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Sometimes you just get luckly…Posted by Synfinatic on September 23, 2006 at 11:11 pm in Cool, Life.Decided to finally make the jump to HDTV. Lots of reasons really (quality up, prices lower, etc). Did all my research, and narrowed it down to the Sony KDS-55A2000 55″ SXRD rear projection set. Did a lot of price shopping: On Amazon: $2,500
Why methods shouldn’t replace a languagePosted by Synfinatic on September 20, 2006 at 10:10 pm in Rant.There’s been a big push for OO scripting languages like Python and Ruby over older procedural languages like Perl. While I used to be quite the Perl bigot, lately I’ve learn to appreciate other languages like Ruby. But while OO techniques can make some things much much easier, strict adherence to the OO concepts can be more trouble then it’s worth. Take for example this common case of a for loop: I'll give the win to Ruby here for being more concise, even though those people coming from most procedural languages will be ...
No more head-hunters please.Posted by Synfinatic on September 19, 2006 at 1:05 pm in Life.Usually when I’m talking about head-hunters I’m either ranting or making fun of them… or in some cases both. But this post isn’t about that. This post is about something simple. If your company is interested in me, then contact me yourself. Do not under any circumstances use a head-hunter. I won’t talk to them. You’d be surprised how many head-hunters call me with statements like, “My client has specifically asked me to contact you about an opportunity with them. I can’t tell you who they are, but trust me they’re great. Please send me your resume so I can give it to them to start the process.” Now occasionally (once) they’re being honest. But …
Not even I thought the number was 14,000Posted by Synfinatic on September 17, 2006 at 9:10 pm in Politics, Rant.According to this AP article on Yahoo, 14,000 is the number of people being held without access to a lawyer or being charged with a crime that are being held against their will in U.S. run overseas prisons. 13,000 of them in Iraq. One such example is of Bilal Hussein, an Iraqi citizen and AP photographer. [Update: Here's another great example of the "enemy combatants" who are so dangerous they must be held in Gitmo.] Already, over 18,000 people have been released because they were deemed innocent. But one wonders after being held in a prision for months and even years, how this endears us to them after they are set free. More then likely, those that …
OpenPacket a reality?Posted by Synfinatic on September 15, 2006 at 9:38 pm in tcpreplay.Well looks like Richard may have actually gotten OpenPacket off the ground. A public pcap repository is something I’ve often thought about doing since starting work on tcpreplay, but I’ve never had the time. Limited access to quality pcaps has always been a limitation for users of tcpreplay, so this project may be the perfect companion. I’ll be keeping a close eye on how it develops. Hopefully they’ll have something to look at in a few weeks.
1,000th comment!Posted by Synfinatic on at 9:29 pm in /dev/random.Just reached the 1,000th attempted comment spam which was picked up by Askimet. So I guess the good news is that Askimet is very effective at combating comment spam. I guess the bad news is the near complete lack of actual comments. :) On a side note, I tried signing up for a class over the web. Filled out the form, gave them my CC# and everything. Then I got an email saying that the class was full. After being put on the waiting list, I suggested they change their website to indicate which dates have availability… not something I would consider difficult nowadays. Imagine my surprise when I got this in reply: Unfortunately because our …
A little over the top, but right on the markPosted by Synfinatic on September 12, 2006 at 9:21 pm in Politics.Well said Mr. Olbermann, well said indeed.
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