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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.

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    * 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...

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

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