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D9uon FreeBSD 10.0 is here

I found this, which worked for me:

https://forums.freebsd.org/viewtopic.php?&t=28804

In Vbox:

Right click on the VM to edit...

Settings > System > Extended Features: Enable IO APIC

D9uon Ad blockers: A solution or a problem?

https://opensource.conformal.com/wiki/adsuck

All that crap doesn't reach my browser.

D9uon OpenBSD will shut down if we do not have the funding to keep the lights on

I suggest funding a solar power system, especially since the newer panels are even more efficient for a lower net cost-per-watt/kWH ratio.

Even on cloudy days the new panels will produce energy.

The panels are usually warranted to produce at least a certain (80% on mine) percentage for a set period of time. (25 years on my 5 + year old PV arrays) so the other considerations would be a charge controller/charger, a voltage inverter (from DC to AC) cabling and batteries for storage.

Of all the items, the batteries will be the main recurring expense as they generally don't last as long as the PV panels. Depending on type of battery, and how heavily cycled they are, batteries can last for 10 years, with proper care and use.

A system which maintains a constantly higher amperage will last longer than a system that has been allowed to be exceedingly discharged. (no less than 80% of capacity)

In my area electricity sells for $0.49USD per KWH ergo solar is the logical solution.

The end result is a self reliant system, independent of the issues associated with distributed power sources, while increasing responsibility for the consumer.

I find the cost/benefit ratio to be in favor of under-funded consumers, especially in the long term.

D9uon The Friends Of My Friends Are Not My Friends

There is so much more interesting content on so many other sites, that I really don't miss my deleted (a year ago)Facebook account.

D9uon The Day We Fight Back

We can't forget the corporate culpability in this matter...

D9uon Professor admits faking AIDS vaccine to get $19M in grants

I was under the impression that the name Dong-Pyou Han was of Korean origin?

D9uon What is it like to be a geek in a prison?

That "don't snitch" thing holds true in most prison cultures, the same as it does in many military, and business settings.

You're new to a surrounding situation about which you know very little, and your peers, be they inmates, soldiers, or executives, could be engaged in illegal matters which are connected to larger, more organized criminal ventures.

You "rat" on someone you see doing wrong, but the people you just "ratted" to are involved in the larger criminal endeavor, so the people you "ratted" on are the first to know that you did so...

Prison is not the same as your community.

D9uon What is it like to be a geek in a prison?

Should you ever end up in prison, you'll likely end up in "Punk City." (PC = Protective Custody = where snitches are kept)

Rule #1.) Never tell the authorities about anything that happens "inside."

In a prison society those who allow themselves to be victimized will naturally find themselves on the lower scale of that societal hierarchy.

D9uon A Solar Boom So Successful, It's Been Halted

The newer PV panels will produce on even the cloudy days, and I know this is fact because I've been using solar for over 15 years now.

Your guesses are way off.

D9uon A Solar Boom So Successful, It's Been Halted

What is completely unnecessary is connecting your solar power equipment to HECO's systems.

Buy some good deep cycle batteries and store your own power off grid.

I live in an area which HECO has chosen not to serve, so that solar is a no brainer.

$0.49 per Kilowatt Hour is what HELCO (Hawaii Electric Light Company, HECO's Hawai'i County subsidiary) charges, which is the highest price for electricity in the USA.

I certainly don't need a $35,000 solar power system, I'm getting by on a system which cost me about $5k.

My basic needs are refrigeration and lights, as well as power for small electronics.

For high draw appliances I use a gasoline powered generator. (washer, propane dryer, power tools, etc)

Screw HECO!

D9uon The Late, Great American WASP

Meritocracy?

What a load of garbage!

    http://www.ncsociology.org/sociationtoday/v21/merit.htm

    "According to the ideology of the American Dream, America is the land of limitless opportunity in which individuals can go as far as their own merit takes them. According to this ideology, you get out of the system what you put into it. Getting ahead is ostensibly based on individual merit, which is generally viewed as a combination of factors including innate abilities, working hard, having the right attitude, and having high moral character and integrity. Americans not only tend to think that is how the system should work, but most Americans also think that is how the system does work (Huber and Form 1973, Kluegel and Smith 1986, Ladd 1994).

    In our book The Meritocracy Myth (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004), we challenge the validity of these commonly held assertions, by arguing that there is a gap between how people think the system works and how the system actually does work. We refer to this gap as “the meritocracy myth,” or the myth that the system distributes resources—especially wealth and income—according to the merit of individuals. We challenge this assertion in two ways. First, we suggest that while merit does indeed affect who ends up with what, the impact of merit on economic outcomes is vastly overestimated by the ideology of the American Dream. Second, we identify a variety of nonmerit factors that suppress, neutralize, or even negate the effects of merit and create barriers to individual mobility. We summarize these arguments below. First, however, we take a brief look at what is at stake. That is, what is up for grabs in the race to get ahead?"

http://www.law.umn.edu/lawreview/v85n2.htm

D9uon Google streetview world coverage

Still no Street View for (Hawai'i, island, county, & state) my area, but I see that some of the unpaved secondary (private subdivision) roads are now covered by Street View.

We saw one of the Google cars on Highway 19, in Kurtistown, about 5 years ago. We held our beers out the window of the truck and waved at them but I never saw us on Street View...

We probably got edited out, which is, I guess, a good thing since it's against the law to have open containers of alcoholic beverages on the roadway here.

D9uon Majority of published scientific data not recoverable 20 years later

This highlights the fallacy of the old "once it's on the internet it's there forever" meme.

D9uon Under Seattle, a Big Object Blocks Bertha. What Is It?

I thought the same. The old underground Seattle used to be a tourist attraction 40 or so years ago. What's new about this?

D9uon The Birth of Standard Error

Being an avid "nixer" I immediately thought of the following:

http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r12/index.jsp?topic=...

D9uon Mainframe2: Run any software in a browser

    Your browser is not supported.
    Mainframe2 Beta supports the latest Chrome (Windows/Mac) or Safari (Mac).

It doesn't run on my Linux setup.

Too bad, if it ran on more device types, especially mobile, this would be a killer.

D9uon Doom released 20 years ago today

I wasted countless hours playing Castle Wolfenstein 3D... It's hard to believe that over 20 years has elapsed since then.

Carmack is one name I can vividly remember, but the one that stuck with me the most is Todd Replogle, of Duke Nukem fame.

It was before Wolf 3D and Duke Nukem was one of my first PC time-sinks.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. (again)

D9uon Trailing slash in URLs - which style is preferred?

http://moz.com/community/q/trailing-slash-at-end-of-url

Here is my understanding about trailing frontslashes.

D9uon Obama: "I'm not allowed for security reasons to have an iPhone"

When we see the Director of NSA give inconsistent testimony before Congress about the efficacy of the domestic surveillance program[s] yet no one calls it perjury, then I have zero faith in our government.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/5352917/5352917

D9uon Greenspan Says Bitcoin a Bubble Without Intrinsic Currency Value

I'd say that the US Dollar also has "no intrinsic value." Should the military might which props up the USD suddenly be mitigated, and the world then decided to abandon trading in USD, then the true "intrinsic value" of that US Dollar will be realized.

D9uon Obama: "I'm not allowed for security reasons to have an iPhone"

We already had free health care for indigent people, even illegal aliens could walk into any community health care center and receive free health care. The only real effect I've noticed is a lot of people complaining about various aspects of the ACA. This health care debate is nothing new, and has been in the works for at least 20 years. One could say that health care reform was inevitable, and would have been enacted in some form, or another, regardless of who the President happened to be at the time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_health_care_plan_of_19...

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/10/24/2828261/

D9uon Obama: "I'm not allowed for security reasons to have an iPhone"

If NSA can spy on a device, then others can also.

D9uon Obama: "I'm not allowed for security reasons to have an iPhone"

Only someone completely in denial would not see that Mr. Obama, as President, has exhibited far more acceptance for the previous administration's policies than he had for said policies during his initial campaign for the Presidency.

Such continuation of the previous administration's policies leads many to believe that the Presidency is, in fact, a figurehead position.

The fact that Senator Obama campaigned so vocally against the domestic surveillance program[s] as well as the "Patriot Act" and then chose to extend these policies after being elected President is quite disturbing to those of use who view this situation with any semblance of objectivity.

My views are in no way "racist," nor do I "hate" President Obama.

I actually admire a man who came from a broken home, struggled with the issues he worked through during his lifetime, continued his education, and made millions before ascending to the pinnacle of power within the USA, as well as the world, yet said "power" is in question when we see the present situation.

What has really changed since President Obama took office? What has remained the same as before he was elected?

D9uon Tim Berners-Lee: Spies' cracking of encryption undermines the web

     Any country that tries to create what he calls a "walled garden" of the internet would find the value of its GDP drop through the floor. Trade would be disrupted, cross-cultural exchange wither

While I agree with the sentiment of the article, I can't help but look to China's version of a "walled garden of the internet" and how that has affected China's GDP. It seems that China continues to do quite well in spite of the aforementioned "walled garden" approach to the internet.

Is the rest of the world doomed to a similar situation?

D9uon Explain Shell

The site doesn't mention the !! command.

The !! command is used to repeat the previously issued command.

D9uon Ask HN: Hacker News Person Of the Year

I second the nomination of The Dread Pirate Roberts.

D9uon What does "HREF" stand for? (2008)

I taught myself beginning HTML/XHTML/PHP using Vieka Wordpad on a Samsung SGH-i607. 3G was my only connection to the net at the time.

I never did use an IDE until lately, but Geany isn't much of an IDE compared to some other choices.

D9uon Someone just made a $147,239,214 Bitcoin transfer

How about buying gold with BTC?

http://www.amagimetals.com/gold

http://www.coinabul.com/index.php/gold-bars-bitcoin.html?a=8...

D9uon Ender’s Game is Already a Reality for the U.S. Military

My bad for conflating the meaning of reality in reference to the use of VR with the reality of my own experience.

D9uon Ender’s Game is Already a Reality for the U.S. Military

     raise the heavy rifle in my hands... an exact replica of an M16

An M16 is far from being a "heavy rifle." What other bits of this "reality" are unrealistic?