- 11:06 Whoops. But bangs disastrously short. Good thing hair grows. #
- 11:08 Getting used to motor scooter commute. It's different. Must lay aside fears of horrible death and manglement. #
- 18:18 @invadersteven you the best! Gracias! #
- 18:20 What do you dip into your hummus when modifying diet? Trying Parmesan soy crisps. Not bad, but also not cheap. #
July 8th, 2008
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Committer: janine
LJSUP-2468Make the security option drop-down on update.bml ("Show this entry to") aware of which journal/community you're posting to. This includes:
1. Select the option that corresponds to the minsecurity that's set on the journal, and disable the other "less secure" options.
2. When posting to a community (either via ?usejournal= or the drop-down of communities), change the list of options to remove private and custom.
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LJSUP-2486Ad on logout.bml should only show to Plus users that just logged out. The way this was written caused
people who used to be Plus and upgraded to Paid to see the ad too, which is wrong.
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YOUR BOY SIDE
( ) You love hoodies. (maybe not love, but like a lot!)
I thought it was girls who liked hoodies. I think hoodies are retarded. Not that an article of clothing is retarded, but the whole fad of, 'ooh, I gotta have a hoodie!' is retarded.
(X) You love jeans.
again, this is a boy thing? Girls don't love jeans?
(x) Dogs are better than cats.
( ) It's hilarious when people get hurt.
Oh, I'm sorry I read it as "Boy side" but I guess it's supposed to say "inconsiderate prick."
(X) You've played with/against boys on a team.
Oddly enough, I've played against girls too.
( ) Shopping is torture.
I like shopping. But let's ignore me and just say cheekily, noooo boys hate being let loose on best buy, stereo stores, car stores, game stores, comic book stores. We hate buying things.
( ) Sad movies suck.
Apparently boys are stupid.
( ) You own an X-Box.
I guess the writer of the quiz was too numb in the thinker to point out that any game system would apply.
(X) Played with Hotwheels cars as a kid.
I still do.
(X) At some point in time you wanted to be a fire-fighter.
( ) You own a DS, PS2 or Sega.
Are you more boy if you own numerous game systems? So are you telling me that the guy with three game systems is MORE of a man then the guy with just one game system?
( ) You used to be obsessed with Power Rangers.
Ass sphincter says what now? I thought I was being pretty manly by vomiting at all mention of any thing power rangers. Let's put it all together: Power Rangers = New Kids on the Block, Pop Music, etc.
( ) You watch sports on TV.
(X) Gory movies are cool.
I actually know more girls that like gory movies than boys. I think the love of gory movies is a little disturbing.
( ) You go to your dad for advice.
Like most children of single parents, I was raised by my mother. Not much fatherly advice. Thanks for bringing that up, stupid quiz.
( ) You own like a trillion baseball caps.
I keep them in the closet with my billion hoodies. Actually, I own about 200 t-shirts. That is definitely a guy thing.
( ) You like going to football games.
(x) You used to/do collect baseball cards.
( ) Baggy pants are cool to wear.
For the guys with ass-free physiology maybe.
( ) It's kinda weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people.
Guys can't like orgies?
( ) Green, black, red, blue, or silver are one of your favourite colors.
Everyday is like survival. You're my lover, not my rival
( ) You love to go crazy and not care what people think.
I was always let to believe it was girls who were crazy.
(X) Sports are fun.
Because of the gory ways people get hurt?
(x) Talk with food in your mouth.
( ) Wear boxers.
So I'm the only one that thinks cumbersome boxers feel like diapers under pants?
9/25
YOUR GIRL SIDE
( ) You wear lip gloss.
( ) You love to shop.
( ) You wear eyeliner.
Someone managed to figure out that girls wear make-up. Bravo.
(X) You have some of the same shirts in different colours.
( ) You wear the color pink.
( ) Go to your mom for advice. (half of the time... mostly friends)
It's generally safer and mor pain-free not to seek advice within the family.
( ) You consider cheerleading a sport.
I don't consider cheerleading.
( ) You hate wearing the color black.
So whoever designed this meme lives about 200 miles away from the nearest goth. Or Emo girl. Or New Yorker.
( ) You like hanging out at the mall.
( ) You like getting manicures and/or pedicures.
( ) You like wearing jewelery.
( ) Skirts are a big part of your wardrobe.
(x) Shopping is one of your favorite hobbies.
( ) You don't like the movie Star Wars.
( ) You are/were in cheerleading, gymnastics or dance.
(x) It takes you around 1 hour to shower, get dressed, and put on make-up and accessories.
Have you ever dealt with my hair??
( ) You smile a lot more than you should.
(X) You have more than 10 pairs of shoes.
(x) You care about what you look like.
( ) You like wearing dresses when you can.
(x) You like wearing body spray/perfume/cologne.
I guess Axe isn't making a killing on men.
( ) You wear girl underwear.
(X) Used to play with dolls as little kid.
And never heard of action figures, m.u.s.c.l.e. figures, lego figures.
( ) Like putting make-up on someone else for the joy of it.
( ) Like taking pictures of yourself with your cell phone/camera when you're bored.
This is so teh dum. Apparently all there is to girls is make up, shopping, and clothes, and all there is to men is smelly dirtiness, cruelty, and retarded clothes.
( ) You love hoodies. (maybe not love, but like a lot!)
I thought it was girls who liked hoodies. I think hoodies are retarded. Not that an article of clothing is retarded, but the whole fad of, 'ooh, I gotta have a hoodie!' is retarded.
(X) You love jeans.
again, this is a boy thing? Girls don't love jeans?
(x) Dogs are better than cats.
( ) It's hilarious when people get hurt.
Oh, I'm sorry I read it as "Boy side" but I guess it's supposed to say "inconsiderate prick."
(X) You've played with/against boys on a team.
Oddly enough, I've played against girls too.
( ) Shopping is torture.
I like shopping. But let's ignore me and just say cheekily, noooo boys hate being let loose on best buy, stereo stores, car stores, game stores, comic book stores. We hate buying things.
( ) Sad movies suck.
Apparently boys are stupid.
( ) You own an X-Box.
I guess the writer of the quiz was too numb in the thinker to point out that any game system would apply.
(X) Played with Hotwheels cars as a kid.
I still do.
(X) At some point in time you wanted to be a fire-fighter.
( ) You own a DS, PS2 or Sega.
Are you more boy if you own numerous game systems? So are you telling me that the guy with three game systems is MORE of a man then the guy with just one game system?
( ) You used to be obsessed with Power Rangers.
Ass sphincter says what now? I thought I was being pretty manly by vomiting at all mention of any thing power rangers. Let's put it all together: Power Rangers = New Kids on the Block, Pop Music, etc.
( ) You watch sports on TV.
(X) Gory movies are cool.
I actually know more girls that like gory movies than boys. I think the love of gory movies is a little disturbing.
( ) You go to your dad for advice.
Like most children of single parents, I was raised by my mother. Not much fatherly advice. Thanks for bringing that up, stupid quiz.
( ) You own like a trillion baseball caps.
I keep them in the closet with my billion hoodies. Actually, I own about 200 t-shirts. That is definitely a guy thing.
( ) You like going to football games.
(x) You used to/do collect baseball cards.
( ) Baggy pants are cool to wear.
For the guys with ass-free physiology maybe.
( ) It's kinda weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people.
Guys can't like orgies?
( ) Green, black, red, blue, or silver are one of your favourite colors.
Everyday is like survival. You're my lover, not my rival
( ) You love to go crazy and not care what people think.
I was always let to believe it was girls who were crazy.
(X) Sports are fun.
Because of the gory ways people get hurt?
(x) Talk with food in your mouth.
( ) Wear boxers.
So I'm the only one that thinks cumbersome boxers feel like diapers under pants?
9/25
YOUR GIRL SIDE
( ) You wear lip gloss.
( ) You love to shop.
( ) You wear eyeliner.
Someone managed to figure out that girls wear make-up. Bravo.
(X) You have some of the same shirts in different colours.
( ) You wear the color pink.
( ) Go to your mom for advice. (half of the time... mostly friends)
It's generally safer and mor pain-free not to seek advice within the family.
( ) You consider cheerleading a sport.
I don't consider cheerleading.
( ) You hate wearing the color black.
So whoever designed this meme lives about 200 miles away from the nearest goth. Or Emo girl. Or New Yorker.
( ) You like hanging out at the mall.
( ) You like getting manicures and/or pedicures.
( ) You like wearing jewelery.
( ) Skirts are a big part of your wardrobe.
(x) Shopping is one of your favorite hobbies.
( ) You don't like the movie Star Wars.
( ) You are/were in cheerleading, gymnastics or dance.
(x) It takes you around 1 hour to shower, get dressed, and put on make-up and accessories.
Have you ever dealt with my hair??
( ) You smile a lot more than you should.
(X) You have more than 10 pairs of shoes.
(x) You care about what you look like.
( ) You like wearing dresses when you can.
(x) You like wearing body spray/perfume/cologne.
I guess Axe isn't making a killing on men.
( ) You wear girl underwear.
(X) Used to play with dolls as little kid.
And never heard of action figures, m.u.s.c.l.e. figures, lego figures.
( ) Like putting make-up on someone else for the joy of it.
( ) Like taking pictures of yourself with your cell phone/camera when you're bored.
This is so teh dum. Apparently all there is to girls is make up, shopping, and clothes, and all there is to men is smelly dirtiness, cruelty, and retarded clothes.
Papers and projects due when
20 Jul - Organizational Behavior Issue Paper 2
20 Jul - Human Motivation Reflective Essay
03 Aug - Human Motivation Topic and Draft Bibliography Project 2
17 Aug - Organizational Behavior Case Project
17 Aug - Human Motivation Project 1
17 Aug - Sociology of the Workplace Project 1
31 Aug - Sociology of the Workplace Project 2 Topic Approval
14 Sep - Human Motivation Outline Project 2
28 Sep - Human Motivation Draft Abstract Project 2
12 Oct - Human Motivation Project 2
12 Oct - Sociology of the Workplace Project 2
Exams due*
17 Aug - Organizational Behavior Final
24 Aug - Sociology of the Workplace Midterm
31 Aug - Human Motivation Midterm
19 Oct - Human Motivation Final
19 Oct - Sociology of the Workplace Final
*OB and SW are online courses. HM is a CD-ROM course. As such, I have windows of opportunity to take exams. Depending on the exam, a window may be either a week or three days. Some exams are still timed, though, and on these you can't pause.
20 Jul - Organizational Behavior Issue Paper 2
20 Jul - Human Motivation Reflective Essay
03 Aug - Human Motivation Topic and Draft Bibliography Project 2
17 Aug - Organizational Behavior Case Project
17 Aug - Human Motivation Project 1
17 Aug - Sociology of the Workplace Project 1
31 Aug - Sociology of the Workplace Project 2 Topic Approval
14 Sep - Human Motivation Outline Project 2
28 Sep - Human Motivation Draft Abstract Project 2
12 Oct - Human Motivation Project 2
12 Oct - Sociology of the Workplace Project 2
Exams due*
17 Aug - Organizational Behavior Final
24 Aug - Sociology of the Workplace Midterm
31 Aug - Human Motivation Midterm
19 Oct - Human Motivation Final
19 Oct - Sociology of the Workplace Final
*OB and SW are online courses. HM is a CD-ROM course. As such, I have windows of opportunity to take exams. Depending on the exam, a window may be either a week or three days. Some exams are still timed, though, and on these you can't pause.
Committer: janine
LJSUP-2485Make the altlogin view of update.bml (?altlogin=1 or "Switch" link) be consistent by always showing
the LJ logo userpic and showing a "Post to" line when ?usejournal= is used.
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aztecknight:
I really need more $$ and time off for events, y0.
aztecknight:Your result for The hardcore SCA Test...
The Lord or Lady
You scored 27% hardcore SCA!
You really enjoy the SCA and like to go to events when you can. However it doesn't take over you life or anything. You've probably got an AOA or will have one soon. Sometimes folks wonder where you've been when you make it back to a meeting or event.
Take The hardcore SCA Test at HelloQuizzy
I really need more $$ and time off for events, y0.
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So there is alot of walking and standing in tokyo. And of course it is all done in dress shoes. I was smart and brought my comfortable shoes witht he Dr. Scholls inserts, they came that way. But even so I now have a blister on the bottom of my foot. This kept me from going to shinuku last night. I’m guessing I am going to need to find the japanese equivalent of epson salts and soak my feet now after work..
For those of you wondering what has been going on.
Monday — Introduction to company structure and history. Welcome Reception party. WARNING… NEVER finish your glass in front of japanese. There will be 3 or 4 people there ready to refill it. Very easy to get tipsy here. It sneaks up on you when you least expect it.
Tuesday — Security Training and Visit to Research and Development. Security is basically the same as home. R&D was fun, learned alot of new things about where the company is hoping to go, and visited the Historical museum where we could see all the past tech.
Will write more soon, have cross cultural training today, and they are keeping me very busy.
Comment on this post and I will choose seven interests from your profile. You will then explain what they mean and why you are interested in them. Post this along with your answers in your own journal so that others can play along.
I commented foraeamek and so he chose these for me:
captain jack harkness - From Doctor Who - human male from the 50th century, where the men are men, the women are women, and everyone'sbiomnisexual. I like Captain Jack because he's smart, funny, and adventurous. Plus he has a dark side. The fact that he's very pretty is actually a minus.
diana gabaldon - Author of the Outlander series of books, where historical and science fiction meet romance and adventure. Plus she's a biologist and former comic book writer - she used to do Uncle Scrooge. I love her style of writing and follow her online journal.
face of boe - Another character from Doctor Who - a giant ancient face millions of years old, and thought by some to be the future incarnation of Captain Jack Harkness. I don't buy it. Love the big Face because he's so kind and so patient. I think of God a bit like the Face sometimes.
forecaster beven - Author of most of the National Weather Service advisories during the five hurricanes we've been privileged to enjoy in sunny South Florida. I can't say exactly what about his advisories in particular made me such a fan.
shibari - Japanese art of rope bondage. Very pretty. I love both looking at and being art.
λ - Lambda is a Greek letter. It does lots of neat stuff, but I have it because of its association with queer folk.
society for creative anachronism - Nonprofit organization for the promotion of education concerning Medieval times. Also a fantastic pack of partyers. I love the camaraderie and adventure I find with these folks.
I commented for
aeamek and so he chose these for me:captain jack harkness - From Doctor Who - human male from the 50th century, where the men are men, the women are women, and everyone's
diana gabaldon - Author of the Outlander series of books, where historical and science fiction meet romance and adventure. Plus she's a biologist and former comic book writer - she used to do Uncle Scrooge. I love her style of writing and follow her online journal.
face of boe - Another character from Doctor Who - a giant ancient face millions of years old, and thought by some to be the future incarnation of Captain Jack Harkness. I don't buy it. Love the big Face because he's so kind and so patient. I think of God a bit like the Face sometimes.
forecaster beven - Author of most of the National Weather Service advisories during the five hurricanes we've been privileged to enjoy in sunny South Florida. I can't say exactly what about his advisories in particular made me such a fan.
shibari - Japanese art of rope bondage. Very pretty. I love both looking at and being art.
λ - Lambda is a Greek letter. It does lots of neat stuff, but I have it because of its association with queer folk.
society for creative anachronism - Nonprofit organization for the promotion of education concerning Medieval times. Also a fantastic pack of partyers. I love the camaraderie and adventure I find with these folks.
Committer: sup
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LJSUP-2447:1. Paging constant is in config file
2. Filters are shown for empty list
3. Text reformatted
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I'm not sure if I'm going to buy the iPhone 3G on Friday. I've been jonesing for months, and there's a lot of things built into the iPhone that I've really been looking forward to using.
But...
Last week, AT&T released its iPhone pricing information, along with information on "how to be iReady for the upgrade.
And Steve Jobs lied. Or at least he left out some important details.
$199 for the 8Gb and $299 for the 16Gb, right? That's what he said. That's what they advertise. But then there's the fine print.
I had to replace my RAZR last May. I've been paying for insurance on my phone, but in order to take advantage of that, you have to call their provider and deal with the delay while they mail you a new handset. I was about to go to Utah for work, and I couldn't be without a phone. So I bought the new handset... which means that I'm on contract and I'm not eligible for a hardware upgrade at this point.
AT&T wants existing customers to be able to get the new iPhone, so they're willing to allow you out of your existing contract... for $200 more.
And all existing customers, even the ones who are eligible for hardware upgrade right now, start off with an $18 upgrade fee.
So...
$299 - New 16Gb iPhone
$200 - Loyal Customer Penalty Fee
$18 - Upgrade Fee
===================
$517 = My cost for the "$299 iPhone."
If you're coming to AT&T as a new customer, your fee isn't $18 to upgrade, it's $36 to establish a new account.
The data fees are about ten bucks more than they were for Edge; that's doable. But they've removed SMS messaging entirely from that plan... so if you want to send sms text messages, you need to add an additional text messaging plan for anywhere from $5 to $20 a month, depending on your needs.
So... to recap:
A new iPhone would cost me more than five hundred dollars. Before the first service bill.
My options, as I see them are:
1) Suck it up and get the phone.
2) Wait until January, and get it then.
3) Allow my rage at AT&T's poor handling to push me away from AT&T altogether. Most of my family is on AT&T, so I'd lose the free mobile-to-mobile minutes. But my lady love is on another carrier... (Although it's a carrier that I hate, but that's another rant.)
So, my friends- what would you do if you were me?
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I'm guessing this is in reference to my generative music post, but Dad sent a link to laptop orchestra out of Stanford. Interesting stuff …
In the six-and-a-half years that the U.S. government has been fingerprinting insurgents, detainees and ordinary people in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Horn of Africa, hundreds have turned out to share an unexpected background, FBI and military officials said. They have criminal arrest records in the United States.
More stuff like this, and less security theater, and I might start gaining a bit more confidence in our government's ability to protect our borders.
Ah, National Blow Stuff Up Day today, although given both the weather (the Miami fireworks show was cancelled) and how under the weather I felt, I didn't do much else than sleep.
I think it was something I ate.
I felt like I was in an episode of House.
I found myself at The Data Center, waiting for one of our customers, R, to show up to let him in (he forgot the access code). While there, I was attempting to extracate a KVM cable he could use when I pulled the wrong cable and unplugged a power strip.
The upshot: I took down some of R's equipment that wasn't having problems.
Sigh.
R shows up, and we check on the equipment that experienced the unplanned power outtage and one of his Linux boxes was in trouble. It was running Asterisk and it had the most amusing problem: it kept core dumping on an illegal instruction and upon crashing, would restart itself.
But in troubleshooting that problem, it became rather apparent something else was terribly wrong:
GenericUnixRootPrompt# df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on GenericUnixRootPrompt#
Nothing mounted, but I could still see files.
fdisk showed two partitions, /dev/hda1 and
/dev/hda2. fsck worked fine on
/dev/hda1 but failed on /dev/hda2 since it didn't
know what type of filesystem was on it. Odder still, /dev/hda1
was the boot partition, containing only the kernel and related files
required for the initial operating system boot, but yet, here I was, in a
shell, running Unix commands like fsck and fdisk
and more.
Yet fsck and even mount had no idea what type
of filesystem was on /dev/hda2.
Yet, it must be the root filesystem, which I was currently
using, because /dev/hda1 didn't have fsck,
mount, more much less /bin/bash.
Worse still, what I did have, including /tmp, was in
“read-only” mode.
The Asterisk crashing problem would have to wait.
I was able to get the box on the network and backup everything to another
system. While that was chugging along (took about an hour) I realized that
the system was somehow mounting /dev/hda2, otherwise there'd be
nothing to backup. Checking /etc/fstab didn't help much:
GenericUnixRootPrompt# more /etc/fstab # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details /dev/hdb1 /media/cdrom auto user,noauto 0 0 GenericUnixRootPrompt#
I then checked /boot/grub/grub.conf (since
something was being mounted as the root filesystem) and found that
the root partition wasn't /dev/hda2 but something like
/dev/VolGroup00/LogGroup00. Using that I was able to check and
remount the fileystem as read/write. I was then able to add that to
/etc/fstab, reboot the system and have it come up fine, thus
saving R from having to nuke-n-pave the system. How /etc/fstab
ended up without the root filesystem is something I don't know (but I
suspect it may have been trying to update that file when the power was
cut—hey, it's as good a theory as anything), but at least the system was
back up and running.
That just left the little problem of Asterisk continously dumping core in
an illegal instruction. A recompile of the program (since R and I thought
maybe the executable was corrupted) didn't solve the problem. A compile of
the lastest version didn't solve the problem, but we did notice that there
were a few modules for Asterisk installed that don't come with the default
install of Asterisk. And one of those modules had
pentium4-sse3 in the name.
I checked the box—it was a Pentium IV with SSE2, not a Pentium IV with SSE3.
That would definitely explain the crashing.
It seems that R hired someone to install a particular codec for Asterisk and they grabbed the wrong version (or rather, the version for the wrong processor) and the only reason Asterisk hadn't crashed was that it hadn't actually been loaded into Asterisk. Well, until the reboot that is. We removed that module and Asterisk started up fine.
And then it was time to turn to the problem that R had come to The Data Center to investigate …