Comments for ./cmsimike http://www.cmsimike.com/blog thoughts from a computer scientist Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:24:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 Comment on A Response from Zynga about the Text Messages by Steve http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2009/03/11/a-response-from-zynga-about-the-text-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-16218 Steve Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:24:43 +0000 http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/?p=122#comment-16218 Hmm, the original msg. was in March 2009, it's now September 2011, and still going on??? The 2009 response blamed it on being "new to iPhone apps" and "truly sorry," but still persist in texting at night. It baffles me. Is it because they're all 20-somethings who don't sleep at night? Is it an ill-conceived marketing strategy, figuring if they annoy people enough, they'll get attention and create sales? Are the text messages from India with no concept of timezones? Is Zynga trying to save money by texting at night? Haven't they thought that people use smartphones on their nightstand? WTF? Hmm, the original msg. was in March 2009, it’s now September 2011, and still going on??? The 2009 response blamed it on being “new to iPhone apps” and “truly sorry,” but still persist in texting at night. It baffles me.

Is it because they’re all 20-somethings who don’t sleep at night?
Is it an ill-conceived marketing strategy, figuring if they annoy people enough, they’ll get attention and create sales?
Are the text messages from India with no concept of timezones?
Is Zynga trying to save money by texting at night?
Haven’t they thought that people use smartphones on their nightstand?

WTF?

]]> Comment on Facebook Chat XMPP Settings with Pidgin by Facebook Chat di Kopete « kdenotes http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2010/02/11/facebook-chat-xmpp-settings-with-pidgin/comment-page-1/#comment-10446 Facebook Chat di Kopete « kdenotes Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:24:47 +0000 http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/?p=191#comment-10446 [...] http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2010/02/11/facebook-chat-xmpp-settings-with-pidgin/ [...] [...] http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2010/02/11/facebook-chat-xmpp-settings-with-pidgin/ [...]

]]> Comment on OS X Failure: Mounting Via Shell (Updated) by Mark Needham: mount_smbfs: mount error..File exists | Software Secret Weapons http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2009/06/30/os-x-failure-mounting-via-shell/comment-page-1/#comment-9865 Mark Needham: mount_smbfs: mount error..File exists | Software Secret Weapons Sat, 15 Jan 2011 19:25:56 +0000 http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/?p=141#comment-9865 [...] mindedly gone and mounted the drive elsewhere through Finder which I only realised after reading Victor’s comments on this post. Make sure that you already do not have the same share mounted on your [...] [...] mindedly gone and mounted the drive elsewhere through Finder which I only realised after reading Victor’s comments on this post. Make sure that you already do not have the same share mounted on your [...]

]]> Comment on OS X Failure: Mounting Via Shell (Updated) by mount_smbfs: mount error..File exists at Mark Needham http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2009/06/30/os-x-failure-mounting-via-shell/comment-page-1/#comment-9864 mount_smbfs: mount error..File exists at Mark Needham Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:33:28 +0000 http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/?p=141#comment-9864 [...] mindedly gone and mounted the drive elsewhere through Finder which I only realised after reading Victor’s comments on this post. Make sure that you already do not have the same share mounted on your [...] [...] mindedly gone and mounted the drive elsewhere through Finder which I only realised after reading Victor’s comments on this post. Make sure that you already do not have the same share mounted on your [...]

]]> Comment on Programmers: Why We Do It by Tony Lukasavage http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2011/01/12/programmers-why-we-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-9820 Tony Lukasavage Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:51:14 +0000 http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/?p=246#comment-9820 Thanks for posting up my article. I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for posting up my article. I’m glad you liked it!

]]> Comment on A Response from Zynga about the Text Messages by Sandy http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2009/03/11/a-response-from-zynga-about-the-text-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-9635 Sandy Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:49:44 +0000 http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/?p=122#comment-9635 I keep getting them too. It's driving me nuts. I get 5-10 text messages a day I get charged 10cents each. It's been going on for months now. They send email notifications to an account that I canceled long time ago. How do I stop this? I have tried to contact MSN and they can't help. I'm ready to scream I keep getting them too. It’s driving me nuts. I get 5-10 text messages a day
I get charged 10cents each. It’s been going on for months now. They send email notifications to an account that I canceled long time ago. How do I stop this?
I have tried to contact MSN and they can’t help.
I’m ready to scream

]]> Comment on Facebook Chat XMPP Settings with Pidgin by Zauber http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2010/02/11/facebook-chat-xmpp-settings-with-pidgin/comment-page-1/#comment-9524 Zauber Sat, 01 Jan 2011 18:13:26 +0000 http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/?p=191#comment-9524 The setup scheme under Pidgin 2.7.9 (and some earlier versions too) is a little different. Under the advanced tab, you change "Require encryption" to "use encryption if available". The setup scheme under Pidgin 2.7.9 (and some earlier versions too) is a little different. Under the advanced tab, you change “Require encryption” to “use encryption if available”.

]]> Comment on Dear Instagram – Why Do You Need Offline Access To My Facebook Data by Anonymous http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2010/11/11/dear-instagram-why-do-you-need-offline-access-to-my-facebook-data/comment-page-1/#comment-8045 Anonymous Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:57:02 +0000 http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/?p=235#comment-8045 See http://assets1.getsatisfaction.com/instagram/topics/whats_up_with_instagrams_demand_for_24_hr_access_to_my_data "[It's t]he only way we can share to your feed without having you log in every single time is by asking for these permissions." See http://assets1.getsatisfaction.com/instagram/topics/whats_up_with_instagrams_demand_for_24_hr_access_to_my_data

“[It's t]he only way we can share to your feed without having you log in every single time is by asking for these permissions.”

]]> Comment on OS X Failure: Mounting Via Shell (Updated) by Victor http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2009/06/30/os-x-failure-mounting-via-shell/comment-page-1/#comment-7714 Victor Sat, 23 Oct 2010 08:32:15 +0000 http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/?p=141#comment-7714 Make sure that you already do not have the same share mounted on your Mac. I had //host/share already mounted in /Volumes/share, so when I tried to mount //host/share to /Volumes/newshare it gave me the "file exists" error. I even tried creating the mount point in my home directory, that is mounting //host/share to ~/newshare and I still would get "file exists" When I did unmounted the original //host/share from /Volumes/share, then I could mount //host/share to /Volumes/newshare. What I ended up doing is just mounting a subfolder of //host/share, ex. //host/share/subsharedir to /Volumes/newshare and it worked. Very tricky. You cannot mount a share to more than one share point it seems. You'll have to write a script to check to see if your share is already mounted somewhere else, and if it is then unmount it or use the existing mount instead. I know this post is a few months old, but I was searching for hours for an answer and this is one of the top results. Hopefully, my answer will help someone with the same problem. Make sure that you already do not have the same share mounted on your Mac.

I had //host/share already mounted in /Volumes/share, so when I tried to mount //host/share to /Volumes/newshare it gave me the “file exists” error.

I even tried creating the mount point in my home directory, that is mounting //host/share to ~/newshare and I still would get “file exists”

When I did unmounted the original //host/share from /Volumes/share, then I could mount //host/share to /Volumes/newshare.

What I ended up doing is just mounting a subfolder of //host/share, ex. //host/share/subsharedir to /Volumes/newshare and it worked.

Very tricky. You cannot mount a share to more than one share point it seems. You’ll have to write a script to check to see if your share is already mounted somewhere else, and if it is then unmount it or use the existing mount instead.

I know this post is a few months old, but I was searching for hours for an answer and this is one of the top results. Hopefully, my answer will help someone with the same problem.

]]> Comment on Project Euler Problem 1 by Mike http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2009/12/23/project-euler-problem-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6260 Mike Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:54:19 +0000 http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/?p=183#comment-6260 Thank you, Gipsy! That is a pretty sweet answer. I definitely don't know Python well enough to have thought of that off the top of my head. Definitely going to have to keep that in mind for the future! Thank you, Gipsy! That is a pretty sweet answer. I definitely don’t know Python well enough to have thought of that off the top of my head. Definitely going to have to keep that in mind for the future!

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