Application code should be kept in the application, not the data store (which is what a database is).
Not exactly. It's a good idea to have all sorts of business logic in the database backend, to present transparancy in the front end. If all data going into column X need to have 5 added, it's better to do it at the database side than the app side.
You are aware that due to the way MySQL works, while a record is being inserted/updated, no other record in that table can be touched, yes? This is a programmed behaviour. It's not that it can't do row locking so much as it DOES do full table locking, and naught else.
Doesn't lose its shares, data, etc. The backup runs nightly and reliably
Out of curiosity, how do you know, if you never touch the server? Do you test your backups? Do you try restoring random files occasionally to see if it works? Do you test your tape drive to make sure it's not out of alignment, thusly rendering it's tapes useless on other drives?
No machine with moving parts is SUPPOSED to sit in the corner for three years, covering in dust. That's bad.
Actually, PSX was the internal development name, much like 'chicago' was the internal name for Win95, and 'memphis' for 98, and, I believe, 'cairo' for NT5.
More accurately, the Dreamcast CAN run a custom variant of WinCE. It more commonly runs it's own little OS. But WinCE is great for quick ports of win apps.
Or, better yet, you install Windows 2000 Professional, you right click the directory in question, you select 'encrypt', you tell it to encrypt the folder, instead of specific contents. Then, you make sure that the screen saver is passworded, kicks in in, say, five minutes, and requires CTRL-ALT-DELETE.
So long as the password isn't compromised, you're good to go.
Of course it isn't 100 percent secure, but what is?
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As I said originally, application benchmarks are only worth using if you're only running that particular benchmark.:-)
Although I do point out that for general benchmarking, wanting to use a specific application generally means assembler-optimized. What would happen, for example, if the Photoshop filter was optimized for MMX2/KNI/SMID/whatever the hell it is the P3 has?
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In other words, a theoretical 500 MHz p3 would take 248 seconds to complete the task which took only 108 seconds on the G4.
500mhz G4 did it in 108 seconds. If it's twice as fast per clock cycle, it should have done it in 62 seconds, which is half the time the P3 took.
Regardless of the numbers, the benchmark itself is still worthless.
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Ultra 2 is better than Ultra 5...gee, lets take a Pentium clone, weld an UltraSPARC II on there, and call it a computer. What's that? Want to read a file off disk? CPU up to 100 percent.
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Actually, I run solaris on sun hardware because it's a better enterprise level OS than Linux currently is.
When Linux surpasses Solaris in that respect, I'll switch.
Want some examples? The ability to set system resources, like shared memory, semaphores, etc etc with a textfile and a reboot, and not a kernal recompile. Or the ability to fsck a disk, in production. Stuff like that.
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the results were 124 seconds for the P3, and 108 seconds for the G4
If Apple is claiming that 124 is twice as much as 108, then I don't think I'll be buying their stock any time soon.
Besides, application level benchmarks are only worth something to people who are going to run one application. Otherwise, use stuff like SPEC.
Client side filters still result in you wasting precious bandwith to pull the thing down, look at it, and decide to discard it. IMAP4 is a wee bit better, but the world is tragically stuck on POP3.
### Autospambot V 1.0
### This script requires the basic UNIX 'mail'
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# put this line in the appropriate crontab file:
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#!/bin/sh
YOUR_NAME="Annoyed Customer Number 5"
TARGET_NAME="Amazon.com"
TARGET_EMAIL="somwhere@amazon.com"
YOUR_EMAIL="annoyed_customer-5@isp.com"
`echo Dear $TARGET_NAME: If I, $YOUR_NAME on email address $YOUR_EMAIL am not removed from any and all email lists and spendings immediately, you will receive this email every five minutes until such time as I am. | mail -s "Please remove me from your email spam lists" $TARGET_EMAIL `
where "Exit 25 m.p.h." means "If you are driving 26 m.p.h., you are about to die".
The perfect deadpan has me laughing my ass off. I've been in situations like that meself, and it really really sucks (especially after you're velocitized (the needle says I'm doing 80 KPH, but it feels like 40.....).
True, but with something like Q2, they can put a licensed copy on a CD, with the level, and give it to the clients. Any computer a business person is going to see these days will run it.
Hell, business could put it on one of those little 'business card' CD-ROMS and give it out to people who are going to visit anytime soon.
No, it's not as accurate, but it's much more portable.
Of COURSE the guy's full of shit....
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....but he's half-right.
For example, GNU/Linux is not an OS. Red Hat, Caldera, S.U.S.E., etc etc, on the other hand, are.
I am pretty surprised to see any compensation being thrown at people for this.
Not to be antagonistic, or anything, but this kind of offends me.
The entire point of 'compensation' is an agreement between two entities; something is exchanged for something. In the case of a normal '9 to 5' working job, the agreement is (x per hour|y per year) in exchange for 8 hours a day of work.
Being on call (especially if there are iron-clad response requirements) effectivly raises the number of hours of 'work' per day, assuming that any period of time can be EITHER 'work' or 'personal.' And in this case, it is, if one is expected to respond before 9 o'clock next morning. Think about it; my time is NOT my own if I need to do work related things.
So why not be compensated for that? If one shouldn't be compensated for being 'on call', why should one be compensated for being at the desk between 9 and 5? What is the difference?
That having been said, I'm technically 'on call' 24/7, but I've never been called past working hours. If it starts to happen, fair compensation will be negotiated, or they'll be one less sysadmin.
Oh, and has been mentioned a few times; CHECK STATE/PROVINCAL LAW. You may have LEGALLY REQUIRED compensation coming at you; commonly 1.5x base rate, EVEN IF YOU'RE SALARIED. And most laws, to prevent corporate reaming of employees, state that this legal right cannot be given up in any way shape or form.
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A secondary theme in Stephenson's The Crystal Age.
You mean The Diamond Age. Good book, but easier to find if you know the title.
First, though, read Snow Crash. There is a loose continuity (looser, far looser, than Gibson's cyberspace trilogy) and, hell, it's just a good book.
You folks are talking about upgrading, thats all fine and dandy, but how about a new server from dell with 7 preinstalled.
I'm not talking about upgrading. Try to stay with me here.
There is a concept, that concept being called 'in production.' Anything said to be 'in production' should be throughly tested. That includes hardware, software, configurations, and usage patterns.
In other words, you buy a shiny new Dell with RH7 on it, IT NEEDS TO BE TESTED FOR AN APPROPRIATE TIME before it goes into production, to test both hardware and software.
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You are aware that due to the way MySQL works, while a record is being inserted/updated, no other record in that table can be touched, yes? This is a programmed behaviour. It's not that it can't do row locking so much as it DOES do full table locking, and naught else.
I take it into the shop and get it tuned weekly. Do they have reps from the tape drive manufacturer come in and re-align the heads every six months?
No no, I meant how do they know that the backups are working at all? Quite honestly, your attitude is frightening to me. :-)
Actually, PSX was the internal development name, much like 'chicago' was the internal name for Win95, and 'memphis' for 98, and, I believe, 'cairo' for NT5.
DC versus PS2 Showdown!
More accurately, the Dreamcast CAN run a custom variant of WinCE. It more commonly runs it's own little OS. But WinCE is great for quick ports of win apps.
Or, better yet, you install Windows 2000 Professional, you right click the directory in question, you select 'encrypt', you tell it to encrypt the folder, instead of specific contents. Then, you make sure that the screen saver is passworded, kicks in in, say, five minutes, and requires CTRL-ALT-DELETE. So long as the password isn't compromised, you're good to go. Of course it isn't 100 percent secure, but what is?
As I said originally, application benchmarks are only worth using if you're only running that particular benchmark. :-)
Although I do point out that for general benchmarking, wanting to use a specific application generally means assembler-optimized. What would happen, for example, if the Photoshop filter was optimized for MMX2/KNI/SMID/whatever the hell it is the P3 has?
Ultra 2 is better than Ultra 5...gee, lets take a Pentium clone, weld an UltraSPARC II on there, and call it a computer. What's that? Want to read a file off disk? CPU up to 100 percent.
Actually, I run solaris on sun hardware because it's a better enterprise level OS than Linux currently is. When Linux surpasses Solaris in that respect, I'll switch. Want some examples? The ability to set system resources, like shared memory, semaphores, etc etc with a textfile and a reboot, and not a kernal recompile. Or the ability to fsck a disk, in production. Stuff like that.
Client side filters still result in you wasting precious bandwith to pull the thing down, look at it, and decide to discard it. IMAP4 is a wee bit better, but the world is tragically stuck on POP3.
### Autospambot V 1.0 /usr/local/bin/nomail.sh,
/usr/local/bin/nomail.sh >/dev/null
### This script requires the basic UNIX 'mail'
### command, a working MTA, and the basic 'sh'
### shell.
# Assuming this file is saved as
#
# put this line in the appropriate crontab file:
#*/5 * * * * root
#!/bin/sh
YOUR_NAME="Annoyed Customer Number 5"
TARGET_NAME="Amazon.com"
TARGET_EMAIL="somwhere@amazon.com"
YOUR_EMAIL="annoyed_customer-5@isp.com"
`echo Dear $TARGET_NAME: If I, $YOUR_NAME on email address $YOUR_EMAIL am not removed from any and all email lists and spendings immediately, you will receive this email every five minutes until such time as I am. | mail -s "Please remove me from your email spam lists" $TARGET_EMAIL `
## end of script
True, but with something like Q2, they can put a licensed copy on a CD, with the level, and give it to the clients. Any computer a business person is going to see these days will run it. Hell, business could put it on one of those little 'business card' CD-ROMS and give it out to people who are going to visit anytime soon. No, it's not as accurate, but it's much more portable.
....but he's half-right. For example, GNU/Linux is not an OS. Red Hat, Caldera, S.U.S.E., etc etc, on the other hand, are.
Standard boilerplate generally used by any company after they've been sued over a press release, or after their stock takes a dive.
Only, if I recall correctly, if it's NT4 PRE SERVICE PACK 4. Not NT4 SP6a, and not Win2K Professional.