12/21   I was laid off and started filing for EDD for my weekly pay.
        I just got a job. Is there a form I need to file, or do I just
        stop filing out EDD to get my weekly pay? As a side note, how
        do they actually know I am working or not?
        \_ You just stop filing and they stop paying; you don't need to do
           anything else.  I don't know the internals of how they do things,
	...

12/28   Happy holidays everyone.
        For some reason my work's ip address gets logged in /etc/hosts.deny and\
I cannot ssh in anymore from work
        (except from home where I can ssh in fine): anyone knows if this file is\
 auto-generated due to some event? Thanks
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3/24    How are people transferring large files to one other person these days?
        When I need to send some videos to my parents, I upload them to
        my SpiderOak account, but they don't have anything like that,
        so I'm not sure how to get videos from them.  Does DropBox do this
        for free?
        \_ DropBox +
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4/04    Is there a good way to diff 2 files that consist of columns of
        floating point numbers, such that it only tells me if there's a
        difference if the numbers on a given line differ by at least a given
        ratio?  Say, 1%?
        \_ Use Excel.
           1. Open foo.txt in Excel.  It should convert all numbers to cells in
	...

8/30    Is wall just dead? The wallall command dies for me, muttering
        something about /var/wall/ttys not existing.
        \_ its seen a great drop in usage, though it seems mostly functional.
            -ERic
        \_ Couldn't open wall log!: Bad file descriptor
           Could not open wall subscription directory /var/wall/ttys: No such file or directory
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7/2     When I do "ssh name@machine command", that does not show up
        on the last log. Where is that action logged?
        \_ Depends on accounting level. Might not be logged at all.
        \_ Enable logging on sshd itself in the system sshd_config file.
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5/1     What's the difference between CS and Computer Engineering?
        http://holykaw.alltop.com/top-ten-paying-degrees-for-college-graduates
        \_ One is science and the other is engineering.
        \_ From http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Computer_science
           'A folkloric quotation ... states that "computer science is no more
           about computers than astronomy is about telescopes."  The design
	...

3/29    A friend wants a PC (no mac). She doesn't want Dell. Is there a
        good place that can custom build for you (SSD, large RAM, cheap video
        card--no game)?
        \_ As a side note: back in my Cal days more than two decades ago when
           having a 387SX made me the only person with floating-point hardware,
           most machines were custom built.
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1/4     I want to test how my servers behave during a disk failure and
        a RAID reconstruction so I want to simulate a hardware failure.
        How can I do this in Linux without having to physically pull
        a drive? These disks are behind a RAID card and run Linux. -ausman
        \_ According to the Linux RAID wiki, you might be able to use mdadm
           to do this with something like the following:
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11/27   CalMail has been down for a few days (hardware failure and database
        corruption -- sounds like fun!) and is starting to come back online.
        Looks like they're planning to outsource all campus mail to either
        Google Apps or Microsoft 365 as part of Operational Excellence.
        <DEAD>kb.berkeley.edu/jivekb/entry!default.jspa?externalID=2915<DEAD>
        \_ http://ist.berkeley.edu/ciocalmailupdates/november-30-2011
	...

9/13    Thanks to Jordan, our disk server is no longer virtualized. Our long
        nightmare of poor IO performance should hopefully be over. Prepare for
        another long nightmare of poor hardware reliability!
        ...
        Just kidding! (I hope)
        In any case, this means that cooler was taken out back and shot, and
	...

7/1     Does anyone have good info, either published or anecdotal, about
        SSD failure rates. I am seeing an alaarmingly high failure rate
        in Enterprise applications at scale. -anonymous coward
        \_ http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/05/the-hot-crazy-solid-state-drive-scale.html
           http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/213442/solid_state_drives_no_better_than_others_survey_says.html
           http://www.hardware.fr/articles/810-6/taux-pannes-composants.html
	...

2/14    You sure soda isn't running windows in disguise?  It would explain the
        uptimes.
        \_ hardly, My winbox stays up longer.
        \_ Nobody cares about uptime anymore brother, that's what web2.0 has
           taught us.  Everything is "stateless".
           \_ You;d think gamers would care more about uptime.
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7/23    Internet's first router:
        http://www.wimp.com/firstrouter
        \_ Wow!  And the first VoIP phone!  Notice that the fans on that
           hardware look just like the fans these days.
           \_ I'm typing on an IBM Clicky Clacky Keyboard.
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5/6     Syzygryd Salon at Grey Area Foundation For the Arts Friday, May 14:
        http://www.syzygryd.com/2010/syzygryd-salon-at-gaffta-on-fri-may-14th
        Come learn more about the Syzygryd project, and play with the hardware
        and software we'll be demoing.  Also, we're doing a kickstarter to
        help fund our flame effects:
        http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fire/syzygryd
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5/6     Syzygryd Salon at GAFFTA on Friday, May 14th:
        http://www.syzygryd.com/2010/syzygryd-salon-at-gaffta-on-fri-may-14th
        It's a great opportunity to learn more about the project, and a chance
        to play with some of the hardware and software we'll be demoing.
        -dans
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