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Because malevolent is too hard to say!
And you can't tell me the alien ain't CUTE!
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furtive explorations
"How stupid do you want them to think you are?"
Seek the power, find the Sock of Destiny!
The hostile team now consists of scads of
people hardly ever posting to this site! Of course that doesn't actually
equate to any more posts, it just ups the brownian motion of the
system a bit more.
Earth First! Make Mars Our Bitch!
Friday, April 25, 2008
- 4:06:00 PM by mark
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- This forum post helped solve a horrible problem we were having at work.
We have a couple of servers running Windows Server 2003 x64 with the old Sql Server 2000 installed. The counter objects weren't showing up in Performance Monitor and we couldn't record useful data logs to give to a vendor.
The short version? You need to run the x32 version of perfmon.exe that hides in \Windows\SysWow64\ AND you need to change a SysMon service's registry key so that it runs that same x32 version of the exe when collecting data!
Drove us nuts looking for it since there is no sign of this issue in Microsoft's Knowledge Base system. Why not? Probably so they can chant "upgrade" over and over while charging you for a service call.
Friday, April 18, 2008
- 5:53:00 AM by mark
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- Yeah, We totally felt that earthquake in Illinois.
They've changed it from a 5.3 to a 5.4 while I'm writing this. It was on the other side of Illinois from here (Middletown, KY near Louisville) and it woke my wife up and lasted long enough to discuss while it happened. I'd say 10-15 seconds at 5:37am. Wow.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
- 4:52:00 PM by Kilroy
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- Heh. Pirate Gangsta Rap. Swab the tape deck, matey. Yarr. Hoist this.
Friday, April 04, 2008
- 2:51:00 PM by mark
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- Looks like I got most of the mail issue sorted out, except for W3ME.com. *sigh*
- 2:34:00 PM by mark
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- The Hostile empire lost a server today. Jade is dead.
Unfortunately, Jade was running DNS services for much of the empire and things are still shaky following the frantic reworking of that infrastructure. One of the sister DNS servers wasn't working and the one on the main Peridot box that this site runs on was offline from where I was using it to rescue another site's DNS last year.
Worse, the W3ME.com domain is off the air for a day or two whilst we correct the registry information to include at least one working email address... otherwise I can't change the stupid DNS servers to some that are working!
Email is still only semi-functional as I try and stablize the damage... except, of course, for email to W3ME, which is completely dead.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
- 10:16:00 PM by sklutch
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- Now, that was interesting.
Rented Hitman...fun to watch. Again, not one to judge on a scale meant for reality. But, a fun watch for someone in the mood to watch a bunch of nameless people get killed. Plus, some nice nudity and S/M flashbacks, for those of that *ahem* bent. Especially since Olga is so yummy in the role.
Just another ping from the mind of sklutch. :)
- 5:03:00 PM by sklutch
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- oh
my
God...
I can't stop giggling.
I *HIGHLY* recommend Shoot 'Em up. It's insanely fun to watch, although firearms purists will lose their lunch...but then, they expected something intelligent and I wanted something to watch on a rainy day. I'm totally gonna buy a copy of this one.
Sunday, March 02, 2008
- 10:42:00 PM by mark
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- I feel bad about letting this blog languish so long... and about not finishing various things I promised I'd post about. Oh well. "Such is life" as the French might say if they actually spoke English and didn't have their own language.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
- 11:46:00 AM by Kilroy
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- This is what happens when unskilled people try to perform demolition disposal. Note the guy who hits the shell with his AK more than once.
There's no gore, and it's black and white. These were Iraqi Coalition Militia forces clearing out an IED built from a 155mm shell. That's what 15+ lbs of high explosives will do. The audio's the radio commentary, so it's very variable, but well worth the listen.
Important safety tip boys and girls: if you find an IED and aren't a bomb disposal expert, get the frick away.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
- 4:06:00 PM by Kilroy
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- From the "You gotta be shitting me" department:
The American Family Association has decided to go porn-nazi on the military and get congress to ban porn in the PX.
I find it ironic that in trying to create a porn-free world that they become such huge dicks. I really doubt that people subject to mortar fire, IEDs, and suicide bombers are particularly offended by some air-brushed tail.
