Is there a difference between a Programmer and a Serial Killer? See if you can tell.

Was implementing an MQ cluster at work recently, and the question arose on setting up init scripts for MQ, specifically the listener, runmqlsr. I was advised that inetd is the usual method for setting up any MQ daemon. However, I read a blog post on A Hursley view on MQ blog, and it stated that launching the runmqlsr seperately, and not using inetd is the now preferred method of having your MQ daemon running.

If you want to install an MSI with no user intervention, and scripted, you can use msiexec. But what if you want to do a complete installation on the product, instead of a typical installation (which would be default)? Put this in your script: <br /> msiexec /i yourpackage.msi /passive ADDLOCAL=ALL ADDLOCAL=ALL is the key to a complete install. Enjoy your automated windows installation.

Of interest to most “Tech” people out there would be the chat between Steve Jobs (of Apple fame if you are from under a rock) and Bill Gates (of Microsoft fame if you are not in the know). This occurred at the All Things Digital conference, and is now available for your aural or visual pleasure on the iTunes Music Store in the form of an audio and video podcast.

I recently upgraded to a 22″ widescreen monitor. To drive this monitor in a Digital fashion, I jumped from a Geforce 3 series to a Geforce 7 Series with a Dual Link DVI connector. It turns out the monitor wasn’t dual link, but this review is on the card, not the monitor. The old 3D card was some major brand, I can’t remember which, and since I was upgrading an existing AGP card, I had to choose a replacement AGP card as well.

I recently starting using Clearcase for versioning, at work. I come from a CVS background, so initially found it to be cumbersome. For example, here is how i added a file to the repository: CVS method: <br /> <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23" class="tweet-hashtag">#</a> Change to your already checked out working folder<br /> cd /your/working/dir<br /> <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23" class="tweet-hashtag">#</a> list folder contents, will see checked out working files<br /> ls -l<br /> <a href="http://search.

I have finally purchased a new domain name, and here we are: <techdebug.com>. The old one still works, and will be setup to redirect to this one (its the same server, just a proper domain name). The reason for this move and name change? Some guy had bought up a bunch of domain names, and parked digitalrss.com. He was willing to sell it to me, asking $100USD plus fees, so a quick trip to <godaddy.

Today I was using the Windows Transfer Wizard to migrate someone’s old laptop data to their new laptop. This worked perfectly for me the week before on a different system, YET now I got the following error: “The location you specified does not contain stored information. Please enter a valid folder path into the edit box.”. The thing is, that I did enter a valid folder. After much looking (well 5 minutes on google) I found the answer at this site dealing with corrupt Files and Settings Transfer Wizard (F.

Now I thought this video was another typical funny take on Apple, and Steve Jobs in particular. However the social commentary embedded in this video makes it WORTH watching. A very funny ending to this video. Now if only Dubya would watch this one!

I’m finally in a job where I can get to use Solaris close to 100% of the time. Goodbye, Au Revoir, Arrivederci Windows 2003 Server. Hello, Bonjour, Ciao lovely UNIX!. Oh yeah so I started a new job with CGI today. Technical Architect. Very business sounding, but a good role!