November 2010 - skunkworks - Skunkworks Site

May be OT.
by Watchman 21 Nov '10

21 Nov '10

Looking for books. Philosophy. Math. Physics. Chem. Bio. Biochem. Electrical Engineering. Also looking for Prof's in the same fields. -- ...and I shall shed my light over dark evil. For the dark things cannot stand the light.

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The IE 9 - SunSpider benchmark story
by Andrew Wachira 20 Nov '10

20 Nov '10

Read here: http://digitizor.com/2010/11/17/internet-explorer-9-caught-cheating-in-suns… -- http://www.chromeexperiments.com

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ubuntu system restore=>SOS
by maina 20 Nov '10

20 Nov '10

Hi all, I did something wrong in ubuntu 10.04 server and I need to undo the changes made by installing unwanted package+dependencies. So my question is how does one do a "system restore" in ubuntu server. Removing-purging tht particular package+dependencies wont help,damage already done. Yes i have googled for the last few days but the solutions an getting is for restoring from a backup. What am looking for is/are way(s) of rolling back to previous day before the package+dependencies was installed. Remember this is a server so no GUI. SOS. Rgds.

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KPLC
by Watchman 20 Nov '10

20 Nov '10

I'm glad the boys and girls in blue overalls have been working real hard to fix the problem in Westlands. No power since 8AM and they finished at 10PM. I have a problem with them though. On return, i waited a while for power to stabilize, powered my UPS's on and then powered machine on, HD's and 20 mins down the line.. UPS's go taking my Externals with them. I've lost just about everything i've collected. Including most of my design and photo work. I do have backups. BUT NOT THE POINT! How can a spike take out everything.. EVERYTHING! even though there's a surge protector on Both the UPS's i'm using? BTW> UPS's are set up in parallel to enjoy maximum efficiency and load coverage when power goes out. AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! and i can't even sue them for this... Can i? all drives and equipment are insured. -- ...and I shall shed my light over dark evil. For the dark things cannot stand the light.

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PoE Access Point
by Antony Gikabia 20 Nov '10

20 Nov '10

Hello All ANybody know where i can get locally some Wireless Access Points that can use Power Over Ethernet instead of just only having a Power supply unit? Regards Antony ---------------------------------------------- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Jambo MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. --------------------------------------------- "easy access to the world"

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Sharing thoughts.
by Watchman 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

A wise jedi once said. *Easy is the path to wisdom, for those not blinded by themselves. * -- ...and I shall shed my light over dark evil. For the dark things cannot stand the light.

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OT: Bestell Computers - Who owns it?
by Simon Mbuthia 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

Hi people, Anyone on the list who might know the so called manager who also doubles up as the proprietor of the subject firm? I need to discuss with him/her a few things about customer service. Thanks, Me. P.S. This has been sent from my flash disk ;-)

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pci bus parity error
by boniface njoroge 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

Hi guy I am experiencing a problem with a server.its not loading windows and then there is this error PCI Bus Error PCI slot ? .What can be wrong?

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CentOS Networking on Vmware
by david aliata 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

Hi Guys, I am running CentOs 5.5 kernel version 2.6.18 on Vmware but i cant seem to have the network work rather connect to my gateway.I have tried all i know If I enter this command as the superuser: service network restart I get this:RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument mii-tool brings back SIOCGMIIPHY on eth0 failed:operation not supported now, before anybody asks questions like did you reboot, yes I rebooted, yes I restarted the network, and yes, I've looked at the ifcfg-eth0 file, and everything looks correct. If anybody has run across this and has a *fix* for it, like a command or something, I thank you profusely in advance David Aliata

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FYI. Geek Updates
by Watchman 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

Green Lantern Trailer up!! i believe a WOOP WWWOOOOOPPP!!!! is in order! http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1279301913/ -- ...and I shall shed my light over dark evil. For the dark things cannot stand the light.

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