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- Armistral .
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create a wiki based website which will allow everyone to collaborate to solve the most important problems that face all of us.
An opensource and inclusive site where people can submit problems and solutions to those problems which will retain the best of what we know now in terms of solutions and evolve as we do in our understanding of what works and what doesn't through trial and error (if nothing else) could be of immense value to everyone. If the same site could provide a way to collaborate on projects to implement solutions it could become an incredible resource. I am attempting exactly that with WeSolver.org please take a look and let me know what you think of the idea
Jan 20 2012: I think you might be making the mistake of missing the inherent strength of the internet: its distributed and decentralized nature. We don't necessarily need "The One True Wiki". We have lots and lots of websites, blogs, wikis, and documents with the answers to all sorts of different problems. We have search engines to help us find the answers we need. The whole point of this thing, in my view, is to get away from central points of failure, of concentrated power and information.
Now that said I think you've got a great site going. I encourage you to think of it as a part of a much larger whole, however. Be a member of a global community. One stall in the bazaar, not a cathedral. Don't attempt to draw everyone inward onto one island of information; instead, work to build bridges between islands.
Also, I discourage you from looking at many very small problems and making the mistake of generalizing them into big problems, then expecting to find big solutions. For instance, the world does not have a "drug problem", the world has several billion individuals who use mind- and metabolism-altering substances, and not all of them want this "solved" or find it detrimental. There is no correct one-size-fits-all answer to what to do about drugs. When you frame the problem that way, you aim yourself right toward a very terrible non-solution and set off toward it like a locomotive. Instead, think about it as it is: a whole lot of individuals with their own needs, desires, preferences and circumstances. Instead of looking for "the best answer", look for "all the answers that have ever worked for anybody". Tie them together. Make them relatable. Make them searchable. Allow them to be analyzed and redistributed and remixed. Don't centralize, instead network. Empower people to solve their own problems. Be the servant, instead of trying (and failing) to be the master. I hope that makes some sense.
Jan 20 2012: I essentially agree with everything you are saying. Perhaps "A central source" is better than "The central source". The site actually uses a variant of the MediaWiki software that allows data to flow between it other wikis in order to facilitate (one day) the sharing of data (problems/solutions/projects etc) globally at will. Beyond that the plan is to highlight and connect to other sites, projects, resources etc as one hub in a network of networks.
How the problems and solutions are defined and organized is going to be up to the people that engage with the site, I am kicking it off but over time am not looking to dictate only serve a community of people that want to do their best to make the world a better place, no matter how they define that activity. It will be up to the community to determine which answers they like best and use them as they see fit, I hope to have some rating/ranking features to assist with that soon. Everything is searchable and a lot of my focus is on relating problems to problems and solutions to solutions as much as problems to solutions. Again everything you say not only makes sense but I hope it will show through that it is exactly what I am trying to accomplish. Thanks for the encouragement!
Jan 21 2012: Best of luck with the project :) I'll keep it in mind in case I have anything to contribute or tie in with.Jan 18 2012: Beautiful idea. Computer electronic communication inherently destroys ALL heirarchical social forms and allows peer to peer lateral connectivity where we can autonomously compare notes and derive rational policies freed from the corruption of high pressure politics. Technology is INHERENTLY democratizing and humanizing. How many geniuses are languishing unrealized and unheard in the far corners of the planet? We desperately need a way to outflank the power structures and the Internet is it. This also means that we must struggle ardently to protect the Internet from political machinations. I'm talking about protecting it with our lives.
Jan 19 2012: Hi Walter, I agree with you about the democratizing aspects of technology and believe that we are experiencing a exponentially increasing democratization of the entire human society. I also hope to keep free of any corruption due to monetary relationships through the WeSolver non-profit foundation and never selling it as a platform for advertising or bowing to political pressures by modeling it as a truly democratic tool for everyone to use.
Thanks for your words of encouragement.Feb 13 2012: Open sourcing a problem and collective intelligence works in science and in other fields like math, but there are inherent reasons this hasn't works for social issues. There are some talks here at TED that deal with what they refer to as the 'last mile' problem, where problems exist long after solutions are found because of irrational thinking. There is also the 80/20 distribution where 80% of the work is done by 20% of the people.
Perhaps the single largest issue is that we continue to model patterns of behavior for our children that are rooted in outdated belief systems. We are solving tomorrow's problem with yesterday's brain. We instead need to anticipate the future by foregoing instant gratification, a trait that is found in only 33% of children.
We are also not teaching them that certain kinds of sharing are in ones self-interest
Howard Rheingold's TED talk explain, " Garrett Hardin used it to talk about overpopulation in the late 1960s. He used the example of a common grazing area in which each person by simply maximizing their own flock led to overgrazing and the depletion of the resource. He had the rather gloomy conclusion that humans will inevitably despoil any common pool resource in which people cannot be restrained from using it."
But he also mentions research by Elinor Ostrom, a political scientist, in 1990 asked the interesting question that any good scientist should ask, which is: is it really true that humans will always despoil commons?
Rheingold adds however, "She discovered, I think most interestingly, that among those institutions that worked, there were a number of common design principles, and those principles seem to be missing from those institutions that don't work. "
"I don't think that this transdisciplinary discourse is automatically going to happen; it's going to require effort".Feb 13 2012: Good points. Yes, yesterday's brain is a severe hindrance to progress in problem solving and that includes yesterday's Malthusian applications of Darwinian survival of the fittest notions to human affairs. Malthus' ideas on animal species' tendency to exploit their environments to the point of extinction simply cannot be applied to human affairs where the capacity for technological invention blatantly overthrows all Malthusian calculations about the inevitable scarcity of resources. In this regard humans are emphatically not animal-like and computations about animal populations do not apply.
Humans have the _unnatural_ capability to discover or engineer new or more efficient methods of finding or creating necessary resources, and as such, are defined by their ability to expand populations regardless of the sustaining power of the "natural" environment. In short, we transcend nature to create our own environments with forms of lawfulness that don't appear in nature. The mind of a contemporary human being owes less to Mother Nature than it does to its enveloping culture and civilization. Nature throws numbers and time at the problem of evolution. Humans engineer their own evolution.Jan 25 2012: Ethical forum discussions and allowing the world to act as one's jury rather than going through a legal nightmare will make people feel less alone when someone harms them. Also, if a company or organisation is blacklisted on my website, the company will be listed near the top of google results as being blacklisted, so potential customers will probably read about the offenses they've committed. I also print Department of Investigation - Investigative Reporter business cards for people, so that when they walk into a store, they can give the managers an ultimatum - cease current offensive action or be listed in top google results as BLACKLISTED. COPO is all about accountability. I originally made the website so people didn't need to suffer stress from helplessness. Now there is an outlet. Frustrated people tend to wipe their pain on others because companies and organisations are too big to listen. Now the world can listen. As far as ads are concerned, I just wanted to add colour. Also, like Amnesty International etc, more can be accomplished with money. Site improvements, legal staff to arrange frequent class-action lawsuits etc. I am also building Earthlover.org. I have created a few youtube ads that have appeared on television, such as 'I wanna be Prime Minister' and other political comedy songs. I admit the website needs to be restructured. My other intention was to create something similar to your site. I estimate there to be a trillion problems in the world. Using an algorithm, they can be categorized and prioritize. Then the path to perfection can be made clear. I'm not saying social perfection is possible, but we should definitely TRY to achieve it.Jan 23 2012: Hi all, I created a new wiki and bought the domain http://Atheism2.org. I just started it up, so there is nothing on the site right now. I would like to invite everyone to help create the site. I don't want it to be "the" central repository, just "a" central repository, which can be a free resource of knowledge and wisdom, and a portal to other web resources (like wesolver.org). While I am currently hosting the site, I promise that it will always remain a free resource.
Jan 24 2012: Hello Samuel,
A great idea (I obviously agree), I would like to suggest we join forces! If you are motivated enough to create a website on your own we could use your help to make WeSolver.org everything it should be. If you are interested please do contact me firstname.lastname@example.com MediaWiki is an excellent platform for this kind of thing and since we are of a like mind on that perhaps we can collaborate rather than divide and conquer?
Please let me know your thoughts.
ArmistralJan 18 2012: As good as is it, this is not a unique idea. The problem is not finding a solution to any problem at all, the problem is implementing this solution into practice and actually realizing it. And obviously in order to do that you would need money and mostly power. Which once again leads to the ignorant of the government and this ignorant system we are all living it. All the human problem we are facing can be solved, but are not because of the governments, and not because of the lack of solutions.
Armistral .
Jan 18 2012: WeSolver is unique in exactly that sense. The plan is to provide a place for people to actually share resources (money, skills, time, attention) and collaborate to make changes without being channeled or directed by governments or even waiting for their "approval". This means creating new ways of getting things done and not relying on or being impeded by existing government structures or systems to address problems (including the problem of government itself).
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Solutions exist everywhere but there is not a central place to share them with a focus on the most important problems.
Jan 18 2012: That's not the problem at all. Even if we share our resources, even if gather million of dollars, that wouldn't be enough to implement anything at all. We will not be able to implement anything as long as it contradicts with the the huge corporations and banks businesses. That has been the case for decades now. There are millions of examples. Like, a car without oil. A car that does not breaks. Free energy. Improving a lot of things that will only bring development to our society. But all of those things will not be good for the businesses of the huge corporations and therefore they will oppose it just like they oppose it now. Like i said, solutions are not the problem. Implementing them is the problem.
Mark Buzza
Jan 19 2012: Hi. Sadly I agree with you Tisho, but I think that Armistral is on the right track, and we need to start somewhere! A defeatist attitude has never progressed humankind...people who rise above these attitudes do! Who knows - Armistral might be on the cover of Time Magazine one day!
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I am currently running a global collaborative "open innovation" medical research program, aimed at expediting treatment options for patients with prostate cancer. Its a novel model and there are lots of challenges involved in challenging and changing traditional paradigms around the way research is conducted, but as I say...we have to start somewhere!
Armistral .
Jan 19 2012: Hi Tisho,
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I have to say that history teaches that despotic power is always eventually overcome, the main questions involved are what will overcome it, peace or violence and what will replace it, more or less democratic structures. We the people have a lot to say about how things turn out and we are learning over time to build better and better things together.
I would argue that even though power now exists in global finance backed up by undemocratic governments who use military force to suppress dissent, we the people (for the first time in history) are actually learning to act on a global scale without any government, military or corporate "permission". Amazing things have and are happening the world over and the rate of change, like the rate of technical progress is accelerating over time.
There is no true power without people, and there are so very many people that are waking up to that fact. It seems veritably inevitable to me that we are going to radically democratize global human society, it is not a question of if, only when.
Mark (above) is just one example of what I am talking about, even though he agrees with your point he is actually working against the idea of corporate ownership of ideas and even the established medical community (thanks Mark!). There are uncountable other examples of this kind of thinking and behavior in every field of human endeavor all over the world.
Implementing solutions is (I agree with you) the greatest challenge. Actions are the only things that count in the long run and people are acting and learning through trial and error what works and what doesn't. Oppressive beliefs are dying out over time and cooperative, collaborative ones are flourishing (as they should). It takes time, it goes slow but it sticks and it stays and keeps coming back stronger than before.
I can only say I have been where you are (in point of view) and have moved beyond that place of stasis into one of action. It's more fun!Feb 15 2012: I agree that the Malthusian interpretation of Darwinian evolution as applied to human society and survival is (unintentionally) nihilistic and does not account for a number of fundamental (and easily observable) human capabilities and adaptabilities in pursuit of our common survival.
Personally I cannot divorce the human from the animal though. I see all the "human traits" in them as much as I see the "animal" in ourselves. There are of course many differences however it seems to me that these are more about scale, context, intention and time than anything else. Even human "vs." (or just separated) from "nature" is problematic for me compared to the idea that we (humans) are a force of nature ourselves but that is off topic.
I do agree that we have the ability to affect our evolution by design as well as accident. The way I read history our social evolution has been successful as much due to trial and error as insight or inspiration. Both have been there in abundance. It is exciting for me to think about what happens next as the entire human species becomes more and more interdependent in ways that have not existed since the first tribe of us. We have and are so much more than we have ever been. What we do with it all promises to be very interesting to say the least.Feb 15 2012: Thank you very much Theodore. This is definitely makes my reading list!Feb 13 2012: Perhaps this is paper on " COMMONS-BASED PEER PRODUCTION AND VIRTUE" can be helpful.
https://apps.lis.illinois.edu/wiki/download/attachments/15979/Benker+et+al+(Peer-production+and+virtue).pdfJan 28 2012: Thank you Zhiyue. I really appreciate the encouragement :)
There is a Facebook page, Twitter account and a blog. YouTube not yet but someday when warranted.
There is a long way to go, but it is worth the journey.Jan 25 2012: I would love to see more detail about your proposed solutions. You are more than welcome to use WeSolver. As you pursue these initiatives please keep me updated so they can be added, they should not be lost!
Jan 28 2012: You have a wonderful idea, and I hope that it will gain more publicity. Does WeSolver have a facebook page, a twitter account, or a youtube channel?Jan 23 2012: I have created a similar website called 'The Court of Public Opinion'. www.publicopinion.co
COPO is a worldwide forum of ethics.
Jan 24 2012: That is great Paul! I admire your drive to make the world a better place. I hope you will consider that taking ad revenue might put you in a compromised position with some people you might want to recruit to your cause. It is a definite distraction for me when I look at the site.
I also wonder what the main point of the site is other than allowing a forum to discuss issues. True collaboration and follow through to action in the real world doesn't seem to be easy based on your current structure. A parallel is another idea I presented (on TED) about creating a site that would support people filing lawsuits on behalf of future generations https://www.ted.com/conversations/8838/create_a_site_to_support_filin.html this would seem to be an ideal situation for your site to address (given your stated purpose) but I don't understand how it would actually enable this. I would enjoy understanding this as I am definitely in support of any site that could accomplish this goal.
Please let me know your thoughts.
ArmistralJan 22 2012: I added this in your honor http://www.wesolver.org/wiki/Suppression_of_Internet_Access with some proposed solutions and this http://www.wesolver.org/wiki/Immoral_and_Unethical_Ideas_Retard_Personal_and_Social_Evolution I already had but hope it covers your broader point about people being motivated by a "higher purpose".
Thank you for the feedback!
ArmistralJan 22 2012: TED is taking a lot of my time, fun as it is, so please feel free to post on WeSolve.Jan 21 2012: Thank you Justen, your critique was much appreciated! I hope you do contribute and/or find a way to tie in.
Jan 21 2012: This is a great idea, not a new one however the same ideas are reinvented as technology moves forward allowing for new iterations of the same idea. I would be concerned about the role of sharing of and/or pooling of large quantities of capital for public use. Sharing of knowledge, ideas, through open and clear communication is the paramount goal here.
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Jan 21 2012: Thanks, I definitely understand that this is not a new idea, in fact I am fascinated and encouraged by how many people have come up with it (TED Conversations is yet another flavor). If you have heard of this talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_where_good_ideas_come_from.html it (I think) explains something behind what is happening right now in terms of crowd sourcing the solving of problems (of all kinds) I used to be kind of depressed when I would have a good (and what I thought was unique) idea and it turned out that others had already had it. The fact does remain though that it is a great idea that needs a great execution. It is that execution I am working on now and there is obviously far to go :)
The main things I aim to do differently with WeSolver is execute better in every way and to support it entirely through donations (no Ads), keep it open to everyone (even anonymous users) and the most important part (the part I have not been able to accomplish yet) is to provide exactly what you are concerned with, a way for sharing and pooling not just capital in terms of money, but skills, time, energy and material resources! I absolutely agree that this is a critical concern, unfortunately at the moment I need some help, it is on it's way but not here yet. When it arrives, that is where WeSolver goes.Jan 21 2012: I'm with you but worry about the battle damage that will follow. The Internet is being used heavily in the various "Arab Spring" movements. Large quantities of suffering don't seem to phase religious zealots who are acting out of a "higher purpose". A deeper understanding of that higher purpose mentality needs to be acquired.
Jan 21 2012: You should submit this as a problem to solicit solutions to it on WeSovler! If you don't I hope you don't mind if I do :)Jan 20 2012: But don't forget that the democratizing effect of the Internet will not be welcomed in much of the world. It will break down ALL hierarchical structures, including religion.
Jan 20 2012: I am counting on the creative destruction of hierarchical structures and support it with all my heart and hope even if the internet is unwelcome the solutions to problems get through regardless.Jan 18 2012: Great idea. I'm stimulated by the potential of being able to work out the greater problems of the world; like political corruption, monopolization, pollutant energy addiction. We might even be able to discuss strategies of how other nations involved in civil wars could gain leverage for their cause of liberation. Yesss!
Jan 19 2012: Hi Chris, Yes! and Yes! and Yes! please join/start the discussions to do exactly that!Jan 17 2012: This is actually a great idea, but what kind of problems are you thinking of, and how do you decide which solutions are the best among many ideas?
Armistral .
Jan 17 2012: The big ones, war, poverty, famine etc. At first just a dialogue but would like to have user ratings to promote the most liked to the "top" I have the beginning of it already @ wesover.org if you want to take a look, it is based on mediawiki so each problem/solution has a discussion page associated with it. Will enable ratings soon once I figure out how to customize the extension.
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Sebastian Vettel has apologised to his team-mate Mark Webber after he "robbed" him of victory at the Malaysia Grand Prix....
Sebastian Vettel has apologised to his team-mate Mark Webber after he "robbed" him of victory at the Malaysia Grand Prix.
Webber appeared to be on course for the victory at Sepang International Circuit and he was told to turn his engine down by his team with more than 10 laps still to go while Vettel was ordered not to challenge for position.
However, triple World Champion Vettel ignored the calls from the pit wall and attacked the Australian for P1. They went side-by-side on the pitwall and nearly made contact, but the end result was Vettel overtaking his team-mate and going on to win the race.
Webber and team principal Christian Horner were not happy with Vettel after the race with the latter saying: "They took it into their own hands, which was uncomfortable for us - we gave them instructions to hold station but Sebastian took it into his own hands to win the race - he wanted to win."
Vettel, though, admits he got it wrong and apologised to Webber.
"I want to say sorry to Mark," he said. "I did a big mistake today.
"We should have stayed in the positions we were in. I didn't ignore it [the order] on purpose but I messed up in that situation.
"I took the lead from Mark, which I can see now he is upset about, but I want to be honest and stick to truth, and apologise.
"I took quite a lot of risk to pass him and I should have behaved better.
"It doesn't help his feelings right now. Apologies to Mark and now result is there, but all I can say is that I didn't do it deliberately."
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It's the one vow that can really come back and bite you in the butt: "… in sickness and in health." On your wedding day the phrase conjures up visions of tiptoeing into a sun-drenched bedroom with lunch on a tray; of dropping cough medicine onto a tablespoon and gently bringing it to your spouse's smiling lips.
See also: AARP's Caregiving Resource Center
What you don't expect it to mean is crouching in the harsh fluorescent glare of a hospital treatment room and holding her head to yours, trying not to faint as a technician inserts a large needle between her ribs to suction two liters of fluid from around her lungs. What you never imagine is spending endless hours in countless waiting rooms, or having friends and relatives second-guess your medical decisions, or hearing your bosses and coworkers hint, suggest or just flat-out say that you're not carrying your weight around the office.
No, you don't expect "in sickness and in health" to mean any of that. But it does. And more people are learning that every day.
Across America, 43.5 million people — nearly one in five adults — are caring for a loved one 50 or older. Most are tending to parents, but the older we get, the more likely we are to be caring for a spouse.
One hot August afternoon in 2006, I joined that group.
Cindy, we discovered, had clear-cell ovarian cancer. Chemotherapy worked for a while, but less than six months later, the cancer was back, and one Friday evening, after office hours (trust me, you never want your oncologist to ask you to come in after everyone else has gone home on a Friday), we heard the verdict: There was no "cure scenario." Cindy was 52.
This is where we cut to a montage of the three years that followed: how I sat by Cindy's side through virtually all of her chemotherapies; how I kept track of the dozen or so drugs she was taking each day, especially her painkillers, to make sure she didn't overdose; how I had to wake up and rub her spine several times each night after her back pain became torturous; how I took the subway home for lunch every day after she became too weak to get down to the kitchen; how I prayed with her, encouraged her and held her.
On the other hand, well, who cares? I find such litanies of caregiving duties and rituals at best distasteful; at worst, self-congratulatory. Certainly, when I was in the midst of it all, the last thing I wanted was to sit down and share the intimacies of my life with anyone. Living it all was exhausting enough.


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|Women's Tennis » News » Schedule » Roster » Coaches » Statistics
Women's tennis falls to North Carolina 4-0 at NCAA Tournament
Friday, May 13, 2011
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (May 13, 2011) - Facing its toughest test of the season, the ETSU women's tennis team fell to No. 4-ranked North Carolina, 4-0, Friday afternoon in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.
North Carolina (24-5), the Atlantic Coast Conference champions, jumped out to a quick start in doubles, using the All-America duo and No. 7-ranked doubles team of Shinann Featherston and Lauren McHale to cruise past Paula Jaime (Madrid, Spain) and Karina Kedzo (Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela) on court one, 8-1.
Jelena Durisic and Tessa Lyons then defeated the ETSU duo of Kelly Holtzhausen (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Marine Wieliczko (Rouen, France) at No. 2, 8-3, to clinch the doubles point.
In singles competition, No. 13-ranked Zoe De Bruycker did not drop a game in blanking Holtzhausen, 6-0, 6-0, to give the Tar Heels a quick 2-0 lead.
Featherston was not far behind at No. 3, finishing off Wieliczko in straight sets, 6-0, 6-2, to move UNC within a point of the second round for a 10th consecutive season.
Durisic completed the sweep on court two, winning the final eight games of her match with Jaime en route to a 6-3, 6-0 victory.
The Lady Bucs close out the season with a 15-7 overall record after winning its third Atlantic Sun Tournament title. The team also won the outright A-Sun regular season championship after finishing with an impressive 9-1 conference mark.
Saturday morning will see Carolina meet Washington, a 4-0 winner over Maryland in the first match of the day. The match is set to begin outside at 11 a.m.
For more information on ETSU womenâs tennis please go to ETSUBucs.com and click on the womenâs tennis link. Also, be sure to follow ETSU Athletics on Facebook and Twitter.
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Hey all,
I'm trying to put 10.3R1 on an SRX210 to do some testing with, but I don't have enough space
Yes I have done 'request system storage cleanup' and 'request system software delete-backup'
Current version is 10.2R2, and I am running IDP (again, doing some testing). I had this same problem with 10.2R2, but I think I just broke down and used the USB drive that time.
It looks like the reason I have not enough space is because of the IDP, but surely I don't have to disable IDP, delete some / all of the IDP packages (and which ones, I haven no clue), just to upgrade -- and then reinstall the IDP packages and re-enable.
Here's my storage dilemma:
admin@SRX210> show system storage Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/da0s1a 293M 203M 67M 75% / devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev /dev/md0 567M 567M 0B 100% /junos /cf 293M 203M 67M 75% /junos/cf devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /junos/dev/ procfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100% /proc /dev/bo0s3e 24M 50K 22M 0% /config /dev/bo0s3f 342M 116M 199M 37% /cf/var /dev/md1 168M 15M 139M 10% /mfs /dev/md2 39M 4.0K 36M 0% /mfs/var/run/utm /dev/md3 1.8M 4.0K 1.7M 0% /jail/mfs
Notice I have 199M free space in /cf/var -- but the 10.3R1 (and 10.2R2 for that matter) image is ~210 MB.
What I can't remember is if I used the 'unlink no-copy' options when I upgraded to 10.2R2, so if there is a 'backup' 10.2R2 image stored somewhere, I think if I delete that i'll be fine. But lets just say I don't want to go around randomly force-deleting files from the shell
Did you try adding the unlink and no-copy to the command?
Also from what i can see your CF card is small. The one on my SRX210 is a 1GB where you seems to be way under that.
My SRX
Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/da0s1a 898M 473M 353M 57% /
devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev
/dev/md0 566M 566M 0B 100% /junos
/cf 898M 473M 353M 57% /junos/cf
devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /junos/dev/
procfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100% /proc
/dev/bo0s1e 24M 52K 22M 0% /config
/dev/bo0s1f 61M 4.1M 52M 7% /cf/var/log
/dev/md1 168M 15M 140M 10% /mfs
/cf/var/jail 898M 473M 353M 57% /jail/var
/cf/var/log 61M 4.1M 52M 7% /jail/var/log
devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /jail/dev
/dev/md2 39M 4.0K 36M 0% /mfs/var/run/utm
/dev/md3 1.8M 4.0K 1.7M 0% /jail/mfs
I think the /cf partition size may be related to the dual-boot partition, which was introduced in 10.0. After converting to a dual-root partition my /cf partition shows the same 293M on an SRX210.
You may also want to look if you have any images or large files save locally that are taking up space with 'file list'.
08-20-2010 06:37 AM - edited 08-20-2010 06:39 AM
If you found that there is no sufficient space , you can upgrade without copying the file to the SRX beofre the upgrade using the below method
1-run ftp server ( like : 3CDaemon) on your pc & let it point to the directory containing the image
2- use the command : request sytem software add ftp://username : password@ip/packagename.tgz
username & password are the same as created at step1 , ip is ip of your ftp server ( Your PC )
the SRX is a dual-root partitioned SRX, I think that probably has something to do with it.
The SRX is just a 210H-POE -- I'm pretty sure the CF is the same in all of them
admin@SRX210> show chassis hardware Hardware inventory: Item Version Part number Serial number Description Chassis AE2709AA0244 SRX210h-poe Routing Engine REV 32 750-021780 AAAJ5953 RE-SRX210H-POE FPC 0 FPC PIC 0 2x GE, 6x FE, 1x 3G Power Supply 0
I can't use the unlink no-copy options yet as I can't even copy the image over
i've tried to load via FTP but get a 'can't fetch' error -- possible i'm fat fingering something, but I don't think so -- will try it again all the same
08-20-2010 07:01 AM - edited 08-20-2010 07:01 AM
well I tried FTP method using the no-copy unlink option, and it started to download . . . and then failed due to space
admin@SRX210> ...me-10.3R1.9-domestic.tgz no-copy unlink no-validate /tmp/incoming-package.7287 182 kB 182 kBps fetch: /tmp/incoming-package.7287: No space left on device ERROR: Cannot fetch file: junos-srxsme-10.3R1.9-domestic.tgz
I guess i'll just resort to the USB method for now . . . but thats pretty nasty.
are 2GB flash cards really that expensive Juniper?
FYI, just tried upgrading from 10.1R1.8 to 10.3 on SRX210 and it succeeded just using the no-validate option. Below is output:
root@SRX210> show system storage
Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/da0s1a 293M 190M 80M 70% /
devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev
/dev/md0 528M 528M 0B 100% /junos
/cf 293M 190M 80M 70% /junos/cf
devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /junos/dev/
procfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100% /proc
/dev/bo0s3e 24M 38K 22M 0% /config
/dev/bo0s3f 342M 7.3M 308M 2% /cf/var
/dev/md1 168M 14M 140M 9% /mfs
/cf/var/jail 342M 7.3M 308M 2% /jail/var
devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /jail/dev
/dev/md2 39M 4.0K 36M 0% /mfs/var/run/utm
/dev/md3 1.8M 4.0K 1.7M 0% /jail/mfs
root@SRX210> request system software add ftp://x.x.x.x/junos-srxsme-10.3R1.9-domestic.tgz no-validate
Package contains junos-10.3R1.9.tgz ; renaming ...
Formatting alternate root (/dev/da0s2a)...
/dev/da0s2a: 298.0MB (610284 sectors) block size 16384, fragment size 2048
using 4 cylinder groups of 74.50MB, 4768 blks, 9600 inodes.
super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at:
32, 152608, 305184, 457760
Not enough space in /var to save the package file
Installing package '/altroot/cf/packages/install-tmp/junos-10.3R1.9-d
Verified junos-boot-srxsme-10.3R1.9.tgz signed by PackageProduction_10_3_0
Verified junos-srxsme-10.3R1.9-domestic signed by PackageProduction_10_3_0
Saving boot file package in /var/sw/pkg/junos-boot-srxsme-10.3R1.9.tgz
JUNOS 10.3R1.9 will become active at next reboot
WARNING: A reboot is required to load this software correctly
WARNING: Use the 'request system reboot' command
WARNING: when software installation is complete
Saving package file in /var/sw/pkg/junos-10.3R1.9 ...
cp: /altroot/cf/packages/install-tmp/junos-10.3R1.9-do
Saving state for rollback ...
yea I think the issue for me is combination of Dual-root plus IDP taking up all the space.
not a super huge deal right now since its a local test device, but could be a major PITA if it was a remote site that needed upgrading.
not sure what I can delete to make more room . . . as I said i'm hesitant to just go into shell and start force-deleting stuff
root@SRX210> request system software add no-validate no-copy /var/tmp/junos-srxsme-10.3R1.9-domestic.tgz reboot
Installing package '/var/tmp/junos-srxsme-10.3R1.9-domestic.tgz' ...
Verified junos-boot-srxsme-10.3R1.9.tgz signed by PackageProduction_10_3_0
Verified junos-srxsme-10.3R1.9-domestic signed by PackageProduction_10_3_0
Available space: -744 require: 28036
WARNING: The /cf filesystem is low on free disk space.
WARNING: This package requires 28036k free, but there
WARNING: is only -744k available.
WARNING: This installation attempt will be aborted.
ERROR: junos-10.3R1.9-domestic fails requirements check
Installation failed for package '/var/tmp/junos-srxsme-10.3R1.9-domestic.tgz'
1.Insert USB Memory Stick(included JunOS)(2G or 4G)
2. mount
create mount point ---->mkdir /var/tmp/usb
mount -t msdos /dev/da1s1 /var/tmp/usb
3. Confirm junos file
ls -altr /var/tmp/usb
4. upgrade
root@SRX210>request system software add no-validate no-copy /var/tmp/usb/junos-srxsme-10.3R1.9-domestic.tgz reboot
Hi Will,
I was having a similar issue with j-series(trying to upgrade from 9.6 to 10.0)...it kept saying no space in cf(even though i did cleanup,remove backup etc)
I tried the ftp method as mentioned in previous post (with no-copy, unlink and no-validate option) But i kept doing this as "root" user it did not work.
I got fed up with this, did a reboot, logged in as another user(a super-user) and tried the command i was able to upgrade. I did not get any error message. Don't know if this would help


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|New Blog: Travel-Vermont.Net
I came across an exciting new Vermont blog recently and was highly impressed with its quality and scope. It is called Travel-Vermont.Net and is just a few months old but already has compiled a long list of articles about touring Vermont.
They are well written and usually have a good photograph to go along with them. The information is fresh and the author's insights are very helpful.
Christine Sawyer is the blog owner. She is prior resident of nearby Quebec and her blog is available in French as well as English. She and I have similar backgrounds in marketing communications . . . my status is former and hers is current - she owns Birchwood Ridge Group, a marketing and advertising firm here in Vermont. She has an interesting history you can read in the Our Story page of the website.
There is a useful and accurate Search function on the site but no RSS feed that I could find. Maybe that's just as well - I have a lot of feeds coming in. I try feeds for a while to see how often and how useful they are. The list can get long but it's easy enough to trim them from time to time.
This is an excellent resource for people planning to travel to Vermont. Over the last two or three years, I've seen about a half dozen Vermont blogs show up and then fade away after a few months. This one looks like it has staying power because it has a capable and motivated person behind it.
There is no doubt in my mind that Travel-Vermont.Net is a very valuable resource for Vermont and will help both tourists and the state's travel industry.
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ASUL's Modern Prefab Housing System Achieves $100/sq foot
This stunning steel-framed modular housing system is set to debut next week at the Dwell on Design in Los Angeles. Designed by by Phoenix-based ASUL Adaptable Systems, the prefabricated modular construction system is projecting an amazing $100 per square foot in construction costs, and it even allows for customization that allows the homes to adapt to a wide range of sites.
ASUL's prefab home system allows for easy customization, can be adapted to a wide range of sites, and can be constructed from easily acquired materials. Designing a new home consists of selecting the individual modules and arranging them in the desired configuration. There are 10 different room sizes and three different ceiling heights. Living rooms are designed as blank open rooms, while bedrooms, bathrooms and kitchens are pre-designed. Homeowners can choose from a selection of pre-designed homes or custom-design their own. Home prices start at $99 per square foot.
When the design is finalized, the steel framing and the rest of the parts are designed and cut for easy on-site installation. ASUL homes can easily be built above the ground, which minimizes their environmental impact upon the site and is useful for areas prone to flooding. ASUL offers homeowners three options for build out – You Build, Both Build or ASUL Build, which allows the homeowner to price out the design for the lowest cost. In the You Build scenario, ASUL provides the design documents and prefabricated materials. With the ASUL Build option, ASUL performs the build out and includes the mechanical, electrical, plumbing and finish materials. If you're at Dwell on Design next week, this is certainly one prefab system you won't want to miss.
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August 3, 2010 at 8:32 pm
I'm amazed. If all read on the ASUL website proves true, this is a great leap forward in quality, low cost, high design home building. The example homes are, in my opinion, not nearly as efficient as they could be…there seems to be a lot of excess space. That said, I could design a really livable 3 BR/2B home with this system that would be in the range of 1,100 to 1,200 SF. So, a great home for around $120,000 material and labor, plus foundation, site work, fees etc. Still an amazing feat.
June 23, 2010 at 12:35 pm
Actually, the price of $100 per foot includes labor and materials. If you go to our website http://www.asul.us, it very clearly illustrates 5 different home models ranging from 900 to 4,000 square feet with prices ranging from $100 to $135 per square foot.
Since some seem perplexed that we are able to reach those numbers with a superior steel framing system, we have tried to be as transparent as possible, not misleading.
Regarding the comment of "a kit of parts is hardly prefab", we differ as there are many different iterations of prefab. Our concept is a System allowing the client to custom design their home based on their site, lifestyle, and budget. It is precisely because of the "pre-fabrication" of the System and its materials that we are able to reach a price point that is significantly more affordable than our competitors.
June 21, 2010 at 7:57 pm
the $100/sf seems a bit misleading…as you read further, it appears that is for materials only, not the total cost. The materials in a home are never the big percentage, it\'s always the labor that increases the cost the most. A kit of parts is hardly prefab… sounds more like a remodel waiting to happen. Will be curious to see what the all-in cost really is.
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Three young women - Sarah, Abby, and Lou - get together for a private campout at one of the iconic settings of their childhood, an empty island off the coast of Maine, to renew their bond of sisterhood. They quickly learn, though, that the island is anything but empty, when they encounter three recently-returned servicemen, who have come to the island to hunt. A misunderstanding quickly turns to tragedy, and the three women soon find themselves the targets of the hunt. What started as a simple playdate to recall old times is now a race for survival.
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This small budget place is modern, well furnished and close to cliff top parks. There is a nice interior garden for relaxing. You have an easy access to the beach and to the central area of Miraflores, where you can find restaurants, bars, shops and fun things to do.
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