I work for a good sized business and looked at using the Cluster Jumpstart but when I said told my boss the cost and that we'd have to play for flights he laughed at me, even though we're starting to really use mySQL pretty seriously now for some stuff.
With costs for things like this and gold/platinum support also relatively high on a per server basis it seems there's a wide gap between community based support which costs nothing and enterprise support which appears somewhat pricey.
How do you draw the line for paid vs free support particularly since a lot of SME's are using mySQL and may be unable to afford it? Was it a conscious decision to pitch it high to display value in the product?
and I have to say the whole experience is quite pleasant. It's pretty demanding on hardware but I'm enjoying the testing. Upgrade from XP-SP2 was on the whole OK considering it was beta, I had a few problems with the video card driver where it got stuck in a loop but a reboot sorted it out.
The interface is pretty slick and I keep stumbling over new things I hadn't spotted before, something that happened to me when I started using OSX which is a good thing. I could start using it straight away but the deeper more interesting functionality is not seen if you don't use it but you don't have to dig too deeply to find it and get excited by it.
Microsoft has been pretty proactive IMHO in engaging the developer community. I've had defects that I've logged responded to, live chats involve some of the heavy hitters involved in the project, and they even stated they're happy for us to blog about pretty much anything to do with Vista. Quite refreshing.
If you approached the guards and police on the and voluntarily offered your backpack/rucksack for a search one if three things would happen IMHO.
1. They'd search it and then you'd be on your way - problem solved 2. They can't in all likelihood day you were suspicious if they arrested you in the platform if you offered to let them search it and they declined 3. The police get the shits with everyone asking, understand the manpower implications and things settle down.
So there's a mass migration away from IE. From the stats gathering we do on our site, I have yet to see that. Oh sure there's a slight rise but that's not enough to convince marketing etc. Mind you, the 3rd party we use is crap for browser analysis but we're stuck using it because everyone in the industry does.
Are there some reliable browser metrics out there? Your own site stats don't count...
Canada Basin has already been checked out in a mission in 2002 which you can read about here. I guess this time round it's so they can have a jolly good look. I wonder if they'll find any aluminium cans or plastic bags at the bottom:)
As one reader pointed out, exploring the deep ocean is harder than space. I guess that's why they felt compelled to put a flag at the bottom.:)
One of the probs with PDFLib is that you may not be able to get it installed as a PHP library where you're hosting. Thankfully a number of PHP code versions exist.
One I hear good things about is the R&OS pdf class.
Another I found was an HTML to PDF convertor from here.
A lot of the US folks won't get it but cricket has had a healthy application of computer effects done to it. Most of these come in to play when there's a dogy PBW or caught behind decision.
In the case of an LBW, the path of the cricket ball is extrapolated from it's path before it hit the pad, then superimposed on a 'virtual' pitch to see if it hit the stumps or if it veered to either side or over the top.
Considering that most LBW decisions come from spin bowlers where not only do the path and speed of the ball need to be considered, but also the amount of spin on the ball itself.
There's a similar theory in caught behind decisions where the deviation from the path of the ball as it passes the edge of the bat is considered. This generall happens with seam bowlers which is even scarier because the path of the ball is determined by the *amount of friction* on one side of the ball!
Add to that we've been getting 'wagon wheels' and 'worms' presented to us on screen for years.
On the whole though, I have to say that the addition of computers to sports has certainly enhanced the watchability of all sorts of sports. I didn't geat to see it but I hear the Matrix camera rotation effects at the 2001 superbowl were pretty impressive.
IANAL but looking at the Helix binary EULA there seems to be a clause disallowing this sort of thing.
https://reguseronly.helixcommunity.org/2002/clic kw rap/eula-clickwrap Entry 2(a)(vii) You may not make available to any third party the results of any evaluation or testing of the Software by You under this License. Any such forbidden use shall immediately terminate Your license to the Software.
http://www.planetquake.com/gg/textures/index.html http://www.planetquake.com/gg/textures/open.html http://www.planetquake.com/gg/textures/aardtex.ht m l http://www.planetquake.com/gg/textures/mmgpltex .ht ml
Hmm nobody seems to have posted the apt sources for debian.
Woody: deb http://ktown.kde.org/~nolden/kde stable main deb-src http://ktown.kde.org/~nolden/kde stable main
Sid: deb http://ktown.kde.org/~nolden/kde unstable main
These will be going into unstable soon but if you're impatient then use these. If you're using sid (unstable) include both the woody and sid lines as there is stuff in woody that's not in sid but they co-exist quite happily.
This guy has done some great work with his Meade and a cheap little Quickcam.
He's got plenty of information on setting up and processing images including shooting dim objects with the Meade and stacking multiple exposures for better clarity.
Some of his deep sky objects are awesome. I particularly like M57.
IANAL - hell IDELITUS (I Don't Even Live in the US)!
I love what the reporters have done but I'm curious as to what could happen next. What the reporters have done is perfectly legal, according to other posts here on/. There's nothing the politicians can do about it. So if it's legal what would happen if these reporters decided to do it as mush as they could. For example, the could publish a weekly "Best of the DA's trash" column in the newspaper.
Does this mean the DA has his hands tied? The mayor was busy inferring that it was possibly illegal. How about if she decided to force the issue?
Now the best thing here would be if the mayor and DA got fed up and took the reporters to court. My understanding is that they would lose and they'd look likea bunch of idiots in the process for attempting to stop a legal activity. On the other hand, if they did nothing they'd be held up to public ridicule as the publics perception of the law is that it is stupid and invasive.
When I was 5 I was seriously burnt in a fire caused by a BBQ and accelerants. I sustained 3rd degree burns essentially down one side of my body. I had to deal with various issues growing up which had a lot to do with becoming a geek but that's a whole other story...:)
I've found that I can remember almost the entire incident. Running up the back, lawn, my father smothering me, my brother calling the ambulance and so on. The odd thing is that I cannot remember anything before that happened. Zip. It's almost as if that point of trauma scrubbed my memory clean.
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I work for a good sized business and looked at using the Cluster Jumpstart but when I said told my boss the cost and that we'd have to play for flights he laughed at me, even though we're starting to really use mySQL pretty seriously now for some stuff.
With costs for things like this and gold/platinum support also relatively high on a per server basis it seems there's a wide gap between community based support which costs nothing and enterprise support which appears somewhat pricey.
How do you draw the line for paid vs free support particularly since a lot of SME's are using mySQL and may be unable to afford it? Was it a conscious decision to pitch it high to display value in the product?
and I have to say the whole experience is quite pleasant. It's pretty demanding on hardware but I'm enjoying the testing. Upgrade from XP-SP2 was on the whole OK considering it was beta, I had a few problems with the video card driver where it got stuck in a loop but a reboot sorted it out.
The interface is pretty slick and I keep stumbling over new things I hadn't spotted before, something that happened to me when I started using OSX which is a good thing. I could start using it straight away but the deeper more interesting functionality is not seen if you don't use it but you don't have to dig too deeply to find it and get excited by it.
Microsoft has been pretty proactive IMHO in engaging the developer community. I've had defects that I've logged responded to, live chats involve some of the heavy hitters involved in the project, and they even stated they're happy for us to blog about pretty much anything to do with Vista. Quite refreshing.
If you approached the guards and police on the and voluntarily offered your backpack/rucksack for a search one if three things would happen IMHO.
1. They'd search it and then you'd be on your way - problem solved
2. They can't in all likelihood day you were suspicious if they arrested you in the platform if you offered to let them search it and they declined
3. The police get the shits with everyone asking, understand the manpower implications and things settle down.
oh ITMS Australia. Where for art thou ITMS Australia.
*mutter*
And in Australia we don't get shit...
I've been asleep. Can someone point me to the release policy mentioned or precis it for me?
(and Shacknews)
Hey Vivendi...seriously, fuck you.
The site was b0rked so coral to the rescue.
Read it here.
More info coral at the homepage
So there's a mass migration away from IE.
From the stats gathering we do on our site, I have yet to see that. Oh sure there's a slight rise but that's not enough to convince marketing etc. Mind you, the 3rd party we use is crap for browser analysis but we're stuck using it because everyone in the industry does.
Are there some reliable browser metrics out there? Your own site stats don't count...
Canada Basin has already been checked out in a mission in 2002 which you can read about here. I guess this time round it's so they can have a jolly good look. I wonder if they'll find any aluminium cans or plastic bags at the bottom :)
:)
As one reader pointed out, exploring the deep ocean is harder than space. I guess that's why they felt compelled to put a flag at the bottom.
Get in from here.
There's more information on the beta in the Mandrake Linux Wiki
Since we're talking about Helix does anyone have any clues about software that will parse and build reports out of the Helix server logs?
Yeah I could write my own but it'll take me a thousand years with the size of my to-do list ATM so looking for an easy way out.
If any expat Kiwis feel up to it they can mail the NZ politicians to lend support to Bruce.
Jim Anderton
Michael Cullen
Helen Clark
One of the probs with PDFLib is that you may not be able to get it installed as a PHP library where you're hosting. Thankfully a number of PHP code versions exist.
One I hear good things about is the R&OS pdf class.
Another I found was an HTML to PDF convertor from here.
I've not used either of those so YMMV.
Some of the PHP code sites have a few as well.
A lot of the US folks won't get it but cricket has had a healthy application of computer effects done to it. Most of these come in to play when there's a dogy PBW or caught behind decision.
In the case of an LBW, the path of the cricket ball is extrapolated from it's path before it hit the pad, then superimposed on a 'virtual' pitch to see if it hit the stumps or if it veered to either side or over the top.
Considering that most LBW decisions come from spin bowlers where not only do the path and speed of the ball need to be considered, but also the amount of spin on the ball itself.
There's a similar theory in caught behind decisions where the deviation from the path of the ball as it passes the edge of the bat is considered. This generall happens with seam bowlers which is even scarier because the path of the ball is determined by the *amount of friction* on one side of the ball!
Add to that we've been getting 'wagon wheels' and 'worms' presented to us on screen for years.
On the whole though, I have to say that the addition of computers to sports has certainly enhanced the watchability of all sorts of sports. I didn't geat to see it but I hear the Matrix camera rotation effects at the 2001 superbowl were pretty impressive.
Can someone tell me the AC/non-AC ratio here?
Amazing that so many AC's have been modded up. Must be a first.
Put your name where your mouth . It shows gumption and conviction. So important if you're discussing a sublect like collateral damage.
My wife has found Bilberry herbal extract to be quite good for her eyes.
Certainly beats using artificial stuff.
IANAL but looking at the Helix binary EULA there seems to be a clause disallowing this sort of thing.
c kw rap/eula-clickwrap
https://reguseronly.helixcommunity.org/2002/cli
Entry 2(a)(vii)
You may not make available to any third party the results of any evaluation or testing of the Software by You under this License. Any such forbidden use shall immediately terminate Your license to the Software.
Just a thought
http://www.planetquake.com/gg/textures/index.html t m lx .ht ml
http://www.planetquake.com/gg/textures/open.html
http://www.planetquake.com/gg/textures/aardtex.h
http://www.planetquake.com/gg/textures/mmgplte
Hmm nobody seems to have posted the apt sources for debian.
Woody:
deb http://ktown.kde.org/~nolden/kde stable main
deb-src http://ktown.kde.org/~nolden/kde stable main
Sid:
deb http://ktown.kde.org/~nolden/kde unstable main
These will be going into unstable soon but if you're impatient then use these. If you're using sid (unstable) include both the woody and sid lines as there is stuff in woody that's not in sid but they co-exist quite happily.
Fires destroy Stromlo observatory
Irreplaceable equipment worth millions of dollars was destroyed when the Canberra bushfires ravaged the historic Mount Stromlo Observatory.
You can check the rest of the article out here or here via AAP
This guy has done some great work with his Meade and a cheap little Quickcam.
He's got plenty of information on setting up and processing images including shooting dim objects with the Meade and stacking multiple exposures for better clarity.
Some of his deep sky objects are awesome. I particularly like M57.
IANAL - hell IDELITUS (I Don't Even Live in the US)!
/. There's nothing the politicians can do about it. So if it's legal what would happen if these reporters decided to do it as mush as they could. For example, the could publish a weekly "Best of the DA's trash" column in the newspaper.
:)
I love what the reporters have done but I'm curious as to what could happen next. What the reporters have done is perfectly legal, according to other posts here on
Does this mean the DA has his hands tied? The mayor was busy inferring that it was possibly illegal. How about if she decided to force the issue?
Now the best thing here would be if the mayor and DA got fed up and took the reporters to court. My understanding is that they would lose and they'd look likea bunch of idiots in the process for attempting to stop a legal activity. On the other hand, if they did nothing they'd be held up to public ridicule as the publics perception of the law is that it is stupid and invasive.
I saw go for it either way
When I was 5 I was seriously burnt in a fire caused by a BBQ and accelerants. I sustained 3rd degree burns essentially down one side of my body. :)
I had to deal with various issues growing up which had a lot to do with becoming a geek but that's a whole other story...
I've found that I can remember almost the entire incident. Running up the back, lawn, my father smothering me, my brother calling the ambulance and so on. The odd thing is that I cannot remember anything before that happened. Zip. It's almost as if that point of trauma scrubbed my memory clean.