February 20th, 2006 Yvo
This is the right way to do it. I have tried it now on 4 different boxes, 5 different versions (ranging from 4.9 to 6.1-prerelease).
After you cvsup the kernel…
cd /usr/src
make buildworld
make buildkernel KERNCONF=(namehere)
make installkernel KERNCONF=(namehere)
mergemaster -p
make installworld
mergemaster
reboot
You can leave out KERNCONF if you just want to use the generic kernel (which is a good idea if your upgrading to a major version number say 5.4 to 6.0.
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February 18th, 2006 Yvo
Exactly one week ago it was my birthday, my big 21 as a lot of people would say. In America that means only one thing to many, finally being able to legally drink and no longer having a zero tolerance policy (it’s been upped to 0.08).
What I find funny is that when I order or buy alcohol now I get carded each and every time. I haven’t bought alcohol yet without being carded. As opposed to my debit card which has “SEE ID” written on the signature line, no one ever asks me for ID. I bought something at Fry’s and easily spent over $100, didn’t get asked for ID. It’s so bad that Cam can take my card and buy stuff with it. Only once has she been asked for ID with my debit card and that was when she was buying food for herself.
I understand that waiters, liquor stores and what not can get into a lot of trouble for selling alcohol to a minor, however aren’t they losing money by accepting fraudulent credit/debit cards. These employers need to start training their employees to ask for ID when they are presented an unpictured debit/credit card, however I think were still far off from that day.
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February 17th, 2006 Yvo
I wonder what people hate hearing from their boss. Unfortunately I don’t have any ‘readers’ to have this question answered. There are many things (good and bad) you can hear from management. Over the 5 years that I have joined the work force I’ve heard a lot of ‘em (but I bet not all). These are probably the top 3 I heard being said at one point or another.
The top 3….
1. Being told that you might be fired or “your not fired yet” by your boss. No one likes to be told that their job is on the line. Sure one could look at being fired is worse, but is it? At least then the mandalin already came falling down on your neck. Threatening is like torture. I’d pick death over torture any day. Personally it would make me feel insignificant, worthless and scared about my job and if next month’s bills will be paid.
2. Being told it will come in the future or in the coming months. This is the type of technique used to very often delay a request by employee(s). Whether its a promotion, pay raise or just needing stickies for your cubicle. Personally it would make me lose confidence in my boss.
3. Being told that if you try to go somewhere else you will get a bad reference. Oh I bet this has happened to the best of us. It has happened so often that in many states (including Washington) this is completely illegal. If someone comes checking for a reference the only information that the previous employer is allowed to disclose is the fact that he/she did work for the company, position and the tenure at the company. Any bad references that isn’t backed up with hard evidence could be seen as slander as it is the opinion of one person at the company (It’s technically even not allowed to disclose the good, but no one would complain would they :-)).
So that is my top 3. I bet it’d be terrible if your boss had said all those things to you. However it wouldn’t surprise if some have indeed been told all of the items on my top 3 from their boss.
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February 4th, 2006 Yvo
The movies span subjects from iMac ads to the SNL spoof of Steve Jobs.
Sure, these videos are available in other places on the net, but the folks at the Different District have organized them and made them searchable, two big pluses.
read more | digg story
Finally a central place of where they can totally brainwash my brain to think Apple.
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