http://mark.heily.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:14:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Do unionized auto workers make $75/hr on average, while their non-union counterparts only make $40/hr? Does this prove that unions are killing American manufacturing? Will the auto bailouts only help to keep the pampered UAW workers in a life of luxury? Actually, no. The $75/hr statistic is misleading because it includes ... http://mark.heily.com/blog/?p=6 Some problems are so hard, you are tempted to take the easy way out. Multiplexing I/O using poll(2) and non-blocking read(2) calls has a number of tricky corner cases. After writing and rewriting it several times, I was tempted by the dark side.. threads. I thought that giving each session a ... http://mark.heily.com/blog/?p=5 I installed OpenSolaris 2008.11 on my home computer the other day, and took notes about what I liked and didn't like. It detected all of my hardware, and everything worked out of the box. The device driver utility is very nice, and gives you detailed information about which drivers are used ... http://mark.heily.com/blog/?p=4