Phrases that anoy me
Best two out of three
Plug socket
What other possible value could there be that would fit the phrase "Best out of three" that requires the removal of abiguity by inserting the word two?
Plug socket
A socket is the female part, a plug is the male part. Therefore a socket implies a plug of some sort. So saying plug socket is pointless it tells us nothing about the type socket in question. What is actually meant by "Plug Socket" by most people is ofc the Electrical Socket.
tail: cannot open `+228' for reading: No such file or directory
When trying to install j2re-1_3_0_02-linux using the j2re-1_3_0_02-linux.bin installed I get the following error after accepting the license and the installer bails:
So, how do we fix this. I tried using vi(1) to edit the file, add the -n option to tail but on writing out the installer script vi told me that conversion had been done. So with a fresh copy of the installer I used the following ed script to successfully fix the installer:
tail: cannot open `+228' for reading: No such file or directoryThe offending command from the installer script is:
tail +228 $0 > $outnameThe info page for tail suggest the above form should be avoided:
"avoid `tail +4',ince it might mean either 'tail ./+4' or 'tail -n +4'."
So, how do we fix this. I tried using vi(1) to edit the file, add the -n option to tail but on writing out the installer script vi told me that conversion had been done. So with a fresh copy of the installer I used the following ed script to successfully fix the installer:
ed j2re-1_3_0_02-linux.binThe install now runs correctly. ed did tell me it had appended a newline (presumably at the end of the file) but this didnt affect the installer.
/tail
s/+/-n +/
w
q
Light at the end of the o2 support tunnel
o2 (of o2.co.uk fame) has to be, in my experience, one of the worst companies I have ever had the misfortune to have to deal with.
I am just coming to the end of a long battle with their idiotic customer service departments and proceedures regarding a refund for a phone I was sent in error and promptly returned. As reward for me promptly returning this phone in accordance with their proceedures they decided to charge me twice for the phone. I have spent nearly a month trying to get a refund for these charges. Each time I am promised it will be resolved and each time it fails to be resolved.
I am still at this time awaiting the final part of the refund but have been assured today, by John in team 109, that the bank credit was made to my account today and so I should see this in my account any day now.
Finally the end is in sight. Or is it?
I am just coming to the end of a long battle with their idiotic customer service departments and proceedures regarding a refund for a phone I was sent in error and promptly returned. As reward for me promptly returning this phone in accordance with their proceedures they decided to charge me twice for the phone. I have spent nearly a month trying to get a refund for these charges. Each time I am promised it will be resolved and each time it fails to be resolved.
I am still at this time awaiting the final part of the refund but have been assured today, by John in team 109, that the bank credit was made to my account today and so I should see this in my account any day now.
Finally the end is in sight. Or is it?
Get these bugs off my desk
More and more the focus of support departments and software maintainers seems to be how to reduce their call count count rather than actually find the correct solution to the problem being reported.
Few seem interested in the right solution these days, the only thing that matters is their call counts. Performance should not be measured in the number of open calls, or the number of calls closed. Performance should be measured based on the number of solutions provided.
WONTFIX and NOTABUG are too often used to mean OFFMYDESK
Few seem interested in the right solution these days, the only thing that matters is their call counts. Performance should not be measured in the number of open calls, or the number of calls closed. Performance should be measured based on the number of solutions provided.
WONTFIX and NOTABUG are too often used to mean OFFMYDESK
www.error-code.org.uk
Well, its over 7 months since I created this website and traffic is somehow finding its way to the site which is nice.
The idea behind the site was to provide a vaguely useful reference site, whilst generating some revenue from the placement of google ads in order to try and raise enough funds to pay for the server hosting of this and my other little noddy web site/server projects.
Starting from an average of 30 hits per day in June (raising a total of $0.00), in December this climbed to over 680 hits per day and it raised over $28.
I dont think I can retire based on this revenue but $30/m is 1/2 way to the $60/m I need to break even. Fortunatly however I have another website that is currently generating around $30/m also so I am close to breaking even.
The idea behind the site was to provide a vaguely useful reference site, whilst generating some revenue from the placement of google ads in order to try and raise enough funds to pay for the server hosting of this and my other little noddy web site/server projects.
Starting from an average of 30 hits per day in June (raising a total of $0.00), in December this climbed to over 680 hits per day and it raised over $28.
I dont think I can retire based on this revenue but $30/m is 1/2 way to the $60/m I need to break even. Fortunatly however I have another website that is currently generating around $30/m also so I am close to breaking even.
The best thing since sliced bread
I have been using gmail now for about 4 months and I have come to the conclusion that it is the best thing since sliced bread.
I still have my email delivered to both my gmail account and my old ISP email account the idea being that I could fall back on the old system if gmail was not cutting it.
However since starting with gmail (after a couple of days of "huh, this is weird" and "ugh, dont like that" and some "how can I make it do") it started to really grow on me. I am now 4 months down the line and I havn't looked back and I would not give it up for love nor money.
The only time I go to my old email client now is to review some saved message I received before I started using email.
I still have my email delivered to both my gmail account and my old ISP email account the idea being that I could fall back on the old system if gmail was not cutting it.
However since starting with gmail (after a couple of days of "huh, this is weird" and "ugh, dont like that" and some "how can I make it do") it started to really grow on me. I am now 4 months down the line and I havn't looked back and I would not give it up for love nor money.
The only time I go to my old email client now is to review some saved message I received before I started using email.
Life, the Universe and Everything
What am I doing here?
Good question. I was reading up on google sitemaps, trying to work out why my site, which has been publishing sitemaps to google for a week now, is not yet being crawled. I found myself on someones blog site, and of course the natural progression from that was to follow the "create your own blog" link, wouldn't everyone?
I like this font though, it's called Georgia.
I've been listening to Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy on Radio 4 FM hence the title of this post. I must listen to last weeks episode which I missed.
Good question. I was reading up on google sitemaps, trying to work out why my site, which has been publishing sitemaps to google for a week now, is not yet being crawled. I found myself on someones blog site, and of course the natural progression from that was to follow the "create your own blog" link, wouldn't everyone?
I like this font though, it's called Georgia.
I've been listening to Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy on Radio 4 FM hence the title of this post. I must listen to last weeks episode which I missed.
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