And MySQL is no exception.
MySQL 5.5.62 is totally unable to configure itself on Win2k8 R2 x64 using “Transactional” settings and InnoDB.
Worse, the installer doesn’t log anything properly, so we have no fucking clue what’s wrong.
Fuck you, Oracle. Fuck you.
After reading about Mosh (Mobile Shell) I had to give it a try. This is truly SSH for the modern age. Connections STAY connected even when your IP changes, or you roam from network to network. You can put your laptop to sleep while connected, carry it to work, open it up, and the connection is still live. Amazing!
Here’s an amazing video about why the patent system is so badly broken, how it’s strangling the public domain, and radically stifling progress. Well worth watching – trust me, you need to see this.
Everything is a Remix Part 4 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.
First – So exciting! Doublefine (Tim Schafer – the name behind a slew of great games including Monkey Island, Full Throttle, Psychonauts, Brutal Legend) has started a Kickstart fundraiser for a new game. This is a great idea – bypassing publishers all together and putting the funding for the game in the hands of the audience. I LOVE this idea – I just wish I had 10k to give in order to qualify for the lunch with Tim!
Next, this list underlines why a game developer would want to go the above route. There are a number of incredible games on that list, many of which I have purchased from Steam or GOG. Sadly, and unbeknownst to me at the time, none of the proceeds of my purchase actually help the developer in the slightest. Many of them are out of business. This is a huge problem in the gaming industry. Publishers like EA (who haven’t actually developed a good game since the 90s!) pay a flat rate to the developers for the rights, and then pass nothing further on if the game actually does well. And the big-name publishers wonder why people no longer buy their formulaic overpriced and overproduced piles of crap. I basically read heading of that list as “You now have the right to pirate any of the following games.” Which is not to say that I condone piracy – I do everything I can to support game devs, but that doesn’t include giving any of my limited budget to a greedy publisher just to fill their coffers while the folks that actually DID THE WORK have to find new jobs since their studio was closed down. Grrrrr! Ars Technica has a great article on the list that I highly suggest you read.
Lots of changes to the site:
Hope you all enjoy! 
My wife and I got tired of living in an overpriced piece of crap apt, so we’ve moved to a better one. In the process we’ve cut our rent by 1/3 and gained a dishwasher and ensuite laundry! W00t!
We also switched over to Telus’ Optik internet and increased our intertube speed by 50% while cutting the price by $10/month! Sweet!
Oh! And! We get a free XBox360 for switching. W00t!
Anyone have any suggestions for 360 games? The package comes with Alan Wake and Forza3, and I’m planning on getting Shadow Complex and Limbo pdq… Anything else I should get?
Ok, I think that’s it – the site should be back to normal now.
If anyone notices anything that isn’t back to normal then please let me know.
Also, I hope you enjoy the new theme! 
I’m upgrading my CMS from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7 today. Please excuse any downtime and site-weirdness while I get things sorted in the new CMS.
Users should keep all the same rights and settings (e.g. donating users will continue to be ad-free) and all the posts+comments should remain in place.
Update – Site is sort of back. Still a lot of work to do with regards to formatting, but the info is all here so I’ve brought it back online. Let me know if y’all have any issues.
Update 2 – Site is mostly back. Rough format is back, though the theme still needs some work. I’m done for the day though. I’ll finish up the rest of the tweaks tomorrow.
Note: InternetExplorer formatting is badly broken, but does anyone use that piece of shit browser anymore? If you do, upgrade to Chrome/Firefox/Opera/Safari or any other standards compliant browser and save yourself a tonne of headaches – not to mention all the viruses/trojans/exploits you won’t be susceptible to anymore.
Seriously? This just underlines how badly the US patent system is broken.
How did a Microsoft cofounder get a patent on “Browser use for navigating through information?” I suppose he thinks IE was the first browser too.
“Managing a users peripheral attention” is patentable? I guess notes in the margin of textbooks all get to pay royalties to him too… Or the little TV station watermarks in the corners of TV broadcasts, or even the blinky light on cell phones that tell you that you missed a call.
The patent system was created to protect intellectual property, not stifle innovation or try to reap profits from an idea that is either obvious or has existed in other works for decades or even centuries.
Hell, maybe I should get a patent on “Character combination displayed on a medium in order to symbolize language and express information” and see if I can get royalties every time anyone writes anything down!
Paul Allen (and every other patent troll) is a total and utter shitbag.
Soooo….
I’ve been beta testing a new phone, and to ease the testing I ported Amon RA’s recovery ROM to it. It works beautifully.
As a result, I’m much more comfortable messing with RA’s recovery, so I took a few hours and got it working on the GW620 too.
Use Volume+ and – to navigate. Camera to select, and back to go back.
For some reason there are still “MISC” errors appearing, but you can safely ignore them – they don’t seem to do any harm.
I’ve tested a NAND backup and restore, and it works beautifully. No clue if BART works, or any of the other fuctions.
Download the everarecovery.img here, and as always boot it up using
“fastboot boot everarecovery.img”