Looks like somebody tripped and fell over a cable in semi-slumber, the datacenter monkey at acpi.info broke something, or whatever. The site ‘acpi.info’ that contains all the ACPI specification documents and misc. information isn’t resolving
I’ve uploaded the mess that is the ACPI Specification to my website for the moment. Spending half an hour trying to get the darned PDF out of their slow servers (which isn’t really their fault; probably just temporary load or something) isn’t particularly fun, I can assure you.
Anyway, here’s the 624 page monster: http://mediati.org/temp/ACPIspec30a.pdf
Feel free to link to it while the official site is dead. Seriously though, who ever wrote this thing should be shot. It reads like an adult version of Pirates of the Carribean.
Speaking of datacenter monkeys, I’m finally changing everything over to the other machine, so, blog will be down but everything should remain up (except maybe if I fsck the DNS entries, again).
Was this really worth blogging, you might be asking, dear reader? Probably not.
I just noticed that the song Do It 2 Nite’s chorus is a sample from SOS Band’s Take Your Time (Do It Right).
However, there’s literally no attempt to make the sample any different from the other. All they did was speed it up a bit, increase the bass and add a highhat, and add some effects. Lame!
The fact that they got the credit for coming with a bouncy house track is even worse - the sample is basically the entire chorus. Appalling.
Almost like Daft Punk’s Digital Love, though, I’d have to admit, at least they only used a few seconds of audio, rather than the whole damn chorus. Their Harder Better Faster Stronger use of Coca Cola Baby was pretty darn hard to beat, though; I think they’ve redeemed themselves.
Sorry, none for you, Rockefeller.
Dear Sydney Buses,
You suck.
- Having about four buses come all at the same time is not cool. Also, at least have the buses spread the load of passengers, instead of having everyone hopping onto the first bus, with the remaining three completely empty.
- Drivers who don’t know where the bus stops are isn’t cool either, especially if they’re the second-most used on that route.
- Is it hard to provide more buses to services which are obviously overcrowded? Closing an eye to the situation isn’t going to help.
- Can’t you fucking respond to ‘good morning’? If I can be bothered to say it when I’m half-awake, you better be able to at least say something. This doesn’t apply to all bus drivers - there are some real champs out there - but most of them are just plain dickheads. In addition to being rude, some can’t even drive (including instances where drivers will drive into trees and smash the side mirror off, requiring passengers to get off the bus - it’s illegal to drive without a side-view mirror).
Also, to those who think that travel passes permit ‘free’ travel, it’s not free. It’s subsidised travel. Not free.
I honestly believe CityRail is doing a better job with their trains. I mean, morning peak hour is absolutely ridiculous, more so than buses, but the rest of the time they’re generally equal or better. At least you can get a damn seat and they come on time. Though, I do live pretty close to the city, so I’m not sure if it’d be the same if I were travelling from Hornsby or Granville.
State-government-provided transport in Sydney is an utter disgrace. Especially you, Sydney Buses. Actually, to be honest, infrastructure in Sydney is generally poor(er) of that of other states/cities. I refrains from inserting political views about the current (Mr. Iemma’s) state government.
Kind regards,
Alex Hixon