Single user Mode in Ubuntu

When you go into recovery mode it will only mount the file system as Read Only. What you will need to do is edit the startup boot line to read rw init=/bin/bash at the end.

How to Install Hyper-V Tools using PowerShell

I'm testing Windows 2012 and Hyper-V just to see what it has. I installed the trial version of Hyper-V (no GUI and only the Hyper-V service) on a server and then installed windows Server 2012 on another server to remotely manage it.

I was able to add the Hyper-V server to the Server Manager, however I couldn't get the Hyper-V Manager installed. I was even going in to Roles and Features. I then found the below to get me the Hyper-V Manager.

Get-WindowsFeature Hyper-V*
Install-WindowsFeature Hyper-V-Tools
Install-WindowsFeature Hyper-V-PowerSHell
Get-WindowsFeature Hyper-V*

I added the two computers to the same domain so I didn't have to add a local administrator account and then run a bunch of crazy PowerShell scripts to trust 

Cloud Computing a Trap

Very simple and to the point.

Cloud computing is a trap

Edward Snowden: Whistleblower

You are witnessing history. If this isn't some crazy shcheme, what this guy did is amazing. It's like something out of a movie. This guy pretty much said that the government is watching everything we do.

You may ask, "So, we know they do that, whats the big deal?"

The government, legally, should not be watching the people. What they are doing is wrong. They are throwing all our freedom and privacy out the window and saying screw everyone, we will do whatever we want.

I hope this is a wake-up call to everyone. This country is going down a dark road. One that i fear has no U-turn or exit.

RSS Reader

Since Google Reader is being removed people have been scrambling to find another RSS Reader. A friend of mine mentioned The Old Reader. You have the option to import your current Google Reader feeds as well (in the form of  download from Google and then and Upload to the Old Reader).

I hope you find this useful. 

The Takeover Of your Personal Freedom

I eat, sleep and breathe 1's and 0's. I LOVE computers, technology, mobile phones and pretty much anything with a computer chip in it. When i first started in the mid 90's the internet was very new to the public. I connected to prodigy, netcom and AOL with a modem and DOS. SSL didn't exist and privacy wasn't really a big issue back then. Not many people were "online", and you really couldn't upload much to servers.

Now you have two major players grabbing everything they can about you. Facebook and Google. Below is an article that explains very plainly what Google is doing. It's very scary and something I've been concerned about for a while. I have the same concerns for FB. The hard part is, how do we break away from this? On one hand Google has some great apps (i love gmail and gtalk) but they know everything we do. Do you see why I am also concerned about CISPA? Companies like Google and FB want it to pass. If it does, they have no legal ramifications for handing over our data. They are immune. And both of these companies know us better than we know ourselves. 

What do we do? I'm not sure. I think what we need is some new blood in this arena. More competition. "But they are way to big" you say. True, but look at Novell, Microsoft and Apple.

Novell was the king on networking OS's for a long time. Microsoft dethroned them.

Microsoft was the king of PC's OS's. Apple and Linux has taken a good chunk of it now. 

Apples iPhone is taking a beating from, none other than Google's Android.

While these are a few rough comparisons, my point is, it can be done. What goes up, must come down. It just takes a few people to come up with an idea. 

Please read:
http://www.businessinsider.com/googles-plan-to-take-over-the-world-2013-5

Great Audio on CISPA, SOPA, PIPA, etc

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, take the time to listen
http://ktetch.co.uk/2013/04/cispa-sopa-pipa-eparasite-acta-tpp-what-is-congress-smoking/