Archive for January, 2006
Abusers: get a life
So I glance over at the server monitor and notice that our secondary server’s load average is at 647.23.
“Oh Crap”
Expecting some kind of hardware failure, I log in to the box only to notice it’s the website’s search engine database that’s being pounded on. After finding and blocking the offending IP address in 1.3 second [...]
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How to get the Webmaster to do something
Technique developed by: Eclipse Committers.Works best with: cool stuffKeywords: Intimidation by numbers
Technique:1. Open a bug2. Wait patiently.3. If a month goes by without any action, talk to dozens of coworkers4. Get coworkers to add themselves as CC to the bug, but without adding comments. Webmaster gets a dozen e-mails and feels the tension as [...]
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New Face(s) on PlanetEclipse!
I just migrated planeteclipse.org to its new look, designed by Chris Aniszczyk. Besides the fresh new look (you folks pulling the RSS feeds are missing out!) Chris added cool faces. I’m not showing you my ugly mug, but if you want to send us your face, we’ll look into putting it up. [...]
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Giving a helping hand
If you think the Eclipse newsgroups are getting busier, you’re right. The Web Interface is password-free and our NNTP news server, often inaccessible from firewalled networks, is now accessible on the commonly open port 80.
To help limit the number of offtopic posts in topic-specific groups, we’re been promoting the eclipse.newcomers newsgroup more aggressively on our [...]
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What’s up with eclipse.org’s site ranks?
A few short months ago, I remember seeing eclipse.org ranked in the 12,000 range at Alexa. Right now we’re at 4,885. What a jump! I guesstimate that there are a few million sites tracked at Alexa.
Keep in mind that the Alexa toolbar, which I suspect is the tool that populates the data [...]
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Big Blue’s Ottawa bet
I found this in today’s Ottawa Citizen. Despite some inaccuracies, it’s an interesting read about IBM’s presence in Ottawa, Eclipse and other stuff.
“Mr. White said IBM has recognized nine Canadian software developers as distinguished engineers. Four are in Ottawa: Greg Adams, John Duimovich, Bran Selic and Dave Thomson.
A key project is the Eclipse open-source software, [...]
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