update: 11/30/15 The EPA has responded to the lawsuit, asking the judge to refer the case for Alternative Dispute Resolution, rather than an extensive and costly litigation. As they note in the request: Johnson did dam the creek without permit There is no doubt this is in violation of CWA The reason for the permit […]
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Server is moved
Moving to a new VPN (Virtual Private Network) was as simple as signing up for a second Linode instance, and then building it to my specs. Eliminating half the cruft I had on my old system saved about 40GB of space. Now I have room for all new cruft. I decided to stay with Drupal […]
Second update House just can’t wait to pass this bill. It goes to the Floor on Thursday. Note: there is no comparable bill in the Senate. Update In the ultimate of ironies, the Senate passed an amendment to their appropriation bill, that would require genetically modified salmon be given a GMO label. How to explain the inconsistencies? […]
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Mind the scaffolding
I have attempted to upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04 from 12.04.5 three times, failing each time. The points of failure are complex and seemingly many. I can ignore the necessary upgrade until 12.04.5 hits end of life in 2017, but whatever cruft is preventing a clean upgrade may be allowing all sorts of bad things. I […]
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Facebook’s astonishing fail
update I did find a reference to this type of behavior…from 2010. What I suspect happened is some very old security code accidentally got compiled into the Facebook server app, in relation to the company’s new security feature, and I just happened along when it was exposed. Either that, or I stumbled into a time vortex. […]