http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/10/content_6695875.htm
[Read More]Tens of thousands of rubber ducks take part in the last Great Singapore Duck Race in Singapore Sept. 9, 2007. The race with 85,000 rubber ducks, which raises funds for seven charities in Singapore, will be the last one down the Singapore River before it is turned into a reservoir as part of the Marina barrage project.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
Normally I’m not one for following the movements and machinations of the American political system, but this time I just had to share this video with everyone. U.S. Representative Benjamin Sinclair (R-Ohio) has a plan to reduce skull fucking levels in America by 5 to 7%. Here’s the video of his presentation of the “Ocular penetration restriction act of 2007“.
Oh, and kids… it’s not safe for work.
[Read More]In one of history’s more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by which one is to reincarnate…
[Read More]They shit me to tears, and these are just some of the simple reasons I’ve got today…
Urgh.
[Read More]“Extreme weather, low pressure (90km wind gusts) makes flying in and out interesting.”
This from a guy that’s just flown into a tiny country town in a light plane? Love it.
[Read More]Neal Stephenson, you’re an amazing man. Now, the question is - why don’t we have a device like this already? (hint, if this hasn’t already been looked at, I’ve got dibs on an implementation idea!)
The book spoke in a lovely contralto, with an accent like the very finest Vickys. The voice was like a real person - though not like anyone Nell had ever met. It rose and fell like siow surf on a warm beach, and when Nell closed her eyes, it swept her out into an ocean of feelings.__Once upon a time there was a little Princess named Nell who was imprisoned in a tall dark castle on an island in the middle of a great sea, with a little boy named Harv, who was her friend and protector. She also had four special friends named Dinosaur, Duck, Peter Rabbit, and Purple. Princess Nell and Harv could not leave the Dark Castle, but from time to time a raven would come to visit them…
[Read More]I really should know better than to trust sales people, I keep getting messed around, but I go back for more. 🙁 This was a conversation I had with one of the reps at The Planet tonight.
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You have been connected to Brian J.
- Brian J: Hello, how may I help you?
- Customer: Hi, I was just wondering what the different backup solutions offered with the dedicated servers actually were
- Customer: you list network backup or discsync, what’s the difference?
- Brian J: Disksync is automated and much more user friendly.
- Brian J: You can set it up to automatically run as frequent as you prefer.
- Brian J: NAS is space in a seperate storage array you would have to copy and send the data to when you would like to save.
- Customer: so the network backup is nas space allocated to us, disksync uses an automated agent?
- Brian J: Correct
- Customer: and what does disksync require on the server, a username/password setup on ftp or ssh?
- Brian J: Neither its a GUI agent installed on the user console
- Customer: I’m a little lost
- Brian J: Using a simple GUI interface, you can manage all aspects of your backup and recovery including data retention periods, backup schedules, and data restoration.
- Customer: yes, but how does it access the server assuming I’m going to change firewall rules and services running on the server I intend to setup?
- Customer: (I’m looking at a bare bsd/centos box)
- Brian J: The firewall rules would have no effect on Discsync
- Customer: how does it access the server?
- Customer: assuming it doesn’t traverse the network (which you seem to be implying by saying the firewall rules will not effect it)
- Brian J: Through the agent console installed on the box
- Customer: never mind, found the information
- Customer: you’re incorrect by the way - firewall rules would actually cause problems if they weren’t correct
- Customer: refer to your company’s faq on http://forums.theplanet.com/index.php?showtopic=83882
- Customer: goodbye.
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I want an ipod for my birthday!
Nothing else interests me that people can afford, except for some little stuff… just band together, buy me a black 30gb ipod and allow me to inscribe something interesting on the back and I’ll be happy.
The end.
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