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Killing all zombie processes 2007-05-29 17:08:00 its this one liner:
kill -HUP `ps -A -ostat,ppid,pid,cmd | grep -e '^[Zz]' | awk '{print $2}'`
explanation:
list all processes
, show me the good stuff, like stat[e] p[arent]pid, pid, and c[om]m[an]d
Then, send the output to grep, because I only want the lines that start with a Z or z . Now let's restart the parent processes and shake out the zombie generation.
Found here Read more:Killing
Chymera - Umbrella 2007-05-29 13:16:00 if you dont want to hear a riff that will stay in your head until you've extracted your brain, then dont click on this link.
Geany - a lightweight GTK IDE 2007-05-29 12:41:00 Geany is a lightweight GTK based IDE, that has got the thumbs up from Og Machel and Tago Boldt.
It's features include:
* syntax highlighting
* code folding
* code completion
* auto completion of often used constructs like if, for and while
* auto completion of XML and HTML tags
* call tips
* many supported filetypes like C, Java, PHP, HTML, Python, Perl, Pascal
*
That Allison Stokke photo 2007-05-29 09:47:00 Yes, this is an experiment in evil link baiting. If you don't know who Allison
Stokke is, then let me introduce you to the latest viral internet fad. Looks like this pole vaulter has become incredibly famous because of the picture above.
Google News
Washington Post
Allison Stokke hits the front page of the Washington Post
But then , this story is quite relevant to a tech blog - it shows
Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down (video) 2007-05-29 04:41:00 This song is 20 years old this year, but i still love it. Great video
as well.
Nice to see that Warner Brothers are sponsoring this video on YouTube and allowing it to be embedded in blogs. Wow. Seems like somebody in the major media space is starting to get a clue.
Big kudos to Warner Brothers.
Heres the YouTube link Read more:Depeche Mode
Dell and Ubuntu 2007-05-29 03:39:00 The Dell/Ubuntu
deal is mentioned in this weeks Ubuntu Weekly News digest (which you can subscribe to via here).
Here's what they say about it:
The long awaited release of Dell computers preinstalled with Ubuntu was this week, with Dell announcing three different models, two desktops and one laptop. All three laptops contain mostly Intel parts, with the two desktops using Core 2 Duos. All
Lending Club - a new way to make money online 2007-05-27 10:50:00 Now this is a fascinating development. Lending
Club is a financial service for Facebook members - where Facebookers can borrow or lend money to each other, thus bypassing the traditional bank fee structure.
There are more details here
Quote:
Lending Club is creating a direct person-to-person shortcut in borrowing and lending, bypassing the traditional role of the banks. Banks usually Read more:online
An alternative to the torrents 2007-05-27 10:25:00 Torrent badly seeded? Having problems getting an old episode of Heroes? Well, you could try B2U which collects links to where TV shows (and lots of other stuff) are in embedded format. Great stuff - now i can finish off watching the first series of Heroes.
Chymera - Xcela - free to download 2007-06-02 13:12:00 Chymera has released a free to download track from from this blogpost on MySpace.
Further links:
Chymera on MySpace
Chymera - official website
Spam Map 2005-09-15 09:11:00 Mailinator real-time spam map
Served up with Google maps goodness.
random stuff 2005-09-10 17:58:00 Very long list of flash animations
One page, lots and lots of animations.
make your own South Park character
pick from hundreds of different elements. Read more:stuff
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Spacecraft Blasts Off to Gather Mars Data... 2005-08-12 07:36:00 LinkDump
Spacecraft
Blasts Off to Gather Mars Data (AP)Sun to shed around 1,000 jobsWide open Vistas beckon for Microsoft in GermanyScientists blame balloons for climate change debateGov.UK preps ID card contractsScottish Police Revert to Microsoft OfficeSiberian Permafrost MeltingTalking about KDE 4Advanced PHP V5 objectsObject Oriented PHP Programming
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Microsoft Trying to Fix Security Hole (AP... 2005-08-10 07:53:00 LinkDump
Microsoft
Trying to Fix Security Hole (AP)AOL raffles spammer's gold barsSix patches - three critical - in MS August patch batchLinux-head runs Doom on iPodMoody Non-Photo-Realistic DrivingLinux Kernel Code May Have Been in SCO UnixWareBackups using hardlinks and rsync
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Weather Forces Discovery to Delay Landing... 2005-08-08 03:36:00 LinkDump
Weather ForcesDiscovery
to Delay
Landing (AP)NASA Readies Next Mars Mission (AP)Internet Scammers Keep Working in Nigeria (AP)Public sector e-biz push threatens small firmsUK firm offers legal video downloadsMarch of the Penguins Tops Box OfficesWhen Microbes Ate the OceanGoogle Urged to Drop ImagesRemote Backups With RsyncServer Setup with Mandrake/MandrivaIn Pursuit of Good Desktop
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Discovery May Need Unprecedented Repair (... 2005-08-01 03:34:00 LinkDump
Discovery
May Need Unprecedented Repair
(AP)Study: Warming Making Hurricanes Stronger (AP)Yahoo to Partner With CNN, ABC for Video (AP)Al Gore Debuting TV for Web Generation (AP)Microsoft blogger: 'My toolbar vanished too!'British Intel Shuts Down al-Qaeda SitesStealing Data? A Sniffer Shows it's EasyWhy Bill Gates Wants 3,000 New Patents
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Critics Challenge Shuttle Program's Futur... 2005-07-29 04:05:00 LinkDump
Critics ChallengeShuttleProgram
's Future (AP)New Super Magnet Weighs More Than 15 Tons (AP)Embryos Help Demystify Long-Neck Dinosaur (AP)Geeks Meet at 'What the Hack'Conference (AP)IE7 nukes Google, Yahoo! searchEx-Microsoft Exec Barred From Google JobStealing the Network: How to Own an IdentityMicrosoft Genuine Advantage Cracked in 24 HoursAt the Forge - Getting Started with RubyTheo
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Hazy Cloud of Saharan Dust Nearing U.S. (... 2005-07-25 03:14:00 LinkDump
Hazy Cloud
of Saharan Dust Nearing U.S. (AP)Online News Consumers Become Own Editors (AP)HP Labs also decimatedFree Beer That's Free as in SpeechYahoo Purchases KonfabulatorButterfly Unlocks Evolution SecretE-Mail Snafu Sparks Spam Attack On JournalistsUnix Web HacksTips for buying a Linux-compatible laptopKDE Desktop From OpenSolaris CommunityMade it to London and the BBC
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Study Says Ethanol Not Worth the Energy (... 2005-07-18 06:18:00 LinkDump
Study
Says Ethanol Not Worth
the Energy
(AP)Tiny Tsunami Reveals Big Gaps in Readiness (AP)Hurricane Emily Lashes Yucatan Peninsula (AP)Debian Linux: Living in Interesting Times (Ziff Davis)Malware maelstrom menaces UKNigerian Scammers Brought to JusticeDesktop Linux Mass MigrationInterview with Fyodor of NmapWhy I Like LynxLondon Geek Dinner on Friday?
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Space Shuttle Countdown Enters Final Hour... 2005-07-13 03:30:00 LinkDump
SpaceShuttleCountdown
Enters Final
Hours (AP)How Dell made Los Angeles look like a sucker - in picturesBritish government lost 150 PCs this yearEC officials raid Intel officesBBC In Trouble Over Free MusicGranny Picks LinuxDisposable email addressesUsing BitTorrent on LinuxI should be in the spam business...The Governator's Talkdel.icio.us direc.torTechnorati is for PR Professionals
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Countdown Begins for Discovery Launch (AP... 2005-07-11 03:35:00 LinkDump
Countdown
Begins for DiscoveryLaunch
(AP)Military's Energy-Beam Weapons Delayed (AP)Microsoft Surprises with Linux 'Hands-On Lab'(Ziff Davis)Mobile content market is boomingThe patent vote: who won that round, exactly?UK police chase pics, email, phone records in bomber huntStudents refuse to buy a singlesong from NapsterWindows Longhorn Beta ScreenshotsMicrosoft's 'Hands-On' Linux
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Mission Accomplished: Probe Hits Comet (A... 2005-07-04 03:05:00 LinkDump
Mission
Accomplished: Probe
Hits Comet (AP)Best Live 8 Viewing Found Online (AP)Are brains analog, or digital?Windows Software Ugly, Boring & UninspiredLinux &Scaling: the EssentialsMy Web 2.0: Social Search
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NASA Sets July 13 Shuttle Launch Date (AP... 2005-07-01 03:51:00 LinkDump
NASA
Sets July 13 ShuttleLaunch
Date (AP)Internet offers Live 8 a shot at broadcast record (AFP)Exec + PDA = security alertBBC culls Cult websiteRed Hat milks corporate Linux sales for strong Q1Men blamed for spyware surgeDavid Clark: Rebuild the InternetThe 12-minute Windows HeistLinux &Scaling: the EssentialsInterview with Ga?l Duval of MandrivaPassing Interview Triage
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Fireworks Likely When NASA Blows Up Comet... 2005-06-26 19:43:00 LinkDump
Fireworks
Likely When NASA
Blows Up Comet (AP)EBay Losing Allure for Some Entrepreneurs (AP)PayPal founder on Google's WalletSun layoffs hit hundreds in USSpace Shuttle One Step Closer To July LaunchThe Virtual Planet Explorer1001 Ways to Harden LinuxA Festival of speech synthesis for LinuxHow about, Don't Be EvilTheo de Raadt talks about LinuxSurprising User Expectations
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CEO Says Google Won't Compete With PayPal... 2005-06-22 03:28:00 LinkDump
CEO Says Google
Won't Compete
With PayPal
(AP)EBay Launches Site For Open-Source Developers (TechWeb)Orlando axes free muni Wi-FiPetaBox: Big Storage in Small BoxesLinus On The Future Of MicrosoftThe /proc Filesystem as a Programmer ToolBeginner's guide to Linux distrosThe Kubuntu DistributionDeath to IMAP Clients
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Russia Cargo Ship Docks With Space Statio... 2005-06-20 05:54:00 LinkDump
Russia
Cargo Ship Docks With Space
Station (AP)Programming Jobs Losing Luster in U.S. (AP)E-Mail Embarrasses 119 Failing Students (AP)Report: Google to Start New Payment System (AP)Google plans pay service to rival PayPal -WSJ (Reuters)AMD dual-core Athlons 'sell out' in TokyoRed Hat and Novell salivate as Navy learns to count serversCensored Nagasaki Bomb Story FoundHunting for Botnet
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Yahoo! Buys Internet Phone Provider (AP)S... 2005-06-15 09:36:00 LinkDump
Yahoo
! Buys Internet
Phone Provider
(AP)Sun Launches OpenSolaris Project (TechWeb)10 vulns - three critical - in MS patch batchGoogle finds web-only video clipsMS Patch Train Leaves the StationBack to Moon in 2015?Half Of Businesses Still Use Windows 2000Dell Axim X50 Running LinuxAjax on Rails06/13 Debian 3.1 (AMD64)06/13 Fedora 4
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Date Palm Grown From 2,000-Year-Old Seed ... 2005-06-13 08:30:00 LinkDump
Date Palm Grown
From 2,000-Year-Old Seed (AP)Nokia to build phone browser from Apple techPC Prices Reach $300 MilestoneUsing an Old Space-Suit as a SatellitePuppy Linux Live ReviewedTalking with Richard StallmanMajor Breakthrough in Linux TechnologyIE Tabs Suck Memory TooExamples of Really Bad Lock-In?Financial Times Using Link SpamTech Recruiting is HardIE's Tabbed Browsing Embarrassment
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NASA space probe to slam into comet July ... 2005-06-10 04:50:00 LinkDump
NASA
space probe to slam into comet July 4 (Reuters)Top CEOs Describe Future Technologies (AP)Robots Dance, Play at World Robot Expo (AP)Goggle, Yahoo Seen Boosted by Ad Surge (AP)Public sector IT abuse still rifeSecurity Patch Creation at MicrosoftPC Case Made Completely of FansAt the Sounding Edge: Using QSynth and QJackCtlPerformance analysis on LinuxGoogle's Polite and Human Take
Linkdump 2005-05-30 14:53:00 A Gamers Manifesto
20 suggestions on how to improve games.
Public web services
List of services available by xml interfaces.
Google Earth
Keyhole + Google
Jumbo jet landing in the Netherlands Antilles
Astonishing photo
Airdisaster.com
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