Author Archives: Gary Chambers

Git Error: fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Gary Chambers

I recently migrated my Git server and repositories from a business class, physical hardware network to a Linode virtual private server (VPS) and continually received the following error message when attempting to do anything with one of my repositories: fatal: … Continue reading →

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Springtime

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Gary Chambers

Oaks in springtime blossom free Hydrangeas bloom a scent divine Winter’s leaving for a moment’s time Life begins anew

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The Enemy is the Media

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Gary Chambers

With few exceptions, the so-called mainstream American media is so corrupt, so villainous that it defies description.  The constitutional protections afforded those in the press corps were placed there by the founding fathers to ensure that the people remained informed … Continue reading →

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GDB Tutorial

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Gary Chambers

I needed to debug a C program over the weekend that was beyond the scope of printf.  So, obviously, I went directly to Peter Jay Salzman’s superlative GDB tutorial.  In my opinion, this is, hands-down, the best GDB tutorial available. … Continue reading →

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How Long Will a Bigserial Sequence Last?

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Gary Chambers

I was curious about how long I could use a bigserial sequence before having it rollover, so I decided to investigate it. As a reminder, the range of the bigserial datatype is 1 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 (that’s nine quintillion two hundred … Continue reading →

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PostgreSQL C Function Interface to GNU pwgen

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Gary Chambers

I’ve written a PostgreSQL C set-returning function (SRF) to generate passwords using the GNU pwgen utility.  It’s a simple example of incorporating an external library (pwgen 2.06 in this case) that, to me, isn’t worth the effort of writing in … Continue reading →

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“The Donald” For President — Or Not!

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Gary Chambers

One of the few things worse than John McCain as Republican presidential candidate in 2008 would be Donald Trump as the Republican presidential candidate in 2012.  Let’s hope that “The Donald’s” presidential aspirations are short-lived because it would all but … Continue reading →

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Glory Satellite Fails To Reach Orbit

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Gary Chambers

What a fitting end to a colossal waste of time, money, and human resources.  The launch of the satellite dubbed Glory, a project described by NASA to “understand the Earth’s energy balance and the effect on climate [by] measuring black … Continue reading →

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Worst. President. Ever.

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Gary Chambers

I was saying this back in 2009, I’ve said it every day since then, and I’m saying it (again) today. Barack Hussein Obama is not only weak and petulant, he is grotesquely unqualified to hold the office of the most … Continue reading →

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Union Bile Runneth Over

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Gary Chambers

Michael Goodwin of the New York Post accurately, eloquently, and articulately (much more so than I could ever dream of doing) describes the behavior of the unions and their democrat toadies. Published February 27, 2011 | New York Post The … Continue reading →

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