The Altruist
The Altruist’s position presents him with opportunities not normally present. He shares the benefits, so that the lives of those whom he protects will be enriched.
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SNMP is a powerful utility for monitoring devices. If you have Dell servers and want to know the status of the RAID arrays, this is a utility which will report the Naigos SNMP check command that you can use to monitor the disks.
Do you think disasters are limited to fire and theft? How about when a crazy, drunk employee shoots the server? A business in Utah is dealling with that today, after one of their system administrators got drunk and shot the server with a .45 caliber handgun. It reinforces the point that a disaster is just that - a disaster. You never expect it and can only hope to be prepared when it happens.
In some situations when using ActiveRecord, you might encounter an error like the following:
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:443:in `load_missing_constant': uninitialized constant FileUtils (NameError) from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:80:in `const_missing' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:92:in `const_missing' from /root/bin/aws_postgres_s3_utility.rb:47:in `archive_file' from /root/bin/aws_postgres_s3_utility.rb:76
The problem is caused by the BufferedLogger not requiring 'fileutils' before calling a method within the FileUtils module. While the fix for this should be within active_support, you can solve it by requiring the library within your own script:
require 'fileutils'
This will load the FileUtils module, so that when active_support calls it, it will exist.
Researchers at the University of Michigan have devised a clever way to crack secure RSA public key encryption used in SSL and other security media. The implications are staggering.
From November 4 through November 10, Sesame Workshop is featured as the target of the Google Doodle in over 40 countries. Visitors to google.com will see images that rotate daily, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Sesame Workshop and its television shows, including Sesame Street, The Electric Company, and others.