Be the signalwhere we're going, we don't need roads...This is progress (iftab vs. udev)- November 30, 1999 Apparently, the delightfully simple etciftab is no longer used, replaced with the ugly and fiercely undelightful etcudevrules.d70-persistent-net.rules. See, you can even tell from the name of the file that you&8217;re not going to like&160;it. Surely udev could read and do something useful with etciftab, even if it only provides a fraction of the functionality Ubuntu successfully ...http://bethesignal.org/blog/2008/04/16/this-is-progress-iftab-vs-udev/ Australian patent database goes public- November 30, 1999 Good news for anyone who comes within a mile of patent law! Okay, so it might not be such great news for anyone who, under legal advice, should avoid coming within a mile of patents in the first place&8230; &8230; but this may just be the first step towards a more open process here ...http://bethesignal.org/blog/2008/05/01/australian-patent-database-goes-public/ Shell history stats- November 30, 1999 Okay, I&8217;ll&160;bite: stanley: $ history&124;awk 'a$2++ ENDfor(i in a)print ai " " i'&124;sort -rn&124;head 201 host 46 bzr 43 ls 40 cd 32 sudo 22 vi 19 scp 12 clear 11 .push-live 9 wget Amusing aberration at the top there.http://bethesignal.org/blog/2008/04/10/shell-history-stats/ Smooth upgrade to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS on my Linode- November 30, 1999 A few days ago I upgraded to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS on my Linode VM (the machine which hosts this blog). I had upgraded to 7.10 a while back, so it was unlikely to be much of a challenge&8230; But it was great to see another very smooth upgrade, without any manual workarounds required at&160;all. While the ...http://bethesignal.org/blog/2008/04/24/smooth-upgrade-to-ubuntu-804-lts-on-my-linode/ Perspective- November 30, 1999 Time for a little perspective on the Open Source industry in Australia&8230; Yesterday, the ABS shipped some findings about digital game development&160;companies: At end June 2007, there were 45 businesses in Australia involved in the provision of digital game development services. These businesses employed over 1,400 people and generated a total income of $136.9m which represented ...http://bethesignal.org/blog/2008/04/09/perspective/ |