I catch quite a bit of flack for choosing to live in Illinois. People claim it is the most corrupt state in the union because we have put more politicians in prison than any other state. Well, it’s not. We just have a much lower tolerance level when it comes to corrupt politicians. Yes, they are all corrupt, but if they are actually doing a good job we don’t put them in prison. Hopefully our … Those Norman Rockwell MorningsRead more
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Ubuntu/Linux List All Exit Status Codes
I see this questions about this posted a lot. I also see numerous responses telling people to read through C header files. While you certainly cannot identify application level exit codes without valid documentation for the package, you can get the Ubuntu/Linux exit codes with one easy command. kill -l
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So Secure You Are Insecure
Recently I had to change my password for a Jeep owners forum. It didn’t expire or anything like that, I simply couldn’t remember the one I had used. Well, they had “new rules.” Keep in mind this is a user forum for owners of both new and beater Jeeps to exchange info. The crawler sections talk endlessly about mods to their Jeeps and events. Those of us who tend to buy beater Jeeps talk about … So Secure You Are InsecureRead more
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Qt Pi Stuff on Pause for Now
A few weeks back I took an on-site contract far away from home and could not bring all of my toys so the Qt on Pi stuff is on hold until this contract ends. My apologies. I will still be writing the occasional blog post but they will be “thought pieces” instead of coding pieces.
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First ITT – Next Devry?
Yesterday ITT Technical Institute announced the closing of all its “schools.” This type of crackdown has been a looooong time coming. While I personally know nothing about ITT, I did make the mistake of attending Devry during my yoot. I first went to a local Junior College to obtain my Associates degree so I had a good school to compare Devry too, but, once you are enrolled you are mostly screwed if you took out … First ITT – Next Devry?Read more