Monthly Archives: June 2004

Lightening and DSL

Posted on 2004-06-15 by Dan Siemon

Reading Bob’s blog entry about lightening over here made me think about lightening and DSL modems. Bob’s quite right about computers most often getting lightening damage through the phone lines not the power lines. The fact that most DSL services … Continue reading →

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Fedora Core 2

Posted on 2004-06-14 by Dan Siemon

I have had Fedora Core 2 installed on my three computers for a couple of weeks now. Traditionally I have used a stock install for my gateway and laptop but have customized the desktop components of my main work station. … Continue reading →

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Non-open software

Posted on 2004-06-14 by Dan Siemon

I finally broke down and installed some non-open software on my desktop. This is something I try hard not to do. I don’t even have the Macromedia Flash plugin installed. I installed Real player so I could listen to CBC … Continue reading →

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2^x or 10^x?

Posted on 2004-06-11 by Dan Siemon

When working on my Linux QoS project I ran into the confusion over what k,M,G mean in computing again. Here is the problem. In normal usage k = 1000. Obvious example, kilometer == 1000 meters. However in computing the factor … Continue reading →

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WinXP SP2 Firewall

Posted on 2004-06-09 by Dan Siemon

Nice little summary of WinXP SP2 over at OSNews. It seems MS has a new firewall in this release. What interests me is this screen shot. A simple UI for allowing incoming traffic to listening processes is a great idea. … Continue reading →

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Sendmail effect

Posted on 2004-06-08 by Dan Siemon

Sendmail effect: Any complex technology which doesn’t come with documentation must be the best available. I found that little tidbit in Linux Advanced Routing and Traffic Control HOWTO.

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Content syndication

Posted on 2004-06-08 by Dan Siemon

Ever have one of those moments where you think “Why didn’t I do this before?”. During my recent forray into the Weblog world I started to realize how useful the ability to syndicate content via RSS or Atom is. A … Continue reading →

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BloGTK

Posted on 2004-06-04 by Dan Siemon

It is very neat to be able to post to my Weblog without using a web browser. Check out BloGTK. The spell checking is a big bonus too. XML-RPC APIs like this may indeed be the future.

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Network Distributed Computing

Posted on 2004-06-02 by Dan Siemon

I just finished reading a sample chapter of The Scope of Network Distributed Computing which I found at OSNews. I don’t want to get into the habit of posting links to articles that are linked from major news aggregation sites … Continue reading →

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Easy to what?

Posted on 2004-06-01 by Dan Siemon

Is “easy to use” an overloaded UI term? Continue reading →

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