Tag Archives: Linux

merge sort, the eater of nodes

Published: 23 February 2010
I’m so tickled to have completed an assignment for my Linux kernel class. The specification was as follows: Modify the algorithm that allocates a file descriptor for the open() and socket() calls. Implement a per-process variable availableFileDescriptor whose value is always the number of the first available file descriptor. Make sure that when a process [...]
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Grub Error 13 and 17 together

Published: 12 October 2009
I just encountered a Grub Error 13 and a Grub Error 17 all for seemingly no reason. I fixed the problem, but thought I could save others undue headache. The Setup I have Ubuntu Linux installed on one hard drive which fdisk calls /dev/hda and Windows XP installed on a second hard drive called /dev/hdb. [...]
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grad party, friend code, KDE 4

Published: 7 May 2009
Oy, what a week!  I’ve worked at Lexmark every day since Monday, getting things finalized there and today was my last day.  My manager took me out to lunch with about twelve coworkers, which was very pleasant, getting to sit around and have a real lunch with these folks, instead of just grabbing a chicken [...]
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chmodding and Ruby

Published: 1 February 2008
Recently, I switched from a Powerbook to a Macbook, and to copy my files from one to the other, I used a pen drive. Since my pen drive has a FAT file system, it treats everything as being executable. This, however, is not the case on a UNIX-like file system like OS X. In order to save myself the hassle of manually chmodding thousands of files, I wrote this Ruby script.
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IBM swag and a roach-squashin’

Published: 16 November 2007
I was trying to edit an old post, ‘PHP and forms’, this morning but I kept getting “Service Temporarily Unavailable.” Every time in the past that I have tried to edit that particular entry, I’ve gotten the same result. I don’t know if it’s Wordpress or Dreamhost or what, but it’s annoying as [...]
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.bash_profile

Published: 5 November 2007
eval `/opt/local/bin/lesspipe.sh` function dir_access_color { local DIR="${1-$PWD}" COLOR=0 [[ -r "$DIR" ]] && COLOR=1 # red [[ -w "$DIR" ]] && COLOR=2 # green tput -S <<<$'bold\nsetaf '"$COLOR" }
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impartial review of Microsoft product… by Microsoft?

Published: 19 May 2007
Get the Facts is a Microsoft site I just stumbled upon through a Digg post, and I just can’t believe it. From the site: This site is dedicated to helping IT professionals compare Windows and Linux on key platform considerations such as reliability, security, and total cost of ownership. Honestly, do you really expect a company [...]
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Sun’s advice to Microsoft

Published: 16 May 2007
Hahaha, this tickles me to death. In Jonathan Schwartz’s blog, he writes: So what’s my view on this interview in Fortune—in which one of Sun’s business partners claims the open source community is trampling their patent portfolio? You would be wise to listen to the customers you’re threatening to sue—they can leave you, especially if you [...]
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put up or shut up

Published: 15 May 2007
I’ve been so disgusted since yesterday evening when I found out that Microsoft is alleging Linux of patent infringement, but today a few articles have calmed me down: This is, to me, Darl II: “Our precious IP is worth beeelions, and you must honor our sacred intellectual property, which is behind this curtain. We can’t exactly [...]
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blogs and books

Published: 20 April 2007
I was eating leftovers of last night’s shepherd’s pie but I wasn’t paying much attention, just kind of guiding the spoon to my mouth while I read online. Then I noticed the taste, and my brain had this conversation with itself: Wait, what? What is this I’m eating? Am I eating shit?? [...]
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