Help!!! git on cygwin not working

Is there anyone out there that has instructions on how to get git working under cygwin?

I’ve downloaded cygwin and followed the instructions for installing git from the official page.

Everything looks great, but when I try to execute any git commands… nothing happens!?! Even a simple “git –version” returns nothing. I’m at a lost on what could possibly be wrong.

I’ve even tried uninstalling and reinstalling and even installed on a different machine and still the same thing. Is there something special I should be doing after the cygwin install?

Rebulding MSDB in SQL Server 2005

Again I spent a gorgeous day in front of the computer trying to solve a major problem.

Seems that because of some diskspace issures we had in April, my MSSQL configure got hosed and the server hasn’t been able to perform any backups nor has the sql server agent been running. This was due to the fact that the MSDB database has been corrupted.

The following are the steps that I took to get everything back up and running. I will warn you that by doing these steps, you will lose all you Maintenance Plans that you had and you will have to recreate them. Figure that this is a small price to pay because let’s face it, you got to have backups.

I would strongly suggest that you don’t be an idiot like me and make sure that you backup your msdb database. However if you are like me and didn’t do this, these steps should get everything back on track.

1. Put MSSQL into single user mode
   1. Click -> START -> Microsoft SQL Server 2005 -> Configuration Tools - > SQL Server Configuration Manager
      
   2. Right click on SQL Server and choose Properties
   3. Click on the Advanced tab. Under Startup Parameters you will be adding the following parameters to the beginning of the string: -m;-c;-T3608
2. Restart SQL Server
3. Connect to SQL server through the Management Console. From this point on we will be using TSQL to issue the commands so click the New Query button on the top left. At this point you should be in the master database inside the query window.
4. Detach the MSDB database using the following commands:
   use master
   go
   sp_detach_db ‘msdb’
   go

   and click Execute

5. We need to move (or rename, I prefer moving them) the existing MDF and LDF files for the MSDB database so that we can recreate it.
   1. Usually these files are located in the following directory:
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data
      Your’s might differ.
   2. Move (or rename) the MSDBDATA.mdf and MSDBLOG.ldf files.
6. Back to the Management Studio. Open up the instmsdb.sql file in a new query window. This file is usually located in the following directory:
   C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Install
7. Execute the file. If you see any errors about xp_cmdshell, just ignore them. They are common and the script will take care of it.
8. At this point you should have your MSDB database restored. The only thing left is cleanup.
9. Execute the following command to make sure that xp_cmdshell is once again set to disable for security reasons:
   EXEC sp_configure ’show advanced options’, 1
   GO
   RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE
   GO
   EXEC sp_configure ‘xp_cmdshell’, 0
   GO
   RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE
   GO
10. Shutdown SQL Server
11. Go back into your Startup Paremeters for your server in the SQL Server Configuration Manager and removed the -c;-m;-T3608 parameters we added earlier.
12. Restart SQL Server

Everything should be cool at this point and you’ll be able to recreate any Maintenance Plans and Jobs.

Let me know if you have a better way or a way to restore the configuration information from the old msdb database.

CF8 Error: Cron service not available error

This morning all of our sites were throwing this cryptic ColdFusion error, even after a reboot the error was still there. I did a search on Google and came across this post that describes the fix.

1. open your {cf_root}\lib directory
2. rename neo-cron.xml to neo-cron.xxx
3. if you have a neo-cron.bak, trying renaming it to neo-cron.xml. If you don’t you can download an empty neo-cron.xml from my box.net widget.
4. restart ColdFusion.

Ironman Movie Secrets (No Spoilers)

For those of you who didn’t get the see the advanced screening of Ironman last night at your local Muvico, I thought I should inform you about two things…

1) Get there early…The new trailer for The Dark Knight will be played. Yes, it kicks ass and will make you wish July was hear already. It is re-confirmed that Heath kicks Jack’s ass as the best Joker. I don’t want to tell you too much, so get there.

2) Stay late…like til after the last credit roles. I feel sorry for the people who left right after the movie, because they missed the biggest surprise of all. Don’t leave til the very, very, very end of the movie. You won’t be disappointed.

As for the movie itself, Robert Downey Jr. did a great job. The movie was funny, cool, action-packed and just kicked loads of ass. 2 hours seems to just pass by because we were having so much fun. You are going to love this movie and wish it wouldn’t end. Oh, the graphics kicked ass and the Ironman suit looks as real as real can get.

WARNING: There will be a bunch of kids at this movie, so I would go to a later showing if possible unless you want to be sitting with a bunch of little kids. There were kids as young as 4 in the movie with us.

Oh, don’t forget to visit my brother’s blog today for some laughs. Here is the link:

http://myjunkmail.blogspot.com

Ron Paul takes 16% in PA primary

Media is reporting how Ron Paul took a staggering 16% of the votes in the PA primary on Tuesday. I say staggering because Ron Paul doesn’t get any media coverage what so ever and supposedly McSane is the repulican nominee so it should have been a slam dunk. Even Huckabee took around 11% of the vote and he conceded!

I’m looking at this outcome as a smack in the face to McCain. This should tell the republican party once and for all that they need to rethink the man they want to represent us. I wouldn’t be saying that if Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee were actively participating in debates and receiving the amount of media coverage as McCain, but just the plain fact that he should have this thing in the bag and receiving numbers like this tells us something.

What’s going to happen come November? Are the people who are voting for Paul and Huck willing to support McCain or will they switch sides and vote for the Democratic party?

As for blogger, I can tell you that I will write in Ron Paul as my first choice and if I can’t so that then I’m voting Democratic. I refuse to support McCain or my registered party. If me man Paul is the nominee then I’m not going to roll over like I did in 2004 and give my vote to candidate that I only half supported. I’m sure there are millions out there that are thinking about doing the same thing.

Just be prepared come November when the Democrats take over the whitehouse because the Republicans felt they owed something to McCain. We’re going to be in for a rough and long 4 years.

Ron Paul steals 107 delegates from McCain

Despite the siren call of the warm spring weather last Saturday, a record number of hopeful Republicans turned out for the 4/12/08 Spokane County Republican Convention held at Lewis & Clark High School. Though disappointed that I was unable to participate as a delegate due to a prolonged, out-of-state work commitment during our February Caucus, I knew it would be instructive to see first-hand how the process worked and so I volunteered at the Ron Paul information booth. I figured that even if I couldn’t sling a ballot, at least I could show up to discuss the issues with the curious and uninformed - and maybe even help sway a vote or two.

With people arriving at 7:30am and some staying past 9pm to finish counting the ballots and conclude the work, few could have predicted that this event would turn into the marathon that it did. Approximately 540 delegates showed up to vote for 111 delegates and a platform to take to the upcoming WA State convention. There were many young people in attendance and amazingly, over half of the delegates were first time participants which is a promising sign of renewed participation in our political process. It is a common story that many new people decided to get involved after years of apathetic inaction. They cite an escalating sense of alarm and frustration over the Iraqi War debacle, unprecedented deficit spending, porous borders and a general sense that we have lost control over our party and our country.

Listening to the morning speeches from WA State gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi and others was both informative and reassuring that we’ve got some talented people running for various offices. One of the highlights of the morning was a rousing speech by Rob Chase that echoed the themes of Ron Paul’s candidacy. Yet as the day wore on and the platform was debated and voting ensued, it became increasingly apparent that what I was witnessing was something far more significant than what I expected. This was no ordinary, pre-ordained, rubber-stamp-the-party-line-and-get-out-before-lunch kind of an affair. What was unfolding through the arduous and combative convention process was nothing less than a stunning GRASSROOTS REVOLT!

It was obvious from the beginning that the McCain campaign came prepared to win by trying to dominate the event. In the basketball stadium where we met, one certainly couldn’t miss their HUGE 40′x10′ McCain For President sign that took up half of a wall and dwarfed all other signage from other campaigns (I wonder how much that must have cost?). Even though they brought in professional hired guns in the form of well-paid staff (that nobody seemed to recognize as being from our community), the day was carried by the passionate, well-organized and extremely dedicated Ron Paul campaign.

In the 6th District meeting that represented the largest delegate total, it was decided that each delegate publicly declare their preference for a Presidential candidate before the voting could actually began (not sure which camp asked for that). Throughout the day we witnessed the McCain team doing everything within their power to try to dominate the agenda and sway the voting (as expected). Their tactics were both subtle and overt as they tried to confuse the newbie Ron Paul conventioneers by quoting obscure rules and procedures. At other times, they used heavy-handed, authoritative sounding directives and gamesmanship in attempts to promote their chosen delegates and derail the Ron Paul delegates and positions. At one point, Yoko managed to prevent one of them from trying to steal an unattended Ron Paul delegate list.

Also notable in the 6th District meeting, the McCain people employed a multi-media projector that prominently displayed on the front wall exactly which (McCain) delegates they expected everyone to vote for. After another round of protests and debate, their projector was eventually turned off (almost by force) and their subsequent attempts to dominate the process were systematically beaten back as we fought steadily throughout a very long and exhausting day of arguing, motioning and voting. This meeting eventually concluded well into the evening after three time consuming rounds of voting and hand counting.

In the 3rd District meeting, a female delegate became disruptive which temporarily brought activities to a halt while a search ensued for the Sergeant-at-Arms to bring the meeting back to order.

In several of the instances mentioned above, the only thing that saved the day were some alert Ron Paul people who were willing to display some intestinal fortitude by literally standing up and questioning authority and/or challenging the status quo. Courage is what it takes to be successful in a political process where the war of ideas can inflame emotions and sometimes manifests as a verbal boxing match. Convention politics is a forum where big egos try to dominate the discussion and silence dissent. Small, organized groups promote their agendas and sway the votes through a Byzantine set of rules that few people know and understand. Those in powerful positions don’t hesitate to use those rules to their advantage, even squelching debate at times.

So the fact that the upstart Ron Paul camp was able to pull it all together in a relatively short period of time to upset the status quo and soundly defeat the McCain contingent was an astonishing achievement. We should all be extremely proud of this recent success, as it is the latest and most tangible example to date of how far we have come in taking back our party.

Still, we would do well to remember that much of the drama was primarily an expression of multiple passionate viewpoints. This cathartic process strengthens our local Republican Party and proves to the skeptics that we have a vibrant and evolving, non-monolithic group of thoughtful people that is capable of self-reflection and change.

Here are some of the most important accomplishments that came out of this Convention:

1) 107 out of 111 delegates were elected who favor Ron Paul and his positions. Only 4 delegates were elected who favor McCain. This was a HUGE and unexpected upset that surpassed the wildest expectations of everyone in our group.

2) Perhaps the most far-reaching and controversial platform position originated from the grass roots organization. It was a statement under the National Sovereignty And Defense heading, “Limiting the executive privilege of committing troops to police actions to a duration of 180 days, without a Congressional Declaration of War” (as the Constitution mandates). The McCain people fought this plank VERY hard and tried to add an amendment gutting the intent of this position by changing the language to a simple statement to “support our troops”. After approx. 30 minutes of back and forth arguments, motions and multiple votes, the McCain amendment was soundly defeated 280 to 170. As stated in the Spokane Spokesman Review, “The platform statement on the use of troops didn’t specifically name Iraq, but County Chairman Curt Fackler and representatives of the McCain campaign agreed it was essentially a repudiation of the current war policy and the course that McCain has said he would take if elected”.

3) The overwhelming nature of our victory suggests the strong possibility for future changes in our local area. Indeed the groundwork has been laid to influence future leadership and platform direction as we have successfully outmaneuvered and overturned the status quo in our County and helped shape the debate moving forward.

We have proven once again that a small group of dedicated, organized and tenacious people can make a huge difference, the end result of which was a dramatic tipping point that happened right here in our own backyard. If similar stories can successfully play out in other parts of America, it would mark the beginning of the end of the Neo-Con grip on the Republican Party and a chance to return to the traditional core values and principles that made our country great.

Reprinted from the DailyPaul.com

Since Tony is taking a break…

Hey all. Charles here (Tony’s evil twin brother…and yes I am a real person). Since Tony is taking a break from posting to his blog, I thought you all would like to be entertained by visiting my blog. Basically, all the junk emails I get I post them. Some are funny as hell, other stuff is cool and then there is some gross stuff as well.

Anyway, check it out for a good laugh or to look up that junk email you received a while ago that you would like to view again. Here is the link:

http://myjunkmail.blogspot.com

Oh, don’t forget to send your junk mail to myjunkmailblog@gmail.com.

Charles out.

I’m taking break….

I’m under too much stress in both my personal and professional life right now. I’ve been getting quickly agitated lately and jumping the gun a lot. Now this is starting to spew over into my posting and comments on not only my blog, but other places on the net as well and I don’t want or need that.

Granted most of the time I’m very out spoken, but I’m not nasty, just direct. With the way I conducted myself yesterday with my answer to Peter, that really bothered me. So much so that I was up last night just thinking… “Why the fuck did I do that?”.

So rather then continuing to make a complete asshole out of myself, I just need to sign off for a while.

Friday!!!!!!

This weeks comedic conversations come from a different source then bash. Can’t tell you the name of the site because it’s very racy and isn’t SFW. However if you’ve been around the net, you probably know the site. Just to let you know, I didn’t participate in any of these conversations. It’s just fun to see these people at work.

Mr. T brought boy out of coma

First thing is you have to read the story to get the full effect: Mr. T brought boy out of coma

Demonic_Chronic: On a side note this is only the second best thing Mr. T has done. The first? While being interviewed on the street by a Canadian comedy show, he was being annoyed by a bee. As the interview continued he bit the fucking bee out of the air, chomped a few times and spat it to the ground yelling “T one, Bee zero!!”

Madprofessor13: No fucking way… I want to see that.

Why Baseball IS Fun to Watch

me: AH! This happened to me when I was 11! Except in this video the ball didn’t get to accelerate to its top speed… in my case, I was waiting at 2nd base and the ball hit my young beautiful face (that day, it was parents vs kids… one of the fat parents pretty much owned that ball) no stitches, but do have a smaller nostril. Wish parents would’ve filmed it for me to win money at America’s Funniest Home Videos… or win bride on Blogwars…

ScreamAtAMonkey: the ball stops accelerating when it leaves the bat

cybernigel:

Astigos: Well said. PICK UP A FUCKIN PHYSICS BOOK ‘ME’.

getdafuckout: it actually keeps accelerating vertically down

me: Ummm… I would understand that the ball would decelerate if it hit the bat itself, or the wall… but since the batter is giving extra energy, wouldn’t the ball accelerate until it reaches terminal speed, and then decelerate? How can tennis players play if the ball keeps on decelerating?

CSS3: css variables are a bad idea. Just allow us to call other selectors.

Everytime I hear about CSS3 allowing the use of variables, I cringe. I can tell right off the bat that this is an extremely bad idea and will be abused beyond belief.

One of the ways I propose replacing this up and coming feature is by just allowing us to call other selectors within a selector. I’ll demonstrate:

<style type=”text/css”>
.bold {font-weight:bold;}
.blue {color:blue;}
.testingagain {selectors:.bold, .blue;}
</style>
<p class=”testingagain”>testing this out</p>

In the above code block the testingagain class would inherit the properties of both the bold and the blue selectors. Further more you could overwrite them, just as you do now.

<style type=”text/css”>
.bold {font-weight:bold;}
.blue {color:blue;}
.testingagain
{
selectors:.bold, .blue;
font-weight:normal;
}
</style>
<p class=”testingagain”>testing this out</p>

Hell, let’s get jiggy with it:

<style type=”text/css”>
.cool {font-weight:bold;color:blue;}
.shout{background-color:red;text-align:center;text-decoration:underline;}
.testingagain
{
selectors:.cool, .shout;
font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;
background-color:yellow;
}
</style>
<p class=”testingagain”>testing this out</p>

Why I like this method

Because you can already do it now! You have to do it in the HTML like so

<style type=”text/css”>
.bold {font-weight:bold;}
.blue {color:blue;}
</style>
<p class=”bold blue”>testing this out</p>

With my proposed method it moves this into the css file for easier maintenance and readbility.

So what do you think?