I mean, there's an incredibly obvious distinction to be made between me feeling that your post is sophomoric and inane, and me broadcasting the notion with a megaphone.
Yes, there is.
And BOTH are constitutionally protected in the USA.
So is yelling fire in a crowded theater and child pornography. There really isn't any other way to read the first amendment.
It's just that everything in the constitution isn't really in there - the supreme court can interpret it however they like.
They're also protected by the U.S. Constitution, and the UN Declaration of Human rights.
Nothing is "protected" by the UNDHR because it's not law and it's not a treaty. It's just the result of a bunch of guys who got together and said "this is what we think".
Now hurry up and clean up your desk or you can't go out for recess.
There's no reason for saying that. IPv6 is just another cyber space, there's nothing fancy, new, with it, it should be commonly accepted as something we MUST have, right now.
Except that it's not. There are billions of addresses - entire A blocks - locked up in early-adopter organizations that could be made available. For example, the US Post Office doesn't really need it's own A block. Nor do most organizations who own them. And B blocks? Thousands are unneeded. My old university has a B block and it's ridiculous...it's all behind a firewall except for a few numbers anyway. For most orgs, it's just that the money that these big blocks could be sold for doesn't exceed the cost of renumbering to 10.x internally. It will someday soon.
Who exposes their Oracle DB server to the outside world anyway
Who says security problems are exclusive to external attackers? Plenty of internal people to worry about, particularly when you consider how many big companies outsource their IT support.
Not by much, "Corporate Expensiveware Has Bug, Film At 11" isn't interesting nor very "nerdy" on its own.
In this case, there was a very detailed and interesting explanation of why and how the bug is caused, and it doesn't require you to know anything about Oracle to appreciate the engineering choice made and why the bug hits it.
The only issue there, is that I am not too fond of Oracle having ownership of MySQL. Should I be directing $20K into replicating these functions into something like MariaDB?
If this is how you make your technical decisions, no amount of advice will help.
It's not whether or not it's true, it's whether or not anyone cared.
When Java was something that would run in a browser, yes, that was important. But Java went on to run back-end server and enterprise systems, and there it really doesn't matter because people engineer for specific hardware.
Yes, there are exceptions. There's still some "run anywhere" exploited on the desktop - e.g., Crashplan's desktop GUI. But most companies who are doing Java at any scale are doing it on specific hardware - i.e., their backend processing system runs on x86, SPARC, POWER, or whatever and so who cares if they could pick up the Java code and move it? They're never going to.
Your previous experience as a developer/DBA is largely irrelevant. Data analysis is a completely different discipline (and depending on tools, may even be a different language than SQL).
Basic building cubes is something you could learn in 5 minutes. Advanced stats, how to look for patterns, what to look for, etc. is much more involved. Most of the people I know who are good data analysts have advanced degrees in mathematics.
BTW, why do you think the career path is dev -> data analyst -> enterprise architect? Completely irrelevant. Plenty of data analysts who couldn't write code. Plenty of EAs who couldn't construct an OLAP cube - they're focused on infrastructure, apps, etc. EA really has nothing to do with data analysis, other than designing systems to support it. In many companies, EA is not some priesthood at the top of the food chain - often they're a virtual team made of different disciplines.
Gosh... You're the 2398472 person to write this crap. Do you realize that the issue is about not being able to boot anything else but win8? You wont have the choice to choose even win7!!!
Where DB has pulled away from the pack is integration. Virtually every iOS app that supports cloud-based storage supports DB. Not nearly as many support SugarSync, Spideroak, etc. Phones are one example - there are certainly others.
I'm no aircraft engineer, but I do not feel comfortable with all this "pose absolutely no danger"-talk. AFAIK, particularly modern aircraft are engineered to trim down on weight as much as possible, and I would be VERY surprised if there were parts in the plane that could just safely break down posing no risk whatsoever. Such parts wouldn't be there in the first place, now would they?
Given the fact that Germany had to be pretty much completely invaded before it surrendered is a sure sign that while a) actually worked, it would not have cost more than employing the nukes.
I guess you missed the part where 80% of the war against Germany was borne by the Russians.
Everyone needs to stand up for their civil rights, or no will have any civil rights anymore.
This is demonstrably untrue. Only a tiny percentage of people were ever involved in repealing Jim Crow laws during the 50s/60s civil rights era. Indeed, many people opposed the change.
Your statement that unless everyone stands up for civil rights, no one will have then any more is unproven.
Slashdot Mirror
Yes, there is.
And BOTH are constitutionally protected in the USA.
So is yelling fire in a crowded theater and child pornography. There really isn't any other way to read the first amendment.
It's just that everything in the constitution isn't really in there - the supreme court can interpret it however they like.
They're also protected by the U.S. Constitution, and the UN Declaration of Human rights.
Nothing is "protected" by the UNDHR because it's not law and it's not a treaty. It's just the result of a bunch of guys who got together and said "this is what we think".
Now hurry up and clean up your desk or you can't go out for recess.
There's no reason for saying that. IPv6 is just another cyber space, there's nothing fancy, new, with it, it should be commonly accepted as something we MUST have, right now.
Except that it's not. There are billions of addresses - entire A blocks - locked up in early-adopter organizations that could be made available. For example, the US Post Office doesn't really need it's own A block. Nor do most organizations who own them. And B blocks? Thousands are unneeded. My old university has a B block and it's ridiculous...it's all behind a firewall except for a few numbers anyway. For most orgs, it's just that the money that these big blocks could be sold for doesn't exceed the cost of renumbering to 10.x internally. It will someday soon.
We're years away from ipv4 exhaustion.
...or a mirror site? There are plenty, like answers.com - not to shill for them, it's just one I happen to use during Personal Appeal Season.
Um, answers.com has all of Wikipedia's content, and there are plenty of other mirror-type sites.
Yeah, they'll have to go to answers.com...which I do anyway because I don't want to see the Personal Appeals.
Here is a list of known MS shill accounts on slashdot:
Give me a break...I doubt MS even knows Slashdot exists.
Who exposes their Oracle DB server to the outside world anyway
Who says security problems are exclusive to external attackers? Plenty of internal people to worry about, particularly when you consider how many big companies outsource their IT support.
there are plenty of other ways to perform hot backups than the ALTER DATABASE/TABLESPACE BEGIN BACKUP way.
How?
Not by much, "Corporate Expensiveware Has Bug, Film At 11" isn't interesting nor very "nerdy" on its own.
In this case, there was a very detailed and interesting explanation of why and how the bug is caused, and it doesn't require you to know anything about Oracle to appreciate the engineering choice made and why the bug hits it.
the development is speeding ahead at a rate that is impressive but worrying.
Worrying because...?
The only issue there, is that I am not too fond of Oracle having ownership of MySQL. Should I be directing $20K into replicating these functions into something like MariaDB?
If this is how you make your technical decisions, no amount of advice will help.
There are some indications already that California wants to split off and such pressures tend to build over time.
This reads like a bad RPG supplement.
It's not whether or not it's true, it's whether or not anyone cared.
When Java was something that would run in a browser, yes, that was important. But Java went on to run back-end server and enterprise systems, and there it really doesn't matter because people engineer for specific hardware.
Yes, there are exceptions. There's still some "run anywhere" exploited on the desktop - e.g., Crashplan's desktop GUI. But most companies who are doing Java at any scale are doing it on specific hardware - i.e., their backend processing system runs on x86, SPARC, POWER, or whatever and so who cares if they could pick up the Java code and move it? They're never going to.
I would say the majority of Slashdot readers using Java do so in an enterprise environment.
I would say the majority of Slashdot readers using Java do so in class.
You assume the thieves can read, are operating in a clear state of mind, and/or are operating in a lighted area.
Your previous experience as a developer/DBA is largely irrelevant. Data analysis is a completely different discipline (and depending on tools, may even be a different language than SQL).
Basic building cubes is something you could learn in 5 minutes. Advanced stats, how to look for patterns, what to look for, etc. is much more involved. Most of the people I know who are good data analysts have advanced degrees in mathematics.
BTW, why do you think the career path is dev -> data analyst -> enterprise architect? Completely irrelevant. Plenty of data analysts who couldn't write code. Plenty of EAs who couldn't construct an OLAP cube - they're focused on infrastructure, apps, etc. EA really has nothing to do with data analysis, other than designing systems to support it. In many companies, EA is not some priesthood at the top of the food chain - often they're a virtual team made of different disciplines.
Gosh... You're the 2398472 person to write this crap. Do you realize that the issue is about not being able to boot anything else but win8? You wont have the choice to choose even win7!!!
Oh!!! my!!! God!!!
the .torrent files are hosted by the peers, instead of on piratebay
So, I'm a big media company and I put up a peer with lots of juicy downloads, you connect and download, I sue you.
How is this better than plain old bit torrent?
SpiderOak is a heck of a lot better
Where DB has pulled away from the pack is integration. Virtually every iOS app that supports cloud-based storage supports DB. Not nearly as many support SugarSync, Spideroak, etc. Phones are one example - there are certainly others.
This story sounds familiar for some reason.
I'm no aircraft engineer, but I do not feel comfortable with all this "pose absolutely no danger"-talk. AFAIK, particularly modern aircraft are engineered to trim down on weight as much as possible, and I would be VERY surprised if there were parts in the plane that could just safely break down posing no risk whatsoever. Such parts wouldn't be there in the first place, now would they?
As you say - you're not an aircraft engineer.
All life has value, those that ignore this devalue their own life to less than nothing.
I mowed the lawn this morning regardless.
Given the fact that Germany had to be pretty much completely invaded before it surrendered is a sure sign that while a) actually worked, it would not have cost more than employing the nukes.
I guess you missed the part where 80% of the war against Germany was borne by the Russians.
Everyone needs to stand up for their civil rights, or no will have any civil rights anymore.
This is demonstrably untrue. Only a tiny percentage of people were ever involved in repealing Jim Crow laws during the 50s/60s civil rights era. Indeed, many people opposed the change.
Your statement that unless everyone stands up for civil rights, no one will have then any more is unproven.