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10 Interesting Links From October 4th

October 5th, 2009 Greg Smith 1 comment
  • Will California become America’s first failed state? | World news | The Observer – But the state that was once held up as the epitome of the boundless opportunities of America has collapsed. From its politics to its economy to its environment and way of life, California is like a patient on life support
  • New iWatch program hopes to collect tips on possible terrorist actions – The Denver Post – Los Angeles police Cmdr. Joan McNamara cited this summer's incident as police chiefs meeting in Denver adopted a model for a nationwide community watch program that teaches people what behavior is truly suspicious and encourages them to report it to police.
  • University of North Texas student senate says ‘no’ to same-sex couples on homecoming court | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News – The University of North Texas’ student governing body has voted down a proposal to allow same-sex couples to run for homecoming king and queen.
  • Martin’s Useless Products List | GreenBuildingAdvisor.com – Every day, marketers convince hundreds of people to spend money on useless “energy saving” gadgets. Since these marketers show no signs of going away, it’s time to highlight their products with a ten-worst list.
  • Scientists discover clues to what makes human muscle age | Science Blog – A study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, has identified critical biochemical pathways linked to the aging of human muscle. By manipulating these pathways, the researchers were able to turn back the clock on old human muscle, restoring its ability to repair and rebuild itself.
  • Pasadena police say woman fried, ate pet goldfish after fight with common-law husband | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News – PASADENA, Texas – A Houston-area woman apparently burned up at her former common-law husband fried their pet goldfish and ate some of them. Pasadena police say it's a civil matter and no charges will be filed. The seven goldfish were purchased together by the couple during happier times.
  • Washington Post: Net Neutrality Kills Puppies – Oh, did we forget to mention we own a cable company? – dslreports.com – By the way, it apparently slipped the Washington Post's mind to mention that they own a cable company by the name of Cable One, who probably doesn't want the FCC meddling with the cable carrier's right to impose incredibly low caps at certain hours of the day. We're sure that has nothing to do with why the Post is arguing against consumer best interests while regurgitating the industry's positions on network neutrality almost verbatim.
  • Lawyer says Oklahoma City bombing tapes edited | NewsOK.com – "Four cameras in four different locations going blank at basically the same time on the morning of April 19, 1995. There ain’t no such thing as a coincidence,” Jesse Trentadue told The Associated Press Sunday.
  • In Cheyenne, glass pile shows recycling challenges – The Denver Post – Glass also has piled up at the landfill serving Albuquerque, N.M., where officials this year announced that a manufacturer of water-absorbing horticultural stones would eventually use up their stockpiles. New York City gave up glass recycling from 2002 to 2004 because officials decided it was too costly.
  • 8-month-old found in filled tub not breathing – An 8-month-old baby boy was not breathing and lacked a pulse when he was pulled from a Phoenix bathtub filled with water, where the toddler was laid down for a nap during a house party.
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    (default pager): [KERNEL]: no space in available paging segments

    March 12th, 2006 Greg Smith Comments off

    I’ve been having some issues since installing 10.4. Specifically system wide lock ups, where every application including the finder and any menu bar items don’t respond and all I get is the spinning beach ball. But the cursor still moves even with a bluetooth mouse. Back in the OS9 days I could tell if the the system was locked up based on if the menu bar clock’s time separators would stop flashing. Prior to 10.4 this was never a sufficient indicator because the whole system never locked up. I’ve also had problems with my MacBook Pro going to sleep, or that it wouldn’t go to sleep (instead having a dark screen and having to force it to reboot).

    I’ve had this same weird behavior on my 1Ghz TiBook and I figured it was due to the fact that I was pushing the limits of my hard drive space. But I’m having the same symptoms on my fancy new MacBook Pro and I have plenty of hard drive space available. I started watching the system log via the Console and see these errors: (default pager): [KERNEL]: no space in available paging segments.

    So what’s going on here? Searching Google doesn’t reveal much, only that a few other people have had the same issue. One guy thinks his system was hacked, but I don’t believe this is the case for me. Another thinks a Windows Server bug, that one I could believe. I also considered that it could be related to a bad prefs file or something when I migrated all my settings from the G4. I re-installed, or should i say over-installed, the OS. This seemed help with the sleep problem and the over all stablity seems to have improved but the MacBook Pro will still totally lock up every now and then.

    I think there’s some fundamental problem with 10.4 that Apple has yet to fix related to paging. It could also be related to Safari since Safari is always open when I have this problem, of course that could be a coincidence since Safari is my most used application.

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