Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal. To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2006/07/Some difference in the way Linux's Bash and OS X's Bash handle variables just caused me to nuke my laptop. #!/bin/sh … Continue reading 🙁
Tag: opensource
Thank you very little and thank you very much, Apple
Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal. To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2006/07/So it turns out that there is a bug in OS X's udp socket library. Either that, or this is an … Continue reading Thank you very little and thank you very much, Apple
"Enforce In-Order Execution of Input/Output" a.k.a. "Ol' MacDonald Had A Farm"
Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal. To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2006/07/The Linux kernel has all kinds of bizarre stuff in it if ( ppc_md.progress ) ppc_md.progress(“WTF?”, 0x3eab); asm(“eieio”); Is anyone else … Continue reading "Enforce In-Order Execution of Input/Output" a.k.a. "Ol' MacDonald Had A Farm"
SSH Geekery
Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal. To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2006/05/I have been using ssh with the “-L” flag for many years to do fancy port forwarding. Since when did they … Continue reading SSH Geekery
Useful Web Office Tools
Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal. To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2006/02/A while back, Substitute made a post that referenced a situation that, I believe, most everyone that has worked in an … Continue reading Useful Web Office Tools
Any unauthorized used of the system will be prosecuted
Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal. To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2006/02/So, I have been comparing my laptop's setup against the NSA security recommendations for OS X machines and ran across this … Continue reading Any unauthorized used of the system will be prosecuted
Yes, the NSA uses Open Source
Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal. To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2006/02/I assume everyone has now seen the Washington Post article (or more specifically, the associated photograph) that shows all the super-secret … Continue reading Yes, the NSA uses Open Source
Warning: workfilter / Warning: technobabble
Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal. To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2006/01/Given: a laptop running OS X is on a tightly controlled LAN. There is no access to the internet, save through … Continue reading Warning: workfilter / Warning: technobabble
Hey Joe, what do you know?
Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal. To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2002/06/About a year ago, I remember hearing about an AI project that some company was working on called “Cyc” (pronounced “psych”). … Continue reading Hey Joe, what do you know?
Audio Galaxy kicks ass!
Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal. To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2001/09/Did I ever mention how cool Audio Galaxy is? I have music before it has been released. HOW COOL IS THAT?!?! … Continue reading Audio Galaxy kicks ass!