ihateyousomuch.com http://ihateyousomuch.com Elegant... like hand-rolled toilet paper. en ajh@adrianhensler.com Copyright 2010 Pivot Pivot - 1.40.1: 'Dreadwind' Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:14:41 -0400 60 Microsoft stock versus Apple stock. http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=257 http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=257#comm

Microsoft stock versus Apple stock.


In 1997, Microsoft invested $150 million in Apple.

The thinking was to keep MS Office alive on Apple, and also to help avoid antitrust suits.

If you look at Apple stock for the past ten years, you'll notice it is up just over 1000%. If you look at Microsoft stock for the past ten years it is down roughly 19%.

Microsoft then made 18 billion dollars on sales of that stock.



]]> 257@ihateyousomuch.com/blog/index.php default Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:14:00 -0400 Adding streaming audio to MPD http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=256 http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=256#comm http://glennji.com/content/streaming-audio-with-mpd-and-icecast

Haven't tried this yet.

Quoting in case the source goes away:

sudo aptitude install mpd
sudo aptitude install icecast

Now edit the /etc/mpd.conf file and add the following audio_output (leave any existing audio_output sections alone.

audio_output {
type “shout”
name “Icecast Stream”
host “localhost”
port “8000?
mount “/mpd.ogg”
password “youricecastpassword”
bitrate “96?
format “44100:16:1?
}

Now edit the icecast configuration at /etc/icecast2/icecast.xml.

]]> 256@ihateyousomuch.com/blog/index.php linux Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:10:00 -0400 Installing Relaxx on Ubuntu 9.10 using lighttpd http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=255 http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=255#comm install lighttpd
install php5-cgi

unpack relaxx

Follow:
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/lighttpd-webserver-setup-with-php5-and-mysql-support.html

Also this stuff

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installing-Lighttpd-on-Fedora-and-Ubuntu-44557.shtml

Specifically these bits in lighttpd.conf:

 fastcgi.server    = ( ".php" =>
            ( "localhost" =>
              (
            "socket" => "/tmp/php-fastcgi.socket",
            "bin-path" => "/usr/bin/php-cgi"
               )
             )
        )   

and:

cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1

in php.ini.

]]> 255@ihateyousomuch.com/blog/index.php linux Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:31:00 -0400 Fixing festival can't open /dev/dsp error http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=254 http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=254#comm This should work in more than Ubuntu; but I use Ubuntu:

 printf ";use ALSA\n(Parameter.set 'Audio_Method 'Audio_Command)\n(Parameter.set 'Audio_Command \"aplay -q -c 1 -t raw -f s16 -r \$SR \$FILE\")\n" > .festivalrc

 From the Ubuntu forums:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=171182&page=2

]]> 254@ihateyousomuch.com/blog/index.php linux Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:21:00 -0400 Starting gps bluetooth client on Ubuntu Hardy http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=253 http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=253#comm First, get the device paired:

hcitool scan

Then use the MAC address to pair it:

rfcomm connect 0 00:02:00:F1:1A:70

Then start gpsd:

gpsd -N /dev/rfcomm0

Then view the results with xgps.

]]> 253@ihateyousomuch.com/blog/index.php default Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:24:00 -0400 "My 5km run" - or: "How I almost died." http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=252 http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=252#comm So I've been wanting to get back into running.  Instead of being all talk; I actually got up at 6 am. I already plotted my course:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1945556

Kilometer 1 took about 5 minutes; mostly flat.  No problems.  Start of kilometer 2 - slight incline.  Stopped running for a minute.  Breathing hard.  Legs fine though. Walked a bunch in kilometer 2.  At one point I started to run after walking and only made it about 30 feet.  Worried I was going to have to bail. Kilometer 3 was also a lot of walking and a big hill.  Nausea kicked in pretty hard here. Legs were still fine though.  Thought I was going to have to abort my 5km path.  Also considered sitting down or passing out.  Kilometer 4 I actually started running again.  Legs starting to feel tight.  Kilometer 5 also consisted of a lot of walking at the beginning - I wanted to ensure I was running at the end.  Nausea pretty much gone; but now my legs are starting to really stiffen up.  Time of run - or 'outing' as much of the last half was walking - roughly 30 minutes. ]]> 252@ihateyousomuch.com/blog/index.php default Sat, 31 May 2008 06:01:00 -0400 Will PCIe 1.1 cards work in PCIe 2.0 slots http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=251 http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=251#comm Someone asked me if PCIe 1.x cards would work in a PCIe 2.0 board. Here's what I found:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express

This says:

In PCIe 1.1 (the most common version as of 2007) each lane carries 250 MB/s in each direction. PCIe 2.0 doubles this and PCIe 3.0 doubles it again.

Then it goes on:

PCIe 2.0 is completely backwards compatible with PCIe v1.x. Graphic cards and motherboards designed for v2.0 will be able to work with v1.1 and v1.0, and vice versa.

That wiki entry has lots of neat stuff; worth a quick peruse.

So the short answer is yes; I think this is fine. You just don't get the advantage of the 2.0 spec if you put a 1.x speced card in a 2.0 slot. They did the same thing with AGP when you had 8x cards in 4x boards.

That's not to say that you won't get goofball cards that don't work in a select few motherboards; that usually turns out to be the case but that sort of thing seems to be improving as well in recent years. I'd trust it enough to try it.

]]> 251@ihateyousomuch.com/blog/index.php default Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:34:00 -0400 VMWare and Welch's Juice http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=250 http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=250#comm Great quote. Hey; if Welch can trust themso can I.

"I have so much faith in the VMware technology that we are rolling it out to our five production plants. In fact, our secret juice recipe database runs in a virtual machine and has been running there for four years."

—George Scangas, Sr. IT Infrastructure Analyst, Welch’s, Welch'

 

]]> 250@ihateyousomuch.com/blog/index.php default Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:29:00 -0400 Thank you again spammers... http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=249 http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=249#comm 249@ihateyousomuch.com/blog/index.php default Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:27:00 -0400 3d Desktop on linux http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=248 http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=248#comm Just a couple of cool examples of the new Compiz Fusion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4fTh0x3xLE&mode=related&search= 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ImW0-MgR8I&mode=related&search=

]]> 248@ihateyousomuch.com/blog/index.php linux Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:01:00 -0400 My life's a living joke http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=247 http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=247#comm and here's the proof:

Life in 8 Steps

]]> 247@ihateyousomuch.com/blog/index.php default Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:37:00 -0400 New puppy. http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=246 http://ihateyousomuch.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=246#comm We now have a new puppy.  She's pretty hideous as you can see in this picture.  

Picture of our new puppy ]]> 246@ihateyousomuch.com/blog/index.php default Sun, 01 Jul 2007 08:59:00 -0400