Adam's Rants & Ramblings

Level 62 – need to go to bed, but cannot stop………collapse imminent…… Share this: <div class="sd-content"> <ul> <li class="share-facebook"> <a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-facebook-66" class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://comerford.cc/2006/02/25/see/?share=facebook" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Facebook"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)</span></a> </li> <li class="share-twitter"> <a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-twitter-66" class="share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://comerford.cc/2006/02/25/see/?share=twitter" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Twitter"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)</span></a> </li> <li class="share-google-plus-1"> <a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-google-66" class="share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://comerford.

Well, has been a while, and the reason why was because I have been sick – damn chest infections. This Mucinex Stuff worked a treat in holding it down so that I didn’t need to hit the doctor for anti-biotics though. Of course, we hit red alert mode in work while I was sick and no doubt the 12 hour days that followed slowed my recovery a bit. I also missed 2 Ireland games – which sux It seems that chest infections dampen the effects of RRDS also….

It’s truly amazing how much tinkering time you can have between mammoth data mining queries – I’ve been putting in long hours, but a lot of that stems from waiting around for something to finish. So, from a few posts ago, the list of inactive machines was (with one addition): Sun SPARC 20 (bad HD, no mount rails) Sun Ultra 60 (bad Graphics? – will not POST) HP Kayak (New CPU does not fit – need to mod heatsink) SGI Origin 200 (No OS) Dell Precision 530 (Bad VRM) Dual PIII 1Ghz Fedora Core 4 box (will not POST) G4 Cube (Motherboard) Now the list looks like:

I really hope someone wins the OSX Contest – that would remove any potential stumbling blocks to owning a Macbook. I think I’ll be pushing to get one from work though, rather than buying myself since I will be due to refresh the old Dell in a little wile. For home I think I’ll wait until they stick the new Intel chips in a Mac Mini, though if they go for a single core I may jump to something else, I don’t fancy Rosetta running single threaded….

Nice to know that I get paid more than the Google Execs. Though my stock package may be worth slightly less If I did have a decent stock package – I think I’d like a set up like this one. The smallest screen he has there is the same size as my current TV. Definitely time for an upgrade…………. Share this: <div class="sd-content"> <ul> <li class="share-facebook"> <a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-facebook-61" class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://comerford.

A while back I mentioned that I had managed to get an Ultra 60 for $70. It seemed that the graphics card was crocked, but after hunting around some Sun forums I tried hitting Stop+N to zap the NVRAM. Voila! It not POSTs just fine and I managed to boot the Solaris 10 installer from the SCSI CD I pulled from the Origin 200 (the Ultra60 did not come with one).

So, the SGI installation did not go as planned. The IRIX Discs I received did not have the base installation included, they were only for updating. Grrrrr…… I attempted another install of Linux, but it’s pretty painful and I couldn’t get it to a fully functioning state within a couple of days (compiler issues, kernel issues, xfs mounting issues). So that’s the Origin 200 dead until I can get the base install discs.

Oh God, this is funny. I may have to buy a t-shirt…… Share this: <div class="sd-content"> <ul> <li class="share-facebook"> <a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-facebook-58" class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://comerford.cc/2006/01/20/chuck-norris-can-divide-by-zero/?share=facebook" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Facebook"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)</span></a> </li> <li class="share-twitter"> <a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-twitter-58" class="share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://comerford.cc/2006/01/20/chuck-norris-can-divide-by-zero/?share=twitter" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Twitter"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)</span></a> </li> <li class="share-google-plus-1"> <a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-google-58" class="share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://comerford.

Tormentron (or Gar as he is more commonly known), wrote to remind me of Trogdor’s 3rd Birthday. BURNINATE!! Share this: <div class="sd-content"> <ul> <li class="share-facebook"> <a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-facebook-57" class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://comerford.cc/2006/01/19/happy-trogday/?share=facebook" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Facebook"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)</span></a> </li> <li class="share-twitter"> <a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-twitter-57" class="share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://comerford.cc/2006/01/19/happy-trogday/?share=twitter" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Twitter"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)</span></a> </li> <li class="share-google-plus-1"> <a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-google-57" class="share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://comerford.

That Kid From Crumlin recently posted the infamous “swayback” video of one Justin Harmon when he was a little tipsy – believe me it was even better in person. Well, the good news is that the cure just involves tickling his stomach Share this: <div class="sd-content"> <ul> <li class="share-facebook"> <a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-facebook-56" class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://comerford.cc/2006/01/12/curing-swaybacks/?share=facebook" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Facebook"><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)</span></a> </li> <li class="share-twitter"> <a rel="nofollow" data-shared="sharing-twitter-56" class="share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://comerford.