Configuring MySQL to Use With Service Management Facility (SMF)

How to setup MySQL as a service in Solaris 10.

BigAdmin - Submitted Tech Tip: Configuring MySQL to Use With Service Management Facility (SMF)

(270 minutes) In a four-and-a-half-hour special, News War, FRONTLINE examines the political, cultural, legal, and economic forces challenging the news media today and how the press has reacted in turn. Through interviews with key figures in the print and electronic media over the past four decades -- and with unequaled, behind-the-scenes access to some of today's most important news organizations, FRONTLINE traces the recent history of American journalism, from the Nixon administration's attacks on the media to the post-Watergate popularity of the press, to the new challenges presented by the war on terror and other global forces now changing -- and challenging -- the role of the press in our society.

I expect this to be excellent. Frontline is great.

Check out the episode breakdown:

NEWS WAR: SECRETS, SOURCES & SPIN (Part I)

Feb. 13, 2007, 9pm (check local listings)

In part one of News War, FRONTLINE examines the political and legal forces challenging the mainstream news media today and. how the press has reacted in turn. Correspondent Lowell Bergman talks to the major players in the debates over the role of journalism in 2007, examining the relationship between the Bush administration and the press; the controversies surrounding the use of anonymous sources in reporting from Watergate to the present; and the unintended consequences of the Valerie Plame investigation -- a confusing and at times ugly affair that ultimately damaged both reporters' reputations and the legal protections they thought they enjoyed under the First Amendment.

NEWS WAR: SECRETS, SOURCES & SPIN (Part II)

Feb. 20, 2007, 9 pm (check local listings)

Part two continues with the legal jeopardy faced by a number of reporters across the country, and the additional complications generated by the war on terror. Correspondent Lowell Bergman interviews reporters facing jail for refusing to reveal their sources in the context of leak investigations and asks questions on tough issues that now confront the editors of the nation's leading newspapers, including: how much can the press reveal about secret government programs in the war on terror without jeopardizing national security? FRONTLINE looks past the heated, partisan rhetoric to determine how much of this battle is politics and whether such reporting actually harms national security.

NEWS WAR: WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE NEWS

Feb. 27, 2007, 9 pm (check local listings)

(90 min.) The third part of News War puts viewers on the front lines of an epic battle over the future of news. America's major network news divisions and daily... [ Read More (0.2k in body) ]

FRONTLINE: News War

Terra Bite Lounge is an upscale voluntary payment cafe/deli.

We serve espresso, blended drinks, baked goods, sandwiches, and desserts in a hip upscale setting.

Patrons choose what to pay, and are encouraged to pay what they would elsewhere. You may use this as a convenience feature, e.g. get your daily coffee and drop in a $20 at the end of the week.

We also cheerfully serve those who cannot pay, in a non-stigmatizing customer setting, with no political or religious message, and with full-time availability.

The first space is in Kirkland, WA, on the corner of Kirkland Ave and State Street. If it works out we will open others in areas that actually need it.

Terra Bite shares profits with our baristas and will also donate profits to various charities. Those charities are strictly non-political, non-religious, and entirely non-controversial; they will be listed here on the web site.

Terra Bite is also a console game boutique, offering free XBox/PS3 gaming and games for sale. The console games offer another draw for the public, introduce a greater social aspect to the space, add some revenue, and also let us balance the service and retail aspects of the space for zoning purposes.

Terra Bite is founded by Ervin Peretz and directed by Susan Allsup.

See local press coverage here and here.

Wow. Just Wow.

Terra Bite Lounge

However, any XSUB-based (.xs) modules require recompilation and reinstallation.

When you use Solaris 10, you must execute the following command as root to get ANYTHING from CPAN to build:

perl -MCPAN -e 'force install("Scalar::Util")'

Otherwise there is no .XS support, and you are so screwed.

How to use perl on Solaris 10 : docs.sun.com: System Administration Guide: Network Services

I was recently asked how to extract a single file from a Solaris flash archive and, funnily enough it had never occured to me that it might come in handy some day. The procedure is super easy.
First we split the flash archive into one file for each section, the file we’re interested in is called archive. If you don’t know the path and name of the file you want then list the cpio archive and grep for it. The last step is to do the actual extract, or copy in as it’s called in cpio speak.
# flar split myflasharchive.flar
# ls
archive identification predeployment summary
cookie postdeployment reboot
# cpio -it < archive | grep somefile
export/ldap/adduser.ldif
# cpio -ivdm export/ldap/adduser.ldif < archive
export/home/lasseoe/adduser.ldif

If the archive has been compressed then do;

mv archive archive.Z
uncompress archive.Z

Woot.

Extracting a single file from a FLAR: Solaris Webstart

In fairness to Dude… he may be right. When Wilford and I launch Avanoo in a

month or so, it might not be as sweet as we (and a growing number of alpha users) think it is.

But I didn’t write this article to disprove Dude Yamaha… Only time and a cool-as-hell product can do that!

Rather, I wrote it to warn you about people like Dude – people who
have achieved success through inheritance, luck, or yesterday’s toolkit
– who then seek to put down those who don’t share their ideas…

Don't let anti-Dude get you down.

Don’t Be a Dude Yamaha: A Gripping Story of Life and Death in Silicon Valley | The News is NowPublic.com

We only accept payment in gold. The current price for gold is $20.98 per gram, so the price of the item is 28.59 grams of gold. This is not negotiable.

Payment is required up front, in person. I will independently assay the gold in my lab, and once its authenticity is verified, we can proceed with the transfer of the items.

Please let me know as soon as possible when you can come over with the gold, and I will remove the item immediately.

Thanks,

Bob

My reply to a craigslist scammer.

Pay me in Gold - Craigslst Scammer Reply

Hooligans get airline to page Al Kyda and Terry Wrist.

YouTube - Final boarding call for Mr Terrorist

I received an overwhelming amount of testimonials about Byetta� in the real world, so here is part 2!

"I've been on Byetta� 5 for 14 months. I am very pleased with it because I feel it is responsible for me losing about 15 pounds - without too much effort. I feel full sooner, and have cut back on the quantity of the food I eat. It's as simple as that. I've had a few lows after experimenting with Byetta� 10, but I am on Byetta� 5 now, and I know how to adjust for that. I eat well and pace my meals and snacks. My numbers are good."

"I started Byetta� last November, at the age of 64 and weighed 330 lbs. and am now at 265 lbs. I use Byetta� only in the morning (10mg) and supplimented my blood sugar with 46 units of Lantus and everything seems to be in check and balance. I had problem with Byetta�, Metaforim and Gluocophage in the evening. I do take a Pepicid prior to injecting the Byetta�. I support the program and would recommend it to anyone who has the tolerance to be a little nausia (not bad) and want to get their weight down. I am down 8" on waist and from 3X to 2X. I doctor with Dr. Ron Scott, Kearney Clinic, Kearney, NE. 68847. 308/865-2141. He seems to be very knowledgable with diabetes. I would be glad to discuss the program with anyone. Thanks for the interest. "

I started Byetta yesterday. My doc was nice enough to hook me up with one sample pen, a 30 day supply. My belly is a wopping 56.75" in diameter. I'll remeasure in a month and see how its working.

diabeticsweightloss.com : Weight Loss

With the help of a tip by Darren Dunham, I found the right way to boot an SVM mirrored system in single user mode (GRUB's default Failsafe configuration ignores mirrors during boot, and there's apparently no way to mount a mirror).

When GRUB menu appears, hit 'e'
Select the 'kernel ...' line
Add 'kernel/unix -sv' to the end of it, so it reads:
kernel /platform/i86pc/multiboot kernel/unix -sv
Hit 'b' to boot.

It should boot into single user mode (with mirrored / slice mounted, etc).

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