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MarcParadise | 12 years ago | on: Set up an email server in two hours

Conversely - if significant numbers of people DID leave hosted services for this kind of solution, wouldn't that prompt the big providers (with deeper pockets and far more lobbying capability) to push back in order ensure their business is not negatively affected?

MarcParadise | 12 years ago | on: ADHD Drugs Don't Boost Kids' Grades, Studies Find

Start with a neurologist, and not a psychiatrist.

While a psychiatrist can make the diagnosis, IME they're more likely to go after the secondary long-term effects as described above.

MarcParadise | 12 years ago | on: Hey programmers, we need to talk

Too many people mistake one-liners for wisdom and/or wit.

... see what I did there?

MarcParadise | 12 years ago | on: BlackBerry gives Indian spooks BBM and BIS access

Much was made of this when it was first announced a few months ago, but in reality it just puts India on par with most other major governments. When proper procedure is followed, BIS communication records can be obtained - in the same way a carrier hands over records in the US when a warrant is served. (Or without a warrant, as the case may be...)

BlackBerry still can't provide access to BES communication -- and this what India was actually pushing hard for.

MarcParadise | 12 years ago | on: First-ever human head transplant is now possible, says neuroscientist

That depends. If you're grafting Frank's head onto Mr Stein's body, you get...

Well. Moving right along.

MarcParadise | 12 years ago | on: Salt: Like Puppet, Except It Doesn’t Suck

Your actual objective seems to be: 1. The current version of MyApplication must be deployed and running.

If you're interested in trying out Chef - which seems like a good fit from your comment - read on.

For tomcat you could take a look at this community-provided cookbook, which contains resources that make it simple:

https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/application_java

If you explicitly need to stop/start tomcat beforehand (I believe this resource does a restart after deploying your app) you can do that with the "service" resource built into Chef - though doing so may mean that you're restarting every time you converge the node, which is probably not what you're looking for.

MarcParadise | 12 years ago | on: Stop Watching Us Gathers Over 100,000 signatures to fight NSA surveillance

I have. I got a form letter in response.

There's some irony there.

MarcParadise | 12 years ago | on: Your iPhone and iPad Are Limited. T-Mobile is the Exception

It's adequate in their mapped service coverage areas - but if you go into any kind of sizable building, expect reception to go way down.

There are plenty of businesses nearby where I'll have a full signal outside, but once I'm indoors it drops off to Edge network.

There are also blank spots of little to no data coverage that have no reasonable explanation.

That said, I'm aware of this and think it's worth the trade-off. I'm not going to another network anytime soon.