Author: Trond Endrestøl
Den stakkars lærer
«Læreren er gradvis endret fra [en] fagperson med tyngde i sitt fag, til en rapportskrivende figur i klasserommet styrt av politiske krefter.» Fra Teknisk ukeblad, «Regjeringen fjerner muligheten for å gå rett fra yrkesfag til ingeniørutdanning».
Read More → Den stakkars lærerAMANDA 3.3.2 and #undef bool
I upgraded a stable/8 i386 system and switched from lang/perl5.16 to lang/perl5.20 only to experience problems with swig generated code for AMANDA. I have confirmed this behaviour on stable/9 amd64 too. I found 17 files containing these three lines: This results in error messages such as:
Read More → AMANDA 3.3.2 and #undef boolStar Trek Online
I was among the many beta testers for Star Trek Online back in 2010, but I soon lost interest in the game. I recently revived my interest, though.
Read More → Star Trek OnlineKjernevirksomhet og ekstra sysselsetting
Bare en organisasjon blir stor nok, så sysselsetter den seg selv med arbeidsoppgaver som ligger langt utenfor kjernevirksomheten.
Read More → Kjernevirksomhet og ekstra sysselsettingRicoh MP C5502 stuck at updating @remote certificate
Two Ricoh MP C5502’s exhibited the same symptoms, they were both stuck at updating their @remote certificates. If you have this problem, you’ll notice a message in the bottom left corner of the screen on the MFPs. The MFPs were fully functional, but nevertheless I wanted to get @remote up and running again.
Read More → Ricoh MP C5502 stuck at updating @remote certificateBlackboard Collaborate, Java Runtime Environment, and Windows 8/8.1
Strangely enough, Java Runtime Environment (JRE) fails to register javaws.exe as the handler for .jnlp files when installed in Windows 8/8.1. Just remember to choose javaws.exe, not java.exe nor javaw.exe. Further more, Blackboard Collaborate insists on using 64-bit JRE on 64-bit Windows, i.e. visit the directories and files usually found in C:\Program Files\Java, not the ones […]
Read More → Blackboard Collaborate, Java Runtime Environment, and Windows 8/8.1Manually rebuild Performance Counters
I tried to install some construction estimation software requiring MS SQL Server 2008 on a computer running Windows 8 only to encounter an unusual anomaly. MS SQL Server 2008 refused to install due to corrupted performance counters. The error message was kind enough to mention http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300956, but you should really go and visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2554336.
Read More → Manually rebuild Performance CountersDell Latitude E6430 and the firmware setting for Optimus video
A Dell Latitude E6430 had Windows 7 reinstalled this August, and the firmware was upgraded along to revision A15. Somehow the firmware setting for Optimus video got disabled and I regrettably missed the change. Today, while upgrading the firmware to revision A16, I spotted the disabled Optimus video setting. Thus, I enabled the setting, and […]
Read More → Dell Latitude E6430 and the firmware setting for Optimus videoForcing ZFS to choose 4K disk blocks aka ashift=12
A recent post to the Illumos ZFS list suggested using: to force ZFS to choose 4K disk blocks when creating zpools.
Read More → Forcing ZFS to choose 4K disk blocks aka ashift=12Revisjonssystemer for kildekode og konfigurasjon
Fra en fylkeskommune her til lands, kom følgende frem for noen år tilbake: En ansatt ved fylkeskommunens IT-avdeling hadde ikke lyst til å bruke revisjonssystemer for de skriptene som vedkommende produserte, fordi vedkommende ville ikke at de andre på avdelingen skulle se feilene som ble begått underveis. I samme tidsrom hadde vedkommende brukt mye tid […]
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