When doing diagnostics with network devices and their interfaces, it is helpful to have forward and reverse lookups on a number of ip addresses. These lookups can be implemented within Active Directory or under a separate DNS server. Use the following instructions if you wish to use a separate dns server, based upon Bind. You'll need to choose a different domain or a delegated domain than what is used in Active Directory or your other primary DNS server.
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Monitoring Server: DNS with BIND
Aptitude vs apt-get vs dselect
I have tried to use dselect on occasion. I thought it was just me who couldn't figure out how to deal with it. I guess that is a common ailment around users. I see now on an old debian-users mail list, dselect is really not recommended for much of anything. Continue reading "Aptitude vs apt-get vs dselect" »
Tag Line, by Tom Robbins
Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef.
-- Tom Robbins
Hints for Debian apt-get and Expired Public Keys
When running 'apt-get update', I encountered time out issues and this error: Continue reading "Hints for Debian apt-get and Expired Public Keys" »
Trading Sites of the Day -- A ThreeSome: Alea, Interfluidity, Coding the Markets
Today I ended upon Coding The Markets because of the name. Perhaps this would be a kindred soul who would offerup all sorts of pearls of wisdom. Continue reading "Trading Sites of the Day -- A ThreeSome: Alea,..." »
Mit Press Journals: Evolutionary Computation
In my pursuit for recent relevant information regarding Genetic Programming, I see that MIT Press has a Journal called Evolutionary Computation. And contrary to many scientific publishers, the subscription cost is actually atainable: $61 for an electronic subscription to a quarterly journal. They do have the odd free article to download as a teaser. Continue reading "Mit Press Journals: Evolutionary Computation" »
Chris Donnan: Programming - Brooklyn Style
Ahh... finally, a programmer who writes about programming in the financial markets. They guy talks about data sources, optimizers, platforms, languages, networking, and a whole raft of other stuff. I've put him on my read-frequently list.
Books on Financial Time Series Analysis
There is a course being presented on Financial Time Series Analysis by J. Michael Steele. There is a reading list titled An Eclectic Selection of Books Pertaining to Financial Time Series. I reprint it here just in case it goes away: Continue reading "Books on Financial Time Series Analysis" »
Magazine: Automated Trader -- The Portal of Automated and Algorithmic Trading
Well one magazine called Automated Trader. I'll have to follow it to see what it has to offer.