Marcus Ranum – The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security Read this some time back but a mailing list post reminded me of it. “Let me introduce you to the six dumbest ideas in computer security. What are they? They’re the anti-good ideas. They’re the brain damage…” Personal observations on the reliability of the Shuttle, […]
CT3 – Disable optional IOS features on high CPU load “The applet monitors the average one minute CPU load on the router (using the cpmCPUTotal1min SNMP variable) and disables optional features when the CPU load exceeds predefined value.”
Transcoding MTS/M2TS AVCHD Video Into AVI Files with Free Software | fsckin w/ linux. “When I opened it, the first question in my head was not atypical of a Linux users’ train of thought: ‘Is it compatible with Linux?’” I have a Panasonic HDC-SD9 and trying to convert the MTS files. It would be faster […]
Economist.com – The future of the European Union “…a case can be made that EU treaties are too complex to be readily susceptible to a simple yes/no vote. 11 EU governments promised such referendums on the constitution, and ten of them have been dishonest in pretending that Lisbon is wholly different” Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s […]
CT3 – BGP default route “BGP default route origination, advertisements and propagation. This article describes the functionality and caveats of BGP default routing.” VM /ETC – Matrix to Determine VMotion Compatibility by Processor “Dell’s paper titled VMware VMotion and 64-bit VM Compatibility Matrix for VMware Infrastructure 3 and Dell PowerEdge Systems contains a VMotion and […]
Cowboy 2.0 – Salesforce.com No Longer Playing Nice “I guess it was inevitable, but I did not want to believe it could happen. Marc Benioff (Salesforce.com founder, chairman and CEO) was apparently lying to us all along.” Cisco IOS hints and tricks: Display locally originated BGP routes “Displaying the BGP routes originated in the local […]
Eight Black – Going. Going. Nearly Gone. “To put this into some sort of basic perspective, if you had purchased $1000 worth of BlueFreeway stock exactly 1 year ago, that would be worth the princely sum of $42 as of close of play today.” Virtual Geek – So, how **EXACTLY** does VM HA’s admittance algorithm […]
smh.com.au – Cut fuel price, say voters Why do people think the government should intervene in the supply/demand determined pricing of a scarce resource? Did everyone fail economics 101? Acer Aspire One notebook review “if Acer wants it to be seen as anything other than a mini-notebook it needs to quickly launch its connected version […]
Virtualization 2.0 So I only came across this buzzword for the first time today. A quick Google search and it became clear that it’s been thrown about for almost two years. Why not call a spade a spade and bang on about “infrastructure virtualisation” instead? Rolling Stone – The Battle For Facebook Short on technical […]
smh.com.au – ACCC thwarts eBay PayPal plan. A win for common sense! “The [ACCC] has flagged its intention to scuttle a plan by online auctioneer eBay to force its Australian users on to a PayPal-only payments system. Citing concerns about the ‘anti-competitive effect’ of the proposal…” Coding Horror: ASCII Pronunciation Rules for Programmers Be sure […]