Monthly Archives: December 2005

So I am cleaning up my laptop hard drive and I stumbled across these directories… C:\WINDOWS\Installer C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Installations What are these files – do I need to keep them?

FreeBSD 5.x Mount # mdconfig -a -t vnode -f image.iso -u 0 # mount -t cd9660 /dev/md0 /mnt/whatever FreeBSD 5.x Unmount # umount /mnt/whatever # mdconfig -d -u 0 FreeBSD 4.x Mount # vnconfig -c vn0c image.iso # mount -t … Continue reading →

So I’ve been drinking the Microsoft Koolaid in a big way lately. First I migrated from Firefox back to Internet Explorer, then I purchased a phone (Audiovox SMT5600) running Windows Mobile, then I installed Microsoft Exchange (to better sync with … Continue reading →

And to think – Britney didn’t want a pre-nup. According to America’s In Touch Weekly magazine, during this tempestuous period of his marriage former dancer Kevin consulted lawyers to ask whether he could demand a “$125 million settlement” if the … Continue reading →

Converting Watts to Amps The conversion of Watts to Amps is governed by the equation Amps = Watts/Volts For example 12 watts/12 volts = 1 amp Converting Amps to Watts The conversion of Amps to Watts is governed by the … Continue reading →

See: Schneier on Security: Titan Rain, and Time There seems to be a well-organized Chinese military hacking effort against the U.S. military. The U.S. code name for the effort is “Titan Rain.” I can tell you that if a foreign … Continue reading →

A passenger who claimed to have a bomb in a carry-on bag was shot and killed by a federal air marshal Wednesday on a jetway to an American Airlines plane that had arrived from Colombia, officials said. And because this … Continue reading →

So this video has been making the rounds across the Internet. I’m curious about two things… What does his neighbors think? How many accidents has this caused? Honestly if I was driving down that street it’s guaranteed that I would … Continue reading →

Never use and online “convenience” system to pay your credit card – there is nothing convenient about it. My wife and I have a credit card that we use for random things just like anyone else on this planet. This … Continue reading →