Comments for The Mad Philosopher http://madphilosopher.ca Because being mad is all the rage. A personal weblog of Darren Paul Griffith. Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:44:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on ssh keep-alive tip by Alejandro Pisanty http://madphilosopher.ca/2005/07/an-ssh-keep-alive-tip/#comment-371205 Alejandro Pisanty Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:44:32 +0000 http://madphilosopher.ca/2005/07/a-ssh-keep-alive-tip/#comment-371205 Screen plus the clock device worked best for me. I can keep a perfectly decent interface (email) with but minor glitches. Use the -O option in screen - it will optimize the output for your type of terminal instead of forcing strict VTx. Also, you may need to resize the window to fully accomodate changes. Thanks to all contributors! One more note: I hadn't needed this until now; my ISP improved services seriously by introducing FTTH, but their core equipment is giving timeouts to either SSH or port 22 (we don't know which for sure yet) after painfully short inactivity times. I've seen this in a few other networks as well. Screen plus the clock device worked best for me. I can keep a perfectly decent interface (email) with but minor glitches. Use the -O option in screen – it will optimize the output for your type of terminal instead of forcing strict VTx. Also, you may need to resize the window to fully accomodate changes. Thanks to all contributors!

One more note: I hadn’t needed this until now; my ISP improved services seriously by introducing FTTH, but their core equipment is giving timeouts to either SSH or port 22 (we don’t know which for sure yet) after painfully short inactivity times. I’ve seen this in a few other networks as well.

]]> Comment on Just waiting to die by Matthew http://madphilosopher.ca/2004/04/just-waiting-to-die/#comment-370607 Matthew Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:52:00 +0000 http://madphilosopher.ca/archives/45#comment-370607 Just finished reading Jed McKenna. Thanks Just finished reading Jed McKenna. Thanks

]]> Comment on ssh keep-alive tip by AndresVia http://madphilosopher.ca/2005/07/an-ssh-keep-alive-tip/#comment-358566 AndresVia Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:26:44 +0000 http://madphilosopher.ca/2005/07/a-ssh-keep-alive-tip/#comment-358566 @Adam Reed would you please explain your piece of ksh code. @Adam Reed would you please explain your piece of ksh code.

]]> Comment on Just waiting to die by Pete http://madphilosopher.ca/2004/04/just-waiting-to-die/#comment-355778 Pete Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:02:54 +0000 http://madphilosopher.ca/archives/45#comment-355778 Felt the same way for a very long time. Some books change things though, and my state of mind that I thought was terrible, turned out to be a blessing. (Read Jed McKenna) Now the pressure is off, nothing matters but I am fine with that. All there is... Is right now. Hopes, dreams, and memories have lost their illusion of substance. Force yourself to go for a walk. Take a few deep breaths, and laugh at the absurdity of it all. Best wishes. Pete Felt the same way for a very long time. Some books change things though, and my state of mind that I thought was terrible, turned out to be a blessing. (Read Jed McKenna) Now the pressure is off, nothing matters but I am fine with that. All there is… Is right now. Hopes, dreams, and memories have lost their illusion of substance. Force yourself to go for a walk. Take a few deep breaths, and laugh at the absurdity of it all. Best wishes. Pete

]]> Comment on Northern Express Bus service in High Level by Mary Benwell http://madphilosopher.ca/2011/10/northern-express-bus-service-in-high-level/#comment-355469 Mary Benwell Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:38:06 +0000 http://madphilosopher.ca/?p=561#comment-355469 A few months ago I travelled from High Level to Edmonton and enjoyed the trip. I'm from Fort Smith Northwest Territories and hoping that in the near future we can have access to travel between Hay River, NT to High Level with Northern Express. As we like to go to E-town. Thank you and Have a nice day... etc. Could you please make some kind of effort to possible make our DREAM come TRUE... Keep On Smilin'... A few months ago I travelled from High Level to Edmonton and enjoyed the trip. I’m from Fort Smith Northwest Territories and hoping that in the near future we can have access to travel between Hay River, NT to High Level with Northern Express. As we like to go to E-town.

Thank you and Have a nice day… etc. Could you please make some kind of effort to possible make our DREAM come TRUE…

Keep On Smilin’…

]]> Comment on Just waiting to die by Matthew http://madphilosopher.ca/2004/04/just-waiting-to-die/#comment-355271 Matthew Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:45:12 +0000 http://madphilosopher.ca/archives/45#comment-355271 I haven't posted for over a year. Guess I'm not feeling so good. In bed all the time again. The neighbor's house burnt down and basically took ours with it, left just a shell. I was in bed watching Yentl at the time. Tapered off my meds after that and went jogging a lot and I seemed fine. Then we found a new place and the day after we signed the contract I realized we were between 2 phone transmitters, Ive suffered from chronic itching for a long time, lived under one before when they first came out. Did a water fast. Spent about 6 months out of the country and have come back to find the signal even stronger, my wife doesn't believe they cause any harm so now there is more tension than usual and itching! Went to Eckhart Tolle retreat. Still keep thinking about suicide between really good meditations. I'm really fighting myself. Really don't want to confront anything. Just found out yesterday an old friend committed suicide. Felt really useless. I haven’t posted for over a year. Guess I’m not feeling so good. In bed all the time again. The neighbor’s house burnt down and basically took ours with it, left just a shell. I was in bed watching Yentl at the time. Tapered off my meds after that and went jogging a lot and I seemed fine. Then we found a new place and the day after we signed the contract I realized we were between 2 phone transmitters, Ive suffered from chronic itching for a long time, lived under one before when they first came out. Did a water fast. Spent about 6 months out of the country and have come back to find the signal even stronger, my wife doesn’t believe they cause any harm so now there is more tension than usual and itching! Went to Eckhart Tolle retreat. Still keep thinking about suicide between really good meditations. I’m really fighting myself. Really don’t want to confront anything. Just found out yesterday an old friend committed suicide. Felt really useless.

]]> Comment on Just waiting to die by CC http://madphilosopher.ca/2004/04/just-waiting-to-die/#comment-346441 CC Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:37:21 +0000 http://madphilosopher.ca/archives/45#comment-346441 It seems the last my last comment was not posted. Again like everyone else I am waiting to die. Even if I wanted to accomplish something people will always find a way to thwart that process and progress. For someone like me it's wrong to have this much ambition for someone that is considered extremely useless in anyway possible. Giving up is must less stressful than trying and hitting many walls and barriers. It seems the last my last comment was not posted.

Again like everyone else I am waiting to die. Even if I wanted to accomplish something people will always find a way to thwart that process and progress. For someone like me it’s wrong to have this much ambition for someone that is considered extremely useless in anyway possible. Giving up is must less stressful than trying and hitting many walls and barriers.

]]> Comment on Just waiting to die by CC http://madphilosopher.ca/2004/04/just-waiting-to-die/#comment-346270 CC Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:16:25 +0000 http://madphilosopher.ca/archives/45#comment-346270 I'm just waiting to die too. Just tired of people treating me like crap, filling me with hope so they can put me down. I already feel like I have lived my life badly and there is absolutely nothing to look forward too. What's worse is that I am too full of emotion. I just how people are so intent to make you miserable because you are not on a higher plane or status like they are. Only being rich would make me happy but that would never happen. There are times that I like helping others and hope they are happy; but now I just want to be away because no one would appreciate my efforts anyway. I’m just waiting to die too. Just tired of people treating me like crap, filling me with hope so they can put me down. I already feel like I have lived my life badly and there is absolutely nothing to look forward too. What’s worse is that I am too full of emotion. I just how people are so intent to make you miserable because you are not on a higher plane or status like they are. Only being rich would make me happy but that would never happen. There are times that I like helping others and hope they are happy; but now I just want to be away because no one would appreciate my efforts anyway.

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