Terry Poulin

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Manged to get some good CT in today. Pretty big batch for most of it.

I got Yuke and Duke working as EL’s and trying to cordinate missions. And I got them a simple mission paremter or two per mission.

Hey, I’ve playe denough games… The old go in, shoot every thing tha tmoves, and get out bit is old. So I try to give them some thing refreshing when I do training. But I try to do it in a way that it allows one to work on some thing.

I didn’t really restrict the time they had to work on things but they seemed to do it pretty fast. For the mos tpart I liekd what I saw – theres room for improvement. But its pretty good for a pair of Recruits and non SAS.

That One player, Joska. Deffo inviting him to training if he’s ever in game before hand hehehe. Sadly I wante dot try and get REM2000 in on it too but he had to go. I try to look foreward 😉

Got good serious training work in, to be fair I’m going to try and do one for RvS next week. Got to have a nice chat with Duke between ops and some good games too.

Hmm, supper time 🙂

I guess blog & work can wait.

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Been toying qith QTRuby and Korundum (QT3/KDE3 bindings for Ruby).

So far I think I rather like it hehe.

Got QTRuby installed fine, Korundums being a bit picky by libtool way. Hope to have a PBI with both in it by next week.

Some likes I need to bookmark in my master-bookmarks-file and want to post on PC-BSD forums.

Terry@Dixie$ rf ~/tmp/notes 5:20
–with-qt-dir=DIR where the root of Qt is installed
–with-qt-includes=DIR where the Qt includes are.
–with-qt-libraries=DIR where the Qt library is installed.
–with-smoke[=qt|kde] Smoke: build Smoke for qt+kde or qt only [default:qt]
–without-gl disable 3D GL modes

configured as:
./configure –prefix=/Programs/QT-KDE-Ruby-Runtime1.0 –with-qt-dir=/usr/X11R6/include –with-qt-includes=/usr/X11R6/include –with-qt-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib/

http://developer.kde.org/language-bindings/ruby/tutorial/tutorial.html

http://developer.kde.org/language-bindings/ruby/tutorial2/tutorial2.html

http://www.arachnoid.com/ruby/RubyGUIProject/index.html

http://developer.kde.org/language-bindings/ruby/kde3tutorial/index.html

arning: you chose to install this package in /Programs/QT-KDE-Ruby-Runtime1.0,
but KDE was found in /usr/local.
For this to work, you will need to tell KDE about the new prefix, by ensuring
that KDEDIRS contains it, e.g. export KDEDIRS=/Programs/QT-KDE-Ruby-Runtime1.0:/usr/local
Then restart KDE.

http://doc.trolltech.com/3.3/how-to-learn-qt.html

Terry@Dixie$ 5:20

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Alas, there goes my beard.

We have an interview tomorrow after work for another pet sitting job.. So can’t keep it.

If I didn’t think I looked like an utter jackass I’d leave the mustache part.. Although it would be more trouble to trim.

Oh well, back to picking apart AT&T UNIX Version 6.

Job seeker

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Well, so far in search of a junior admin job…

The only one I think I could get, is one I saw listed in NYC. Basically the only one with a ‘Green horns need not apply’ strapped on for all intents and purposes.

Tried putting in an application at IBM, doubt it went well. Was in to much hurry to get it done before heading to work to do it *well* structure wise.

Hit Google Jobs… dang I think I’d love to work there. I really prefer BSD but hey, Linux is cool with me!

Think I might also see if Bellsouth has a way to put in an application online.

Its probably hopeless but at least I can try. Heck if I could sort transportation and make the Months bills. I’d practically sleep in the server room lol. Personally I doubt any of them would hire me for more then pushing a broom around. I wish I could afford to get certification on Linux, maybe take a nice course on Perl. Then maybe I could get my foot in the door, without loosing the leg too.

I think with some time to brush up on the Linux specifics I could probably handle LPIC1 with a little study. I’m basically a BSD man. And what I don’t know off the top of the head about the system, is in the systems manual. One thing I love about *BSD, good manuals hehe.

No clue what I could do for transportation yet. Ma hates driving 10mi’ish for one of our jobs. Let along 30-50Mi to Atlanta. Suppose I sorta screwed my self by not driving people crazy trying to get a License when I turned of age… The fact that the car has no A/C is besides the point… Probably would have to do the same thing Mr Wayne does to get to work.

One thing that sucks, nothing really involving computers is any where near me. Every things basically in Atlanta or around it. Work also looks easier to find out towards California or Texas.

*sigh*, I’m probably going to end up bagging groceries at Krogers. Then I’ll have my Brother/Sister (more so brother I bet) bugging me that its Krogers and not Publix (where they work). Any one with a back and an arm that bends could do that. Theres nothing to learn… And I know damn well that it’d become life.

If I end up working there, even if any decent computer job comes up. I’ll have to deal with ‘Can I make as much as I am now’, ‘Will it cost me more to switch then stay’, If I did get to leave for a computer job. And it was a pay cut, I’d never live it down. Any money I make would be going for the bills. So saving for certification would be out of the Q. I’d have less time to learn, so my studies in Programming, Computer Science, and Administration would suffer even more then current business demands.

I don’t want to be working at the grocery store 40 years later, even if I made store manager at the bloody thing !

Some how I think the [SAS] was both a blessing and a curse. I love what I learned and passing on what I learned to new members but. Like with my Computer studies. I’ve educated my self – because no one is gonna fscking teach me. And I sure as heck can’t pay some one to do it lol. I guess that’s just life.

*sigh*, if I was smart… I’d probably grab a physics book and go back to manual labor…. Leaning about High Energy Physics would probably beat some of the crap HS calls home work.

To do list for the week:

Back up the server
Finish admin menu for Recruit Checklist module, upload for test site.
Swap over currently updated module to Main Site after final tests.
Tinker with my programming tasks.

Oh yeah, need to look at a PDP-11 Emulator and find some way of doing it… I’d like to get Unix Version 6 running in it. So I can screw around with the code. What good is source code and documentation. If you don’t get to play 😉

I figure, probably won’t be good at it but its a good way to learn more about OS Design. And without breaking any of _my_ systems. Stuff like Kernels and Device drivers have always interested me. And the good part, doc’s on how the frig a PDP-11 works is a lot easier to come buy then finding technical info on all the related parts in my Desktop lol.

am I to young ?

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When I first read this, I figured a call to panic() would likely bring down the system or set it in motion to abort before the frag explodes . Maaaybe I’ve just lived in a world where the Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD, a Microsoft copyright) is prevelent a little to long. The idea that it calls update(“which I have yet to disect”), prints an error message and calls the kernels idle() loop times infinty is neat. Rather then bringing the system to a screeching halt right then and there. At first glance I would’ve expected it to take down the system right bam’n’slam now.

/*
 * Panic is called on unresolvable
 * fatal errors.
 * It syncs, prints "panic: mesg" and
 * then loops.
 */
panic(s)
char *s;
{
        panicstr = s;
        update();
        printf("panic: %sn", s);
        for(;;)
                idle();
}

Of course from the fine book for study. It seems the only way out of a panic() attack is a restart any way, but its not an instant ‘crash, have a nice foo&ing day, rebooting now sucker’ kind of thing. Which interestingly a lot of times my Windows machines have gone down, *cough*. Its kind of been to the BSOD what the expression ‘Do not pass go, do not collect $200’ is to monopoly. It dies, you get an error, but it kills itself before you get to read it. Then tells you it was *probably* a driver issue lol.

Note that the above code snippet is probably under the this license.

It is from UNIX Version 6 as viewed from here. File is /usr/src/sys/kern/prf.c

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Sheesh, I should learn to just roll over and die instead of stand up for my self some times.

Ma caught me doing some research on programming jobs. Now shes pushing, just what I need another pain in my ass. Programming is not like changing a frigging light bulb, Ok?

For petes sake its the kind of stuff a stack full of bachleors degrees would be competitive’ish for a start. Heck if I had ‘practical’ expirence that added up to my work history as a Scheiße Schaufel ‘er. I might actually stand a good chance. She doesn’t know a thing about programming. *huff* to her the FreeBSD and Linux Kernels are pieces of !@#$, to me they are works of art.

sigh… why can’t people ever leave me alone.. especially those that don’t understand (and usually in her case.. wont or can’t. (imho)). I need a ficken vacation.

I’m so tired of this place……

Of Code and Programs

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Hmm, do I regret never having formal education in programming ? Not really no. Although I think it would’ve been cool to of had a teacher.

When it comes to languages and what not, every thing I know I’ve basically learned on my own. With the assistance of the fine World Wide Web of course. For what ever reason, don’t know any more lmao. I started learning C++ one day. Said what the heck, installed an IDE and hit the web.

That was maybe 1.5-2.5 years ago I think..

One thing I do think I’ve missed out on. Is being educated on the things that transcend the languages. For example.. implementing a bubble sort in language foo should be easy enough ! But on the other hand. I’d much rather have a strong understanding of sorting algorithms and how to work out such problems my self. Then be able to implement the same solutions in many tongues. Although there’s arguably no optimal algorithm that can solve any problem hehehe.

I find my self most often thinking in C or Pseudo English when trying to express my thoughts about computer code. I know about linked lists and such. But implementation wise I tend to visualize that sorta stuff in C =/.

I don’t know why but Unix, C, and Vi feel just right. Like an extension of my hands. Now, I’m no solid programmer that’s for sure. But for all of my personal study C is my strongest language. I’m not sure which I’m better at expressing my self in. English or C, its like a First and Second language kinda thing =/.

I don’t really think I’m cut out for systems work but I often think about it. Stuff like implementing languages, compilers, drivers e.t.c. all interest me. Hell I’d write my own device drivers if I knew what the heck I was doing. Only thing is I don’t :@

For me the language is a way of expressing a problem, an idea, or maybe even a solution. Although I reckon its meant to be easier for the computer to understand then humans lol. When reading programs I find the hardest things not figuring out what the code does. But how it interacts with the things around it.

Like, the initiation code in the FreeBSD kernel. The codes right there, plain enough as the nose in front of my face. But its hard to understand it. Because I know jack about it. The intimate relationship between the hardware… hard to grasp that fine. Yet its some thing that interests me so.

alas, tis late and I have a feeling to be close to some code. But I have no problem to solve. Well other then a little idea for the Rct Checklist hehe. I know near diddly squat about PHP and MySQL. But its fun and the syntax is close enough to C/C++/Java/Perl that I can figure it out, looking up a few odds and ends to be sure. As I go along with it. Like functions scope.

I do rather like C in that regard, I feel how it handles scope and linkage to be rather logical. Yet in a simple manor for most of it.

Is t his abuse?

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I hit http://www.vim.org/ to look for some script and stopped by their tips section. Since I didn’t have any thing else, well I started reading in the tips section. I know its a nice spot to find un-common keybinds and some nice macros and functions.

Is this abuse of the ‘tabbed browsing’ features ???

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Hehehehe I think so!!