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Nagios service_dependency only works with active checks

If you found this article finding out why your nagios service_dependency isn't working, it's probably a passive check (sent from a machien *to* the nagios server). service_dependencies only work as active checks.

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Even Firefox knows that Java sucks!

While recently upgrading the java firefox plugin I got this error dialog:

javasucks 

“Firefox has determined that the following add-ons are known to cause stability or security problems:  Java Deployment TOolkit 6.0.180.7 – Blocked.

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Want to see some really web 1.0 web pages?

Want to see some really web 1.0 web pages? Just google for "GPS recording software". You'll see a whole range of web 1.0 web pages with flashing graphics, no javascript, static pages, and applications written by people who write programs and web pages without any style or sense of artwork. :) Lots of links to the here: http://www.maps-gps-info.com/fgpfw.html

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Why the carrot-and-stick methodology of employee motivation doesn't work

TED talk about why the carrot-and-stick methodology of employee motivation doesn't work:

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As soon as they port VNC to the iPad, now, we're talking

So, when they port VNC to the iPad, then, I'll be interested! I would love to remote into my machines from anywhere in the world via cellular and get a decent display. Now, we're talking! :)

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JavaFX might be dead before it gets out the door

Infoworld ran an article http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/it-too-late-javafx-succeed-582 saying that JavaFX (which nobody that I know has even heard of) might be DOA due to the Oracle takeover. From the article:
    Nearly three years after its introduction, the JavaFX multimedia application development platform that Oracle inherited from Sun Microsystems remains just another entrant in a crowded field, with questions looming about how much momentum the platform can gather. Unveiled at the JavaOne conference in May 2007, JavaFX is intended to provide a Java-based entrant into the growing market for development of multimedia whiz-bang applications for desktops and mobile devices. JavaFX 1.0 was released in December 2008, and as of June 2009, there had been more than 400,000 downloads of the JavaFX tools and SDK, according to the official JavaFX Web page. JavaFX is available on more than 250 million desktops, the page says. The platform features the JavaFX Script scripting language, a rich client platform and tools, and integration with the Java runtime.
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20GB in 1980 versus 32GB in 2010

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