24 month guarantee Don’t buy it. It’s a fine microwave oven, but it is … Continue reading
La Manif Pour Tous – The Demonstration for All
So I’ve been listening to Learn French in your Car in my car, which has emboldened me to try and read French stuff on the internet. Doing that, I discovered I still haven’t got a clue. French seems to be … Continue reading
ICASA is immoral
In the spirit of “I’m with stupid”, ICASA, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has granted a license to TopTV to broadcast porn. This means that from now, when you drive to work, sit in your house, work in … Continue reading
MD and LVM ate my file system … and gave it back
So we have this computer that has two 250Gb disks. In the interest of keeping the data, for evah I set them up as RAID1 using Linux MD RAID. This was cool. Much as a proper technical person does not … Continue reading
