This is exactly the same concern I have, and I am not that convinced all the automation is really a good thing.
Anyone with real world experience (i.e. maintenance of complex sites with complex tables where schema changes are frequent and performance tuning is required periodically) can debunk this? Yes I know the Rails site point to a few 'biggish' sites that uses it, but I am interested in hearing from actual developers if these annoyances are real, and how these sort of problems can be dealt with. Maybe we are too stuck with our old-world methods of design/development that prevent us from doing things correctly in the first place, so let us know...
Not quite 'buying over the company' as partnering with a local Czech VC to buy over a majority stake from another Czech VC firm.
From the press release on Grisoft's website:
Grisoft announces investment by Intel Capital and Enterprise Investors
Prague, Czech Republic - September 6th, 2005 - Grisoft, one of the leading providers of anti-virus security software, announced today that Enterprise Investors (EI), the largest private equity firm in Central and Eastern Europe, and Intel Capital, Intel Corporation's venture investment fund, have made a substantial investment in the company.
The $52 million investment in Grisoft by Enterprise Investors and Intel Capital will result in a new ownership structure of the company, with a majority stake being acquired from current owners Benson Oak Capital. As a result of this strategic transaction, the two new investors will own a 65% stake in Grisoft.
I didn't posit that the burden of experimental proof remains with those who revise it... though it would be nice if that theory is in practice verifiable. I am just saying that it should withstand falsification.
Having said that, thanks for the wonderful explanation & links, you got the best explanation on how that theory can still survive that attempt at falsification, which I had falsely thought to be rock-solid.
One of the riposte for the quantum-brain theory is that of MRI/PET scans on the brain - apparently that messes up the quantum states. However, your memory and emotions remain intact - indicating that perhaps the functioning of your brain is quantum-independent.
Doesn't say in the article, but wouldn't this be useful in making buildings that would fare better in absorbing the shocks of an earthquake, instead of crumbling down?
Man, if you pressure us, you just drive us away. We'll commit when we're ready, okay? Besides, what's so great about taking things out of beta? It ruins all the romance, the challenge, the possibilities, the right to explore. Carpe diem, ya know? Maybe we're jaded, but we've seen all these other companies leap headlong into 1.0, thinking their product is exactly what they've been dreaming of all their lives, that everything is perfect and hunky-dory - and the next thing you know some vanilla copycat release from Redmond is kicking their butt, the Board is holding emergency meetings and the CEO is on CNBC blathering sweatily about "a new direction" and "getting back to basics." No thanks, man. We like our freedom.
It could be that many libraries were completely re-compiled with a better compiler that automatically closes some holes (like data overflows), so the whole shebang needs to be reapplied, even if there were actually no code changes.
Actually, why not? Legit ones of course. BitTorrent will be perfect for distributors to transmit new films to all cinemas without clogging up their main servers.
I love Thunderbird for its simplicity and think it's a really good job - but I hope they fix a few annoying bugs, like having all my messages being mark 'unread' inexplicably.
Read from the horse's mouth: see section 2.6. I don't know about you but I think it is a pretty big flaw if a database cannot support Unicode. Note that I meant only the Win32 port - UTF-8 works fine in other ports.
The PostgreSQL 8.0 for windows installation process was very difficult and ultimately unsuccessful.
You got to be kidding right? There is a packaged Windows installer for 8.0.1, and as database installer goes, this got to be one of the most no-brainers around. It even installs the documentation, pgAdminIII and the necessary ODBC and OLE-DB drivers.
Actually, PostgreSQL has always been officially available for Windows, but before V8.0 it runs under Cygwin, so performance sucks. Version 8.0 is re-written (I assume, with an OS abstraction) so that on it calls Win32 directly instead of through Cygwin.
Whether the former constitutes a 'Windows port' or not is semantics.
There are fatal flaws in this version of 8.0 that makes it practically unusable in Win32 for me.
Firstly, the broken Unicode support, which arose because certain collation functions doesn't work well on UTF-8 (PostGre uses UTF-8, Win32 prefers UCS-2). The tone you get from reading the bug/support forums are disdainful, pointing the problem to Win32 libraries and suggesting that it should not be in the confines of the PostGres team to fix Windows bugs. Nevertheless, if they already put so much effort to porting to Win32, it seems strange that they are adopting such a stance instead of proactively trying to fix that problem.
Secondly, there is no support for the Win1252 code page, which is very commonly used in English Windows, while mind-bogglingly, there seem to be all other code-pages from Cyrillic to Arabic. This makes migration of data from SQL Server very difficult, and using Latin-1 doesn't help when it encounters characters like `. Yes, Windows should be whacked on the bottom for introducing such shitty incompatibilities but that doesn't solve the problem. The other solution to this problem - to convert to UTF-8 instead - is unavailable because of first problem.
I have been trying to persuade my company to shift from SQL Server to PostGreSQL on Windows (for some reasons, we cannot move over to Linux yet). But after hitting these brick walls - I've giving up. Here's to hoping!
basically words things most people already know in ways that make it seem like it's new and insightful. That's pretty sad.
The book fascinated him, or more exactly it reassured him. In a sense it told him nothing that was new, but that was part of the attraction. It said what he would have said, if it had been possible for him to set his scattered thoughts in order. It was the product of a mind similar to his own, but enormously more powerful, more systematic, less fear-ridden. The best books, he perceived, are those that tell you what you know already.
North Korea is much more delicate than Iraq. Seoul (pop:14 million) itself is within artillery range of North Korea, to talk nothing of missles. They have more artillery than any other army, the world largest submarine fleet, 700 naval vessels, and the third largest standing army (so they can just send waves of drones across the DMZ to Seoul, just 35 miles away). And now nukes to add to the fun. Still gung-ho about invading them?
Even if you want to bomb them to submission, they will destroy South Korea and Japan first. Acceptable?
Bush's rhetoric toward Iran, considering Iran is a democracy.
Before you start accusing Iran of being *cough* *cough* a democracy, you need to consider the particularities of their political system:
a) The Guardian Councils can veto any elected candidates, prevent their candidacy, and any legislature they passes.
b) Half of the Guardian Councils are appointed by the Ayatollah directly, the other half by the head of judicial, who is also selected by the Ayatollah.
c) The Ayatollah is selected by the assembly of experts, and by convention, holds office for life, though they can be deposed by the same assembly.
d) The public elects the assembly of experts, but selection can vetoed by the Guardian Councils.
So while there is universal suffrage in electing the president and their representatives, the system is skewed towards concentrating lots of power in the Ayatollah and making him hard to dislodge. The elected President and legislative councils are powerless under the thumbs of the Ayatollah and his powerful Guardian Councils.
And how would it be better with Encarta? For example, it is well known that intellectuals seems to swing leftish, and this may go the same for Encarta writers and contributors.
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This is exactly the same concern I have, and I am not that convinced all the automation is really a good thing.
Anyone with real world experience (i.e. maintenance of complex sites with complex tables where schema changes are frequent and performance tuning is required periodically) can debunk this? Yes I know the Rails site point to a few 'biggish' sites that uses it, but I am interested in hearing from actual developers if these annoyances are real, and how these sort of problems can be dealt with. Maybe we are too stuck with our old-world methods of design/development that prevent us from doing things correctly in the first place, so let us know...
are either rare or low in the food chain?
Not quite 'buying over the company' as partnering with a local Czech VC to buy over a majority stake from another Czech VC firm.
From the press release on Grisoft's website:
Grisoft announces investment by Intel Capital and Enterprise Investors
Prague, Czech Republic - September 6th, 2005 - Grisoft, one of the leading providers of anti-virus security software, announced today that Enterprise Investors (EI), the largest private equity firm in Central and Eastern Europe, and Intel Capital, Intel Corporation's venture investment fund, have made a substantial investment in the company.
The $52 million investment in Grisoft by Enterprise Investors and Intel Capital will result in a new ownership structure of the company, with a majority stake being acquired from current owners Benson Oak Capital. As a result of this strategic transaction, the two new investors will own a 65% stake in Grisoft.
I'll like to see the video when she starts on GTA!
Why not let the UN govern your nuclear arsenal too?
Is that no one will be able to tell accurately if one will exist or not in three years until it is actually observed.
I didn't posit that the burden of experimental proof remains with those who revise it... though it would be nice if that theory is in practice verifiable. I am just saying that it should withstand falsification.
Having said that, thanks for the wonderful explanation & links, you got the best explanation on how that theory can still survive that attempt at falsification, which I had falsely thought to be rock-solid.
One of the riposte for the quantum-brain theory is that of MRI/PET scans on the brain - apparently that messes up the quantum states. However, your memory and emotions remain intact - indicating that perhaps the functioning of your brain is quantum-independent.
How do you defend your theory against that?
Doesn't say in the article, but wouldn't this be useful in making buildings that would fare better in absorbing the shocks of an earthquake, instead of crumbling down?
With a not so subtle dig at M$:
11. When will you take Google Gulp out of beta?
Man, if you pressure us, you just drive us away. We'll commit when we're ready, okay? Besides, what's so great about taking things out of beta? It ruins all the romance, the challenge, the possibilities, the right to explore. Carpe diem, ya know? Maybe we're jaded, but we've seen all these other companies leap headlong into 1.0, thinking their product is exactly what they've been dreaming of all their lives, that everything is perfect and hunky-dory - and the next thing you know some vanilla copycat release from Redmond is kicking their butt, the Board is holding emergency meetings and the CEO is on CNBC blathering sweatily about "a new direction" and "getting back to basics." No thanks, man. We like our freedom.
It could be that many libraries were completely re-compiled with a better compiler that automatically closes some holes (like data overflows), so the whole shebang needs to be reapplied, even if there were actually no code changes.
Actually, why not? Legit ones of course. BitTorrent will be perfect for distributors to transmit new films to all cinemas without clogging up their main servers.
I love Thunderbird for its simplicity and think it's a really good job - but I hope they fix a few annoying bugs, like having all my messages being mark 'unread' inexplicably.
Read from the horse's mouth: see section 2.6. I don't know about you but I think it is a pretty big flaw if a database cannot support Unicode. Note that I meant only the Win32 port - UTF-8 works fine in other ports.
The PostgreSQL 8.0 for windows installation process was very difficult and ultimately unsuccessful.
You got to be kidding right? There is a packaged Windows installer for 8.0.1, and as database installer goes, this got to be one of the most no-brainers around. It even installs the documentation, pgAdminIII and the necessary ODBC and OLE-DB drivers.
Actually, PostgreSQL has always been officially available for Windows, but before V8.0 it runs under Cygwin, so performance sucks. Version 8.0 is re-written (I assume, with an OS abstraction) so that on it calls Win32 directly instead of through Cygwin.
Whether the former constitutes a 'Windows port' or not is semantics.
There are fatal flaws in this version of 8.0 that makes it practically unusable in Win32 for me.
Firstly, the broken Unicode support, which arose because certain collation functions doesn't work well on UTF-8 (PostGre uses UTF-8, Win32 prefers UCS-2). The tone you get from reading the bug/support forums are disdainful, pointing the problem to Win32 libraries and suggesting that it should not be in the confines of the PostGres team to fix Windows bugs. Nevertheless, if they already put so much effort to porting to Win32, it seems strange that they are adopting such a stance instead of proactively trying to fix that problem.
Secondly, there is no support for the Win1252 code page, which is very commonly used in English Windows, while mind-bogglingly, there seem to be all other code-pages from Cyrillic to Arabic. This makes migration of data from SQL Server very difficult, and using Latin-1 doesn't help when it encounters characters like `. Yes, Windows should be whacked on the bottom for introducing such shitty incompatibilities but that doesn't solve the problem. The other solution to this problem - to convert to UTF-8 instead - is unavailable because of first problem.
I have been trying to persuade my company to shift from SQL Server to PostGreSQL on Windows (for some reasons, we cannot move over to Linux yet). But after hitting these brick walls - I've giving up. Here's to hoping!
Clippy is obviously guilty.
I hope packets are also marked with the evil bit too, which is significant considering that most of all Torrent traffic is currently evil data.
basically words things most people already know in ways that make it seem like it's new and insightful. That's pretty sad. George Orwell, 1984, Chapter 9
Thanks for the wonderfully written post!
North Korea is much more delicate than Iraq. Seoul (pop:14 million) itself is within artillery range of North Korea, to talk nothing of missles. They have more artillery than any other army, the world largest submarine fleet, 700 naval vessels, and the third largest standing army (so they can just send waves of drones across the DMZ to Seoul, just 35 miles away). And now nukes to add to the fun. Still gung-ho about invading them?
Even if you want to bomb them to submission, they will destroy South Korea and Japan first. Acceptable?
So what do you propose? Annex them, and send South Korea and possibly Japan to oblivion in the process?
Bush's rhetoric toward Iran, considering Iran is a democracy.
Before you start accusing Iran of being *cough* *cough* a democracy, you need to consider the particularities of their political system:
a) The Guardian Councils can veto any elected candidates, prevent their candidacy, and any legislature they passes.
b) Half of the Guardian Councils are appointed by the Ayatollah directly, the other half by the head of judicial, who is also selected by the Ayatollah.
c) The Ayatollah is selected by the assembly of experts, and by convention, holds office for life, though they can be deposed by the same assembly.
d) The public elects the assembly of experts, but selection can vetoed by the Guardian Councils.
So while there is universal suffrage in electing the president and their representatives, the system is skewed towards concentrating lots of power in the Ayatollah and making him hard to dislodge. The elected President and legislative councils are powerless under the thumbs of the Ayatollah and his powerful Guardian Councils.
And how would it be better with Encarta? For example, it is well known that intellectuals seems to swing leftish, and this may go the same for Encarta writers and contributors.