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Dienstag, 8. November 2011

WTF of the Day - Bug report: "Simultaneous cat and external keyboard input causing kernel panic"


Auf lkml.org findet man eine Bug Report der einige Fragen aufwirft (Nach dem Break gibts noch ein paar Fotos von der "Testaufbau"):


Date
SubjectSimultaneous cat and external keyboard input causing kernel panic
From

Hi,

I encountered a kernel panic with the 3.1.0 kernel on a Dell Latitude
E6410 while inputting simultaneously from the integrated keyboard with
a cat and from the external keyboard myself. I was trying to type my
password with the external keyboard (pw dialog already visible), but I
noticed that the computer didn't seem responsive to my typing. Then
suddenly the cat shifted his position and there was a kernel panic
involving input handling. I'm now using i8042.nokbd kernel parameter
as a workaround, something I've found useful also earlier.

I wonder if anyone else is experiencing similar problems? This didn't
seem to happen with 3.0, which was the first kernel version I used on
this E6410. Although it has to be noted that the internal keyboard
input was not yet as heavy either at that time. Please test if you can
reproduce the problem.

Photos of the panic at http://people.debian.org/~timo/kernelpaniccat/.
The first one was taken about ten seconds after the panic and shows
the original cat positioning. The two other ones show alternative
possible positions together with more of the panic text. There is also
one photo showing the pre-crash setup, which I happened to take
without anticipating a panic. The similar but black input weight was
not in use.

The kernel was tainted because the Intel "mei" module from staging was
loaded. The kernel used was the final 3.1 from the ubuntu mainline ppa
archives for amd64.

Thank you,
Timo Jyrinki

Freitag, 4. November 2011

Postmodernism my ass (hair)

Behold, Jessica Wohl's "Hairy Staircase" installation: "2011. synthetic hair, fabric and steel installed in the abandoned Mountainaire Hotel, Hot Springs, Arkansas."
via Boing Boing

Twin River Police Associations strange Humor


Wenn das T-Shirt von einem Kindergarten oder einer Schule vertrieben worden wäre, würd ich das Ganze ja ziemlich witzig finden, aber wenn die Polizei solche Shirts verteilt, is es doch ein bissl creepy.

 via Boing Boing

Samstag, 29. Oktober 2011

Method of wrapping carrier pigeons for dropping from air-craft


“One of the more unusual (but still fascinating) exhibitions at Bletchley Park is all about the role pigeons have played in the First and Second World Wars. Aircrews used them as rudimentary black boxes, writing their coordinates on a message and releasing the pigeon if they had to ditch or crash land.
There was also a cull of birds-of-prey all along the south coast during World War Two to ensure the pigeons could get back safely.”
- Garrett Coakley
 via Retronaut

Dienstag, 25. Oktober 2011

Kristen Schaal is a Horse


And that's how a Bill becomes a Law!

Iran’s nuclear conference humor

Der Iran is immer für einen Lacher gut :)
Was man oben sieht, ist ein Laserpointer der aussieht wie eine Gaszentrifuge zur Uran-Anreicherung. Verteilt wurden die Teile von der iranischen Delegation @ IAEA Conference.

Top 10 Zombie Parasites

Auf TopTenz gibts eine spannende Top 10 zum Thema Zombie Parasiten.

Zwei Beispiele:

5.  Leucochloridium
Related to tapeworms, Leucochloridium inhabits the body of a snail but must complete its life cycle in the body of a songbird. Birds don’t find snails to be particularly appetizing and wouldn’t normally notice them lurking in the shadows, but the parasite is able to reverse the snail’s behavior so that it seeks the open sun, and more disturbingly, it warps the snail’s appearance to resemble something tastier. Leucochloridium’s colorful, pulsating “brood sacs” grow within the snail’s eyestalks, transforming them into what resemble fat, striped caterpillars or maggots. Birds spot the lure from the air, rip the snail’s face off, and end up spreading the parasites around in their droppings. The snail, meanwhile, will grow back its tentacles to repeat the grim process again and again.
2.  Pseudacteon
Though related to the harmless fruit flies breeding in the world’s neglected fruit bowls, Pseudacteon flies have a far more sinister appetite. The female lays her egg in the body of a living ant, and the tiny maggot will eventually move into the ant’s head to devour its brain. This won’t kill the victim, but will cause the ant’s (technically dead) body to wander aimlessly for days on end, until the ant’s head simply drops off from its body. The maggot will use the severed head as a pupation chamber, transforming into a new fly and finding itself a mate.

Scorpion Joint


via Nerdcore