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| 2009/1/20-26 [Computer/SW/OS, Computer/HW/Display, Computer/SW/OS/Linux] UID:52419 Activity:kinda low |
1/20 when I do "cat /proc/sys/kernel/tainted"
I got a single number "1"
what does this mean?
\_ I think this refers to whether you've got any non-open-source drivers
loaded, but I'm not sure.
\_ I think this refers to whether you've got any non-open-source
drivers loaded, but I'm not sure.
\_ Right. "1" means you have at least one non-open-source driver
loaded, which is probably what's causing your system crashes.
You can run "lsmod" to see what's loaded -- look for "nvidia",
"ndiswrapper", and "vmmon", which are some of the most common
closed-source drivers. If you don't see any of those, post
your lsmod output somewhere and we'll have a look.
\_ it's nvidia. Every time my computer crashes is because some
UI things from compiz. It is funny how a bad driver would
totally destory the percieved notion of stability of an OS.
I am downloading the latest driver now.
-OP kngharv
\_ It's not funny, really. Assuming that's the only third-
party kernel module you're using, there are exactly two
pieces of code on your computer that have the power to
crash your whole system: the Linux kernel itself, and
that closed-source nvidia driver you're loading. That's
why the very first response to your question was "check
for proprietary drivers". If your still get crashes with
for proprietary drivers". If you still get crashes with
the latest nvidia driver, there are two things you can
do: report the bug to Nvidia and hope they fix it, or
stop using their closed-source driver and switch to the
(much slower, but stable) open-source nvidia driver that
comes with your system.
\_ yep -- it should correspond with the 'tainted' designator in
lsmod
\_ I AM TAINT FREE |
| 2009/1/20-26 [Computer/SW/Unix] UID:52420 Activity:low |
1/20 I have a rather common shell-scripting problem, but I am not sure
how to do it in csh/tcsh. I want to check the ctime (last
modified time) of a file. If it is older than, let say, 1
hours, do something, older than 3 hours, then do something +
something else. Any hints on how to do this? do i need to
convert it to epoch to perform such manipulation? thanks
\- find or perl
\_ or stat(1)
\_ find is an excellent tool for this, especially if you have
access to a modern find. Look at the -ctime and -mmin options
to it.
\_ thanks. will work on "find." |
| 2009/1/20-26 [Uncategorized] UID:52421 Activity:nil |
1/20 Captain, My Captain, our fearful trip is done,
our ship has weathered every storm the prize we sought is won!
Captain O Captain, rise up and hear the bells.
\_ THE FATHERS HAVE FALLEN, THE FATHERS HAVE FALLEN! |
| 2009/1/20-26 [Politics/Domestic/Crime, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:52422 Activity:nil |
1/20 George W. Bush, Greatest President Ever!
\_ I want to try him for war crime and crime against humanity, then
exile him to Iraq (outside the green zone) so he can enjoy the
"progress" he made first hand... along with his neocon friends |
| 2009/1/20-21 [Uncategorized] UID:52423 Activity:nil 53%like:52408 |
1/17 This may be a dumb question, but given a signal, how can I calculate
\_ yahoo or MSN? the issue on MSN is well known...
its SNR? I don't have a simultaneous channel that recorded noise.
Thanks. |
| 2009/1/20-26 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:52424 Activity:moderate |
1/20 BAC -29%, WFC -24%, JPM -21%, C -20%, GS -19%, MS -16% BCS -42% STT-59%
\_ The Obama Administration begins!
\_ Hope!
\_ Yes, clearly today's decline is the market reacting to Obama
suddenly and unexpectedly becoming President.
\_ The Death Star bursts into a supernova, creating a spectacular
heavenly display. </sorry>
\_ We've had three consecutive months of massive DEFLATION (CPI
decrease). Expect it to continue at least a few more months,
followed by hyperinflation (as the Fed injects as much cash into the
system as it can).
\_ If you think we are really going to have hyperinflation
you are either too stupid to breathe or don't know what
hyperinflation means.
\_ Hyperinflation means Weimar. Granted, it may only be as bad
as the 70s, but the money supply has grown over 70% since the
bailouts started. The current annualized rate of deflation is
between 12% and 23%. See here for what happened in
Yugoslavia.
http://www.rogershermansociety.org/yugoslavia.htm
\_ Umm, are you trying to say that we're going to have that
kind of inflation here, or not? -!pp
\_ Umm, are you trying to say that we're going to have
Weimar inflation here, or not? -!pp
\_ I think it's about 50/50 either 70s or Weimar.
\_ In that case, you should borrow lots of money
and buy solid assets. I personally think 70's
is as bad as it is likely to get.
\_ That's about what I'm doing. But I certainly hope
you're right and I'm wrong.
\_ I cannot name even one country with a
functioning military that has suffered
hyperinflation. It is usually defeated
countries and occasionally a total basket
case with no friends and no army like
Zimbabwe.
\_ Rome circa 300 AD, and the Confederacy
are two examples.
\_ The Confederacy is a great example of
how a country that is losing a war or
has just lost a war often suffers
hyperinflation. Rome is a good
counterexample, I have to admit.
\_ What cause hyperinflation in Rome?
Wasn't it a change in coinage or
something?
\_ Yeah, good point. Rome kept
debasing the currency.
\_ I'm not sure what a military has to do with
it. It seems to happen in places with
unusally destructive economic policies.
ie Zimbabwe destroyed the main engine
of its economy.
I'm not terribly worried about it here
because Bernenke is very anti-inflation.
While I think Obama's economic policies
seem a little hare-brained, they aren't
THAT wacky.
\_ It depends on what you define as "money supply." If you
include credit (and most economists these days do) the
overall money supply has actually gone down.
\_ occam's razor: news has leaked to the big brokerages that govt is
amenable to wiping out equity in a de facto nationalization. arthur
levitt (former sec chair) did two bloomberg podcasts on this
yesterday and today.
\_ Also, observe what happened in England.
\_ hell, even Krugman wrote a piece on this a couple days ago
\_ Which one, the bad bank one? "Wall Street Voodoo?" He
doesn't exactly mention nationalization, just says that
the TARP is a bad idea. |
| 2009/1/20-26 [Computer/SW/Languages/Java, Computer/SW/Languages/Misc] UID:52425 Activity:nil |
1/20 I've been using tcsh as shell program tool (i know, bad shell to
do scripting). One thing I've noticed when I extract xml file
is that the variable type automatically change from
integer/string to... almost an array-like data structure when
the output of the xml key/value is more than one (it's more
like a string separated by space, but I was very impressed as
it is). 1. since *WHEN* did this happened? or shell variable
always behave this way? 2. I've notice that the first element
of this "array" started with index of [1] instead of [0].
This is rather different from c/java type of syntax. is [0]
reserved for something? or it's just a different convention?
\_ I don't understand question 1. Tcsh is not strongly typed.
It does have integers and strings, but that's about it.
Are you talking about $FOO = "this is my string" versus
$FOO = (this is my string)? For question 2, the convention is
different, yes. |
| 2009/1/20-26 [Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:52426 Activity:low |
1/20 Obama overcame the biggest obstacle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2CaBR3z85c
\_ Yay! Obama's mother had a choice and made a choice! How
wonderful that the Catholic Church supports choice now!
\_ Pretty sure they supported it then as well.
\_ Pfft. False. RCC has never supported Choice.
\_ Oh, I see the problem here, you're an idiot. Carry on.
\_ And you're on drugs. When did the RCC ever support
Choice?
\_ The RCC always supported the choice between
keeping the kid and giving it up for adoption.
\_ Yay, humor! |