It's funny how a lot of answers use the explanation "put the data in the database and the logic in the explanation", like there is only *one* application talking to your database. So it's not really an enterprise database, rather the data of an application... Real databases have tens or hundreds of different applications talking to them, written in different languages, with different aims and different bugs. Better to centralize the checks.
In my personal experience, I use a lot of PostgreSQL triggers to keep tight consistence of my database.
Hitchens has dedicated his latest book to Ahmed Chalabi, you know, the Iraqi crook whom the Pentagon wanted as President... So I don't trust any of his words on Iraq, even if he handled well other subjects.
Besides, one of the people who Linus trusts and maintains a tree that Linus specifically mentioned, is -aa, which is Andrea Arcangeli. Now, how can anything that includes someone named 'Andrea' be considered 'sexist'?
My bet Andrea Arcangeli is a male: Arcangeli sounds like an Italian surname, and Andrea is (mostly) a male name in Italy.
> I'd still be very interested in how well PostgreSQL would work (compared with MySQL + InnoDB) as a Slashdot backend...
You should rewrite the application, really. I went halfway a port of Slash to PostgreSQL (dropped because my company lost interest) and I realized that to see any advantage you should redesign the database (with VIEWs, Foreign Keys, TRIGGERs) and the Perl code, that now does a lot of small accesses instead of full-featured SQL queries.
A link between Sicily and mainland has been a topic of discussion for at least fifty years: a bridge, or also an underwater tunnel, but nothing has been ever really done.
There are a lot of reasons for this: it would be *huge*, and an environmental monster. It would change the two sides' life in unpredictable ways but maybe business won't increase a lot and it won't increase the "isolation" of Sicily, which is not only generated by geography.
Two more reasons: area is very very seismic (that stopped any underwater idea) and there is that little Sicilian organization, the mafia (yep, the original one), which is looking forward to jump on the cashpiles generated by the contracts - which will be probably be awarded in a "special" way because the project is "special"...
Last but not least, this Italian government is always keen to boots high-profile projects (with or without the necessary funding) and a little less keen to work on more urgent stuff, but maybe I'm biased on this last reason...
Is it going to be usable as a pre-amplifier, to hook a vynil player to the sound card? Because I'd like to rip old LPs and save them on CD, but I'm a little stuck since the pre section of my old ampli is not working properly.
I've found a nice gadget called Clean!Plus but this would be far better if it'd cover the pre-ampli stuff.
I am Italian, and I've been keeping an eye on the Linux scene for the last 6-7 years. But it's the first time I hear about this company, Future Technology, which is also based in a very small town (close to Slovenian border)... I would have double-checked the company records before accepting a contract with them, it's very strange Mosfet ended up a job there.
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> But what if you
wanted to use PostgreSQL with the Slashcode; would this port be doable in anything like a reasonable amount of time?
Yes, I am precisely doing that. The major blocks are only the style of the code and the use of some useless SQL extensions. I cannot say that the systems gain something from the port excluding a more reliable (IMHO) database engine: it could have been useful to use VIEWs and subselects in the Slash code, but the application has been written with MySql in mind - that's the main point.
If you are interested in Slashcode on PostgreSQL, please raise your voice at Slashcode.
I believe that was the idea (or one of the ideas) behind Bruce Perens' Technocrat.net. Unfortunately, discussions between users never reached a critical mass to get out of cyberspace, and Bruce decided to shut the site down.
There is a bigger problem on this. I live in Cyprus (Region2) and in a shop here I bought a player coming straight from Japan (Region3). What happens? Am I not supposed to see either R1 or R2 movies? Or they are gonna create barriers to player selling? What about the World Trade and such stuff?
It's a very dangerous way, as everyone says in the end it's gonna hurt the companies that want to do a worlwide business.
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Interesting article, but what made me laugh is the image with photos of "attractions" (like the "Dinosaur Valley") that could be lost in Tretford. For a second, you may think it's not such a bad idea.:-)
Sorry, a meta-comment. Why is this story under 'Toys'? I ran into it only by chance since I filter off 'Toys' stories (not Toy Story...:-) from my/. homepage.
I mostly agree with CmdrTaco that running an open source project is complicated, as the folks learned from releasing Slashcode (btw, I also have quite specific complaints about the management of Slashcode project, but that's another story).
But seems to me that there is a fundamental difference between a generic, huge-user-base software (mostly clients or desktop software, e.g. my favourites gnucash or fetchmail) and software that was originally developed for a very specific, site-related task and therefore suffering from a lot of idiosincrasies of the only installation.
For SourceForge, as for Slash, first was the site, then the software used to run it. Then, at a very later stage, you try to repackage the whole thing in order to let someone else use it, which is a very complicated thing and needs an extra set of efforts.
Slashdot Mirror
This is interesting: here we have a Perl 6 story and there are more comments about Ruby than about Perl 6.
This is Slashdot, you know...
this nonsense about war for oil
That's crazy, obviously oil had nothing to do with it!
It's funny how a lot of answers use the explanation "put the data in the database and the logic in the explanation", like there is only *one* application talking to your database. So it's not really an enterprise database, rather the data of an application... Real databases have tens or hundreds of different applications talking to them, written in different languages, with different aims and different bugs. Better to centralize the checks.
In my personal experience, I use a lot of PostgreSQL triggers to keep tight consistence of my database.
Hitchens has dedicated his latest book to Ahmed Chalabi, you know, the Iraqi crook whom the Pentagon wanted as President... So I don't trust any of his words on Iraq, even if he handled well other subjects.
Actually, EU *has* weapons of mass destruction: both France and Great Britain have nuclear warheads, thanks god.
illegitimately acquired mental property of SCO
I like "mental property"...
I'm proudly registered at the Linux Counter with number #150681, and I'm going show it off on my homepage.
Besides, one of the people who Linus trusts and maintains a tree that Linus specifically mentioned, is -aa, which is Andrea Arcangeli. Now, how can anything that includes someone named 'Andrea' be considered 'sexist'?
My bet Andrea Arcangeli is a male: Arcangeli sounds like an Italian surname, and Andrea is (mostly) a male name in Italy.
> I'd still be very interested in how well PostgreSQL would work (compared with MySQL + InnoDB) as a Slashdot backend...
You should rewrite the application, really. I went halfway a port of Slash to PostgreSQL (dropped because my company lost interest) and I realized that to see any advantage you should redesign the database (with VIEWs, Foreign Keys, TRIGGERs) and the Perl code, that now does a lot of small accesses instead of full-featured SQL queries.
I hope I'll manage to use it with Ximian Evolution, even if it's Gnome-based...
I'm sure law enforcement has a better reason than "he's black!" to put these people into a database.
Obviously. They are black and poor.
A link between Sicily and mainland has been a topic of discussion for at least fifty years: a bridge, or also an underwater tunnel, but nothing has been ever really done.
There are a lot of reasons for this: it would be *huge*, and an environmental monster. It would change the two sides' life in unpredictable ways but maybe business won't increase a lot and it won't increase the "isolation" of Sicily, which is not only generated by geography.
Two more reasons: area is very very seismic (that stopped any underwater idea) and there is that little Sicilian organization, the mafia (yep, the original one), which is looking forward to jump on the cashpiles generated by the contracts - which will be probably be awarded in a "special" way because the project is "special"...
Last but not least, this Italian government is always keen to boots high-profile projects (with or without the necessary funding) and a little less keen to work on more urgent stuff, but maybe I'm biased on this last reason...
They started selling these things in Italy last fall, I believe (coffee and hot chocolate).
The brand is called "Caldo Caldo" ("Hot Hot").
Is it going to be usable as a pre-amplifier, to hook a vynil player to the sound card? Because I'd like to rip old LPs and save them on CD, but I'm a little stuck since the pre section of my old ampli is not working properly. I've found a nice gadget called Clean!Plus but this would be far better if it'd cover the pre-ampli stuff.
I am Italian, and I've been keeping an eye on the Linux scene for the last 6-7 years. But it's the first time I hear about this company, Future Technology, which is also based in a very small town (close to Slovenian border)... I would have double-checked the company records before accepting a contract with them, it's very strange Mosfet ended up a job there.
Yes, I am precisely doing that. The major blocks are only the style of the code and the use of some useless SQL extensions. I cannot say that the systems gain something from the port excluding a more reliable (IMHO) database engine: it could have been useful to use VIEWs and subselects in the Slash code, but the application has been written with MySql in mind - that's the main point.
If you are interested in Slashcode on PostgreSQL, please raise your voice at Slashcode.
I believe that was the idea (or one of the ideas) behind Bruce Perens' Technocrat.net. Unfortunately, discussions between users never reached a critical mass to get out of cyberspace, and Bruce decided to shut the site down.
> Trying to convert all the Outlook users?
Exactly.
> reinforcing the (broken) idea that Microsoft has the right idea
Well, it seems to me that this is Miguel de Icaza's opinion on a great number of topics...
It's a very dangerous way, as everyone says in the end it's gonna hurt the companies that want to do a worlwide business.
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Interesting article, but what made me laugh is the image with photos of "attractions" (like the "Dinosaur Valley") that could be lost in Tretford. For a second, you may think it's not such a bad idea. :-)
I think they will contribute the patches once they have the site happily running. See this comment on Slashcode.com.
Alighieri. And yes, Lucifer is standing in the ice up to his chest, torturing Judas, Brutus and Cassius. La Divina Commedia, Inferno, chapter XXXIV.
Sorry, a meta-comment. Why is this story under 'Toys'? I ran into it only by chance since I filter off 'Toys' stories (not Toy Story... :-) from my /. homepage.
I mostly agree with CmdrTaco that running an open source project is complicated, as the folks learned from releasing Slashcode (btw, I also have quite specific complaints about the management of Slashcode project, but that's another story).
But seems to me that there is a fundamental difference between a generic, huge-user-base software (mostly clients or desktop software, e.g. my favourites gnucash or fetchmail) and software that was originally developed for a very specific, site-related task and therefore suffering from a lot of idiosincrasies of the only installation.
For SourceForge, as for Slash, first was the site, then the software used to run it. Then, at a very later stage, you try to repackage the whole thing in order to let someone else use it, which is a very complicated thing and needs an extra set of efforts.