Geek question: What is the appropriate profanity to use when one discovers that the “best practices” use of a particular piece of file storage gear is to leave “at least 20%” of it free, or else “MAJOR PROBLEMS” will occur? I couldn’t decide, so I just used all of my favorites. “MAJOR PROBLEMS” apparently includes . . . → Read More: Disks, and arrays thereof.
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Well, here’s the first salvo I’ve seen: Some Voting Machines Chop Off Candidates’ Names. Specifically, James Webb, the Democratic candidate, will be listed as “James W. ‘Jim’”. No “Webb.” This is the guy who is trying to unseat the racist moron who is locally famous for calling black people “macaque” while on camera, and for . . . → Read More: ElectionTheft, 2006 The solution to the NASA problem wound up being a very particular, poorly documented command. I knew it. They were back online before lunch. We spent the rest of the day building “the fastest damn 80TB array we could.” They took my hair gel at the airport. “Sorry sir, this is 3.5oz, and the limit . . . → Read More: Rock star, continued Here’s a rough one: Crash kills 86-year-old, driver faces DUI charge, 2nd accident kills EMT who tried to aid victims. The reason that I bring it up is that the EMT who was killed was the son of a friend-of-a-friend. Yet more evidence that I’m a rock star: NASA called yesterday. Their 60TB disk array has melted down. I’m on the 6am flight this morning. In other news, the whole world as far as I can see, is dark at 4:30am. There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. My company is having a 7am meeting in Woburn, MA tomorrow morning. Woburn is about 2 hours north of my house, by car. That would require me to leave at unacceptable:00 to arrive on time. However, due to a fortunate turn of events, we decided to rent a suite at a Marriott “Residence Inn” for . . . → Read More: Rock star The wine is settling nicely, and a young man’s thoughts turn to bottling … and to total vs. recurring costs of this hobby. I’m about to order about $200 worth of supplies from Northern Brewer, including: * 4 cases of awesome, blue bottles (two cases slope shouldered, two of the more sturdy looking bordeaux style). . . . → Read More: Wine, and its many costs I happened upon a 5 gallon carboy, sitting outside of an antique store, labeled with an $8 price tag yesterday. I was unable to resist … so I purchased it and brought it home. Now, I see that it is far too filthy to ever be allowed to hold any of my precious fluids … . . . → Read More: Carboy contest! Here are my predictions for national politics in the coming months: 1) Gas prices dip below $2 just in time for the election. They will then rocket back up to around $3 (by January) 2) Dirty laundry will continue to be aired. I’m betting on accusations of homosexuality and cowardice … just like I hear . . . → Read More: Predictions |
