Fanfiction Reviews, Interesting Links, and General Geekery
You might not be aware of this, but since some time during the glibc 2.3 era, Linux apparently doesn’t enforce the RSS memory limit. (ulimit -m) My tests seem to confirm this.
As such, the only way I could find to limit a program’s memory allocations was by the VIRT size (ulimit -v)… which can differ a lot from the RSS. (Upon which the “percentage of memory used” value in system monitors is based on, if you weren’t sure)
Ever seen the Fett’s Vette vid? What about this part of AMV Hell 4?
Well, in case you haven’t, both “The Tussin” and “Fett’s Vette” are by MC Chris and he’s currently running a fan music video contest for his new song, “Nrrrd Grrrl”. (YouTube Results)
You may not know how to make a music video and, while I have the general idea, I don’t have time. Either way, I suggest you drop by his MySpace page and hit the download link in the music player. The song’s pretty catchy and I doubt it’ll be in the player forever.
Ever heard of the Streisand Effect? It refers to how, as John Gilmore said, “The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.”
Want some examples?
Just a little something I ran across which I thought to be noteworthy.
BBC: ‘Chaos’ of China’s music industry
An interesting little article about how the music industry in China is taking a different approach to “music piracy” because there’s just so darn much of it.
Wild Magic by Usagi Hasano
Length: 19 Chapters, Ongoing
Sources: Ranma ½, Harry Potter, Slayers, Tenchi Muyo, Sailor Moon
Rating: 5/5
Now for another one of those fics which works better than you’d expect it to. “Wild Magic” by Usagi-Hasano. In this case, the premise is “Voldemort Kills Ranma and he gets reincarnated as Draco Malfoy’s twin sister… reincarnation of Lina Inverse”.
Now that I’ve lost half my audience, let me say that, interestingly, that’s exactly why I like it. It manages to make what could easily be an insanely over-powered Ranma but it doesn’t succomb to DBZ syndrome and it continues to focus on the characters’ personalities rather than their powers.
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