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Well, instead of trolling for Postgres, let's mosey on over to the MySQL website and see if we can figure out why someone might want to pay, hrm? Ahh yes, here we go, MySQL Enterprise. Mmm. Let's click that. Iiiinteresting. Says here you get 24x7 web and phone support plus 30 minute emergency response time. Eat that, pgsql-bugs. You also get consultative support from people who spend all day tuning MySQL installations for max performance and reliability. I can't even find the Postgres analogue of that to make fun of. Lots of other goodies too numerous to mention that might be worth paying for.

If you're tossing Wankr 2.1 together in your bedroom then MySQL free, pgsql, or even sqlite is more than enough to meet your needs. If you run a large business that relies on MySQL to actually make some $$, then purchasing support is a rational choice. Especially since TCO is still about an order of magnitude less than competition.

If we applied that to porn, we'd just get a lot of high-def, low quality porn.

Besides, a similar implementation already exists using the web 2.0 paradigm:

http://www.parm.net/web2.0/ (SFW)

Site seems to be down - perhaps due to slashdotting?

Nah, more that I'm moving web hosts, and it would finally appear to be taking effect. The real site should be back up again sooner or later - but in the meantime, here's the MINERVA page on the Valve Developer Community.

Some download links: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Yes, I'm using friends in UK academia for download bandwidth. But if old-fashioned HTTP isn't your thing, there's always BitTorrent...

Still, huge thanks for all the comments, and I guess I really should get back to the third and final part of Metastasis. (There will definitely be future chapters, so don't worry.)

(N.B.: Difficulty levels have been tweaked a bit, with an altered skill.cfg which monkeys around with the damage taken and inflicted by the enemies. Try loading standard HL2 maps through the console from MINERVA - it's like a whole different game.)

Is Omega the new OMG?

Already done. Presenting the winner, second place and the honorable mention...

A friend has been working incredibly hard (heh) to get his latest project up (fnar) and pumping. (Ooer!)

Yes, it's Smutr, the fully Web 2.0 automated smut delivery system. Has pastel shades, rounded corners, beta status, AJAX and all that jizz, sorry, jazz.

(It was another friend who created Wankr. Maybe I should look for new friends...)

How could they forget wankr? The best web 2.0 app yet. http://www.parm.net/web2.0/

They left one off.
http://www.parm.net/web2.0/

they forgot the True Incarnation of web 2.0, the embodyment of what "Web 2.0" means, the body and soul of the movement.

Anybody have any insight, or even a good suggested name for these people?

It can only be 'wankr's - http://www.parm.net/web2.0/

You know, so the web 2.0 folks have something to do once 3.0 hits.

. . .but here is an indisputable rebuttal.

http://www.parm.net/web2.0/

Come on people, we're all sick of buzzwords, but you can't deny the reality of Web 2.0!

Igi