The FIA, the governing body of the World Rally Championship, passed a handful of changes to the general format and structure of WRC rallies. These changes will go into effect next season. Here’s a short list: 1. Expanding the calendar to 16 rallies, instead of 14. Added are Rally Mexico and Rally Japan, both gravel […]

Posted on September 9th, 2003 by admin
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Just some random bits to start off the week…. Seb started gymnastics today. Not full-on, parrallel bars gymnastics, but lil’ baby gymnastics….rolling around, becoming aware of his arms and legs. Jen said he dug it, though he was a bit overstimulated by everything going on. We’re closing on a new/used car. We’ve got our eyes […]

Posted on September 8th, 2003 by admin
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Petter Solberg won his third career rally (and second this season) today, beating Sebastien Loeb by nearly thirty seconds. Loeb held the lead overnight going into the last day of rallying, and Solberg and Loeb split the first two stages, exchanging the lead, but then the rains began to fall. Solberg retook the lead, but […]

Posted on September 7th, 2003 by admin
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Not much news from day 2 of Rally Australia. Rally leader Seb Loeb and second place driver Petter Solberg took four stage wins each, and Loeb holds a slim, slim 5 second lead going into the final day (which, for those us in the Western Hemisphere, starts in five minutes). Solberg is still the favourite […]

Posted on September 6th, 2003 by admin
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Ahh, the great thing about the Rally Australia? I can write up the results of Friday’s stages on Friday morning, because they happened yesterday. Go figure. Anyway, it’s been a busy day down under, with a tight race for the lead. Sebastien Loeb (running only his second Rally Australia), Petter Solberg, and Marcus Gronholm had […]

Posted on September 5th, 2003 by admin
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Good to know that the President and his administration are going to explain to us why exactly we’re in Iraq, and what their plan is. This only six months too late. And here’s an interesting quote: Bush promised a “campaign style” drive to bolster public support in which “we’re going to say exactly why we’re […]

Posted on September 4th, 2003 by admin
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SCO, in yet another incredible move in their claims about intellectual property in the Linux kernel, will be sending invoices to companies currently using any flavour of Linux. SCO’s claim is, of course, that since they believe the Linux kernel contains their IP, these companies owe them licensing fees for that property. Let the class […]

Posted on September 3rd, 2003 by admin
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The World Rally Championship heads to the other side of the world this weekend for the Rally Australia. Another popular rally with the drivers, Australia features narrow, tree-lined roads covered with ball bearing-like gravel that makes running early a distinct disadvantage. The rally happens a bit earlier this season (during the Australian winter rather than […]

Posted on September 2nd, 2003 by admin
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Maintaining a CVS repository on a Linux machine? Here’s a helpful hint to be sure that newly added files maintain the proper group permissions in the repository (so users can checkout and commit files without error). Once you’ve set yp your repository: [brianj@brianj /usr/local/cvsroot]$ chmod g+s .

Posted on September 2nd, 2003 by admin
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