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Can’t send mail because of iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp –tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN -j TCPMSS –clamp-mss- to-pmtu
So, you have a Netgear DGN1000 N150 router or possibly any other Netgear router, and you have it set up with: DSL – VPI=8, VCI=35, LLC, PPPOE Wireless Ethernet One day, as you are sending mail, you notice that mail … Continue reading
Pottering around in the precise rosegarden
After being inspired by the music of supertux, some of which is available with the original Rosegarden files, I downloaded it and got it running. It was quite a job. It turns out that it’s quite simple if you have … Continue reading
The virtual article is the genuine article
So, you have this computer on your desk at work. You look at stuff on the monitor, you type on the keyboard, you move the mouse, you do stuff. It’s happy, your spreadsheets spread, and your words are processed. One … Continue reading
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Douglasdale watered down milk
Just for the record: we’re not buying Douglasdale milk from Douglasdale dairies for the next few months, since we bought a batch of “full cream milk” that was visibly watered down, such that you couldn’t use it to make coffee … Continue reading
Loading progress display with mod_fcgid using mod_deflate
When you run your processes with mod_fcgid under apache, one of the problems is that you cannot usefully run flush() to send buffered output through to the client. The reason for this is that the fastcgi interface doesn’t have the … Continue reading
Hell is bad
I saw this on the screen today: Thu Jul 19 11:52:59 ~ $ traceroute hell hell: Name or service not known Cannot handle “host” cmdline arg `hell’ on position 1 (argc 1) The computer says it doesn’t know what it … Continue reading
Protection of Information Bill, sure
The “Protection of Information Bill 6 of 2010” (or whatever it is called) is currently being steamrollered through our legislative system. This act says that state information must be protected, and lays out all sorts of sanctions for those who … Continue reading
Compiling deb with debian/rules in parallel
Make supports parallel compiling, with the Linux kernel compile recommending you make use of your expensive CPU cores something like this: make -j 4 You can even do that if you don’t have a multiprocessor system, since you have a … Continue reading
Whatever you bind on earth …
If you are not conversant in first century Greek, then in order to read the Bible, you generally need a translation. I am told that the ESV is an excellent translation. My loving wife went out and bought one. It … Continue reading
