urpmi tips

some useful urpmi searching tips from the mandriva cooker mailing list:

urpmf is your friend,
it is far more powerful than rpmdrake
ie:
i think there was a wonderful package to fight spam, but i cannot remember what it was called

urpmf --name spam (list all package that have the word spam in their name)
urpmf --summary spam (list all package that have the word spam in the summary)
urpmf --description spam (list all package that have the word spam in the long description)
urpmf --file spam  (list all package that have the word spam in one of their files)

Aerial Photography Considered Harmful

Amazing

Whatever next! That post includes a great comment from "George":

the key word is "Security."

Once that word is uttered, you have an obligation to immediately cease any questioning or speculation as to the reason for it. It may make no sense to you, but it should be sufficient to have faith that Someone In Authority has made that decision, possibly based on information that must necessarily remain confidential, for a good reason that must necessarily remain secret.

So when anyone with an official uniform or badge utters the word "Security," our duty is to immediately shut the window shade, put the camera away, and say "Thank you for keeping us safe." We will never have Victory in this terrible War without putting complete, unquestioning faith and trust in Authorities who are doing everything they can to protect us.

Asking questions or publicly speculating on the rationale for what the Authorities ask of us always aids the enemy. Unquestioning obedience helps the Authorities defeat the enemy. That is the reality in the Global War on Terrorism.

With the faith, trust, and unquestioning obedience of all citizens we will win this War. And once Victory is ours, the Authorities will gradually restore selected rights and liberties as they deem appropriate.

goggles!

cool google maps hack with flash: goggles beta

Into the 10th dimension

Never did any string theory back when I was dabbling in theoretical physics at uni, so I've never really understood what it was. What better way to find out than with a cool little flash animation!

via collision detection

Update: A comment on another blog linking this says it is all incorrect based on current string theory! Shame!

Look closer...

At first it looks like some kind of art project...



...until you look closer...



from here, via jwz