Month: July 2004

Opie/OpenEmbedded Goodness

So I have this cool toy, the Sharp Zaurus SL-5600, and so far I've been kind of disappointed with the various ROM images out there, and I've been wanting to build/compile the development OpenEmbedded/OpenZaurus image for my Z. Up until today, this has been an excercise in futility. But for joy! I am finally in progress of what appears to be a successful build!


Hopefully once I get it buillt, I can start hosting the images for other n00bs like me to download instead of dealing with the tedious build process.

Update: Oops. Sometimes it feels like things are never that easy...

NOTE: package openzaurus: build started
NOTE: package openzaurus-2.6.7-jl2-r0: task do_fetch started
NOTE: package openzaurus-2.6.7-jl2-r0: task do_fetch completed
NOTE: package openzaurus-2.6.7-jl2-r0: task do_patch started
DEBUG: patch-2.6.7-jl2 patch-2.6.7-jl2.diff
NOTE: import patch '/home/johnh/src/oe/packages/tmp/work/openzaurus-2.6.7-jl2-r0/patch-2.6.7-jl2.diff' as 'patch-2.6.7-jl2.diff'
NOTE: patch with name 'patch-2.6.7-jl2.diff' already applied
ERROR: patch did not apply, try again with force (-f -i ...)
NOTE: Task failed: 'patcher' execution failed
ERROR: package openzaurus-2.6.7-jl2-r0: task do_patch failed
ERROR: TaskFailed event exception, aborting
ERROR: package openzaurus: build failed
ERROR: Build of opie-image failed
[johnh@localhost packages]$

Update 7/27: Success!... kinda. I finally got the OZ devel stuff to build. I had to tell it to use the 2.4 kernel, and then tell it to ignore applying a patch that was already applied (apparently). It's very much buggy. I see I'm not the only one to notice this. In any case, feel free to download the images here. Good luck!

Cox and Forkum

Looking for a good source of Conservative political humor? Check out Cox and Forkum political editorial cartoons. Most of their stuff is pretty funny, and is usually accompanied by a short editorial about the cartoon's topic.

59 (and climbing) Deceits in Fahrenheit 9/11

Want to prepare your self for the deception in Michael Moore's latest propaganda film Fahrenheit 9/11? Try reading this: http://www.davekopel.com/Terror/Fiftysix-Deceits-in-Fahrenheit-911.htm. There are so many deceits in this film, I didn't have to time to read about them all in one sitting.

Print this out, read it, and use it as a viewing guide to the movie. Oh yeah, and be sure to grab it while you can. Apparently Moore doesn't mind people downloading it using BitTorrent. Can't argue with him in this case: I certainly wouldn't pay to be force-fed crap like that OR to support someone who uses propaganda to incite and fuel blind hatred.


Side note: I've read both Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury AND the quoted 1984 by George Orwell. They rank among my favorites and Fahrenheit 451 ranks as my #1 favorite book (well, aside from the Bible. That's a given). Both of these books address behaviors that the Nazi's and all other Socialist/Communist movements have exibhited. Fahrenheit 451 was clearly about an oppressive government that banned books to achieve a society where no-one was offended, and history could be re-written. 1984 was similarly about an oppressive government that watches your every move, rewrites history, and changes language to conform citizens to a powerful government agenda. These descriptions apply to what Socialists have long tried to achieve around the world, and even in our own country. Just look at most any Liberal cause: The ALCU, public schooling, Supreme Court, The U.N., etc. Moore supports this Socialist world view and will twist the facts any way he can to help further this historically evil movement.

Baghdad Moore

So I hear Saddam hired a new Information Minister...



This is a dish I call "Deceit du Jour". Eat that, Moore.