reviews & thoughts

I have decided

2009-03-17T06:52:00.001-07:00

Since I don't get traffic, I have decided to import entries to my new blog. the old blog shall be used to write entries for and about my mother';s thoughts.She is too busy to do it herself and I would hate to waste it. You can find the new blog here
http://osshelpsite.com

Sources.list update

2008-12-02T05:22:00.001-08:00

ingalex.helloweb.eu has made an update on their sources list. I have changed it for u.s. usage .

You can also do this:

you can go to a terminal and type

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

and add

deb http://www.ingalex.helloweb.eu/repository/intrepid/ binary/

then do

sudo apt-get update

and after that

sudo apt-get install listaIngalexIntrepid

You may have to change the repos with IT to US or download mine

sources.list.txt

my sources.list for intrepid

2008-11-15T11:50:00.001-08:00

Here is a rather large sources.list that I customized for Intrepid Ibex. The site I made it with is in Italian. I had done a lot of editing for English use. There are Repositories that I added to it like XBMC and webmin as well others.This list would be for the Adventurous people For those who don't know to add repos the easier way in Ubuntu go to -->Applications-->Accessories-->Terminal

then type

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

then you can copy and paste the contents of my sources.list into yours. Enjoy!

sources.list

Train new dogs

2008-09-14T10:53:00.000-07:00

There is a saying that you can't teach an old dog new tricks. That means that you need to teach new people how to be better than todays people. History is good to know but i think that you need to know how to acquire knowledge and know skills for all walks of life. It should take half the time it takes now. Once that is out of the way, People should pursue whatever knowledgebase their learning skills would do best in.

My NAS is up

2008-09-12T19:59:00.001-07:00

After many weeks of struggling,I got FreeNAS to work on my Dads Dell.It is an OS made to turn PCs to NAS boxes I still have a ways to go in configuration though.It has 4 drive and i want RAID .

I hate Indiana

2008-07-16T14:15:00.000-07:00

The people here show resistance to rethinking how to do things. Most people scoff at people trying to attempt the implementing of new ideas. They speculate whether they will work. They go with the flow more often here. I can't leave Indiana. I can't drive and can't work.I have no place to go.

A new OS

2008-06-22T14:48:00.001-07:00

I decided to install a new os on my laptop. It is called ubuntu ultimate edition. I had put in on my desktop and now I shall try it on my laptop.

I don't like people hanging up on me

2008-06-04T10:48:00.001-07:00

I called someone recently. Their little sister hung up on me.I don't get why.What did I do? I don't recall doing anything to her.I need to know.

Linux howto on winning

2008-04-30T06:25:00.000-07:00

I posted this today"well i'm sorry for double posting but i end up waiting too long for a response. yes i have the lastest version of mythtv. yes i have done this:
Setup mysql database mythconverg

Set the root password for the mysql database. (replace mysqlpassword with your own)

Open a Terminal window
> mysql -u root password mysqlpassword

Setup the initial database. Note - the mc.sql file should have been installed along with the mythtv documentation onto your system. The default location for this file is shown below, however it may have been relocated elsewhere according to your distribution's documentation rules, so you may have to use a search (find, locate, etc) tool to reveal its whereabouts. (The following command will prompt for password)
> mysql -u root -p < /usr/share/mythtv/sql/mc.sql

How to Reset the Root Password (Slackware):

Login as a root
> su -

Stop the database
> /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld stop

Set the initial file for a new root database password
> echo "SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('new_password');" > /var/lib/mysql/mysql-init

Change the user and group ownership
> chown mysql.mysql /var/lib/mysql/mysql-init

Start a database manually
> /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --init-file=/var/lib/mysql/mysql-init &

Login to the database as a root with a new password
> mysql -u root -p new_password
and i edited /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt.
the backend is running and it still cannot connect to the database.
i still get this: 2008-04-20 15:41:21.161 Using runtime prefix = /usr, libdir = /usr/lib
2008-04-20 15:41:21.370 Empty LocalHostName.
2008-04-20 15:41:21.481 Using localhost value of Bmans PS3
2008-04-20 15:41:22.022 New DB connection, total: 1
2008-04-20 15:52:03.321 Using runtime prefix = /usr, libdir = /usr/lib
2008-04-20 15:52:03.597 Empty LocalHostName.
2008-04-20 15:52:03.605 Using localhost value of Bmans PS3
2008-04-20 15:52:04.668 New DB connection, total: 1
2008-04-20 15:55:14.574 Unable to connect to database!
2008-04-20 15:55:14.603 Driver error was [1/2003]:
QMYSQL3: Unable to connect
Database error was:Can't connect to MySQL server on '192.168.1.135' (110) only i changed it to 192.168.1.148.
there is also a host authentication failure message.
Never have i been so frustated by the lack of support and lack of users in the forums. if linux is to succeed, then users should try posting in one centralized location http://www.thelinuxvault.net/wiki/Main_Page.they should know that not everyone is smart and/or intelligent enough to use linux. I am not one of those people, but that does not mean I don't struggle with things.I can understand that double posting clogs forums, but old threads don't often get answered.There should be a unified notifier of already posted threads or a search engine where you type a question, a description and its topic with advance feature to reduce forum clutter and to help more people faster. So would it hurt you to check more often to prevent forum clutter? I will try to not double post.Seriously though what is being done is ridiculous.
I will make the last time i double post, So help me Dao."Within this quote is my idea.

I have decided

2008-04-24T06:06:00.000-07:00

I think I should engineer networks.I get sick of doing repairs on other peoples machines at work.They have 600 regular PCs I get to repair. They all have XP. They all have to be managed individually. I would just turn them into thin clients with embedded linux with just 6 things six to maintain. I would have mostly web-based things like googleapps and district pbwiki. All the things i have found like edubuntu,wifi,offsite storage, and anything that is open source,cheap and free; I would implement into a school network or anything like that.That would be better instead of managing some sub standard network.

I cant care

2008-04-17T06:17:00.000-07:00

I have tried to setup mythtv on my ps3. to no avail i fail. There is no good documentation. I am so frustrated. Now i think i don't care about anything.

Trip to micighan

2008-04-04T20:19:00.000-07:00

Went to harbor springs for spring break. My family went skiing. i could not go skiing due to my leg. I Could be doing other things too. But no, I was stuck not doing much.

Potato Creek

2008-03-21T21:32:00.001-07:00

I will be going to potato creek soon. There is no tv, so i will be bored.

reinstallation

2008-03-17T18:47:00.001-07:00

I had to reinstall Ubuntu recently. I could not boot in to it. It would turn it's self off. Now I am angry.

back to ubuntu

2008-03-09T13:29:00.001-07:00

I decided to go back to Ubuntu after struggling with Opensuse. Tech Support was not good. Though I did manage to mess up the the resolution. I ended up reinstalling ubuntu. It works now.

Learn from the fall of rome

2008-03-02T11:00:00.001-08:00

We will fall just like Rome. The only way to prevent that is to learn from it. Rome fell because it got too big. It spread out too far. It also spent too much and kept the public distracted with sporting events to keep from seeing the corruption. Now is the time to act. We must reclaim what is rightfully ours. We must take back our future from reality bending politicians. We must unite as one. WE MUST ACT NOW!

My server

2008-02-25T02:02:00.001-08:00

My server is down

The IP is mis configured

I dont know to do

New Game

2008-02-19T04:36:00.000-08:00

I got a new game

It is Called Armored Core 4

It is pretty good

Things have fallen apart

2008-02-11T06:40:00.001-08:00

Everything is spiraling out of control now. All this ignorance I sense, leaves me in distraught. I loathe how these people know nothing. Technical Know How has plummeted. Talent is lack thereof. I put the blame on the DOE and the government for neglecting to nurture insight on technology. I must nurture it myself.

Meebo Extension

2008-02-10T11:49:00.001-08:00

Meebo now has an extension for firefox. Now I don't have to go to the website and log in to chat.

Mom

2008-02-04T14:16:00.001-08:00

My mother is sad

Been a month since dad pass on

She is very Cranky

Speech

2008-01-29T09:09:00.001-08:00

The State Address Speech

I watched it in Government

No mention of GPL

Filezilla Server

2008-01-28T02:20:00.001-08:00

Filezilla Server

I cannot get it to work

Something with the ports

FTP block at school

2008-01-24T07:16:00.001-08:00

My server at home

The School blocked it's IP

These people don't care

A collection of ROMs

2008-01-22T03:07:00.001-08:00

I now have a bigger collection of Nintendo games. Of course they are rom images. Still it is sweet. Now I don't have to have physical copies of games. I can have them all on a hard drive.

ZSNES & games

2008-01-18T09:04:00.001-08:00

This Program is Great

Now Have Games to go with it

I can play them all day

Cisco Exam

2008-01-17T05:42:00.001-08:00

The Cisco Exam

I got the highest score

It was 94.1

Ipod Service.exe

2008-01-16T05:38:00.001-08:00

The Ipod Service

It can run without Itunes

I hate it so much

Bit torrents

2008-01-15T03:30:00.001-08:00

Bit torrents are great

I can download many things

Though not all are fast

Software Review

2008-01-14T02:18:00.001-08:00

Songbird is a neat Application. It is a media player/web browser. Although still in beta, so far it looks good. One can only imagine what the finished application will look like. Current release is 0.4.

Marching Blindly

2008-01-12T09:18:00.001-08:00

The peoples eyes closed

They march so very blindly

I must open them

Haiku

2008-01-10T03:28:00.001-08:00

Lizzie is busy

She has too much work to do

She should take a break

Political Parties

2008-01-09T05:40:00.001-08:00

Political parties

Republican & Democrat

Must stop with the crap

An intersting trick

2008-01-08T02:52:00.003-08:00

You can convert a open office database file into a Microsoft access file as well as other formats by putting the file extension of another format in the title. That is good because now I can work on databases in study hall.

Now he is gone

2008-01-07T03:03:00.001-08:00

My dad has died. It was from the aftermath of brain cancer. Though this maybe one of many blogs with no traffic, I still write because I feel like it. My dad left behind a mess of things
including his outlook express email. outlook express is a bad program. It is a pain to configure. The email is all that stands between me and a clean install. I also would like my mother to use the gmail account I setup for my dad from now on after I have reinstalled the OS.

More tech savvy people wanted

2008-01-03T12:49:00.001-08:00

Why is there a shortage of tech savvy people? You would think that in this day and age there would be more power users, but there is not. Power Users are people who explore the inner workings of pc's. They also do tweaking with software as well as the OS. There are some people who don't even own a pc. That should not even occur. If we downsize DC however many people would not have this problem.

My sister Lizzie

2008-01-01T14:49:00.001-08:00

She thinks she can control me by subtracting the amount of time she wants to play with me, but she thinks to little of me. It is annoying how she does so too.

I don't seem to have feelings

2007-12-27T12:47:00.001-08:00

I have someone who is dying. But I don't cry about it.That is because I cannot. I have no close relation now; must be apathy.

They don't get it

2007-12-23T12:28:00.001-08:00

I do not like how my family does not share my interest in tweaking with PC's. I do not like how they don't like to explore alternatives.I do not like how they don't listen to me well. They think I only see things black and white. I see them gray. They don't get how my outlook has changed.They don't get it because they don't realize what I have. They don't get how much my mind has been altered by severe injury.They under appreciate my skills.They will be sorry someday. I guarantee it.

reviews & thoughts

2007-12-20T14:57:00.001-08:00

Hardware Issues

2007-12-19T06:00:00.001-08:00

It has finally happen. The drivers for my usb ports do not work. Now I cannot use my portable hard drive. It has the programs I use on it. Now I have USB withdrawal syndrome.

I have yet to forget

2007-12-18T05:19:00.001-08:00

I have not forgotten to write. I have been having trouble with my usb drivers from Intel. The PC I use fails to recognizes the devices plugged in to it. I tried to get new drivers from Intel and tech support, but their tech support is not good. Fortunately I just need to update my motherboard drivers to fix it.

My quest for freedom

2007-12-13T09:15:00.001-08:00

I have a mission. My mission will be to end money waste and the corruption in the U.S.A. In order to end money waste and the corruption, the federal government's power must be downsized and decentralized. Only the people should have such power. I think the power chain should be structured like so: individuals villages,townships,cities,counties,state regional,state,national regional and federal. individuals have the most power over those above them and the federal government has the least power over those below them. It uses light fiscal policy. This is only the tip of the iceberg of phase 2: the reorganizing process. Phase 1 is decentralizing of the federal government. I cannot do that alone. I ask that all people sick of the federal government to resist them by any means necessary and choose liberty or death. Things you can do are civil disobedience, not paying taxes,not donating money to bad political parties, voting for promising 3rd party candidates , protesting against laws that violate the bill of rights, not buying from companies that support this government, not joining the military,quitting government jobs, and anything else you can think of that can hurt them. The more people that can contribute, the better; because the founding fathers of the U.S. would not tolerate what is happening today. After the first part has been done, I will work on reclaiming this country's place in history.

AutoPlay

2007-12-12T09:10:00.001-08:00

Auto play on my machine does not work. I do not why, but I am starting to dislike it.

Thoughts on a nation of sheep

2007-12-11T10:38:00.001-08:00

I would agree with the article "A nation of sheep". There's certainly a lot of them. I believe I am surrounded by sheep. I despise that.

My feelings toward art

2007-12-10T09:11:00.001-08:00

Art is something that I no longer find interesting. I can thank my experience in CAD for that. The teaching methods used in that class were so horrible, that it made me lose interest. It taught me that I have no interest
in drawing. It robbed me of creativity,self esteem, as well conceptual thought. I ended up wasting a year of my life in that class.To make it worse, the teacher was hired at the last minute. It shows how incompetent the administrators are. They moved PC repair into CAD which is irritating. So whenever I try to draw and/or use conceptual thought, I find it difficult to get past thought of CAD.

Paranoid mom

2007-12-07T05:16:00.001-08:00

My mom is so paranoid with technology. She has a ton of CD's which she has little time for. She does not even make backups of them. She uses enough paper to kill a rain forest. She doe not use online services. She prefers hard copies of everything.It is bad habit to keep everything on one hard drive. My mom does that and I will laugh when it dies with all the data.

I don't feel progress

2007-12-05T06:05:00.001-08:00

I feel that people have not progress in free thought. I feel that progress in creative innovative free thought is needed for a renaissance in this era as well as technology. We are almost there, but not entirely. In order for a rebirth we must stress intelligent creative innovative free thought in schools. We must get people PC's preferably with Linux. We should have wireless in metropolitan areas. It is vital that we have a neo-classical economy. This government should have funding for only have money for software development,R & D, some military and small government personal wages. That is all. Only when this is met will we have progress.

Corrupted Officials

2007-11-29T06:14:00.001-08:00

I found out there is this superintendent at MSDWT. He gets paid $180,000 a year. He gets gas and his car paid for. He gets a new suit every week. It shows how much he cares about education. I bet more officials are like this. This must stop now, but not just with him. It needs to stop everywhere. These corrupted officials should be making middle class wages.

Wasted

2007-11-29T05:52:00.001-08:00

Seems to be a waste of effort if a response is going to be ignored anyway.
That is what I hate. I hate being ignored on the Internet. People can't do anything alone. They must come together and act.

What I get for hard work

2007-11-20T05:34:00.001-08:00

I have enjoyed working hard at researching on the internet. But still, I am ignored. I don,t see many comments or traffic on my blog. My wiki does not get traffic either .I have tried to get paid for blogging,but to no avail. I try promoting my sites, but still nothing. Now I am thinking that this is insane. I do it over and over and expect different results. That is the definition of insanity. Some people try other means and I should the same.

Love Before 2012

2007-11-09T05:05:00.001-08:00

All the love and all the longing; it is something everyone wants. I have longed for it , but I have yet to obtain such mutual love. All I have tried has failed in distraught . All that I want will be unsatisfied. Now is the time for me to act; for 2012 is when it ends. With Armageddon, it must not be forgotten.

Linux Mint Xfce Install

2007-11-08T05:35:00.001-08:00

I was having so many issues with Linux Mint with Gnome, That I decided to install Linux Mint with Xfce. It was such an improvement in speed on my 500 megahertz CPU and 512 RAM stick. I just wish there was Celena Linux Mint with Xfce.I want to upgrade it. Although it is still a long way away before I am satisfied with it. I still need to work on the the Internet, the FTP connection and the sound.

Problem solving

2007-11-04T15:05:00.001-08:00

"To solve a problem, you must first go to the source.You must then find ways to eliminate the source." Finding the source is not easy. The best way to find the source is to look back at the history of civilizations and what caused them to fall. The 3 most common ways that civilizations fell were: people with power imposed their ways of thought onto others, The people did not band together to solve conflict prior to it's happening and civilizations fell by conquest. Sound similar to what the US is doing? The US has conquest in Iraq, The democrats have all the power and the people are doing nothing about it .They think that they can't do anything , but they actually can.They can stop buying products that support the two big political parties. I know that Apple gives some their earnings to the Democrats. It would make sense that Microsoft gives money to the them and Republicans as well .Those are two companies to stop buying from. Do some research on more companies and stop buying from them .Also stop donating your hard earned money to politicians who will waste it. Once you do that, you should be able to rid ourselves of the current government and solve our problems more effectively. We can solve our problems by using what has been suggested and tried. We can suggest new ideas after that.

Greed is good

2007-11-01T05:22:00.001-07:00

Greed is good for the economy. It is what drives people to do well at creation and selling of products. To that end people have greed to fuel their own ambitions.
Microsoft greedy copyright laws drives people from the Linux community to make even better software. It gives people options. One thing that Microsoft does is to make their new programs incompatible with previous programs. That way when a customer buys the new program everyone who uses Microsoft programs ends up having to buy the new software just to open files of the new version. The same concept goes along with the hardware and perpetual upgrading. The Linux community profits from Microsoft's greed by letting the customer have access to free software with every operating system in the Linux community. This helps the customer because they do not have to buy pricey software. They only have to pay service fees to get tech support from Linux. That is how they make their money.
The oil companies, OPEC, and politicians are greedy with the supply of oil. While the politicians are living in luxury off of the taxes from the people, the greed that has been generated by them has hurt the economy from prospering. The general population has been gouged by the prices of oil and it has caused them to be unable to live in the style that they have been accustomed to. People have had to cut back on other necessities to help pay for transportation costs.
Insurance companies are also greedy companies. Premiums are too high for the average worker today while all of the insurance companies are earning lots of money from others who can afford it. Premiums are too expensive for entry-level workers and the prices are raised for those who can pay. Everyone should have access to a "general fund" insurance to cover basic health issues.
Since greed has its ups and downs, therefore I can say that greed is ultimately good and can be applied in many areas of life.

What I Like About PayPerPost

2007-10-30T17:47:00.001-07:00

To be completely honest, the thing that got me back into blogging was when the populists political party website wanted bloggers to write for them and they would pay you money. It sounded much better than a regular job. That is how I found out about blog payment. The site that you need to sign up for did not appeal to me much due to the high standards that had to be in every single article. They did not accept just any post. So while searching on Digg.com, I found a article on blog pay sites. That is when I found PayPerPost along with some other pay blog sites. The thing that appeals to me most about it is freedom. I like how it is flexible and how all I need is PC with internet. I do not have to worry about finding a job. I have no car, so that is a plus. Though I have made no friends yet, I have been e-mailing my blog's link to people I know. Now I am hoping that it will get traffic to my blog. If only they would leave some helpful comments; Then I can figure out just how to write any of my blog posts.

Linux Mint issues

2007-10-29T03:27:00.001-07:00

"from freedom came elegance" I find this ironic because of the lack of good WIFI drivers. You would think that this OS would be friendly to setup due to this quote. That does not seem to be the case. If someone says that it is easy to switch from windows,They probably don't have Wifi. A more accurate quote should be "from freedom came elegance and no wifi support" I have not been blogging as much because of this.

Just keep your old hardware

2007-10-23T11:29:00.001-07:00

If you have old equipment that has an outdated windows operating system. Don't replace it, reuse it with a Linux distribution. I would put a Gnome OS first and when it is too labor intensive, I will put an Xfce OS on it. I would also put the highest ram card the motherboard could take along with a new OS. I would keep using it until it was unusable.This save money on having to buy new hardware on upgrades for a windows OS.

Bomb,Bomb,Bomb Afghanistan

2007-10-19T09:05:00.001-07:00

You know what is the irony of the war on terror in Afghanistan? It is the fact that not only are we fueling terrorists and the Taliban with rage, but they are producing more opium as well. We are also providing more rage in Iraq too. Now just imagine; What if George Bush decided to carpet bomb or nuke all of Afghanistan ,wipe out everything that was moving,and did not rebuild it afterwards? We would

not be wasting tax money on iraq
have more focus on the economy
have Iraq would more cooperative
have opium production cease
have lives be spared
have less issues with China and Russia as well as other nations
have terrorists think twice
have less security issues
have no war on terror
be showing off what happen when you mess with us

It sounds cruel, but so is killing more people in Iraq everyday and acting as an international policeman shoving ideas down people throats. We should have ended it with Afghanistan by bombing it to bits with 3,000,000 for 3,000 and then stripping our army to only have the coast guard and national guard. People would hate us for that in the short run for it, but then they would not be so hateful of us if we did that. We would not be in Iraq if we did that. Besides which, terrorists could be anyone, so it is better to be safe and bomb everything than sorry.We have air power and they don't. The fact that Bush decided other wise means there is something wrong with our government. You people are accountable as well. We can still fix this and we should. "If you use cost/benefit analysis for everything ,think outside the box,learn from history,give things similar time frames before comparing,document what has been tried for future reference, refer back to what has been tried to find better ways, collaborate efforts, modify ideas, and distribute your ideas,you are well off."

What makes me mad

2007-10-18T11:42:00.001-07:00

What makes me mad is losing a paragraph worth of work;Especially when I type slow.

How to get Success

2007-10-17T09:07:00.001-07:00

"The way to succeed is to double your error rate." We have made many errors in the past few years what with Iraq and the death of Saddam. Sure, he was not a saint and his crimes were horrific, but that is no reason to kill anyone for it does not bring back the victims. At least there was order and no chaos with with him in power even though it was no freedom. We can say that our error rate has double. Now we can find a way to succeed by learning from our documented mistakes.We should also be exploring new ideas to be used with injunction good documented ideas and use cost/ benefit analysis to have a better chance at finding successful solutions.

Do something better

2007-10-16T06:17:00.001-07:00

"The most effective way to do it, is to do it." It means that spending so much time speculating what will not work does not do any good. All it does is waste time. Nor does trying the same things again & again. More time should be spent on finding potentially better things and having a better learning curve.

What could drive me insane

2007-10-14T16:46:00.001-07:00

One of the peeves I have with society is the people who do the same thing several times over and not explore potentially better ways of doing things.Nor do I like the slow learning curve of those people; especially if they are in politics. These people not only should be done away with, but the people who put them there should be held accountable as well.

More is said than done

2007-10-13T15:36:00.001-07:00

When I think of the Phrase"When all is said & done, more is said than done", I think the person was right on the mark. The meaning behind this is that if people (especially politicians) talked less, they could do more. This concept of doing more is not applied by them. They apply more speaking to speeches and use a word for word method to confuse people; which leads them to make poor choices on who leads them. I find this unacceptable.

Slacker Rating (cont)

2007-10-11T18:51:00.001-07:00

I forgot the URL

www.slacker.com

Slacker Radio Rating

2007-10-11T06:10:00.001-07:00

Slacker Radio is a user customize Internet radio site

The Pros

Has a portable device and satellite service

The Cons

The portable device is limited by WI-FI

Overall Rating

9.0 out of 10

Ajax13 Rating

2007-10-11T04:48:00.001-07:00

Ajax13 is an online office suite

The Pros

It is online and you can listen to music

The Cons

Does not do what you want it to do

Overall Score

4.3 out of 10

us.ajax13.com/en/

Meebo Rating

2007-10-10T05:51:00.001-07:00

Meebo is an online IM Client

The Pros

I like how it is online because it saves system resources. This great for old PCs;No need to install and it is free.

The Cons

It only offers 6 IM services;Google,Yahoo,MSN,AIM,Jabber and ICQ.It could use more IM Services like Pidgin has.

Overall Rating

8.7 out of 10

www.meebo.com