Blog about inconsequential things
Fallacies of Distributed Computing
jhm – Tue, 2007 – 03 – 20 09:41
This is something I have to do with on a daily basis. The list sounds silly, but is spot on:
- The network is reliable.
- Latency is zero.
- Bandwidth is infinite.
- The network is secure.
- Topology doesn't change.
- There is one administrator.
- Transport cost is zero.
- The network is homogeneous.
usually we are affected by all of them
Camino Browser 2.x and Java
jhm – Thu, 2012 – 03 – 29 07:57
Today I spent way too much time trying to figure out how to enable Java on a browser I hardly ever use. Turns out Camino in it's latest incantation does not support Java out of the box.
Fortunately it is easy to fix:
Installing the Java Embedding Plugin
1. Download the latest version of the Java Embedding Plugin (0.9.7.5 as of November 30, 2011)
Changing system-wide proxy on Ubuntu
jhm – Mon, 2011 – 08 – 15 16:57
For the longest time I was thoroughly annoyed by how Ubuntu forced me to enter my password twice every time I need to switch the proxy settings.
The following BLOG entry finally solved this for me (for now)
Skank Standards
jhm – Mon, 2011 – 04 – 25 09:58
Ontology vs. Tags
jhm – Thu, 2010 – 05 – 13 11:39
Does the world make sense, or do we make sense of the world