Me too. AND the fact that Microsoft thought that a browser was less stable because of the plugins. So they should actually be glad they cannot install unwanted crap anymore.
So how is copyright a right then? If I want my "right" enforced, I have to join and pay an artists "interest" union, that I would never trust. Even worse, if I burn my own music (played with the band I am a member of) on my own CD, I have to pay that same union because I am supposed to be pirating my own music
That's blackmail, not a right
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Well, actually only for the INTERCAL connector...
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I did profile my code. It is not my gut feeling, but my experience.
The overhead SQL imposes is actually minuscule compared to the cost of data access itself.
That depends. If you take a server database, the networking overhead can be of a significant magnitude. But with ISAM-syle methods and file-system databases, you just look up a pointer from an index and set the pointer "at the OS level" and start reading the file to get the record. There is a really thin library layer on top of it, but that is how it works.
The thing is, I know the database. I know what index to use because I defined it myself (or my colleague did and documented it). There is no need to check for aggregate functions, see what columns are used in the WHERE clause to get the list of index that are really used, pick one of them, no need to check all the options for a select. That is really nice for a complex JOIN, but not for a "just give me this row". My queries can be pre-optimized at compile time by using ISAM-style methods.
Nevertheless, if SQLite so offends your sensibilities, you can always use Berkeley DB [oracle.com]. It gives you a similarly powerful storage engine without the necessity (or ability) to write SQL to access it.
Well, that's exactly the problem, isn't it? Once I put my data in a "NoSQL" database, I can not reach it with SQL anymore and vice versa. For some applications (especially reporting), SQL is the best tool. The problem is that "the warehouse determines what trucks you should use". And I just want to be able to use light and small trucks for small urgent jobs and large trucks for bulk storage.
And I am missing it greatly on Linux
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MS-Access had some really great features: it could be accessed with both SQL and with a blazingly fast (because almost running on the bare OS) ISAM-style library. I am still missing anything like it on Linux. SQLite is a file-system database, but why on earth should it parse full-blown SQL at runtime and why on earth should my program write another program in SQL at runtime just to load some data? Get serious. Parsing and building SQL is just overhead, and especially parsing SQL is no easy and light task.
Since I switched to OO programming, most (95%) of my queries are "This table/index. Number 5 please." In essence that is the get/put method, or the ISAM style method. I really would like something like that to exist on Linux. The closest thing around is MySQL's HANDLER statement, but that can only be used for constant data (because it does dirty reads) and for reading only.
SQLite could even be faster if it just accepted some basic "get row by index" and "put row by index" commands that do not try to parse, optimize or outsmart anything. The problem with "modern" databases is that they are either "SQL" or "NoSQL". That's awful. Some programs speak SQL (because of compatibility, because it is a reporting program or just because the programmer does not know anything else) and some programs are better off with direct row management. That does not mean that the data should not be accessible by both programs. I really wish that the regular SQL databases would develop ISAM-style access methods. Programming would be a hell of a lot easier then, and the programs themselves would speed up significantly was well.
This is no idle remark. I worked a lot with MS-Access and most rants about it being slow comes from the fact that most programmers treat the file-system database as a server. So it must emulate itself as a server and do a lot of household parsing and does not even have a physical server to relieve its load.
But if you know how to program a file-system database with ISAM-style methods, MS-Access is by far the fastest database I ever encountered. No Joke. Really. It can be fast because there is no need to do all these household jobs to just dig up a row.
I tried an LTS once (8.04) and will never stay on the long cycle again. Basically, you are just guaranteed that the problems will not be fixed. Only security issues. Non-working hardware drivers are fixed in new versions, not in semi-frozen LTS releases.
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Na na na Can't hear you!
Well, yes, it isn't called GNU/Linux for nothing...
It should be possible to write URLs in APL, I guess....
It is now safe to turn off your computer.
How many files should they download to get the same fine?
If the OS is shaky enough, accelerometers actually make some sense. And *tilt* looks so much more user-friendly than a blue screen of death.
I just want them to not invade my privacy.
They certainly should not be negotiating that in secrecy.
NO patent case makes me cheer for anybody.
A nice investment would be a time bomb...
"You have just been erased."
A cease and desist letter? I thought there would be intelligent life out there...
Me too. AND the fact that Microsoft thought that a browser was less stable because of the plugins. So they should actually be glad they cannot install unwanted crap anymore.
If it were a "right", it would not cost anything.
So how is copyright a right then? If I want my "right" enforced, I have to join and pay an artists "interest" union, that I would never trust. Even worse, if I burn my own music (played with the band I am a member of) on my own CD, I have to pay that same union because I am supposed to be pirating my own music
That's blackmail, not a right
Well, actually only for the INTERCAL connector...
I did profile my code. It is not my gut feeling, but my experience.
The overhead SQL imposes is actually minuscule compared to the cost of data access itself.
That depends. If you take a server database, the networking overhead can be of a significant magnitude. But with ISAM-syle methods and file-system databases, you just look up a pointer from an index and set the pointer "at the OS level" and start reading the file to get the record. There is a really thin library layer on top of it, but that is how it works.
The thing is, I know the database. I know what index to use because I defined it myself (or my colleague did and documented it). There is no need to check for aggregate functions, see what columns are used in the WHERE clause to get the list of index that are really used, pick one of them, no need to check all the options for a select. That is really nice for a complex JOIN, but not for a "just give me this row". My queries can be pre-optimized at compile time by using ISAM-style methods.
Nevertheless, if SQLite so offends your sensibilities, you can always use Berkeley DB [oracle.com]. It gives you a similarly powerful storage engine without the necessity (or ability) to write SQL to access it.
Well, that's exactly the problem, isn't it? Once I put my data in a "NoSQL" database, I can not reach it with SQL anymore and vice versa. For some applications (especially reporting), SQL is the best tool. The problem is that "the warehouse determines what trucks you should use". And I just want to be able to use light and small trucks for small urgent jobs and large trucks for bulk storage.
MS-Access had some really great features: it could be accessed with both SQL and with a blazingly fast (because almost running on the bare OS) ISAM-style library. I am still missing anything like it on Linux. SQLite is a file-system database, but why on earth should it parse full-blown SQL at runtime and why on earth should my program write another program in SQL at runtime just to load some data? Get serious. Parsing and building SQL is just overhead, and especially parsing SQL is no easy and light task.
Since I switched to OO programming, most (95%) of my queries are "This table/index. Number 5 please." In essence that is the get/put method, or the ISAM style method. I really would like something like that to exist on Linux. The closest thing around is MySQL's HANDLER statement, but that can only be used for constant data (because it does dirty reads) and for reading only.
SQLite could even be faster if it just accepted some basic "get row by index" and "put row by index" commands that do not try to parse, optimize or outsmart anything. The problem with "modern" databases is that they are either "SQL" or "NoSQL". That's awful. Some programs speak SQL (because of compatibility, because it is a reporting program or just because the programmer does not know anything else) and some programs are better off with direct row management. That does not mean that the data should not be accessible by both programs. I really wish that the regular SQL databases would develop ISAM-style access methods. Programming would be a hell of a lot easier then, and the programs themselves would speed up significantly was well.
This is no idle remark. I worked a lot with MS-Access and most rants about it being slow comes from the fact that most programmers treat the file-system database as a server. So it must emulate itself as a server and do a lot of household parsing and does not even have a physical server to relieve its load.
But if you know how to program a file-system database with ISAM-style methods, MS-Access is by far the fastest database I ever encountered. No Joke. Really. It can be fast because there is no need to do all these household jobs to just dig up a row.
And as inhumane as the War on Justice (American Servicemembers Protection Act)
I tried an LTS once (8.04) and will never stay on the long cycle again. Basically, you are just guaranteed that the problems will not be fixed. Only security issues. Non-working hardware drivers are fixed in new versions, not in semi-frozen LTS releases.
I thought malware was even mandatory in China?
D) Freely available.
I wish I could call SQL an open standard. People should not have to invest in a standard when writing free software.
Just try it. My gut feeling says it should be possible to do it in steps if it is 8.10. Otherwise, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades
McCain called the proposed net neutrality rules a "government takeover" of the Internet.
Does he have a problem with that then? Is the Echelon not a government takeover? Is ACTA not a government takeover?