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It just comes to you. This stuff just flies through the air. They send this information out, I mean, it's just beamed out all over the fuckin' place. All you have to do is know how to grab it. See, I know how to grab it.

Browse to about:config. Filter by browser.link.open_newwindow and set the value in the key browser.link.open_newwindow to 3 to enable pre-1.5 versions of Firefox to force links with blank targets to open in a new tab instead of a new window. Default value is 2. Here's some documentation of About:config entries

So, this is what I should have done over a year ago. Total out of pocket expense was $9.20 (compared to $32.95 with No-IP) and I control the source code for the dynamic DNS client.

• Register a .net or .org domain with GoDaddy.com for US$8.95+US$0.25 ICANN fee.
• Create an account at the free dynamic DNS hosting service, ZoneEdit. Once logged in, Add a Zone for the domain you just registered with GoDaddy.
• Figure out your IP and tell ZoneEdit what it is through the "IP Addresses" section of the "Edit Zone" section.
• Note the 2 DNS servers you are assigned by ZoneEdit for your Zone.
• Once the IP is initially input, you can update ZoneEdit from a script that downloads a specified webpage any time your IP address changes. The ZoneEdit web server grabs your IP from the HTTP headers and updates your settings.
• Go back to GoDaddy.com and login to your account.
• On the "Domains" fly-out menu, choose "My Domain Names" to bring up the "Manage Domains" section.
• Click the link for your domain name from the Filter Domain List.
• Unlock the domain.
• Click the link in the "NameServers Summary" to modify your DNS servers, and input the 2 ZoneEdit DNS servers.
• In a few hours, everything will be updated and ZoneEdit will begin responding to DNS requests for your domain.

Here's the bash script, chipd, that keeps track of when my IP changes:

ipsrc="http://192.168.1.1/advstat.htm"

waitstate="5m"

datefmt="%n%Y-%m-%d %T"

if ! [ -n "$myip" ];

then

  myip="127.0.0.1"

fi





date +"$datefmt"

echo "Starting $0..."

while [ -n "$myip" ]; do

  date +"$datefmt"

  echo "Grabbing current IP from $ipsrc..."

  newip=$(lynx -source $ipsrc | grep "<td class="s5">&nbsp;" | awk -F; '{print $2}' | awk -F< '{print $1}' | awk -F. '{if ($4 != "") { printf("%s.%s.%s.%s", $1, $2, $3, $4) }}')

  if [ "$newip" == "$myip" ];

  then

    date +"$datefmt"

    echo "IP hasn't change ($myip)..."

  else

    date +"$datefmt"

    echo "New IP detected (old=$myip, new=$newip), updating..."

    zedit

  fi

  myip="$newip"

  export myip

  sleep $waitstate

done

  

And the script, zedit, that pulls the ZoneEdit update page:

lynx -source -auth=luser:passwd 'http://dynamic.zoneedit.com/auth/dynamic.html?host=zonename'

They said .INFO
was registered for 2 years.
It died. Got .net.

One month (almost to the minute) after my No-IP+ account had expired, domain name lookups for my .INFO domain began to fail even though ZoneEdit was updated with the correct dynamic IP. As it happens, my domain registration actually expired. When I signed up for my No-IP+ service, I registered the .INFO domain at the same time and it was clear that "2 year registration required for INFO".

When I contacted No-IP's customer service the eventual reply was: "I'm truely not sure what would have given you this impression. We have never had an offer like that." I'm fairly confident it was the phrase "2 year registration" on my checkout webform that gave me this impression. So, I told No-IP to fuck off when they offered to renew my domain registration "for $15, if we are still able to renew it". (To be continued...)

This is wild. I downloaded and installed Firefox 1.5 last week, primarily because there was a new feature where <A /> tags that had targets in them could be forced to open to a new tab instead of a new window. Unfortunately, the googlebar extension doesn't work with 1.5. I resolved to try surfing without the googlebar for a few days to see how it went, and enabled the "open in a new tab" feature in the Options and went on my way.

I finally gave up on trying to make use of the built-in google search bar. I didn't really like the placement, but most importantly, it lacked the search term highlighting and jump buttons that I rely on.

I uninstalled 1.5 and re-installed 1.0.7 figuring I'd re-install 1.5 when the googlebar gets updated to work with it. Now, when you uninstall FF it doesn't usually delete the settings, which is nice because you don't have to recreate everything each time you upgrade. What is interesting is that now, in FF 1.0.7 when I click on <A /> links that have a target="_blank" attribute, the page opens in a new tab. Very nice. I just wish I knew about this before so I could have gone into about:config and hacked it to do this sooner.

I've had this suspicion now for some time that the MPG for my Jetta have not been at the level that they used to be. I've posted a couple threads to TDIClub, but the answers have been either vague, suggested replacing the boost lines (which I've already done), or "don't worry about it MPG always goes down in winter". I've always posted summary data to try to avoid the third comments, but it's the Internet.

Anyway, I finally linked to my spreadsheet data and ran some SQL queries against it to generate aggregate data. My pretty picture is below and it clearly demonstrates that average MPG has declined every year from 2002 through 2005. Comparisons are between months across years and so the data controls for the "winterized diesel" effect.

qryAverageMpg (calculates average for each month, groups by Year, Month):

  SELECT Format([Date],"yyyy") AS [Year], Format([Date],"MM") AS [Month], 

  Avg(Mileage.MPG) AS AvgMpg

  FROM Mileage

  WHERE (((Mileage.Date) Between #1/1/2000# And #12/31/2005#))

  GROUP BY Format([Date],"yyyy"), Format([Date],"MM")

  ORDER BY Format([Date],"yyyy"), Format([Date],"MM");

  

  TRANSFORM Avg(qryAverageMpg.AvgMpg) AS AvgOfAvgMpg

  SELECT qryAverageMpg.Month, Avg(qryAverageMpg.AvgMpg) AS [Average Of AvgMpg]

  FROM qryAverageMpg

  GROUP BY qryAverageMpg.Month

  PIVOT qryAverageMpg.Year;

  

The graph shows that 2001 had the highest data point and that 2002 had the most values consistenly above 50. After 2002, average MPGs for each month drop off.

  Well, I saw you holding up the world.

  10,000 junkies try to tear you away.

  You say hate lives in us all.

  You sell your love in $20 bags.

  

  Ride the wave.

  Inside of me.



  I saw you running for the edge.

  You tripped and fell on a shiny new badge.

  You try to sing this stpid song.

  ???????..and carried you away.



  Ride the wave.

  Inside of me.

  You see me walk

  for you again(?).



  What do you want?

    nothing!

  What do you want?

    nothing!

  What are you?

    nothing!

  What do you want?

    nothing!



  Would it pleasure sell(??)

  Is it one for me or what makes you drive away?

  Hey!



  Well, I saw you holding up the world

  10,000 junkies try to tear you away

  You say hate lives in us all.

  You sell your love in $20 bags.



  Ride the wave.

  Inside of me.

  You see me walk

  for you again(?).

  

  Everytime you need someone

  Realize there is no one.



  Chorus:

  I don't want to build you up

  I don't want to put you down.

  No reason to give you hope when your feet don't touch the ground.



  Climb aboard.

  Stay above them.

  Save the fight(?) 

  because you need someone.



  Chorus x 3



  when your feet don't the ground! x 4

  

True dat. Every song on the self-titled kicks ass.

  Well, I tried to disappear, but I'm still fucking here.

  Well, I'm gonna say good-bye. Cuz I'll give it another try

  <drums/guitars>

  IS IT SO HARD TO BE WHO I AM?!?

  ISN'T THERE ANYHING TO MAKE IT ANY EASIER?!?



  WE'RE ALL SO TIRED OF YOUR STUPID LIES!

  We're all so tired of your tears.

  This who I am...the unlucky friend.

  Will I have to hold your hand through the darkness 'til the end?

  

I'm a loser, right. So I'm going through about 1200 MB of MP3s containing most of th episodes of Comedy Central Presents to glean the ones I want to keep and delete the crappy ones when I come to this guy, Charlie Viracola. I don't think I've ever really seen him before, but I'll be damned if he's not channeling the ghost of Gallagher I. Weird.

I'm not sure why this caught my attention, but I've been following the Sandanista project's blog for about a month now. I've never heard "Sandanista" before...in fact, I don't even know anything about The Clash.

BASH, much like unicorns, is pretty kick ass (yes, more kick ass than the NT command line).

luser@EDDIE ~

$ myip=$(lynx -source http://whatismyip.com | grep -i "<title>" | awk '{print $4}')

  

I saw the slogan emblazoned on some billboard posted along side 15 today, on my way home from lunch and it left me a bit bewildered. Are the " Stormtroopers of diversity" breaking down doors, forcing Christians to call it XMas (which, is a Christian practice, by the way, chi rho anyone?) or perhaps to burn a Yule log? Now, I know this is a hard concept for the godfuckers to grasp, but the way I choose to celebrate or not celebrate Christmas isn't their business.

Of course, just as with any text created by a Christian, the plaintext of the billboard needs to be transmogrified before the real message can be uncovered. It is a disgusting fact of life that different people have different beliefs about things like dieties and the celebration of their births by human mothers. This diversity of opinion, is hateful to the literalist and even though it is is mostly benign and none of it is an actual threat to the Christian, the "incorrect" ideas must be stamped out - resulting in eye litter along the side of the road letting me know that I am wrong and the Christian right and what's more, I must join the Christian in his joyful rectitude.

Boy, I've never seen an issue so divisive; it's like the Civil War, isn't it? Even amongst my friends, who are all very intelligent, they are totally divided on abortion. It's unbelievable. Some of my friends, for instance, think these pro-life people are annoying idiots. Other of my friends think these pro-life people are evil fucks. How are we going to come to a consensus?

You ought to hear the arguments around my house. "They're annoying." "They're idiots." "They're evil." "They're FUCKS!"

Brothers, sisters, come together! Can't we once just join hands and think of them as evil, annoying idiot-fucks?
:
:
If you're so pro-life, do me a fucking favor. Don't block med-clinics, ok? Lock arms and block cemetaries. Let's see how fucking committed you are to this premise.
:
:
By the way, a 3 month old kid in your belly is not a fucking human being....You're not a human until you're in my phone book.

I love it when Christans kick the shit out of each other. "There is virtually no difference between the cult of Sol Invictus and that of Mithraism or for that matter catholicism."

Jon Stewart is cool, and by cool I mean totally sweet.

P. S. - I love Jon Stewart with all my body, including my pee pee. But, I do hate Jesus and metal shavings.

Back on 2004-12-18, wo₂ sent me an mp3 of !!!'s "Hello, is this thing on?". It's pretty cool stuff, for anyone who's not heard it before. Anyway, I was inspired to search for some more of their music on a whim last night.

I've discovered that they are a Sacramento band formed from the "ashes of the Yah Mos and Popesmashers". Apparently, "!!! is pronounced by repeating any three repetitive, monosyllabic sounds. Though the possibilities are endless, the most common pronunciations are Chk Chk Chk, Pow Pow Pow, Uh Uh Uh, Etc Etc Etc".

I was only able to find 1 more MP3, though. I'm also still not sure what the brainwashed tie-in is.

I'm not sure from where I gained the knowledge, but I was fairly certain that one could capture the ouput of a command in bash and store it in an environment variable, and I've finally discovered how one can do that:

  # execute 'find' and store results in VAR

  # search for filenames which end with the letter "h"

  VAR=$(find . -name "*h")

  

Ok, I'm officially cancelling the flogreader alert. I found the answer to my question while hitting Google Groups searching for something else. The working script is below:

if [[ $1 == "" || $1 == "ftp" ]];

then

  sftp -o Port=2048 luser@localhost

else

  ssh -o Port=2048 luser@localhost

fi

  

I haven't a clue why 2 [[ ]] are called for nor why the single | "worked" before, but the script above executes perfectly devoid of any erro messages.

Maybe some fine flog reader could tell me why I keep getting an error message on Line 2 about: "/usr/local/bin/marvin: line 2: [: missing `]'" with this BASH script (btw, the script seems to execute the correct branch of code based on the passed in parameter, I' just get that annoying erro message):

$ cat marvin



if [ $1 == "" | $1 == "ftp" ];

then

  sftp -o Port=2048 luser@localhost

else

  ssh -o Port=2048 luser@localhost

fi

  

From prior BASH-dabblings I've learned that spaces between tokens is of utmost importance, but I seem to be spacing all the tokens in the two logical conditions correctly...

Why are you playing this song?

"Based on what you've told us so far, we're playing this track because it features blues roots, folk influences, major key tonality, a dynamic male vocalist and acoustic rhythm guitars."

Shit...there's zero convergence between RL and Josh Homme. I've never understood my lust for the blues. Pandora's not offering me any help. She can help me buy tracks from iTunes, though.

Hmm...doing a search based on "Hell Hound On My Trail, and Pandora has the following to say about why she's playing this song. Is Pandora remembering the stuff about QOTSA and Kyuss and incorporating those musemes in analyzing songs similar to RL?

"Based on what you've told us so far, we're playing this track because it features blues roots, mild rhythmic syncopation, acoustic sonority, acoustic rhythm guitars and many other similarities identified in the music genome."

Why are you playing this song?

Based on what you've told us so far, we're playing this track because it features hard rock roots, a subtle use of vocal harmony, mild rhythmic syncopation and extensive vamping.

I can just keep feeding in bands I like and take the convergence of what it tells me and finally know what it is that links all the music I like. I think my musical tastes are sufficiently simple for that to work, although I still don't know what extensive vamping is and only have the slightest grasp on the concept of synopation.

No, it's just the Cook Islands.

• Are attempts to prevent DVD playback on Linux really like US Prohibition?
• The ??AA suicide pact

And the first /. comment to make me laugh in months:

Re:Who's doing what to whom when how?

(Score:5, Funny)

by Golias (176380) on Thursday December 01, @03:53PM (#14160521)

Prohibition in the 1920s was actually very successful at preventing DVD playback on Linux, so I guess the thinking is that it's a pretty good model to go with.



Unfortunately, it's kinda tricky:



Step One: Don't invent the DVD yet.



Step...



D'oh! 

The true focus of FOSS groupware should be how will this code get my users laid?

And, yes, I primarily threw this up here, because of the Fight Club ref.

• Someone hacked together a system showing how Sony could inform infected users about the rootkit using the notification structure already built into their XCP media player.
• Sony's XCP DRM rootkit is getting a lot of press and they are back- tracking on that one, but they are still actively propagating the SunComm MediaMax DRM software on enhanced CDs, which will install itself and possibly run, even if the user declines the EULA.
• F-Secure informed Sony of the securiy risks inherent in its rootkit on 2005-OCT-04, but Sony BMG did not act to correct the problem until after Mark Russinovich's blog entry went live.

I found this on ISCA:

Dec 1, 2005 05:08 from Green



I downloaded Firefox 1.5 for Windows. I removed my old version of Firefox using

the Add or Remove Programs feature from the Control Panel. I deleted the old

installation directory. I installed the new Firefox version. I went shopping

for extensions. I was unable to install any extensions and received a message,

"Software installation is currently disabled. Click Edit Options... to enable

it and try again." Trouble was, upon clicking the Edit Options button, a dialog

box from Firefox Options opens, the same one that formerly had an option to

enable or disable software installation, but that option is no longer present.

Instead, there is a "Warn me when web sites try to install extensions or

themes" option to be checked or unchecked. After Googling a bit, I found where

someone named Peter R. Cook posted this workaround:



"I think you have fallen foul of a problem I found in the beta 2

release. If you upgrade from V1.0.x , and the existing configuration has

software installation disabled the new version appears to have no way re-enable

installation. I fixed the problem by loading about:config (type about:config

into a blank window) and guessed that xpinstall.enabled was the problem. In my

installations it was set to "false". Editing it manually to 'true' has allowed

extensions to install."



Perhaps it's just me, but I would think Mozilla would have kept that option in

the normal options list. Anyway, I thought I'd post it here in case anyone else

finds him or her self in the same strait as was I.