Launchpad insanity runs rampant

[gene heskett]

On Thursday, August 11, 2011 10:21:21 PM Goh Lip did opine:

> On 08/12/2011 08:40 AM, gene heskett wrote:
> >> Launchpad doesn't care about the machine you are using.
> > 
> > I think it does, at one point it reported an identity error.
> 
> I think Nils is right, Gene. Just go to Launchpad again and somewhere
> report you've forgotten your password.
 
My point is that IF they really wanted the crash report, the crash report 
should have its own built in login facility that identifies it as a legit 
crash report.  Putting the std human v machines captcha's and all that BS 
stuff should not be needed, nor encumbered by putting in the human element 
at all, and TBT to me, indicates a rather extreme lack of imagination / 
smarts on the part of the folks who coded this 'so-called' crash reporter.

PGP it for heavens sake, with the developers key being the only one that 
can decode it.  Or something similar in the way of 2 factor keys.

The crash report is the important thing and /should/ contain everything 
needed to investigate, who filed it doesn't mean squat, its nothing but 
some bean counter counting beans.

> You old emc is still going strong, eh, like the old man?  :)

I wouldn't call it all that old, we're using git now, and the version I'm 
running is only about a month old. 2.4.6-git-some-number.  Next release 
will be 2.5.0 I hear.

> Good to hear.

Yes and no, I blew my 3rd xylotex driver board about 2 weeks back, so I 
have a set of 5 ea. M-542's coming via a rowboat from Hong Kong, a 
considerably heavier unit, 50 vs 30 volt, and 4.2 amps vs 2.5, so there 
should be more safety margin.  They haven't arrived yet, so I put a 3 axis 
board back in service until they get here.  It has been carving the bedding 
channel and ramrod storage in a maple stick for a muzzle loading BP rifle 
for the last 2 days, half a day to write the code, and 20 minutes to run 
it.  One more routine to troubleshoot after a mandatory funeral for one of 
the wifes kin tomorrow and that portion should be about done.

As for me, the aches & pains of advanced years (looking at 77 shortly) and 
the diabetes, is slowing me some, but I keep gnawing through the restraints 
and getting up in the mornings, so far...  ;-)  Coffee seems to fix some 
things up, I'm in deep doo doo when it doesn't.

Eventually it will have to carve an odd looking trigger guard, but that's a 
bit later in the build process.

> Regards - Goh Lip

Thanks Goh Lip, take care yourself.

Cheers, gene
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