This was cold introduction to postgresql. Then on the postgresql site I found a link to this: Practical PostgreSQL.
Now, I am familar with setting up different databases, but postgresql to me was very easy. My experience with mysql has been similar, but it didn't seem as clean to me as postgresql.
For a real nightmare setup either firebird. Not a whit of documentation for that database.
The basic Postgresql installation is a bit of a pain to get up and running with a basic database, which keeps pushing new users to MySQL, [snip]
Hmmm, even one of the developers in the article seemed to think that, which I didn't get.
For myself I found setting up postgresql to be a cinch. It was basically an initdb, if I remember right, then createdb. One of those commands needed a path for the data. Then you run pg_ctl start. Once the database was created and started you use psql to login and create users with permissions, which I'd assume has to be done on any database. Then create tables and go at it.
That was for setting up my home setup. I think I needed to edit one file to setup security for logins on remote hosts which was pretty self explaintory.
The hardest part was finding a jdbc driver, which didn't take too long. I found one that claimed to be better than the one that came with postgresql and droppped the.jar in the classpath and tada, instant database.
All said and done, just setting up and getting running probably takesless than two hours. And that was starting from emerge postgres.
Certainly its not like oracle and all enterprise like and what not, but it was sure a heck of a lot easier to setup.
Compared to mysql? I dunno, I'd rate it about as easy. I've setup mysql before, but it still didn't seem a clean a setup to me. That might just be me though.
Wouldn't you rather pleasure your wife/gf? Instead you are too lazy to spend the time to do the job right? Maybe that is why slashdotters never have women, they don't do the job right and would rather rely on tech to please their women.
This is all warm and mushy feeling, which makes it comparable to crap.
As an individual you are able to take people as individuals.
If I'm locked in a room with some rabid looking goth who looks like he just got smacked in the face with a tackle box and has his fake vampire fangs in and where his white pastey face can be seen through the piercings is stark contrast to the black cape he is wearing, I can probably get along with him. However, when I happen to call up some friends to head out for dinner, I usually will call up another married couple around my age group who has similar interests as I do.
What you seem to be missing is that the genders are different, period. You seem to imply that the flaw in the parent's arguement is that there are sterile women who cannot give birth. There is an even larger set of the population that cannot give birth, men.
What this study is doing is grouping folks according to gender, which is perfectly valid. When there is a clear tendency among a group, gender or otherwise, it is valid to study that tendency.
Men tend to have a stabler personality during PMS, women tend to be more emotional during PMS. We don't study men during PMS, why? I think we need to take people as individuals... No, cause its stupid in the extreme, thats why we don't take people as individuals in studies on PMS.
The only way this study would be invalid would be if men did not perform better in spatial orientation, in which their initial premise was wrong. However, the study shows that men tend to do better in spatial orientation then women, so they attempt to see why, see if there is something to help women perform better.
Do you have the same outrage at studies that show inner city kids perform lower in schools than suburban or rural schools? How dare they group people by where they live instead of taking them as individuals?
Not to be too picky here, I'd replace your statement:
News flash, the genders aren't equal.
With:
News flash, the genders aren't exactly the same, they are complimentary.
Your post seems to imply that, but equal implies a value difference. I know I wouldn't consider that my wife has a different value than I. We do compliment each other though. She is very good at debugging, I am very good at putting bugs in code for instance...
I don't see what the big deal is... I bet I could go from $800 to $350 in less time. Heck, I bet I could go from $800,000,000 to $350 in just a little bit longer. Especially with the current market conditions.
A little while back I bought a remote for my playstation 2 which came with a CD with software on it. Just put in the remote control reciever into a controller slot and it didn't work so I put the CD that came with it and installed the software, after which now most movies play really chunky on the playstation 2. Anyone else run into that?
Nod... I've heard of Transgaming and a few friends use it. I still prefer that games be native or ported instead of wine'd. All the games I mentioned there were native or ported.
"Well here we go again. A gaping security hole in Microsoft [Linux]. This never would have happened if Bill Gates weren't just trying to make more money so he could buy more [penis enlargers] to fill up his mansion in [France]
This is just one more reason why [Koter-Kelly] should [run] that [$#!+] company once and for all.
[SCO] only had this problem [1,000,000 times] in it's entire history, and there was a patch posted in under [10,000,000] minutes!
[Nano] rulez! Micr- [limp] is the [Chtulu]!"
You know, you could have really given us something better to start with.
No one is forcing you to use windows at home. You can use linux or something else you know.
At home I use linux for everything except games. As games become more and more available for linux windows becomes used less and less.
Linux is getting there in the game department... There is quake and unreal for FPS. NWN is beta4, soon to be ready to play for RPG. Though its behind the times, CivCTP, you might still be able to find a copy of that.
About the only really major game catagory I'd really like to see for linux that there isn't already is RTS. I'd love to see WCIII ported or see Blizzard do a linux native for something like a starcraft 2. But I suppose they are not going to even mention a starcraft 2 until WCIII has had a couple years to make some cash.
I work in programming and I have a timesheet to fill out. I hate it too since there is a million and one things that can occur when you are writing software. Some feature might not make it in, new ones I might pop up, its a work in progress. So I usually just put in 0 hours until the week before it is done, so my boss has to come annoy me while I am working...
Or editting the/etc/hosts or \winnt\hosts file to point the machine a one of your own with a similar looking applet giving you shining scores. And the benefit is if you have a sibling, you'd be suprised how bad you can make him look.:-)
Not that I'd reccomend that...
On a more serious note though, complaining about the potential security of this is valid. Perhaps there should be something that requires notification of the parents and then they can set the password.
However, the concept is great. It empowers the parent in many respects to be able to check the status of their childs education. It allows them to see on a regular basis where the child might need help. If there is a problem, the parent knows right away and can either defend their child if the teacher is being an idiot or help the child in a class he might have trouble with.
Consider that businesses are out to make cash, there isn't much reason to send someone across the big pond with the current state of telecom. Would you rather have a business trip or stay at home with your wife tonight?
Going on vacation? Are the few hours of travel you are going to save really worth the price of a concorde ticket? Not really to your average Joe.
Supersonic travel is just a niche market at this point.
Atlantunnel or Pacifunnel? How long did the Chunnel take?
Or are we going to line up barges from New York to London? Or do you like the idea that the US is isolated? Maybe three weeks across the big pond would be a good idea? Planes have their use.
Create a website to access the Access databases through. Use ODBC/JDBC connections to the DB instead of using local Access forms and reports. Beyond that you can also setup any database behind the scenes with it.
The company I work for deals with CU's for archival. Since I've been here we've used Access and MSSQL as our back end and IIS/asp/msjava combination. We are moving from that to a database independent and real java/servlet environment.
One thing to remember is that if you create a website to access the database data through you will need to fork out real money to either a developer to build the site and maintain it, or assign that as someone's job. Over all it is a good idea since you then can be on any type of machine and access/update the data instead of a machine that requires Access on it.
Programmer: Mage, you need arcance languages (C, perl, sed, awk), you spend time in a college (of sourcery? sorry), horrible hit points (sickness, allergies), low levels suck.
Red or White Wine? Red meat, red wine, fish pork, white. Binge drinking, margaritas until you don't enjoy the flavor then finish with anything else.
Tastes Great or Less Filling? Neither. Beer is disgusting. Sissy drinks all the way.
Lethal Injection or Gas Chamber? Doesn't really matter, they hit you with stuff to make you sleep before the gas chamber anyways so you really don't care by that point. Lethal injection is probably much cleaner though for those handling your remains.
Allow a Univeristy official handle the situation, or let the RIAA file lawsuits? I guess this answer is good for both this one and the previous one. Just don't get yourself in the situation.
There is a difference between sharing data that you only own a license to listen to (p2p filesharing of copyrighted content) and using the content to which you own a license to use.
Should you be able to rip CDs, sure. Should you be able to distribute the content, only if you own the copyright to it. If you own a scratched CD and want to go download the content so you can listen to it again, download it in such a way that your license can be verified, but since I don't know a way for that to be done, bummer. Contact the vendor or distributer and tell them you want a new copy of the disk, pay for the material to make the disk and delivery though. Its not the distributers fault you scrached the disk.
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This was cold introduction to postgresql. Then on the postgresql site I found a link to this: Practical PostgreSQL.
Now, I am familar with setting up different databases, but postgresql to me was very easy. My experience with mysql has been similar, but it didn't seem as clean to me as postgresql.
For a real nightmare setup either firebird. Not a whit of documentation for that database.
The basic Postgresql installation is a bit of a pain to get up and running with a basic database, which keeps pushing new users to MySQL, [snip]
.jar in the classpath and tada, instant database.
Hmmm, even one of the developers in the article seemed to think that, which I didn't get.
For myself I found setting up postgresql to be a cinch. It was basically an initdb, if I remember right, then createdb. One of those commands needed a path for the data. Then you run pg_ctl start. Once the database was created and started you use psql to login and create users with permissions, which I'd assume has to be done on any database. Then create tables and go at it.
That was for setting up my home setup. I think I needed to edit one file to setup security for logins on remote hosts which was pretty self explaintory.
The hardest part was finding a jdbc driver, which didn't take too long. I found one that claimed to be better than the one that came with postgresql and droppped the
All said and done, just setting up and getting running probably takesless than two hours. And that was starting from emerge postgres.
Certainly its not like oracle and all enterprise like and what not, but it was sure a heck of a lot easier to setup.
Compared to mysql? I dunno, I'd rate it about as easy. I've setup mysql before, but it still didn't seem a clean a setup to me. That might just be me though.
What is it with slashdotters...?
Wouldn't you rather pleasure your wife/gf? Instead you are too lazy to spend the time to do the job right? Maybe that is why slashdotters never have women, they don't do the job right and would rather rely on tech to please their women.
Also explain all the porn posts too.
This is all warm and mushy feeling, which makes it comparable to crap.
As an individual you are able to take people as individuals.
If I'm locked in a room with some rabid looking goth who looks like he just got smacked in the face with a tackle box and has his fake vampire fangs in and where his white pastey face can be seen through the piercings is stark contrast to the black cape he is wearing, I can probably get along with him. However, when I happen to call up some friends to head out for dinner, I usually will call up another married couple around my age group who has similar interests as I do.
What you seem to be missing is that the genders are different, period. You seem to imply that the flaw in the parent's arguement is that there are sterile women who cannot give birth. There is an even larger set of the population that cannot give birth, men.
What this study is doing is grouping folks according to gender, which is perfectly valid. When there is a clear tendency among a group, gender or otherwise, it is valid to study that tendency.
Men tend to have a stabler personality during PMS, women tend to be more emotional during PMS. We don't study men during PMS, why? I think we need to take people as individuals... No, cause its stupid in the extreme, thats why we don't take people as individuals in studies on PMS.
The only way this study would be invalid would be if men did not perform better in spatial orientation, in which their initial premise was wrong. However, the study shows that men tend to do better in spatial orientation then women, so they attempt to see why, see if there is something to help women perform better.
Do you have the same outrage at studies that show inner city kids perform lower in schools than suburban or rural schools? How dare they group people by where they live instead of taking them as individuals?
Not to be too picky here, I'd replace your statement:
News flash, the genders aren't equal.
With:
News flash, the genders aren't exactly the same, they are complimentary.
Your post seems to imply that, but equal implies a value difference. I know I wouldn't consider that my wife has a different value than I. We do compliment each other though. She is very good at debugging, I am very good at putting bugs in code for instance...
I don't see what the big deal is... I bet I could go from $800 to $350 in less time. Heck, I bet I could go from $800,000,000 to $350 in just a little bit longer. Especially with the current market conditions.
Man, you are dead, haven't you heard?
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You hung yourself.
Jerk, thanks for posting my email address...
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A little while back I bought a remote for my playstation 2 which came with a CD with software on it. Just put in the remote control reciever into a controller slot and it didn't work so I put the CD that came with it and installed the software, after which now most movies play really chunky on the playstation 2. Anyone else run into that?
No, evolution is a competing mail/organizer program...
You have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning, huh?
Its a pretty scarey, big, bad world out there isn't it?
Check these guys out for a nice tinfoil hat.
Nod... I've heard of Transgaming and a few friends use it. I still prefer that games be native or ported instead of wine'd. All the games I mentioned there were native or ported.
:-(
That and I am not a huge subscription fan.
"Well here we go again. A gaping security hole in Microsoft [Linux]. This never would have happened if Bill Gates weren't just trying to make more money so he could buy more [penis enlargers] to fill up his mansion in [France]
This is just one more reason why [Koter-Kelly] should [run] that [$#!+] company once and for all.
[SCO] only had this problem [1,000,000 times] in it's entire history, and there was a patch posted in under [10,000,000] minutes!
[Nano] rulez! Micr- [limp] is the [Chtulu]!"
You know, you could have really given us something better to start with.
No one is forcing you to use windows at home. You can use linux or something else you know.
At home I use linux for everything except games. As games become more and more available for linux windows becomes used less and less.
Linux is getting there in the game department... There is quake and unreal for FPS. NWN is beta4, soon to be ready to play for RPG. Though its behind the times, CivCTP, you might still be able to find a copy of that.
About the only really major game catagory I'd really like to see for linux that there isn't already is RTS. I'd love to see WCIII ported or see Blizzard do a linux native for something like a starcraft 2. But I suppose they are not going to even mention a starcraft 2 until WCIII has had a couple years to make some cash.
I work in programming and I have a timesheet to fill out. I hate it too since there is a million and one things that can occur when you are writing software. Some feature might not make it in, new ones I might pop up, its a work in progress. So I usually just put in 0 hours until the week before it is done, so my boss has to come annoy me while I am working...
Or editting the /etc/hosts or \winnt\hosts file to point the machine a one of your own with a similar looking applet giving you shining scores. And the benefit is if you have a sibling, you'd be suprised how bad you can make him look. :-)
Not that I'd reccomend that...
On a more serious note though, complaining about the potential security of this is valid. Perhaps there should be something that requires notification of the parents and then they can set the password.
However, the concept is great. It empowers the parent in many respects to be able to check the status of their childs education. It allows them to see on a regular basis where the child might need help. If there is a problem, the parent knows right away and can either defend their child if the teacher is being an idiot or help the child in a class he might have trouble with.
My guess is your company would rather not pay a second seat, especially at concorde rates.
Consider that businesses are out to make cash, there isn't much reason to send someone across the big pond with the current state of telecom. Would you rather have a business trip or stay at home with your wife tonight?
Going on vacation? Are the few hours of travel you are going to save really worth the price of a concorde ticket? Not really to your average Joe.
Supersonic travel is just a niche market at this point.
Atlantunnel or Pacifunnel? How long did the Chunnel take?
Or are we going to line up barges from New York to London? Or do you like the idea that the US is isolated? Maybe three weeks across the big pond would be a good idea? Planes have their use.
Create a website to access the Access databases through. Use ODBC/JDBC connections to the DB instead of using local Access forms and reports. Beyond that you can also setup any database behind the scenes with it.
The company I work for deals with CU's for archival. Since I've been here we've used Access and MSSQL as our back end and IIS/asp/msjava combination. We are moving from that to a database independent and real java/servlet environment.
One thing to remember is that if you create a website to access the database data through you will need to fork out real money to either a developer to build the site and maintain it, or assign that as someone's job. Over all it is a good idea since you then can be on any type of machine and access/update the data instead of a machine that requires Access on it.
Gore would have done everything binLaden asked. Anything to avoid war. Anything to avoid making waves.
Gore would be an appeaser.
That and he probably would have signed PATRIOT also and anything else that was spoon fed to him.
Programmer: Mage, you need arcance languages (C, perl, sed, awk), you spend time in a college (of sourcery? sorry), horrible hit points (sickness, allergies), low levels suck.
Red or White Wine?
Red meat, red wine, fish pork, white. Binge drinking, margaritas until you don't enjoy the flavor then finish with anything else.
Tastes Great or Less Filling?
Neither. Beer is disgusting. Sissy drinks all the way.
Lethal Injection or Gas Chamber?
Doesn't really matter, they hit you with stuff to make you sleep before the gas chamber anyways so you really don't care by that point. Lethal injection is probably much cleaner though for those handling your remains.
Allow a Univeristy official handle the situation, or let the RIAA file lawsuits?
I guess this answer is good for both this one and the previous one. Just don't get yourself in the situation.
There is a difference between sharing data that you only own a license to listen to (p2p filesharing of copyrighted content) and using the content to which you own a license to use.
Should you be able to rip CDs, sure. Should you be able to distribute the content, only if you own the copyright to it. If you own a scratched CD and want to go download the content so you can listen to it again, download it in such a way that your license can be verified, but since I don't know a way for that to be done, bummer. Contact the vendor or distributer and tell them you want a new copy of the disk, pay for the material to make the disk and delivery though. Its not the distributers fault you scrached the disk.
Wally, is that you Wally? I thought you were just a comic character.
Ack! Cooties!
Oh, wait, I'm married. I must be rolling in cooties already.