I guess it's time to see if PostgreSQL's documentation and tools have managed to get any less user-hostile over the years. I'm fairly familiar with both, and I believe PG's manual is better than MySQL's. They are both good, but every section in PG's manual gets straight to the point with as few words as possible, and it is very easy to follow.
I don't know why TFA encouraged users to look at the TOC and didn't link to it. (Even Amazon doesn't bother to include it.)
Looks like most of the sections are obvious to anyone experienced with Apache (as I am, I support it at work). But a few things in there may be worth getting my hands on a copy.
I agree that taxes (to a certain extent) are necessary. But taxing media to pay artists (which I pay legally as it is if I want their stuff, or those whose works I couldn't care less about) is income redistribution against my will. Unlike with taxes for necessary government services, I'm not getting anything for that. That is NOT right.
I guess I posted that partly in case some mafiAA representative were reading these comments. I want them to know loud and clear not to pull that crap in the USA. If they do, my commitment to playing fair and purchasing albums and DVDs I want stops.
I actually oppose piracy because I think people who work to produce media deserve to be compensated for its use according to their wishes (and anyone not willing to conform to that should not use the media).
But if I were *forced* to pay them for all blank media, I would feel jolly free to copy as much as I want, whenever, for whatever purpose. They would infringe my rights, why can't I return the favor?
> The patent covers a procedure whereby an application checks online to see whether there's a newer version of the file it is about to open
That's what pretty much all web browsers do. They send a header in the request with the time it last downloaded the page. If the copy on the server is older than that, it sends back a 3xx code and not the entire content. Later, and it sends a 200 and the content.
> It is interesting that the Muslim heaven has a worldly reward (the flesh of women) there, isn't it?
Yes.
Cross reference to Mormonism, which promises good Mormons "celestial sex" to procreate and fill new worlds.
Both Mormon and Islam view of heaven absolutely does seem filled with human imagination, not the revelation of a transcendent God.
But take a look at the historic Christian view of heaven.
"No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him." (1 Corinthians 2:9)
"And so we will live with the Lord always." (1 Thesselonians 4:17)
No mention of virgins, no "you will become gods." The primary stated reward is being able to live with God in the perfect place He has designed for us.
This is one of many things that truly differentiates historic Christianity from the other world religions. Another is the concept of salvation by grace. Pretty much all other religions, even the other major monotheistic ones, place high importance on works. One must do enough good deeds to be saved, and even then one cannot be sure. I know, for example, that Mormons and Muslims are not 100% sure where they are going when they die; they just hope they managed to get to the highest kingdom (Mormon) or that Allah has favor on them (Muslim).
Christianity is again different here. The Bible teaches that people *cannot* be good enough to earn their salvation. But it is available to all, freely.
There -- a small sampling of the reasons I am a Christian. This is Slashdot after all, so flame/question away. I don't need my karma anyway.
I *love* my ASUS Z84JP. Monster power laptop, feels well built, runs Linux like a dream, has an eSATA port. Only disadvantage (besides its 8lbs if that matters) is it is not yet Santa Rosa. But ASUS has a new 15", the G1 I think it's called, that is SR and lighter.
I'll keep buying ASUS just for its built in eSATA port if no other reason, until others follow suit. Much better than USB2 for hard drives, and better than firewire too IMHO. And built in is much better than through an ExpressCard like you'd need to do with other vendors.
Of course, I don't think ASUS uses ATi cards, only nVidia. That's good for now, but when the open source 3D for ATi is complete, I won't want nVidia anymore.
Me too. Several years ago I had a colo box in supposedly a good colo facility in western Canada (first mistake, should have used someone in my own country, the US). They were pretty good for almost two years. Then, out of the blue, I couldn't access the server. Couldn't access the host website. No phone calls answered. Really ticked customers who I couldn't tell anything of substance to. About 48 hours later, I finally figured out who had my server, and called them. (No one ever called me.) They put it up, increased my monthly fee, and their service sucked. Was in a big-arse data center, but I can't count the number of times my server lost connectivity and/or was uncleanly powered off in the next two months. Finally I got out of there. My only concession was I got them to ship my server back to me for free because of all the crap I went through.
Linux is already great technically. The biggest reason I know why it isn't being used in more enterprises, especially nonprofits, is the lack of one type of software: foundation software.
This is the software that controls the financials and business processes of these organizations.
A good offering in this area is a *must* prerequisite to World Domination. It is by far the biggest lacking area I can think of.
There have been some attempts, but they're not good enough yet.
Problem is, we don't just need geeks; we need people in these organizations who actually know in detail what the software should do, and how people expect to use it.
This is software that should tie together a lot of the free software stack -- mail servers, databases, openoffice, and who-knows-what-else.
Have you guys actually been boycotting Sony?
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Just a question I've been wanting to ask for a while. How much has this whole rootkit debacle caused you to avoid Sony products?
Shortly after it happened, I promised myself I would buy nothing with a Sony brand for at least a year. To my knowledge, I complied with that (though they do have tentacles in more things than you think, so who knows). I figured I need to end the boycott after a year, or else there wouldn't be any incentive for them to change anyway. I still haven't bought anything major from Sony -- the very name SONY screams to me "infected millions of PCs with rootkits, and tries to take away my Freedom!" But enough time has passed that I would probably consider buying a Sony product if it really were the right one for me.
> Except if you're looking for FOSS OS laptop, where do you take it?
I'd say PowerNotebooks. They sell most laptops without Windows if you want, and they are pretty cluefull people.
I ordered a PowerPro A:38 from them, a rebranded ASUS Z84JP. It runs Kubuntu Feisty like a dream. It is truly the ultimate Linux power laptop that I had been looking for.:)
... can be found here. I believe that the whole notion of a global flood is ridiculous even if you take the Bible literally! There are plenty of contextual clues in the Biblical text that the flood cannot be truly global.
Yep I agree. Monopoly is really great when played right. Too bad more people don't. Maybe we could play online using Atlantik, assuming you use Linux.:)
Regarding immunity deals, here's my interpretation: The rules obviously don't allow them. BUT since the rules also do not require one to collect rent when an opponent lands on your property, it is possible to make a gentleman's agreement not to collect rent on X number of lands on your newly developed property. However, since it is nothing but a gentleman's agreement, said agreement could be broken on a whim. If you offered someone such a "deal", and they land on your property, and you decide to be mean and collect rent anyway, then they are absolutely obligated to pay. So it's a matter of trust. I have never actually done anything like that and don't know if it would be a good idea -- probably not.
"Takes too long" is a cop-out excuse by people who don't like Monopoly. If that's what they say, forget it, they wouldn't be good game partners anyway.
In my experience, if you play Monopoly RIGHT (by the official rules) and focus on the game instead of gabbing about other things the whole time, it can take two hours or less, sometimes as little as one hour.
Monopoly is also a lot more brilliant a game than most people think. Most people who "like Monopoly" don't have a clue what most of the rules are, and they insist on playing with house rules that completely mess up the game's economy and add too much luck (*cough* Free Parking Jackpot *cough*). Another offense is allowing as many houses/hotels as you want. The game has a carefully chosen limit of 32 houses and 12 hotels -- there must NEVER be more than that on the board. Many don't want to play with the auction rule, where all properties landed on that aren't immediately purchased must immediately be auctioned. Not to mention other silliness like trading immunities to paying rent for trades.
Hint: All "house rules" are bad, but the ones that run counter to the game's goal -- bankrupting every player but you ASAP -- will make the game last longer. Play it right and you'll fly through it!
Correct. Keep in mind that this is coming from some Christian forums, where sex is believed to need to wait for marriage. The context is the question of an engaged guy worried about his future wife, after marriage, during OS.
There's actually quite a bit in the Bible that seems to support the Big Bang. The two biggest aspects of the BB are 1) it all came into existence from nothing a finite period of time ago and 2) continuous cosmic expansion.
Of course Genesis 1:1 supports the first point. Hebrews 11:3 says that what we can see was created from what is invisible. Titus 1:2 implies that time itself has a beginning -- something cosmologists discovered in the last few decades.
As for the second point, there are ten verses in the old testament, mostly in the prophets, that describe God as stretching out the heavens. Isaiah 42:5 says "the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out" -- note the two aspects of the BB combined in a single phrase. Jeremiah 10:12 and 51:15 say that God "stretched out the heavens by his understanding." Tis is pretty consistent with the fine-tuning of the universe that we see. Psalm 104:2 says that God stretches out the heavens "like a tent." Not too bad if you add an extra dimension. Just like a tent surface is a 2D covering of a 3D space, the universe is sort of like the 3D surface of 4D space.
I think many "fundie" Christians are doing the faith a huge disservice by trying to argue against the big bang!
> What kind of "intelligent" designer puts a recreational facility next to a waste disposal site?
*Sigh*. I'll bite, and hope I'm not modded through the floor. Even though the designer did it that way (note that I'm not arguing for or against evolution here... but I do believe in God's involvement, however he did it) he seemed to figure out how to make it work. I am copying a message I recently read on some web forums dedicated to discussing sexuality from a Christian perspective. The context is oral sex:
******** One of the really cool things about God's design of the male body is this: When sexual arousal begins, two very important things for OS begin to take place. First, the opening to the bladder is squeezed shut, making it difficult for urine to pass through (which is why it's difficult for guys to urinate while they have an erection). Second, the Cowper's glands, which are located close to the prostate, secrete a substance that neutralizes any remaining urine in the urethra.
So, when your FW performs OS on you, rest assured that she will not be getting any urine in her mouth!
Just another cool thing God did to bless the marriage bed, I figure!:) ******* [end message copy] *********
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I don't know why TFA encouraged users to look at the TOC and didn't link to it. (Even Amazon doesn't bother to include it.)
Looks like most of the sections are obvious to anyone experienced with Apache (as I am, I support it at work). But a few things in there may be worth getting my hands on a copy.
First, I'm not Canadian. :-)
I agree that taxes (to a certain extent) are necessary. But taxing media to pay artists (which I pay legally as it is if I want their stuff, or those whose works I couldn't care less about) is income redistribution against my will. Unlike with taxes for necessary government services, I'm not getting anything for that. That is NOT right.
I guess I posted that partly in case some mafiAA representative were reading these comments. I want them to know loud and clear not to pull that crap in the USA. If they do, my commitment to playing fair and purchasing albums and DVDs I want stops.
That "media tax" *completely* justifies piracy.
I actually oppose piracy because I think people who work to produce media deserve to be compensated for its use according to their wishes (and anyone not willing to conform to that should not use the media).
But if I were *forced* to pay them for all blank media, I would feel jolly free to copy as much as I want, whenever, for whatever purpose. They would infringe my rights, why can't I return the favor?
If you like Risk, go to . Highly addictive, lots of play variation possibilities. Not Flash, but DHTML/AJAX (even better). Good playability.
> The patent covers a procedure whereby an application checks online to see whether there's a newer version of the file it is about to open
That's what pretty much all web browsers do. They send a header in the request with the time it last downloaded the page. If the copy on the server is older than that, it sends back a 3xx code and not the entire content. Later, and it sends a 200 and the content.
Do you know when this patent was applied for?
I lived in Ecuador for a while. The SRI had continually changing requirements for various reports.
:-)
I have also seen small businesses like restaurants closed for days for not paying IVA (VAT tax).
I once saw graffiti that said something like "stop the corruption of the SRI" -- *on* the SRI office in the jungle city of Puyo.
> It is interesting that the Muslim heaven has a worldly reward (the flesh of women) there, isn't it?
Yes.
Cross reference to Mormonism, which promises good Mormons "celestial sex" to procreate and fill new worlds.
Both Mormon and Islam view of heaven absolutely does seem filled with human imagination, not the revelation of a transcendent God.
But take a look at the historic Christian view of heaven.
"No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him." (1 Corinthians 2:9)
"And so we will live with the Lord always." (1 Thesselonians 4:17)
No mention of virgins, no "you will become gods." The primary stated reward is being able to live with God in the perfect place He has designed for us.
This is one of many things that truly differentiates historic Christianity from the other world religions. Another is the concept of salvation by grace. Pretty much all other religions, even the other major monotheistic ones, place high importance on works. One must do enough good deeds to be saved, and even then one cannot be sure. I know, for example, that Mormons and Muslims are not 100% sure where they are going when they die; they just hope they managed to get to the highest kingdom (Mormon) or that Allah has favor on them (Muslim).
Christianity is again different here. The Bible teaches that people *cannot* be good enough to earn their salvation. But it is available to all, freely.
There -- a small sampling of the reasons I am a Christian. This is Slashdot after all, so flame/question away. I don't need my karma anyway.
I *love* my ASUS Z84JP. Monster power laptop, feels well built, runs Linux like a dream, has an eSATA port. Only disadvantage (besides its 8lbs if that matters) is it is not yet Santa Rosa. But ASUS has a new 15", the G1 I think it's called, that is SR and lighter.
I'll keep buying ASUS just for its built in eSATA port if no other reason, until others follow suit. Much better than USB2 for hard drives, and better than firewire too IMHO. And built in is much better than through an ExpressCard like you'd need to do with other vendors.
Of course, I don't think ASUS uses ATi cards, only nVidia. That's good for now, but when the open source 3D for ATi is complete, I won't want nVidia anymore.
Me too. Several years ago I had a colo box in supposedly a good colo facility in western Canada (first mistake, should have used someone in my own country, the US). They were pretty good for almost two years. Then, out of the blue, I couldn't access the server. Couldn't access the host website. No phone calls answered. Really ticked customers who I couldn't tell anything of substance to. About 48 hours later, I finally figured out who had my server, and called them. (No one ever called me.) They put it up, increased my monthly fee, and their service sucked. Was in a big-arse data center, but I can't count the number of times my server lost connectivity and/or was uncleanly powered off in the next two months. Finally I got out of there. My only concession was I got them to ship my server back to me for free because of all the crap I went through.
Huh. It worked fine for me on the platforms it supported (Red Hat 7 or 8 I think). Later when I tried to run it under Gentoo it failed miserably.
That's about when I decided: Closed source compilers: Never Again!!!
For some balance here, here is how the NET Bible notes put it:
The Hebrew term ymr appears to be an alternate spelling of ymar ("wild oxen"; see BDB 910).
English has changed a good bit since the KJV was published, and numerous words today have entirely different meanings than they did in 1611.
For some balance here, here is how the NET Bible notes put it:
The Hebrew term
English has changed a good bit since the KJV was published, and numerous words today have entirely different meanings than they did in 1611.
Have you used Scribus for DTP? I suppose one could find ways to criticize it, but it *is* pretty dang good.
Linux is already great technically. The biggest reason I know why it isn't being used in more enterprises, especially nonprofits, is the lack of one type of software: foundation software.
This is the software that controls the financials and business processes of these organizations.
A good offering in this area is a *must* prerequisite to World Domination. It is by far the biggest lacking area I can think of.
There have been some attempts, but they're not good enough yet.
Problem is, we don't just need geeks; we need people in these organizations who actually know in detail what the software should do, and how people expect to use it.
This is software that should tie together a lot of the free software stack -- mail servers, databases, openoffice, and who-knows-what-else.
Just a question I've been wanting to ask for a while. How much has this whole rootkit debacle caused you to avoid Sony products?
Shortly after it happened, I promised myself I would buy nothing with a Sony brand for at least a year. To my knowledge, I complied with that (though they do have tentacles in more things than you think, so who knows). I figured I need to end the boycott after a year, or else there wouldn't be any incentive for them to change anyway. I still haven't bought anything major from Sony -- the very name SONY screams to me "infected millions of PCs with rootkits, and tries to take away my Freedom!" But enough time has passed that I would probably consider buying a Sony product if it really were the right one for me.
How about you?
FWIW, I recently got a DVD recorder (a Panasonic) and I haven't yet noticed any skipping.
:)
It's cool because I can play the DVDs in my laptop with Xine.
> Except if you're looking for FOSS OS laptop, where do you take it?
:)
I'd say PowerNotebooks. They sell most laptops without Windows if you want, and they are pretty cluefull people.
I ordered a PowerPro A:38 from them, a rebranded ASUS Z84JP. It runs Kubuntu Feisty like a dream. It is truly the ultimate Linux power laptop that I had been looking for.
Windsor Park Mall. The deal isn't 100% finalized yet, but it looks like it will be soon. The media is reporting it as a done deal.
... can be found here. I believe that the whole notion of a global flood is ridiculous even if you take the Bible literally! There are plenty of contextual clues in the Biblical text that the flood cannot be truly global.
Yep I agree. Monopoly is really great when played right. Too bad more people don't. Maybe we could play online using Atlantik, assuming you use Linux. :)
Regarding immunity deals, here's my interpretation: The rules obviously don't allow them. BUT since the rules also do not require one to collect rent when an opponent lands on your property, it is possible to make a gentleman's agreement not to collect rent on X number of lands on your newly developed property. However, since it is nothing but a gentleman's agreement, said agreement could be broken on a whim. If you offered someone such a "deal", and they land on your property, and you decide to be mean and collect rent anyway, then they are absolutely obligated to pay. So it's a matter of trust. I have never actually done anything like that and don't know if it would be a good idea -- probably not.
"Takes too long" is a cop-out excuse by people who don't like Monopoly. If that's what they say, forget it, they wouldn't be good game partners anyway.
In my experience, if you play Monopoly RIGHT (by the official rules) and focus on the game instead of gabbing about other things the whole time, it can take two hours or less, sometimes as little as one hour.
Monopoly is also a lot more brilliant a game than most people think. Most people who "like Monopoly" don't have a clue what most of the rules are, and they insist on playing with house rules that completely mess up the game's economy and add too much luck (*cough* Free Parking Jackpot *cough*). Another offense is allowing as many houses/hotels as you want. The game has a carefully chosen limit of 32 houses and 12 hotels -- there must NEVER be more than that on the board. Many don't want to play with the auction rule, where all properties landed on that aren't immediately purchased must immediately be auctioned. Not to mention other silliness like trading immunities to paying rent for trades.
Hint: All "house rules" are bad, but the ones that run counter to the game's goal -- bankrupting every player but you ASAP -- will make the game last longer. Play it right and you'll fly through it!
> maybe it stands for "Future Wife"
Correct. Keep in mind that this is coming from some Christian forums, where sex is believed to need to wait for marriage. The context is the question of an engaged guy worried about his future wife, after marriage, during OS.
There's actually quite a bit in the Bible that seems to support the Big Bang. The two biggest aspects of the BB are 1) it all came into existence from nothing a finite period of time ago and 2) continuous cosmic expansion.
Of course Genesis 1:1 supports the first point. Hebrews 11:3 says that what we can see was created from what is invisible. Titus 1:2 implies that time itself has a beginning -- something cosmologists discovered in the last few decades.
As for the second point, there are ten verses in the old testament, mostly in the prophets, that describe God as stretching out the heavens. Isaiah 42:5 says "the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out" -- note the two aspects of the BB combined in a single phrase. Jeremiah 10:12 and 51:15 say that God "stretched out the heavens by his understanding." Tis is pretty consistent with the fine-tuning of the universe that we see. Psalm 104:2 says that God stretches out the heavens "like a tent." Not too bad if you add an extra dimension. Just like a tent surface is a 2D covering of a 3D space, the universe is sort of like the 3D surface of 4D space.
I think many "fundie" Christians are doing the faith a huge disservice by trying to argue against the big bang!
> What kind of "intelligent" designer puts a recreational facility next to a waste disposal site?
... but I do believe in God's involvement, however he did it) he seemed to figure out how to make it work. I am copying a message I recently read on some web forums dedicated to discussing sexuality from a Christian perspective. The context is oral sex:
:)
*Sigh*. I'll bite, and hope I'm not modded through the floor. Even though the designer did it that way (note that I'm not arguing for or against evolution here
********
One of the really cool things about God's design of the male body is this: When sexual arousal begins, two very important things for OS begin to take place. First, the opening to the bladder is squeezed shut, making it difficult for urine to pass through (which is why it's difficult for guys to urinate while they have an erection). Second, the Cowper's glands, which are located close to the prostate, secrete a substance that neutralizes any remaining urine in the urethra.
So, when your FW performs OS on you, rest assured that she will not be getting any urine in her mouth!
Just another cool thing God did to bless the marriage bed, I figure!
******* [end message copy] *********