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FreeBSD Does [Not] Hate You |
From the Tech Trix dept:
OK, I spent the better part of a week beating my head against the wall. I have been
trying to figure out why sendmail on my FreeBSD box suddenly decided to give me the
most un-helpful error messages that I've ever seen, and then was unable to start.
This post is dedicated to the people out there hunting for this problem, Cheers:
If you see the errors:
<date> <machine> sm-mta[396]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): opendaemonsocket: daemon Daemon0: cannot bind: Can't assign requested address
<date> <machine> sm-mta[396]: daemon Daemon0: problem creating SMTP socket
<date> <machine> sm-mta[396]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): opendaemonsocket: daemon Daemon0: cannot bind: Can't assign requested address
<date> <machine> sm-mta[396]: daemon Daemon0: problem creating SMTP socket
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<date> <machine> sm-mta[396]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): opendaemonsocket: daemon Daemon0: server SMTP socket wedged: exiting
Check your hostname in /etc/rc.conf. If this looks right (as was the case with me), make sure
that your loopback is up. What? Why wouldn't your loopback be up? Oh, I don't know, maybe if you
were trying to be a good boy/girl and put in network_interfaces and forgot to add
the loopback: i.e. this is bad:
network_interfaces="xl0"
You need:
network_interfaces="lo0 xl0"
I may be the only idiot out there that did this (as indicated by the lack
of discussion about this solution ANYWHERE on the Web), but if you're in this loser boat with
me... Welcome...
Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:38:03 PDT
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Change is Inevitable... :( |
My poor poor blog has been very quiet for a long time now... Sorry about that.
I've been tied up by the man and I've had to sell my soul to get away.
Anyway, the blog is going to change gears, jump tracks, jump the shark (hope not)
a little bit. I'm going to start adding in (but hopefully not switching entirely to)
technical this 'n that kinds of entries. I fully plan to continue to voice my
outrage at things like Aeon Sux, and cheer on my man Chuck Norris, but my
next couple of entries may not make you laugh. :-/
Hey, at least Blahdot is back, and that makes me happy! :)
Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:17:12 PDT
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24 Infested by Weasels |
This week our hero, Jack Bauer, was AGAIN subverted by a CTU weasel!
This time it was a DHS stand-in because the Sentox killed all of the regular
backstabbers at CTU. This little twerp has been well-groomed to betray our
man Jack. He's already sniveled and complained and managed to gank (that's a technical
term) Cloe into a holding cell, and oust that Buchanan dude.
I'd rate this week's episode at about a 7. Jack didn't get to cap anyone, and
he didn't even get to beat anyone. However, the 7 comes from the fact that
the retarded Nixon-look-alike president (Logan) almost capped himself!
I think I would have been ecstatic if he actually had, but almost is good enough.
I can't wait until Jack finds out that the little DHS weasel needs a beating... :-D
Wed, 10 May 2006 16:49:18 PDT
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Fat Mouse for President! |
FatMouse! He has an army,
he's taken prisoners... and eaten them... "
He's a killing machine, and he absolutely will not stop... ever, until [we] are dead!"
This page rox: "FATMOUSE TAKES UMBRAGE AT THE SIGHT OF YOUR SMALL
TORSO AND WEAK FLACCID LIMBS.". It seems like (from some of the dates on the page
broken links) this is an ooooooold page, but this fat little rodent is
timeless. lol He takes umbrage at me... I think we all have a little fatmouse
in us... "Got a little [FATMOUSE] in ya?"
Wed, 10 May 2006 12:06:53 PDT
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Wait, Are You Kidding Me?!?!? |
"I'm tired of these snakes..." OK, WTF? Samuel L. Jackson is getting ready to hit a new
low... I mean, come on! From Pulp Fiction to Snakes
on a Plane This is absolutely the most retarded premise for a movie that I can remember since...
Well, maybe it was as recently as, Star Wars... (Hate mail will be accepted at the usual address).
How can you make a horror movie about snakes on a friggin' plane?!?
It's funny that the movie studio doesn't seem inclined to release much
information about this. Maybe they already know it's going to bomb? Well, I
sure do. Is this what you've come to Samuel... I'm ashamed of you!
Tue, 02 May 2006 12:06:50 PDT
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Ultimate Showdown - Ultimately Hilarious! |
Oh SNAP! I've never been quite as blown away by a flash page as I was by
this one!
The Ultimate Showdown had me in stitches all friggin' weekend! I must have
watched it at least twice every day since Saturday! How long has this beauty
been out there on the Web?
Lemme break it down for ya': this little jammy has Godzilla throwin' down with
Batman, Abe Lincoln gettin' turfed by Indiana Jones, Samuel L. Jackson gettin'
jumped by snakes [on a plane] (yeah, the absolutely retarded movie
that sounds like a joke), Dragon Ball Z's Goku, Lo-friggin'-Pan from
Big Trouble in Little China,
of course there's a huge amount of homage paid to my man Chuck Norris,
and much much more... Oh, and the best damn
song
since... Well, maybe since Shaft!
In short; you must all go see this! It is a work of friggin' art!
Mon, 01 May 2006 13:10:44 PDT
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Wherefore Art Thou Funny GEICO Ads? |
For a long time, GEICO held a very special place in my heart... Well, their advertising company did.
It was amazing how many tremendous commercial campaigns they were coming out with in such short order:
- The gecko was so so.
- The FIRST set of caveman skits were amazing.
- Tiny house kicked so much butt that I can't find the words.
- The speed racer toon was gut busting (at least, it should be to anyone who went to college in the 90's).
- Hell, even the bear-eats-salmon one was pretty good.
I was laughing to the point of tears almost every month for a while!
But, have we reached the end of GEICO's ad-dominance? Have they've completely stagnated? Their latest attempt
to keep things "fresh" is recasting the seriously unfunny GEICO gecko! He used to have a British accent, but
now he has a cockney accent? WTF?!? This is insulting. It's almost as bad as when Bewitched tried to switch Daren from Dick York
to Dick Sergeant (like no one would notice)... OK, I never really watched Bewitched, but everyone knows about that carp.
GEICO, shape up! In the words of your own caveman, "Not cool!" Your new lizard campaign blows,
and you've totally lost your way. Get back on the ass-kickin'
wagon, and make me bust a gut, or Imma have to switch to All-State. At least they have president Palmer (from 24)
in THEIR ads!
Sat, 15 Apr 2006 12:10:01 PDT
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Burn Me Once, Shame on You... |
Jack Jack Jack... What is going on man?!? This week on 24, Jack found out that
he's been shanked in the back by his main squeeze... AGAIN! Damn Jack, you
really know how to pick 'em! For those that may not have wasted a whole 24 hours on
previous 24 marathons, here's the background: Season 1: Jack's wife gets killed by
Jack's lover (who turns out to be an evil terrorist). Season 2, ex-lover comes back
into the picture and messes shit up. Season 3, ex-lover comes back again, and I stop
watching. Now, it looks like Jack's NEW main squeeze (that we met last season)
might be passing info to terroists... *sigh*
We'll see where this is going but I reckon one of 2 things is likely to happen:
1 - Miss know it all is really innocent, and this is 24's latest lame cliffhanger.
2 - Jack is sensationally bad at choosing women, but the writers need to stop punishing the audience
with this carp.
Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:43:02 PST
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Brokeback Bunnies |
I never did see Brokeback Mountain... And FSM willing, I never will, but I
hate the thought of missing out on some real pop-culture. So, I asked myself
WWFSMD? I pondered this for an eternity (or maybe 2 minutes) before I got an email that
unlocked this mystery! The site 30-Second Bunnies Theatre Library
(previously mentioned here) has cranked out another gem!
Now I know how this story goes (not like I particularly care), but I also got
to laugh my ass off too... Here is, Brokeback Mountain
acted by bunnies! Clearly, this is how it was always meant to be viewed. ;)
Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:31:00 PST
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Happy Birthday Al! |
Today is my man Einstein's birthday. Everyone, regardless of your walk in life, knows
who this dude was. Many people think of him when someone says the word "genius," most
people think of the word "genius," when the hear his name, but it takes a very special
person to think of the word, "creepy," when his name is uttered...
My office-mate (whose initials are YW) told me that herr professor
is "creepy." I can't help but laugh... You know, this isn't as funny when I type it out...
F*** that, happy birthday Albert, say hi to Chris Penn when you see him. ;)
Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:54:57 PST
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Nerd Love Dies, and... |
As one of our starcrossed nerd lovers (Edger) breathes his last breaths of Sentox nerve
gas, his dear nerd lover (Chloe) could only look on with a look of... What the hell
was that look anyway? Socially awkward, confusion? Maybe what they say is true, "every
time a nerd chokes to death on nerve gas, a deadbeat actor gets another shot at glory?"
No, I'm not talking about that washed up hobbit, Sam. He's dead now. I mean... C. Thomas Howell!
You know, that dopey kid from the Outsiders, the reluctant yuppie from Side Out, the crazy dude from Red Dawn:
Colonel Has been: "All that hate's gunna burn you up, kid."
Crazy Wolverine (aka C. Thomas Howell): "Keeps me warm"
lol... Never change C. Well, he's finally found his way back into our homes. Now he's an
over the hill clinical psychologist. *sigh*
Oh yeah, but Jack didn't kick any ass this week. I guess he had to take a week off, since last
week he capped some house wife because her hubby was holding out on Jack... NO! I'm totally not
kidding. Jack is one steely mutha...
Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:54:36 PST
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Will the Real Aeon Flux Please Stand Up... Please Stand Up! |
Ladies and gentlemen, there is cause for rejoicing! When I first heard that Paramount
was making a movie about Aeon Flux, I almost pitched a fit. Aeon Flux was such an awesome/weird/incomprehensible
set of shorts that you just had to love it. I used to love watching it on MTV's Liquid Television. Of course
as soon as I heard about the movie I immediately assumed they had cast the only hottie
that could carry the part. I am, naturally, referring to Milla "Multipass" Jovovich. Needless to
say I was totally pissed off when they cast Charlize "Nasty Skank from Monster" Theron. What the
hell were those idiots thinking?!?!? Well, I'm glad the movie blew. I didn't want to see it
without the REAL Aeon! I psychically called for a national boycott, and I can tell you all heard
me and agreed... Thank you!
Well, now, we have it. Sony has brought balance back to the force! Milla is staring in
AeonViolet (or something),
but it's clear that this is the real Aeon Flux! What the hell
were those retards at Paramount thinking... Charlize?!?!? Puuuuuuleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaassseeeee!
I salute you Aeon, kick ass and do it in the smoking hot way only you can. Eat that Charlie's Errand!
PS - Milla... Call me...
Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:52:18 PST
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Who Has Time for the Classics? |
Look, we're all busy and making time for important things gets tougher and tougher
the cooler you get. Keeping up with pop-culture (like Underworld) isn't always
easy. So, how the hell are we supposed to get around to watching the classics,
or even remember them? I'm talking about movies like Star Wars (of course that's
on the top of the list, I'm a CS grad student), Pulp Fiction, A Christmas Story,
etc.
Well, now there's an incredibly easy, and totally friggin hilarious, way to keep
the classics fresh in our minds... I'm talking about
The 30-Second Bunnies Theatre Library. This amazing site uses flash-animated
bunnies to tell the stories of some of our greatest movie classics, and it does
it just 30 seconds!
This is a must see!
Sat, 25 Feb 2006 22:28:19 PST
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Don't Go Gentle into the Ass Kickin' Night |
Sad news today. Chris Penn, who played Travis Brickley in the Best of the Best series, and some other roles in "lesser movies,"
passed away. He wasn't the most physically inspiring actor, nor the most convincing when it came to his infrequent romantic scenes,
but he did do his fair share of ass-kickin'.
Those of you who can admit (as I do) that you loved the first 2 (but hated all of the other) Best of the Best movies will surely
recall how Travis didn't take no shit from no one... He was a smart-ass tough-guy who even took a swing at Tommy (the protagonist)
at one point... Sounds like someone else I know. ;) Good on ya Chris. Of course, Brakus pretty much owned him in the first few minutes
of the second movie... *shrug* You can't win 'em all.
He was pretty diesel in later movies like Rush Hour, Reservoir Dogs, etc. This was nice
because he had a pretty slow start in 80's movies like Footloose (at least he was playing a tough guy in that pantie-waste movie).
Keep kickin' ass and eatin' well wherever you are Chris, peace...
Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:22:39 PST
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Surface Jumps the Shark |
Holy crap... I don't know if anyone else out there was watching this NBC show
Surface, but tonight it
jumped the shark, and it jumped it good.
I've been kind of on the fence about this one for a while,
but TiVo has kept me honest, and I've doggedly tuned in almost every
week. Well, I think that may be done now. Let me just bring everyone up
to speed (in case you managed to miss this gem before now).
- Hot woman scientist sees sea monster, stupid reject from pluming school (insurance douche) sees brother get eaten by monster,
Massively ugly little kid gets pet baby monster.
Note: up to this point the series seemed kind of good...
- Scientist and douche team up, government wants to "silence" them.
- Kid continues to get increasingly annoying, baby monster eats poodle (actually that was pretty kewl), and kid remains ugly as sin.
- Hottie scientist goes to the bottom of the ocean with super douche and they watch sea monsters-gone-wild.
- Kid gets jumped by pet monster's "friends" from the wrong side of the tracks, almost dies, pet monster licks kid, kid gets better
(but is still an ugly little turd).
- Smokin' hot science lady goes on TV, gets discredited by Ben Stein's evil twin, government tries to kill her and her retarded companion.
And now, the moment of truth... The jumping of the shark...
- It turns out, the brutally ugly kid (who got cured by his pet's licks)
has... TURNED INTO A SEA MONSTER! He leads all of the little sea
monsters back into the ocean! LOL, and the series isn't done yet either!
Sigh... What has TV come to? I left out some of the details from this 13 week odyssey of wasted Monday nights, but
I think you get the idea. What can you expect? At least the chick is hot. ;)
Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:57:25 PST
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