Update 2 Aug 2010 09:26: replaced two Wikipedia links. … and how to avoid a pitfall on some Dell PowerConnect equipment. On that note, I haven’t yet managed to get this working in VMWare (Server 1.0.5, and Workstation 6.5 Beta, I believe) on Linux, using some host-only interfaces. It seems the switching mechanism gets things [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Minimize downtime on OpenBSD with CARP
Posted in bsd, redundancy, unix on May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Microsoft FUD?
Posted in fud, microsoft on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Is Microsoft admitting to using Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt? Either their Live.com engine is a bit weird, or there’s some curious honesty here. Judge for yourself… (Source: http://www.microsoft.com/en/us/default.aspx – search for “fud”. Tip from comm2k.)
Silly geek joke
Posted in mathematics, unix on May 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some files were walking about in peace, when suddenly they started screaming: – Watch out, watch out! /bin/dd is coming! One of the files then said: – I’m not afraid, I’m /dev/null ! The file stood alone as /bin/dd came closer. Finally, the program stood inode to inode with its enemy: – You’re doomed! – [...]
