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Saturday 14 January, 2006 @ 12:07:22 by Cafuego
daily / ubuntu

After some discussion with seveas, an rsync problem, where rsync would first delete, then re-upload the same files between seveas.ubuntulinux.nl and mirror2 and mirror3 of same has been sorted. Fix-by-upgrade. Not my favourite.

However, the changelog does say:

Incidentally, mirror2 is the Linode box I mentioned earlier.
Tuesday 10 January, 2006 @ 12:09:46 by Cafuego
work / cacti

I've installed and configured cacti on one of the hosting machines. It now pulls in stats from its brethren too. This means I'll have pretty graphs to add to the new and improved CC website when that's done :-)
Saturday 7 January, 2006 @ 12:46:22 by Cafuego
daily / noise pollution

For a while now I've been wondering about the impact of "exhaust kits" that many cars have fitted these days. They're designed to maximise the noise the car makes when running. From the smell of most of them, they also maximise the pollutant output.

The reason I mention these is that I increasingly find myself getting annoyed at noise pollution, specifically needlessly loud cars.

Is there any sane reason hundreds of people should be disturbed because young $INSERT_LITTLE_BOYS_NAME needs to hear noise when he tries to accelerate his Lancer or WRX from 50 to 55 km/h?

For that matter, do these exhausts affect other pollution levels? Is there a decibel limit to the amount of noise a vehicle can legally produce? Is that limit actually enforced? Ever? Should it be?
Sunday 1 January, 2006 @ 16:11:37 by Cafuego
work / chroot

Yay! I got nss-mysql working for ssh2 chroots on the hosting server. Now I can give clients shell access to their virtual web server without needing to hand out actual system shells (They all share a single one, which is unprivileged anyway).