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
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)
Turn existing VMDK into ZFS VOL and use ISCSI to access it from different system
jhm – Fri, 2011 – 07 – 22 14:09
I have several servers running Solaris 10u9 with VirtualBox server installed. Each of those hosts can manage several guest. Currently I use VirtualBox multiattach image types to clone guests from master images. This doesn't require me to use clonehd on the master images, which is a very time consuming process.
Skank Standards
jhm – Mon, 2011 – 04 – 25 09:58
I'm just some fuck'n guy
jhm – Thu, 2010 – 05 – 27 17:28
Check out why there is so much bullshit on TV
Ontology vs. Tags
jhm – Thu, 2010 – 05 – 13 11:39
Does the world make sense, or do we make sense of the world
This is the News
jhm – Fri, 2009 – 02 – 13 10:19
A product review I would like to see on TV
Genius
jhm – Sat, 2008 – 07 – 19 13:58
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits
Dynamic zone manipulation
jhm – Wed, 2007 – 09 – 05 17:44
Some parameters of a zone can be modified while the zone is running