Comments for Canned Platypus http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress Saving the world one byte at a time since 2000 Thu, 17 May 2012 18:17:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Progress Report by Emeline Casas http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/index.php/2004/02/progress-report/#comment-270053 Emeline Casas Thu, 17 May 2012 18:17:12 +0000 /?p=618#comment-270053 Great information :) Great information :)

]]> Comment on Git Tricks by Laszlo Ersek http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/index.php/2012/04/git-tricks/#comment-268730 Laszlo Ersek Tue, 08 May 2012 16:26:12 +0000 http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/?p=3485#comment-268730 I use ctags, and unfortunately there are too many files in a kernel tree to regenerate the tags for all of them each time I change a branch or run "git pull". So this is what I came up with ("update-tags"): http://pastebin.com/s5Zm1RmP I call it from the post-merge and post-checkout hooks, but it's convenient to call manually too. I use ctags, and unfortunately there are too many files in a kernel tree to regenerate the tags for all of them each time I change a branch or run “git pull”. So this is what I came up with (“update-tags”): http://pastebin.com/s5Zm1RmP

I call it from the post-merge and post-checkout hooks, but it’s convenient to call manually too.

]]> Comment on Scaling Filesystems vs. Other Things by Jeff Darcy http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/index.php/2012/01/scaling-filesystems-vs-other-things/#comment-267214 Jeff Darcy Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:49:35 +0000 http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/?p=3415#comment-267214 I tried MooseFS a while back, along with GlusterFS (of course), Ceph, OrangeFS, XtreemFS, HDFS, Sphere, and probably at least one other that I can't remember. Of those, only GlusterFS and XtreemFS could even get through a simple "write a few big files and then read them back" test without crashing (Ceph), hanging (MooseFS) or corrupting data (OrangeFS). When I tried to talk to the MooseFS developers about the issues I'd found, they mostly ignored me except when they were being downright rude. It's a shame, really, because I would welcome more alternatives in this area and I think MooseFS in particular has the potential to be one of the better ones. Unfortunately that's not likely to happen as long as the number of people working on it remains so small and people who try to help are actively turned away. I tried MooseFS a while back, along with GlusterFS (of course), Ceph, OrangeFS, XtreemFS, HDFS, Sphere, and probably at least one other that I can’t remember. Of those, only GlusterFS and XtreemFS could even get through a simple “write a few big files and then read them back” test without crashing (Ceph), hanging (MooseFS) or corrupting data (OrangeFS). When I tried to talk to the MooseFS developers about the issues I’d found, they mostly ignored me except when they were being downright rude. It’s a shame, really, because I would welcome more alternatives in this area and I think MooseFS in particular has the potential to be one of the better ones. Unfortunately that’s not likely to happen as long as the number of people working on it remains so small and people who try to help are actively turned away.

]]> Comment on Scaling Filesystems vs. Other Things by Phil Dufault http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/index.php/2012/01/scaling-filesystems-vs-other-things/#comment-267165 Phil Dufault Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:33:45 +0000 http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/?p=3415#comment-267165 For a drama-free solution take a look at moosefs. POSIX-compliant distributed filesystem (64MB file chunks) and comes with awesome provided tools. With 150TB+ of aggregate moosefs' storage and growing fast, I'm still in awe of it's resilience, it's ease, and it's glaring SPOF. For a drama-free solution take a look at moosefs. POSIX-compliant distributed filesystem (64MB file chunks) and comes with awesome provided tools. With 150TB+ of aggregate moosefs’ storage and growing fast, I’m still in awe of it’s resilience, it’s ease, and it’s glaring SPOF.

]]> Comment on Using bottle.py with SSL by Alex http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/index.php/2011/04/using-bottle-py-with-ssl/#comment-266017 Alex Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:48:38 +0000 http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/?p=3232#comment-266017 Howdy, we're using Paste instead of the WSGIRef as it has SSL support that works out of the box. Just wanting to let you know. Howdy, we’re using Paste instead of the WSGIRef as it has SSL support that works out of the box. Just wanting to let you know.

]]> Comment on Confessions of a MOO Programmer by Martijn http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/index.php/2011/12/confessions-of-a-moo-programmer/#comment-264095 Martijn Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:13:07 +0000 http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/?p=3407#comment-264095 Hi, I just stumbled on your blog as I was doing some GlusterFS reading, and I saw this post. As a former MOO enthousiast, programmer and wizard on my own moderately popular MOO, I really enjoyed it. In my current wanderings as a Unix/devops person I sometimes wish the world was a little more like MOO and every time I write 'this' instead of 'self' when I'm improving my Python skills, I think back ;-) Thanks. Hi, I just stumbled on your blog as I was doing some GlusterFS reading, and I saw this post. As a former MOO enthousiast, programmer and wizard on my own moderately popular MOO, I really enjoyed it. In my current wanderings as a Unix/devops person I sometimes wish the world was a little more like MOO and every time I write ‘this’ instead of ‘self’ when I’m improving my Python skills, I think back ;-) Thanks.

]]> Comment on ACLU Alternatives by tndal http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/index.php/2010/12/aclu-alternatives/#comment-258497 tndal Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:22:48 +0000 http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/?p=3155#comment-258497 I too wonder if there isn't some other way to spend my "freedom" money. I've been an ACLU member all my adult life (50 years). Today my perception is that their priorities seem to be mostly lesbian & gay issues. I have no problems with L&G, but I also don't believe that their situation is at all comparable with that of racial minorities (Jews, blacks & muslims should get more defense from the ACLU from what I see around me). I do appreciate the ACLU's constant efforts to keep church and state at arm's length as long as the issues are significant (I wouldn't spend any money pursuing a case to remove old architecture that has references to a deity, for example). In any case, I'll not be sending them my usual contribution from now on. Glad to know I'm not the only one. I too wonder if there isn’t some other way to spend my “freedom” money.

I’ve been an ACLU member all my adult life (50 years). Today my perception is that their priorities seem to be mostly lesbian & gay issues. I have no problems with L&G, but I also don’t believe that their situation is at all comparable with that of racial minorities (Jews, blacks & muslims should get more defense from the ACLU from what I see around me). I do appreciate the ACLU’s constant efforts to keep church and state at arm’s length as long as the issues are significant (I wouldn’t spend any money pursuing a case to remove old architecture that has references to a deity, for example).

In any case, I’ll not be sending them my usual contribution from now on. Glad to know I’m not the only one.

]]> Comment on Confessions of a MOO Programmer by Huck http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/index.php/2011/12/confessions-of-a-moo-programmer/#comment-258196 Huck Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:53:18 +0000 http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/?p=3407#comment-258196 Decades ago I was a Moo/Mush coder... ran my own on a ghetto 486 laptop that took 28hrs to compile the linux kernel back then... Now as a network administrator I'm very frustrated still by the lack of a really good permissions scheme, Novell had the best IMHO... Mu*'s were awesome.. yay.. just a nostalgia post =) --Huck Decades ago I was a Moo/Mush coder… ran my own on a ghetto 486 laptop that took 28hrs to compile the linux kernel back then…
Now as a network administrator I’m very frustrated still by the lack of a really good permissions scheme, Novell had the best IMHO…

Mu*’s were awesome.. yay.. just a nostalgia post =)

–Huck

]]> Comment on Coding Metaphor: The Dangerous Room by Jeremy Leader http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/index.php/2012/03/coding-metaphor-the-dangerous-room/#comment-258187 Jeremy Leader Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:20:49 +0000 http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/?p=3456#comment-258187 Psaw, you just posted a bunch of words to your blog, no big deal! :) Psaw, you just posted a bunch of words to your blog, no big deal! :)

]]> Comment on Coding Metaphor: The Dangerous Room by lacos http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/index.php/2012/03/coding-metaphor-the-dangerous-room/#comment-258174 lacos Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:50:19 +0000 http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/?p=3456#comment-258174 "don’t assume something’s easy just because you see someone do it without mishap or obvious effort" Ice dancing :) “don’t assume something’s easy just because you see someone do it without mishap or obvious effort”

Ice dancing :)

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