Lisa Seelye http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa en-US http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 After a long hiatus... http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2006/07/24/after_a_long_hiatus Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:39:18 +0000 lisa Gentoo Not specifically Gentoo 851@http://blogs.gentoo.org/ <p>So I've not posted since 15 April when I mucked up networking on Hydrogen.</p> <p>I've been up to quite a lot personally and with Gentoo. The non-gentoo exploits mainly involve <a href="http://lisa.thedoh.com/site/info/lisa/civilpartnership">applying for a visa</a> to enter the United Kingdom to have a Civil Partnership with my lovely fianc</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2006/07/24/after_a_long_hiatus">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> So I've not posted since 15 April when I mucked up networking on Hydrogen.

I've been up to quite a lot personally and with Gentoo. The non-gentoo exploits mainly involve applying for a visa to enter the United Kingdom to have a Civil Partnership with my lovely fianc

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]]> http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2006/07/24/after_a_long_hiatus#comments Oops. http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2006/04/15/oops Sat, 15 Apr 2006 11:50:18 +0000 lisa Gentoo 700@http://blogs.gentoo.org/ <p>How to muck up a system in style.</p> <p><a href="http://gallery.thedoh.com/v/Humor/geekerror.png.html">A plain link</a></p> <p>Oops. lol</p> <p>edit: change link style, apparently the gallery is FUBAR?</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2006/04/15/oops">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> How to muck up a system in style.

A plain link

Oops. lol

edit: change link style, apparently the gallery is FUBAR?

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]]> http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2006/04/15/oops#comments It's not news, it's farking scary http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2006/03/08/it_s_not_news_it_s_farking_scary Wed, 08 Mar 2006 21:58:54 +0000 lisa Not specifically Gentoo 660@http://blogs.gentoo.org/ <p><a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49135">Democrat for Senate: Death penalty for practicing 'gays'</a></p> <p>What's worrying is that he's collected enough signatures to get himself in on the running.</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2006/03/08/it_s_not_news_it_s_farking_scary">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Democrat for Senate: Death penalty for practicing 'gays'

What's worrying is that he's collected enough signatures to get himself in on the running.

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]]> http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2006/03/08/it_s_not_news_it_s_farking_scary#comments dev-libs/memcache-api-php is gone http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2006/02/09/dev_libs_memcache_api_php_is_gone Thu, 09 Feb 2006 14:28:49 +0000 lisa Gentoo 603@http://blogs.gentoo.org/ <p>When this package was added it was intended as a stopgap measure, really. There was no good PHP API for the <a href="http://www.danga.com/memcached">memcached</a> daemon. The only good one was the Perl one, (now <a href="http://search.cpan.org/~bradfitz/Cache-Memcached-1.15/">Cache::Memcache</a>) written by the memcached author.</p> <p>There was later a PHP API written in C, part of the PECL, which would inherently be faster. It's now the recommended API (SO USE IT, AND DISTCC! &lt;/subtle).</p> <p>So now the slow, buggy, unsupported API is gone. Rejoice!</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2006/02/09/dev_libs_memcache_api_php_is_gone">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> When this package was added it was intended as a stopgap measure, really. There was no good PHP API for the memcached daemon. The only good one was the Perl one, (now Cache::Memcache) written by the memcached author.

There was later a PHP API written in C, part of the PECL, which would inherently be faster. It's now the recommended API (SO USE IT, AND DISTCC! </subtle).

So now the slow, buggy, unsupported API is gone. Rejoice!

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]]> http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2006/02/09/dev_libs_memcache_api_php_is_gone#comments The UO Addiction has Gentoo implications http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2006/01/09/the_uo_addiction_has_gentoo_implications Mon, 09 Jan 2006 14:00:19 +0000 lisa Gentoo 550@http://blogs.gentoo.org/ <p>Cos I'm about two seconds away from comitting <a href="http://max.kellermann.name/projects/uoamhub/">UOAMhub</a>, an unofficial Linux port of the Win32 only <a href="http://uoam.net/uoamsvr.html">UOAMsvr</a>.</p> <p>UOAM is a program designed to act as a kind of GPS within the UO world. Various guilds and groups of friends use UOAM to keep track of everyone's position, which, coupled with voice communication (such as TeamSpeak) helps in coordination of events.</p> <p>Belxan's UOAM protocol is proprietary and the uoamhub daemon has reverse engineered it.</p> <p>I'll be testing the daemon today and stress testing it this week with my own guild.</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2006/01/09/the_uo_addiction_has_gentoo_implications">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Cos I'm about two seconds away from comitting UOAMhub, an unofficial Linux port of the Win32 only UOAMsvr.

UOAM is a program designed to act as a kind of GPS within the UO world. Various guilds and groups of friends use UOAM to keep track of everyone's position, which, coupled with voice communication (such as TeamSpeak) helps in coordination of events.

Belxan's UOAM protocol is proprietary and the uoamhub daemon has reverse engineered it.

I'll be testing the daemon today and stress testing it this week with my own guild.

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]]> http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2006/01/09/the_uo_addiction_has_gentoo_implications#comments sys-libs/memcached-api-php removal! http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2006/01/09/sys_libs_memcached_api_php_removal Mon, 09 Jan 2006 13:47:56 +0000 lisa Gentoo 549@http://blogs.gentoo.org/ <p>I posted on the -dev mail list late last month about removing this API. It's buggy, and the source files aren't even on SRC_URI. There was 0 response to my -dev post and 0 favourable response to my post to memcached mail list.</p> <p>So if you're going to use Memcached with PHP please use the PECL version. dev-php5/pecl-memcache or something. ;)</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2006/01/09/sys_libs_memcached_api_php_removal">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> I posted on the -dev mail list late last month about removing this API. It's buggy, and the source files aren't even on SRC_URI. There was 0 response to my -dev post and 0 favourable response to my post to memcached mail list.

So if you're going to use Memcached with PHP please use the PECL version. dev-php5/pecl-memcache or something. ;)

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]]> http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2006/01/09/sys_libs_memcached_api_php_removal#comments Google Error? What the hell? http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2005/12/12/google_error_what_the_hell Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:03:05 +0000 lisa Not specifically Gentoo 494@http://blogs.gentoo.org/ <p>Google Error<br /> We're sorry...</p> <p>... but we can't process your request right now. A computer virus or spyware application is sending us automated requests, and it appears that your computer or network has been infected.</p> <p>We'll restore your access as quickly as possible, so try again soon. In the meantime, you might want to run a <a href="http://tinyurl.com/b5njj">virus checker</a> or <a href="http://tinyurl.com/89t7o">spyware remover</a> to make sure that your computer is free of viruses and other spurious software.</p> <p>We apologize for the inconvenience, and hope we'll see you again on Google.</p> <hr /> <p>What rubbish!!</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2005/12/12/google_error_what_the_hell">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Google Error
We're sorry...

... but we can't process your request right now. A computer virus or spyware application is sending us automated requests, and it appears that your computer or network has been infected.

We'll restore your access as quickly as possible, so try again soon. In the meantime, you might want to run a virus checker or spyware remover to make sure that your computer is free of viruses and other spurious software.

We apologize for the inconvenience, and hope we'll see you again on Google.

What rubbish!!

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]]> http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2005/12/12/google_error_what_the_hell#comments Things I've learned by using Gentoo... http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2005/12/11/things_i_ve_learned_by_using_gentoo Sun, 11 Dec 2005 19:50:40 +0000 lisa Gentoo 493@http://blogs.gentoo.org/ <p>In my years using Gentoo I've learned a lot. I'm going to share it with everyone (whether you like it or not):</p> <p>In no particular order...</p> <ol> <li>It isn't necessary to completely wipe clean your disk to fix a perceived problem in your installation (even if you allocate only 4gb instead of 40 for /). </li> <li>Never downgrade glibc.</li> <li><a href="https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6954">Always use Google when you've got a problem.</a></li> <li><a href="https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&amp;short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&amp;short_desc=&amp;long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&amp;long_desc=&amp;bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&amp;bug_file_loc=&amp;status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&amp;status_whiteboard=&amp;keywords_type=allwords&amp;keywords=&amp;bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&amp;bug_status=NEW&amp;bug_status=ASSIGNED&amp;bug_status=REOPENED&amp;bug_status=RESOLVED&amp;bug_status=VERIFIED&amp;bug_status=CLOSED&amp;emailassigned_to1=1&amp;emailreporter1=1&amp;emailcc1=1&amp;emaillongdesc1=1&amp;emailtype1=substring&amp;email1=lisa%40gentoo.org&amp;emailassigned_to2=1&amp;emailreporter2=1&amp;emailcc2=1&amp;emailtype2=substring&amp;email2=&amp;bugidtype=include&amp;bug_id=&amp;chfieldfrom=&amp;chfieldto=Now&amp;chfieldvalue=&amp;cmdtype=doit&amp;order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&amp;field0-0-0=noop&amp;type0-0-0=noop&amp;value0-0-0=">ALWAYS use Bugzilla</a></li> <li><a href="https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23541">Join Gentoo</a>:)</li> <li>Ignore flamewars</li> <li>Don't ignore -core mail or you'll miss out on important data, like, Gentoo is a foundation? And it's got a council? *g*</li> <li>Disable root logins, ssh version 1, and password logins in sshd_config; force ssh key access</li> <li>Backup your data</li> <li><a href="http://bash.org/?333161">ADMIT NOTHING!!!!!!!</a></li> <li>Don't take things too seriously</li> <li>Take the serious things seriously</li> </ol> <p>There's so much more, but it would take far too long to list.</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs.gentoo.org/lisa/2005/12/11/things_i_ve_learned_by_using_gentoo">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> In my years using Gentoo I've learned a lot. I'm going to share it with everyone (whether you like it or not):

In no particular order...

  1. It isn't necessary to completely wipe clean your disk to fix a perceived problem in your installation (even if you allocate only 4gb instead of 40 for /).
  2. Never downgrade glibc.
  3. Always use Google when you've got a problem.
  4. ALWAYS use Bugzilla
  5. Join Gentoo:)
  6. Ignore flamewars
  7. Don't ignore -core mail or you'll miss out on important data, like, Gentoo is a foundation? And it's got a council? *g*
  8. Disable root logins, ssh version 1, and password logins in sshd_config; force ssh key access
  9. Backup your data
  10. ADMIT NOTHING!!!!!!!
  11. Don't take things too seriously
  12. Take the serious things seriously

There's so much more, but it would take far too long to list.

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