And then he blocked the whole of China
Well, for the meantime anyway. I have blocked China from my server, as well as half of Spain apparently (one errant ISP's IP range kept coming up in my logs).
Officially disguised as a Canadian
Well, for the meantime anyway. I have blocked China from my server, as well as half of Spain apparently (one errant ISP's IP range kept coming up in my logs).
I had this bug on my PC for the last month, which coincided with an update of my Intel motherboard drivers, so I thought I had downloaded some dodgy drivers.
John McCain, the Republican candidate and old white man, is going to win the US elections, mainly because everyone has forgotten how a Republic works. The popular vote counts for absolutely nothing. The Electoral College, made up by old white men, chooses the president. That's how GW got in. Do you honestly think they'd choose a black man or a transvestite white woman?
"… When can you send a plumber?"
Max du Preez, well-known (and well-respected) journalist, has made an interesting and I dare say accurate description of our Governor of the Reserve Bank, Tito Mboweni. He uses the words "Terminator", and "robot-like" in his continual increase of the interest rate to combat inflation. While this is hardly the forum for economic discussion, I think it's amusing that the three people in charge of our economy's names all start with "T": Thabo, Trevor and Tito. That makes T3 …
Long live Postfix. I looked at Exim as well, and decided on the former for the amount of documentation around virtual hosts. It was also easier to install than qmail.
The xenophobic attacks in our very recent history have been spoken about by many people from many perspectives, so I'll avoid the issue as much as I can, except to say that our president is an idiot, and perceptions in the world today are that he is morally bankrupt – I tend to share that worldview.
The ITS website has been updated for the first time in 2½ years with a new look and feel. I have removed all the activities which are no longer being performed by myself, since I went back into the corporate environment.
The similarities are uncanny.
We got this the other day.