At work I was tasked with upgrading our tape backup system, from old hardware running Veritas 5 to new hardware running Symantec (Veritas) NetBackup 6.5. The new server is running RedHat EL 4 and we bought it a QLogic QLE2460 Fibre Channel card for the tape drive communication. This …
more ...I created a 8192 bit SSL key/cert pair for a website. Firefox viewed the website fine. Safari however complained:the data does not appear to be a valid certificate
4096 bits worked fine. What gives?
Don’t ask me why I need an 8192 bit SSL key. I trust …
When George W. Bush assumed the Presidency one of the first major changes he made was to change all Federally supported sex education programs to be abstinence-only programs (even though for some reason that didn’t work out too well when Bush was Governor of Texas).
The results are in …
Hey Blogger! Do you have a free speech permit? Although human rights have had an improving trend throughout history, Governments around the world are swinging back towards totalitarianism, as evidenced by this recent Ars Technica post: New Iron Curtain may be Draped over Russian Internet. Throughout human history we have …
Fidelity supports genocide by investing in corporations owned or related to regimes which support or participate in genocide. I’m a shareholder in Fidelity funds, and call me crazy, but I’m not a big fan of genocide.
Refusing to support genocide via investment isn’t limited to Fidelity investors …
I went to a talk with the above title in San Diego tonight hosted by the American Constitution Society, where there was a panel featuring Debra Bowen, California Secretary of State, Richard L. Hasen, and Donna Frye.
Hasen spoke concisely and articulately about election law. Debra Bowen spoke about why …
Buddhism is a very old and expansive religion - there are many teachings and behavior prescriptions. It’s also one of the few religions that doesn’t give me the heeby geebies because the main tenents tend to be along the lines of being nice to everyone and leaving a small …
Watching our currency decline is depressing. I’m considering putting some of my savings into a foreign currency because I don’t see any reason for the dollar to rise anytime soon. Bush is dumping trillions of dollars into Iraq and American companies who don’t pay income tax. Exactly …
You might be so dazed by countless Republican scandals in the last 4 years. You might be wondering if a Elliot Spitzer, a hypocrite who built his career enforcing laws might be a Republican. Elliot Spitzer isn’t a Republican. He doesn’t have Republican family values. If Elliot Spitzer …
