The primary reason I chose oracle over mysql/postgres/sql server is because their jdbc drivers are world class. Plus I love pl/sql. If only one of my companies would hurry up and make me a multimillionaire I could just play all day instead of having to worry about cash flow, profit, receivables, etc...
I guess getting a finance degree was worth it because I spend over 90% of my time in my companies doing finance related work and 10% actually developing (in maintenance mode right now, so I guess that is to be expected).
NT was crap. 2000/2003 is integrated, you just select it on install. I still prefer ssh and command line apps on linux servers to the windows gui counterparts.
I will say windows is coming along slowly but surely to a better system of patching/updating.
I will always prefer linux but windows is a good alternative as long as you check www.microsoft.com/technet daily.
TransactSQL is the Sybase/MS implementation of SQL PL/SQL is the Oracle implementation of SQL
Stored procedures are independent of the language implentation, they just execute the SQL.
I like PL/SQL the best because I worked with Oracle extensively as my first Enterprise level database. Going from their implementation to the MS implementation was frustrating (for about a week, then it all sunk in, hell I'd probably be just as irritated if I had to go back to PL/SQL;)
You're better off buying a book targeted toward the platform you will be using. TransactSQL and PL/SQL have very different implementations of the same "standard". If you're using MySql or postgres just get some of their excellent manuals.
I prefer PL/SQL but my job uses T-SQL:( I guess that's why I get paid, doing what the bosses want.
What's not the point? That people have the freedom of choice? Economically Wal-Mart has done excellent things for the US as a whole.
For example, I was driving to Hot Springs Arkansas the other day for a meeting. Every tiny ass town had a huge WalMart that probably employed about 1/2 the town. Hell Hot Springs (pop 35,000) had 2 freaking Super WalMarts! My town (Norman, Oklahoma) just got 2 and we have around 100,000 people. Tell me the people in BFE Arkansas are going to do better than working at WalMart and staying in their same community. Some will, but not all.
Wal-Mart is one of the biggest proliferate of foreign sweatshop labor out of all US-based corporations. In addition, they're fervently anti-union. As you take off your tennis shoes... I'd venture to guess over 50% of the things you own and consume are made in the same fashion. That doesn't make it right but get a clue.
Here is the main point. If someone works at WalMart and the furthest they can advance is to a checker, then that is as far as they would go at Taco Bell, or anywhere else. People are stupid and WalMart employs these people. Anyone with half a brain can advance at WalMart and become (god forbid) a manager, maybe even a supervisor or regional director.
Opportunities are available to all, so don't blame companies for taking advantage of the poor decisions of others.
No I'm only half white trash. 1/2 Southern Democrat family (white), 1/2 Northern Republican (italian), all crazy. I'm essentially a Redneck Italian, the government should require anger management for certain combinations of families.
WalMart is generally thought of in economic studies to be a large reason that inflation has remained so low in the US despite 2 recessions and 2 wars in the last 15 years. Plus they have one hell of a large workforce. The way they have helped to keep inflation down (grocery as well) is by making the suppliers give them their best rate. When a company can tell Disney to piss off if their price is too high (ever bought a toy at the wonderfully overpriced world of disney?), they have enormous impact on the economy as a whole when they have 10's of thousands of stores. Personally I prefer to shop at Target because it's not quite so "White Trash", but different strokes for different folks.
Man that really sucks. I thought my dealings with the one I have was shitty. My problem is I cannot get the damn thing to read the 5.25" drive so I may have to replace it. I just want to reinstall my old Xenix OS from 5.25" disks and make images so they don't get lost in time!
It has a 384MB Hard drive (which is more than enough) and the bios isn't hard coded. The system configuration disks (available from compaq) allow you to access the bios, this is probably what made you think the bios was hard coded (it's not easy to get access to).
I assume she's hot, because if she isn't Bill Gates kids are going to be Fugly. He may be a genius but he is one freakish looking dude. I guess your business acumen can be directly correlated with your social standing with regards to hot women. Since Bill's only hope in hell to get laid by anyone other than an expensive hooker, was to become Dr. Evil, I mean the richest man in the world.
If I were the richest man in the world... I'd reenact that island scene in Pirates of the Carribean with whoever that hot girl was (except there would be a love scene and air conditioned tents).
with a 22" Cinema but it runs great on my iBook (900MHz). In fact it runs just as well as it does on my Dell Inspiron 8100. I'll notice the lag when I can play the full game. It taxes my geforce 4 Ti 4600 on my dual 933 when I get into the big open areas (since it's all 3d rendered).
I'll buy the Mac version just to support the creation of Mac games. However, this delay is pathetic. I waited about 3 years for them to finish this game for the PC. There was no way I'd wait another year for a Mac version sans Toolkit.
Hell come to think of it, I may not buy it. I'll buy mac games when they are available in a timely manner.
Quake III is by far my favorite game on my cinema display. All my PC friends come over and the first words out of their mouths are "Holy shit, what's that? A TV?" lol, I cannot wait for the G5's to come available and new displays to match. (I should have gotten the 23" because the resolution is just okay on the 22")
I've decided I'm only using SCO Xenix to avoid all the licensing issues with Linux.
Hell I even bought a Compaq Deskpro 386/25M. Who knew the bios could only be accessed by boot disks!!! Took me a good hour or two to figure that out. Thank god HP/Compaq still has these on their site.
This is why they deny life insurance for anyone on any anti-depressant drug for ANY REASON. If you don't believe me try this: Drop your insurance, get Prozac prescribed for a side effect (not depression), attempt to get insurance.
Then you'll see. Do you think the insurance companies actually give a shit about people?
Any other industry would deal with it to find a reasonable solution for all parties, or go to court and duke it out to get it sorted, but this is just stagnating and festering. It's turning into a bad case of herpes - annoying, unslightly, and it just won't go away.
Ahhhh.... Don't be so sure. Remember we have Republicans in the House, Senate and Oval Office.
Why do you think businesses donate so much to both parties? To buy influence. Corrupt, plain and simple.
Vote for a democrat, it's the lesser of two evils. And to all those green party dipshits that couldn't figure out how Perot screwed GHBush, they did the same thing to Gore. Dumbfucking green party, you've got to play the game to win, not to fuck everyone down the path of no return. I wonder if that fucknut Nader thinks "there is no bid difference between Bush and Gore" now?!?! It's unlikely we would have attacked Iraq. I guess thousands of deaths were worth it Mr. Nader. He's just as corrupt as the other assholes.
Mod away, I say it as it is. Leave your fucking propaganda in FOX News.
You'd better think twice about this. If you ever want to get Life Insurance or be insured for a preferred rate, get the insurance BEFORE YOU SEE A DOCTOR. Otherwise, in all likelihood you will not ever be able to get life insurance (if they put you on prozac, or the like).
Welcome to the USA, Inc. Run by the corporations for the corporations. Why the fuck should depression or ADD exclude someone from life insurance? I could see adding a clause against suicide (but the law won't let them).
Oh well, just think of the consequences when you cannot insure yourself (and your family) because you cannot motivate yourself to work.
If you're admining a winblows system you need to check for security releases daily and run every single piece of shit software they offer to harden your system.
Good luck, you'll need it.
BTW I admin about 10 windows machines, 8 linux machines, 1 solaris machine and 2 os x servers. By far I spend most of my time admining the Windows boxes. I would venture to guess around 90-95% of the time. Windows sucks but until it no longer pays the bills, I'm stuck.
between your frustration tolerance level and the ability to do tech support. Since I'm a typical elitist software developer I cannot stand doing support. In fact, if that were the only job left in the area of computers, I would leave the industry.
I also build houses and have done about 1/2 the labor related jobs on building a house, now I'm a construction manager (connections and being italian help! lol...;) in addition to my developer job.
I could finally play Baldurs Gate! I hear it's good but haven't had time to play it yet. I have about 30 videogames I need to get caught up on. You are sooooo lucky.
You could always be productive and expand your knowledge base as well. Maybe work on some economics theory or learn to program in a new language (or an old one like assembly). Find the time to work through that Quake II code.
I have a list of about 4 years worth of stuff to do when I retire (which is hopefully soon). It's sad when people cannot find something to do with their free time.
I agree with the pornography post as well (unless you want to start a second family, or a new family).
I do run some x86/windows machines, ppc/os x machines and ultra/solaris machines as well. I have several copies of the design collection and that is about all that is closed source that I (my company) uses. Damn it's not cheap either (it was $1000 but it went to $1150 with the new "pro" acrobat 6 that is the same as the old "regular" acrobat 5). Hell we print all our pdf's to 1.3 compatability (pdf v4) because it works.
I love linux and there is no fucking way my company will abandon it until it is necessary and prudent. Some asshole company pumping out their chest doesn't do a lot for scaring me (could be that I'm italian, or maybe I'm just stupid). When they beat IBM I'll be concerned, assuming the Linux community doesn't address the issues that SCO would have won based on.
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The primary reason I chose oracle over mysql/postgres/sql server is because their jdbc drivers are world class. Plus I love pl/sql. If only one of my companies would hurry up and make me a multimillionaire I could just play all day instead of having to worry about cash flow, profit, receivables, etc...
I guess getting a finance degree was worth it because I spend over 90% of my time in my companies doing finance related work and 10% actually developing (in maintenance mode right now, so I guess that is to be expected).
NT was crap. 2000/2003 is integrated, you just select it on install. I still prefer ssh and command line apps on linux servers to the windows gui counterparts.
I will say windows is coming along slowly but surely to a better system of patching/updating.
I will always prefer linux but windows is a good alternative as long as you check www.microsoft.com/technet daily.
TransactSQL is the Sybase/MS implementation of SQL
;)
PL/SQL is the Oracle implementation of SQL
Stored procedures are independent of the language implentation, they just execute the SQL.
I like PL/SQL the best because I worked with Oracle extensively as my first Enterprise level database. Going from their implementation to the MS implementation was frustrating (for about a week, then it all sunk in, hell I'd probably be just as irritated if I had to go back to PL/SQL
You're better off buying a book targeted toward the platform you will be using. TransactSQL and PL/SQL have very different implementations of the same "standard". If you're using MySql or postgres just get some of their excellent manuals.
:( I guess that's why I get paid, doing what the bosses want.
I prefer PL/SQL but my job uses T-SQL
What's not the point? That people have the freedom of choice? Economically Wal-Mart has done excellent things for the US as a whole.
For example, I was driving to Hot Springs Arkansas the other day for a meeting. Every tiny ass town had a huge WalMart that probably employed about 1/2 the town. Hell Hot Springs (pop 35,000) had 2 freaking Super WalMarts! My town (Norman, Oklahoma) just got 2 and we have around 100,000 people. Tell me the people in BFE Arkansas are going to do better than working at WalMart and staying in their same community. Some will, but not all.
Wal-Mart is one of the biggest proliferate of foreign sweatshop labor out of all US-based corporations. In addition, they're fervently anti-union. As you take off your tennis shoes... I'd venture to guess over 50% of the things you own and consume are made in the same fashion. That doesn't make it right but get a clue.
Here is the main point. If someone works at WalMart and the furthest they can advance is to a checker, then that is as far as they would go at Taco Bell, or anywhere else. People are stupid and WalMart employs these people. Anyone with half a brain can advance at WalMart and become (god forbid) a manager, maybe even a supervisor or regional director.
Opportunities are available to all, so don't blame companies for taking advantage of the poor decisions of others.
No I'm only half white trash. 1/2 Southern Democrat family (white), 1/2 Northern Republican (italian), all crazy. I'm essentially a Redneck Italian, the government should require anger management for certain combinations of families.
WalMart is generally thought of in economic studies to be a large reason that inflation has remained so low in the US despite 2 recessions and 2 wars in the last 15 years. Plus they have one hell of a large workforce. The way they have helped to keep inflation down (grocery as well) is by making the suppliers give them their best rate. When a company can tell Disney to piss off if their price is too high (ever bought a toy at the wonderfully overpriced world of disney?), they have enormous impact on the economy as a whole when they have 10's of thousands of stores. Personally I prefer to shop at Target because it's not quite so "White Trash", but different strokes for different folks.
Man that really sucks. I thought my dealings with the one I have was shitty. My problem is I cannot get the damn thing to read the 5.25" drive so I may have to replace it. I just want to reinstall my old Xenix OS from 5.25" disks and make images so they don't get lost in time!
It has a 384MB Hard drive (which is more than enough) and the bios isn't hard coded. The system configuration disks (available from compaq) allow you to access the bios, this is probably what made you think the bios was hard coded (it's not easy to get access to).
I assume she's hot, because if she isn't Bill Gates kids are going to be Fugly. He may be a genius but he is one freakish looking dude. I guess your business acumen can be directly correlated with your social standing with regards to hot women. Since Bill's only hope in hell to get laid by anyone other than an expensive hooker, was to become Dr. Evil, I mean the richest man in the world.
If I were the richest man in the world... I'd reenact that island scene in Pirates of the Carribean with whoever that hot girl was (except there would be a love scene and air conditioned tents).
with a 22" Cinema but it runs great on my iBook (900MHz). In fact it runs just as well as it does on my Dell Inspiron 8100. I'll notice the lag when I can play the full game. It taxes my geforce 4 Ti 4600 on my dual 933 when I get into the big open areas (since it's all 3d rendered).
I'll buy the Mac version just to support the creation of Mac games. However, this delay is pathetic. I waited about 3 years for them to finish this game for the PC. There was no way I'd wait another year for a Mac version sans Toolkit.
Hell come to think of it, I may not buy it. I'll buy mac games when they are available in a timely manner.
Quake III is by far my favorite game on my cinema display. All my PC friends come over and the first words out of their mouths are "Holy shit, what's that? A TV?" lol, I cannot wait for the G5's to come available and new displays to match. (I should have gotten the 23" because the resolution is just okay on the 22")
I've decided I'm only using SCO Xenix to avoid all the licensing issues with Linux.
Hell I even bought a Compaq Deskpro 386/25M. Who knew the bios could only be accessed by boot disks!!! Took me a good hour or two to figure that out. Thank god HP/Compaq still has these on their site.
Xenix the choice of an old generation.
This is why they deny life insurance for anyone on any anti-depressant drug for ANY REASON. If you don't believe me try this: Drop your insurance, get Prozac prescribed for a side effect (not depression), attempt to get insurance.
Then you'll see. Do you think the insurance companies actually give a shit about people?
Any other industry would deal with it to find a reasonable solution for all parties, or go to court and duke it out to get it sorted, but this is just stagnating and festering. It's turning into a bad case of herpes - annoying, unslightly, and it just won't go away.
Ahhhh.... Don't be so sure. Remember we have Republicans in the House, Senate and Oval Office.
Why do you think businesses donate so much to both parties? To buy influence. Corrupt, plain and simple.
Vote for a democrat, it's the lesser of two evils. And to all those green party dipshits that couldn't figure out how Perot screwed GHBush, they did the same thing to Gore. Dumbfucking green party, you've got to play the game to win, not to fuck everyone down the path of no return. I wonder if that fucknut Nader thinks "there is no bid difference between Bush and Gore" now?!?! It's unlikely we would have attacked Iraq. I guess thousands of deaths were worth it Mr. Nader. He's just as corrupt as the other assholes.
Mod away, I say it as it is. Leave your fucking propaganda in FOX News.
You'd better think twice about this. If you ever want to get Life Insurance or be insured for a preferred rate, get the insurance BEFORE YOU SEE A DOCTOR. Otherwise, in all likelihood you will not ever be able to get life insurance (if they put you on prozac, or the like).
Welcome to the USA, Inc. Run by the corporations for the corporations. Why the fuck should depression or ADD exclude someone from life insurance? I could see adding a clause against suicide (but the law won't let them).
Oh well, just think of the consequences when you cannot insure yourself (and your family) because you cannot motivate yourself to work.
Good luck.
But you damn sure need anger management. Just get rid of all your guns before you're the next telco employee pissed off shooting supervisors.
Lol, it will give the spammers unlimited addresses by which to cover themselves, thereby eliminating the need to hijack others servers.
Or at least that is my interpretation of how IPv6 would affect spam.
I suggest buying the book if you plan on implementing it. The online version isn't enough (and covers about 1/3 what the printed version does).
Make sure you follow the relay-ctrl section very close. You could be a source of spam if you do it wrong!
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If you're admining a winblows system you need to check for security releases daily and run every single piece of shit software they offer to harden your system.
Good luck, you'll need it.
BTW I admin about 10 windows machines, 8 linux machines, 1 solaris machine and 2 os x servers. By far I spend most of my time admining the Windows boxes. I would venture to guess around 90-95% of the time. Windows sucks but until it no longer pays the bills, I'm stuck.
I'm shocked. I've never actually heard of this. Do you have a number?
I hope they shut down. I cannot stand network solutions.
between your frustration tolerance level and the ability to do tech support. Since I'm a typical elitist software developer I cannot stand doing support. In fact, if that were the only job left in the area of computers, I would leave the industry.
;) in addition to my developer job.
I also build houses and have done about 1/2 the labor related jobs on building a house, now I'm a construction manager (connections and being italian help! lol...
I'd rather lay bricks in oklahoma in august, it's less frustrating, more consistant and pays just as well.
I could finally play Baldurs Gate! I hear it's good but haven't had time to play it yet. I have about 30 videogames I need to get caught up on. You are sooooo lucky.
You could always be productive and expand your knowledge base as well. Maybe work on some economics theory or learn to program in a new language (or an old one like assembly). Find the time to work through that Quake II code.
I have a list of about 4 years worth of stuff to do when I retire (which is hopefully soon). It's sad when people cannot find something to do with their free time.
I agree with the pornography post as well (unless you want to start a second family, or a new family).
ftp.redhat.com
ftp.slackware.com
I do run some x86/windows machines, ppc/os x machines and ultra/solaris machines as well. I have several copies of the design collection and that is about all that is closed source that I (my company) uses. Damn it's not cheap either (it was $1000 but it went to $1150 with the new "pro" acrobat 6 that is the same as the old "regular" acrobat 5). Hell we print all our pdf's to 1.3 compatability (pdf v4) because it works.
I love linux and there is no fucking way my company will abandon it until it is necessary and prudent. Some asshole company pumping out their chest doesn't do a lot for scaring me (could be that I'm italian, or maybe I'm just stupid). When they beat IBM I'll be concerned, assuming the Linux community doesn't address the issues that SCO would have won based on.