Since everyone knows that Microsoft Silverlight is a piece of crap, it is the immediate culprit. I noticed that a Silverlight update was installed by Microsoft today or last night.

The Update number is KB982926 and it seems to have broken Netflix’s Streaming capabilities. It contained Silverlight Version 4.

FIX:
1. Go to Windows Update Settings and change it from “Automatically install updates” to “Download updates and ask me when to install” (otherwise silverlight will reinstall itself again)
2. Close your web browser
3. Go to Control Panel -> Uninstall a program -> Remove Silverlight
4. Go to netflix.com and start streaming a movie. It will prompt you to go to microsoft’s site and install Silverlight Version 3.
5. Restart your browser and it should work. Just worked for me on Windows 7.

If you’re having problems setting up your DFS file share under Cygwin, see what happened to me. Notice that you have to use the WINDOWS path (C:\\cygwin\\home\\Rajat\\…..) With escape characters.

Rajat@rtde ~/hadoop-0.20.1
$ bin/hadoop dfs -copyFromLocal /home/Rajat/java/mrh/input inputs
copyFromLocal: File /home/Rajat/java/mrh/input does not exist.

Rajat@rtde ~/hadoop-0.20.1
$ bin/hadoop dfs -copyFromLocal C:\cygwin\home\Rajat\java\mrh\input input
copyFromLocal: File C:cygwinhomeRajatjavamrhinput does not exist.

Rajat@rtde ~/hadoop-0.20.1
$ bin/hadoop dfs -copyFromLocal C:\\cygwin\\home\\Rajat\\java\\mrh\\input input
(((THIS WORKED)))

Test:

Rajat@rtde ~/hadoop-0.20.1
$ bin/hadoop dfs -ls
Found 1 items
drwxr-xr-x – Rajat supergroup 0 2009-12-16 23:30 /user/Rajat/input

Rajat@rtde ~/hadoop-0.20.1
$ bin/hadoop dfs -ls input
Found 1 items
-rw-r–r– 1 Rajat supergroup 683956 2009-12-16 23:30 /user/Rajat/input/162523852.csv

In a week, Melissa and I will be en route to India with Tania, Viraj, Anu, Sonia, and many others.

Whenever I go to India, I have a few strange feelings about it. I love being there, learning about my culture and heritage, and of course eating the world’s best cuisine. However, Indians decidedly make us feel like we don’t belong. Everyone we encounter, from the people in the hotels and on the street to my relatives and cousins, make a point of treating me like an outsider. And by outsiders I mean stupid Americans. Every conversation is forced to English and my Bengali is greeted with “VHATT?” and “KEE BOLTHAE CHOOUW?”. Lord know we’re hopelessly overcharged for everything we want to buy. Taxis take circuitous routes, and you’re always handed the most expensive items in every store.

The only one that really bothers me is being treated as someone with only a passing interest in India. I feel badly about it maybe because it is true. As much as I’m interested in India, the economy, relations with the Pakis, the high tech sector, my interest has never evolved further. I have always wanted it to, but to develop a stronger interest, I need to spend more time there. And in order to spend more time there, I must be away from the US for longer periods. That hasn’t been possible until this year.

On this trip, I am planning to immerse myself completely in India; all of our lively culture and the energy of the place. This “Indian-American” stuff isn’t a strong identity. I want to get my culture from the source.

Seen this?

Rajat@rtde ~/java
$ javac -classpath /home/Rajat/hadoop-0.20.1/hadoop-0.20.1-core.jar -d
wordcount_classes WordCount.java

WordCount.java:5: package org.apache.hadoop.fs does not exist
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;

WordCount.java:6: package org.apache.hadoop.conf does not exist
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.*;
^
WordCount.java:7: package org.apache.hadoop.io does not exist
import org.apache.hadoop.io.*;
^
WordCount.java:8: package org.apache.hadoop.mapred does not exist
import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.*;
^
WordCount.java:9: package org.apache.hadoop.util does not exist
import org.apache.hadoop.util.*;

And running CygWin on Windows? Tried everything for your classpath
huh? Try this:

$ javac -verbose -classpath C:\\cygwin\\home\\Rajat\\hadoop-0.20.1\\hadoop-0.20.1-core.jar -d wordcount_classes WordCount.java

(Change your cygwin path, obviously)

Use the -verbose flag to show the entire class search path.

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/scrubyt-0.4.06/lib/scrubyt/utils/shared_utils.rb:43:in `traverse_for_match’: undefined method `each’ for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)

If you see this, go to shared_utils.rb in the path above, and change this block:

node.children.each { |child| traverse_for_m….

into this:

if node.children
node.children.each { |child| traverse_for_m….
end

Thanks to Deginzabi who wrote about it in Japanese. This article is a translation of what he said. Hope this makes the next ScrubyT release! It is a great project.

Error:

undefined method `text_field_with_auto_complete' for #<ActionView::Base:0x478d5e4>

Answer:

Install the auto_complete plugin.

command:ruby script/plugin install git://github.com/rails/auto_complete.git

Error:

ruby script/plugin install git://github.com/rails/auto_complete.git
removing: C:/Dropbox/My Dropbox/Ruby/mc/vendor/plugins/auto_complete/.git

Answer:

You don't have GIT installed. Its like a package manager. Get it from:http://git-scm.com/download

Error:

ruby script/plugin remove auto_complete
Plugin doesn't exist: C:/Dropbox/My Dropbox/Ruby/mcvendor/plugins/auto_complete

Answer:

Duh, it isn't installed. Install as directed above.

Error:

Just doesn't seem to work.

Answer:

Restart rails
Do the error logs tell you something?
Go over this article with a fine toothed comb:http://www.slash7.com/articles/2005/08/13/ajaxariffic-autocomplete-with-scriptaculous

Error:

ActionController::InvalidAuthenticityToken in your development.log

Answer:

There is a cross-site scripting protection that must be turned off.
Add this to your controller:
skip_before_filter :verify_authenticity_token

My Room mate got excited when NXE came out for the xbox 360. He downloaded and activated the Netflix app for Xbox 360 while I was out of town. But he doesn’t have an unlimited account, or good taste in movies for that matter. Here are some quick directions to get rid of your existing activation code and input a new one.
1.     In the Guide, select the Settings blade, and then select System Settings.
2.     Select Memory.
3.     Select Hard Drive or Memory Card.
4.     Select Games.
5.     Locate any select items that refer to “Netflix.”
6.     Press the A button to delete the items.
7.     Exit to the Xbox 360 Dashboard.
8.     Open the Video Marketplace.
9.     Select Netflix.
10.     Confirm the download, and follow any on-screen prompts to reconfigure Netflix on your Xbox 360 console.

You will now get a new activation code.

At this point, Netflix actually told me to “FUX OF” , but i’m persistent like that and i got a new activation.

Netflix telling me to FUX0F

EasyCGI, who i was a loyal customer of for 3+ years, apparently sold out to a shitty company, and decided to “migrate” all of its users from perfectly good Windows 2003 servers to some other configuration. They didn’t test anything, and put up a half-ass control panel. Their support staff gives answers like “Did you refresh your browser?” when i tell them that my entire MySQL database is inaccessible. They did an excellent job copying files (hooray) to the new server, but screwed up all the database stuff.

Anyway, I suppose I’m lucky because nothing on hindoogle generates any money, and downtime is a nuisance and not a business loss. I feel bad for other EasyCGI customers that relied upon them for business. Is this any way to treat longtime customers?

I Joined eApps.com , per Jason’s recommendation, and am _VERY_ satisfied. I can start putting up my Ruby on Rails business ideas here :)

This site is currently hosted by Eapps.com. They are a VERY good host, not a single day of downtime since November 2008. They promptly and properly answer all of my questions. I have a Linux private VPS for $11 a month, which is a steal. VPS is far superior to shared windows hosting. If you want to earn me a free month, please click this link to sign up with eapps and list “Rajat Banerjee” as your referrer. Thanks I appreciate it!

When Obi-Wan had the opportunity to kill Anakin, he should have taken it. Instead he demonstrated the Jedi’s legendary mercy. But perhaps it was actually vindictiveness, as Anakin smoldered on the ground beside his severed limbs. Whatever, Obiwan should have just done it.

I just finished posting the new Manu Chao album on Hindoogle Music. Drop a comment (with your email in the e-field) and i’ll send you the link!

Unfort it doesn’t have bongo bong on it, one of his best songs ever. Click below to listen.

In other news, me and my hottie are going to San Fran for new years, and planning to go to London in April. The long distance is extremely hard and I miss her very much. I think the rewards later on may make up for some of it.