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Oakland PD sides with the 1%

mark — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:17:17 +0000

Oakland PD is about to learn a very tough lesson. They are outnumbered, and they are on the wrong side. It's going to be very easy to overpower, disarm, and detain them. A mass citizens arrest of these shameful "public servants" will send a clear message to the ruling class.

The blowback from their recent conflicts with protesters will bankrupt the city, as they will be awash in civil and criminal lawsuits.

Using permits as justification for removal of protesters not justifiable, and is in violation of our constitution. You are not free to speak if you must first request permission.

Many will decry Anonymous' efforts

mark — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:06:04 +0000

However, they are sympathizing with the oppressors. Regardless of how 'ethical' their hacks are, their victims are often those acting outside of the boundaries of what we would consider ethical, and we often have no recourse other than a public outcry. Defacing a website is certainly less oppressive than violating our rights to free speech. When there's no justice, the people pick up their pitchforks and torches. Your move, BART.

SonicWall NetExtender

mark — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:49:50 +0000

This sucks

WSUS: Default settings that I loathe

mark — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:24:55 +0000

1. Windows Internal Database installs with the default Memory Allocation setting as 2147483647 MB. I never understood this.

2. IIS logging (in Server 2003) is enabled by default. If you have a busy server, the logs will quickly grow and fill your C: drive.

I am pretty disgusted with AT&T right now

mark — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:42:51 +0000

We are moving across town. At our current residence, we have DSL. At our new residence, DSL is not an option due to distance from the CO. Our only option is AT&T U-Verse. I can't get DSL from another vendor, and I will not deal with Comcast. Ever. It's very discouraging to live in the heart of one of the country's mist High-Tech cities, and only have 1 option for internet. Monopoies suck.

I will have to try this - SMS Trace inside Windows PE

mark — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:08:08 +0000

From http://blog.esmnetworks.com/os-imaging-and-deployment/sms-trace64-and-trace32-for-winpe/

imagex /mountrw c:\winpe_x86.wim 1 c:\mount

copy /y c:\sms_trace\trace32.exe c:\mount\windows\

imagex /unmount /commit c:\mount

and then

imagex /mountrw c:\winpe_x64.wim 1 c:\mount

copy /y c:\sms_trace\trace64.exe c:\mount\windows\

imagex /unmount /commit c:\mount

Cannot Log In \\.\pipe\MSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEE\sql\query Windows Server 2008

mark — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:57:28 +0000

Right-click SQL Administrator, Run As Administrator.

I'm not kidding.

For named pipes, you have to do this now? Great job Microsoft. And to restart the service, can you do that from the SQL administrator? Nope. Services Manager. Doing it from SQL Administrator errors. Excellent quality control.

Minecraft!

mark — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:01:09 +0000

I have Minecraft now.

If you care to follow my progress, you can access a Google Map type view of my world here: http://nerdymark.com/minecraft/overviewer/

The map is updated at midnight.

EMail me if you would like the address of my server so you can join.

Using VirtIO Drivers in VirtualBox

mark — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 06:51:56 +0000

I have switched my Windows Guest OSes in VirtualBox to use RedHat's VirtIO network drivers. I get much better performance with them. Get the drivers here:
alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/bin/

Moving supercars.com

mark — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:23:05 +0000

I'm moving Supercars.com from an expensive, powerful, but seemingly unreliable Virtual Host, to a puny, cheap Virtual Host. Savings: $64/month. Already tuned site down and moved it. Waiting on a DNS change.