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404s from 2 cent-ip, mailbag, etc (issue 178)

Thomas Adam [thomas at xteddy.org]


Wed, 1 Sep 2010 23:38:39 +0100

Hello,

A bunch of the "Thread continues ..." links aren't working in issue #178.

Examples:

http://linuxgazette.net/178/misc/lg/load_average_vs_cpus.html http://linuxgazette.net/178/misc/lg/2_cent_tip___counting_your_mail.html

etc.

Also, it seems my name no longer appears in the list of mailbag contributors, and hasn't done for a while now. Not for many issues. I don't -think- I've changed my name, although at the weekends... :)

-- Thomas Adam

"Deep in my heart I wish I was wrong. But deep in my heart I know I am not." -- Morrissey ("Girl Least Likely To" -- off of Viva Hate.)


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Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]


Wed, 1 Sep 2010 20:23:24 -0400

On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 11:38:39PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> A bunch of the "Thread continues ..." links aren't working in issue #178.
> 
> Examples:
> 
> http://linuxgazette.net/178/misc/lg/load_average_vs_cpus.html
> http://linuxgazette.net/178/misc/lg/2_cent_tip___counting_your_mail.html
> 
> etc.

That's why you shouldn't be looking at the new issue until the "Issue XXX is out!" notification email has been sent. :) Are you signed up for 'lg-announce' at lists.linuxgazette.net?

I've been struggling against a horribly frustrating lack of connectivity today; for some reason, all the open local WiFi APs disappeared today - and my Verizon broadband connection, which has been fast enough for me to watch videos during the entire past week, went catatonic: no connection 90% of the time, and extremely slow (like, 1kB/S or less, I kid you not) the rest of the time - with frequent hangups. If it wasn't for rsync, LG wouldn't have been published today at all. As it was, it took me the last 2 hours (!) to upload it.

What you saw was me being part-way through the upload.

At this point, I appear to have marginally-better connectivity via Verizon, but not enough to really check out the just-pubbed issue. Would you folks please check it over for missing images, bad links, mis-formatting, etc.? I'd really appreciate it.

> Also, it seems my name no longer appears in the list of mailbag
> contributors, and hasn't done for a while now.  Not for many issues.  I
> don't -think- I've changed my name, although at the weekends... :)

The list of contributors is generated by the mailbag script which keys off the email address of the participants. Your bio has you as 'thomas.adam22 at gmail.com'; please let me know if you want that updated to something else.

-- 
* Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *


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Thomas Adam [thomas at xteddy.org]


Thu, 2 Sep 2010 07:30:58 +0100

On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 08:23:24PM -0400, Ben Okopnik wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 11:38:39PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > A bunch of the "Thread continues ..." links aren't working in issue #178.
> > 
> > Examples:
> > 
> > http://linuxgazette.net/178/misc/lg/load_average_vs_cpus.html
> > http://linuxgazette.net/178/misc/lg/2_cent_tip___counting_your_mail.html
> > 
> > etc.
> 
> That's why you shouldn't be looking at the new issue until the "Issue
> XXX is out!" notification email has been sent. :) Are you signed up for
> 'lg-announce' at lists.linuxgazette.net?

No.

> I've been struggling against a horribly frustrating lack of connectivity
> today; for some reason, all the open local WiFi APs disappeared today
> - and my Verizon broadband connection, which has been fast enough for
> me to watch videos during the entire past week, went catatonic: no
> connection 90% of the time, and extremely slow (like, 1kB/S or less, I
> kid you not) the rest of the time - with frequent hangups. If it wasn't
> for rsync, LG wouldn't have been published today at all. As it was, it
> took me the last 2 hours (!) to upload it.
> 
> What you saw was me being part-way through the upload.

See -- you need to upload the files depth-first; in reverse order, that way by the time the index page is uploaded, all the links will work without anyone realising you're still uploadling it. ;P

> The list of contributors is generated by the mailbag script which keys
> off the email address of the participants. Your bio has you as
> 'thomas.adam22 at gmail.com'; please let me know if you want that updated
> to something else.

Ah -- then it won't understand "thomas at xteddy.org" which is an address I also use.

-- Thomas Adam

-- 
"Deep in my heart I wish I was wrong.  But deep in my heart I know I am
not." -- Morrissey ("Girl Least Likely To" -- off of Viva Hate.)


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Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]


Thu, 2 Sep 2010 08:47:22 -0400

On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 07:30:58AM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 08:23:24PM -0400, Ben Okopnik wrote:
> > 
> > That's why you shouldn't be looking at the new issue until the "Issue
> > XXX is out!" notification email has been sent. :) Are you signed up for
> > 'lg-announce' at lists.linuxgazette.net?
> 
> No.

Doing so might lead to less confusion for you in the future, then.

> > What you saw was me being part-way through the upload.
> 
> See -- you need to upload the files depth-first; in reverse order, that way
> by the time the index page is uploaded, all the links will work without
> anyone realising you're still uploadling it.  ;P

[laugh] Thomas, I'm glad that you put that smiley in; if I didn't know you were being silly, I'd have had to read you the Riot Act. What would solve the problem is a solid connection to the net, period - like what I had the day before yesterday, and like what I have today. Yesterday was a real oddity.

> The list of contributors is generated by the mailbag script which keys
> off the email address of the participants. Your bio has you as
> 'thomas.adam22 at gmail.com'; please let me know if you want that updated
> to something else.
> Ah -- then it won't understand "thomas at xteddy.org" which is an address I
> also use.
echo "send-hook ~Ctag 'my_hdr From: \"Thomas Adam\" <thomas.adam22 at gmail.com>'" >> ~/.muttrc

:)

I'd imagine other mail clients have various equivalents to this...

-- 
* Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *


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