running off the deepend

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Well, finished one portion of my docs (Grrr… wasting time in #kde-chat and #vim lol); even got one of the manual pages written out.

Ya know, with the mdoc.samples(7) and mdoc(7) manual pages + a few simple manual pages for reference (head, cat, pkg_add) the process of writing a manual page is actually much less painful then I remember it being. I’ve only got one small problem so far, thin I’ll post on daemonforums later and see if anyone has an idea; if not I’ll probably have to adjust the man pages wording a lit’ bit.

nroff/troff is also strangely addicting once you start playing with macro packages…

It’s been a very tiring week…

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It’s been a very tiring week…

Decided to install F.E.A.R. and have some R&R. It’s not particularly my kind of game, but he AI used by the opposing forces is awesome. Heck, ambushed a few replica soldiers, moved my way through the area along the flank – only to be ambushed from behind, by one that hid and waited for an oppotunity. Of course, a quick drop to slow-mo, a 180′ and leaping into the air for pair of double taps from my dual .40cal pistols, and finishing it with a pistol’whip put the thread down quickly. FEAR is about the only game I’ve played when one has a chance to do both CQC and handle multiple-shooters the right way, b/c there are usually several coming out of the word works lol. Was trying to flank and ambush a squad and got detected, I pushed on – impact grenade to mash their right, fell back on the centre and bounced between the flanks to keep them busy.

The last replica solider climbed through a gap in my cover for a little face to face, so I kicked the putz back through it 😉

About all that is missing is access to a knife in the meelee action, like a yung Big Boss once said – sometimes in a fight, a knifes more useful then a gun. Ahh, anyay good for stress relief. Now it’s time to get my docs & notes prepped for an up comming project meeting. If I’m _really lucky_ I might even have some test code ready op, but with my family… *sigh*

Which reminds me, my brothers do over tomorrow to waste my time, lol

Hmm, it’s times like these that I really wish I had picked up more troff.. but LaTeX does the job well enough for what I need. With luck, by meeting day I’ll have all my files done, and my laptop updated & ready to rock’it as well.

The problem with typing to quickly

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Check if the program ‘named’ is running and listening. I don’t know off the top of my head if /etc/rc.d/named supports the status command or not (rc), but finding out if it is running the hardway is still easy.

I’m not familiar with any of the dns/ apps in ports, so I can’t say what name they would run under; but I’m sure someone here would point it out.

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$ ps xa | grep named
   ... is named running?
$ cat /var/run/named/pid
   ... does the pid file exist?
$ netstat -n -p tcp | grep 53   -- s/tcp/udp/
   ... is anything listening on the usual port?

-> Assuming that the standard issue name server was used, you may want to check named.conf first, in case the settings were changed. On FreeBSD I believe this is etc/namedb/named.conf.

I really should check my posts for typo’s more completely, before I make an ass of myself so easily…. at least J65nko spotted it. Most times I try and check what I write, but after work, it’s not exactly a high priority – compared with finishing the sentence before I get AFK’d for the umpteenth time lol.

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Well, I’ve generally set a course… In the short term, I have a few goals of immediate concern:

  1. Get my school work done (how boring…)
  2. Improve my understanding of (useful) mathematics
  3. balance getting work done

I need to begin making more progress with my schooling, what I’ve got on the plate right now is in no way challenging… beyond time constraints; every moment spent on homework is less on every other pile of shit in my todo-box. I also want to try and teach myself more about mathematics, both to prepare for harder stuff, and because I’m generally interested. Although, I think writing a device driver would be easier then reading some of the notation without something like this.

One thing I do bloody well know, I’m using bc(1) for the leg work. Although I never used a calculator in doing homework before, I also ain’t used a pencil to solve a math problem in ages when walking around ^_^. I type with 10 fingers both out of need and love for efficiency; time is precious!

For getting stuff done, that’s generally the one thing that does hit my schedule. That’s one of the reasons my homework always piles up… I figure though, if I can properly split my time, and not have to compromise the other parts.. I might actually get something done eventually!

Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I assure you that mine are
greater.

— Albert Einstein

Now that quote really makes me feel better…. lol.

Writer’s Block: A Conspiracy of Beards

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November is National Beard Month. Muttonchops, Van Dyke, goatee, soul patch, ZZ Top–style—tell us about your own wild and woolly facial fuzz. Even better, post a picture.

Submitted By cwcsonichu

Live Journals Writer’s Block

From 5 o clock shadow to looking like Chewbacca the wookie…. I think I probably shave like every 3 to 5 months or something lol.

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I have no idea if I’m working tomorrow or not, but I hop I’ll get the day off… The weekends been more or les a total ash out. If I’m working though, it’ll be a full day. I come from a family, where we go to work unless your head is practically falling off lol.

Hehe, that reminds me… Some funny news, my brothers supposed to be getting a physical this week. Oh man, this is going to be funny, I hope he doesn’t faint! his is a guy, who chose to who made us all go out of state for his wedding – just to avoid a blood test!

I have more that I want to write, but to little energy and not enough time. If it really is 0800Z and I /am/ working tomorrow… I best get some shuteye, it’s a hell of a day.

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Crud…

Crept into the kitchen, got a glass, knocked over the cap to a travel mug, and made it to the fridge for some OJ. Like, can I make any more freaking noise!? At this time of night, the sound of a plastic cap falling ~a metre to the ground is loud enough to give away ones position (to my ears anyway) from half the building away…

Stealth is my specialty, I’m generally good at being unobserved and when desired, and I can be very silent in my movements – when I know the environment well, even more so. But every now and then, I just fsck up :

*sigh* all I need is to end up in round 1,000,346,412,782,965,000 of annoyance !!!