why do people rely on the database to do their data validation? That should be done in the application code long before you ever run an insert or update. If you're trying to insert invlaid data, you're the only one to blame.
The DBMS is not validating the user's input. That is the application's job. The DBMS is validating that the data an application is trying to store conforms to the schema. The DBMS is your last hope of having correct data. Your application could be blowing chunks all over the place. As long as the data is correct, then the problem can be fixed.
In a small web environment this distinction is harder to see. There is usually only one version of the client application in existence. In a larger system you can't always trust the application. Servers in a large server farm may have slightly different versions (e.g. if updates are applied in stages to avoid crashing the entire system because something was missed in testing). Different applications sharing the data (e.g. common data but different needs: sales and management). You might also have a "thick" client application the versions of which are often very difficult to control. If one in-use version validates incorrectly then you can't trust the data anymore, even if the majority of in-use versions are correct.
Have you tried dscaler and a basic tv tuner card? I don't have a projector, but it does a pretty darn good job of making NTSC look decent at 1600x1200 from close range on my 19" CRT. If anything you could run the projector at its native resolution and the video scaler in a PC's video card might do a better job than the projector's.
They implemented their own replacemnt for the TiVo guide server that you can run on a linux box. I think their software generates its guides using the XMLTV project. There is even a complete, step-by-step HOWTO guide. They will only give you access to the CVS server containg the needed software if you can prove that you live in Canada though (presumably to keep the TiVo people off their backs).
Exactly. Whoever wrote the summary has no clue what they are talking about. Even the article does not agree with them:
Half height size capable of installation in desktop PCs.
In the dark ages, a "half height" drive referred to the size that essentially all 5.25" devices are today. Back then, a "full height" device was the size of 2 common 5.25" drives stacked on top of each other. Does anybody even make any full-height drives anymore?
Disable ActiveX by default? You're going to change the user's system settings behind the scenes without telling them?
You wouldn't necessarily have to. It's been a while since I cared about embedding IE in applications, but I am pretty sure there is (or was) a way to specify an alternate registry path to use for the settings when you embed MSHTML.
It's also affected by the fact that any time you increase cylinder pressure, you increase the stress on the connecting rods, crankshaft, main bearings, wrist pins, and valves.
True, but I don't think that this is as much of a problem as you might think in this case. If I'm not mistaken, the Smart cars have diesel engines. Diesels achieve combustion by injecting the fuel (which is not previously mixed with air) under high pressure into the cylinder containing highly compressed air. This is why diesels are also called "compression" engines. Diesel engines operate at much higher compression ratios than gasoline engines even without a turbocharger, so they are designed for this. Even the engines used in long haul trucks have turbochargers, and they are designed for maximum durability.
Ah, good point. I never thought of how a proportinal system would actually work in practice. I'm in Canada, and we do it like the British here (for now).
The last could be seriously reduced if you a credit agency would call you and request an assigned PIN before releasing your information to any creditor.
Most (all?) credit card issuing companies already try do something similar to this in reverse (i.e. you have to call them to activate your card). Unfortunately their implementation is rather useless: Last time I did this I don't think they asked for any identifying information that was not included in the envelope with the card.
I think a big part of the problem is with the places that offer "instant" credit. You walk into some big-box store, and they offer you 10% off your purchase if you open a credit account with them and charge your purchase right now. All you need to open that account is a major credit card. It doesn't matter much to the crook even if he can't later activate the card that goes with the account, because his (presumably) big-ticket item is already charged to the account. If credit companies had to call you at home to verify, they could not do this anymore. That would probably be a good thing as it would have the side-effect of preventing some people from opening credit accounts that they really can't afford to have.
I think the grandparent was referring specifically to pay phones when he said that the tone is generated by the phone (probably as a security feature so that the receiver is not direcly connected to the network until the phone decides you are authorized to make a call). With most pay phones I've used in recent years you dial the number and then there is a pause and the phone will display something like "Calling 555-555-1212..." (I'm pretty sure you even hear the tones again at this point, I can't remember). This is usually on a phone that has a card reader for making card calls instead of having to dial 0 or whatever to make a card call.
I remember reading a recipt left sitting on the machine once while waiting for it to do something. The balance was something like $19000!! I thought something like "must be nice"... then I noticed what the account was: A *line of credit*. Ouch.
When I read this, I assumed he meant that IOMeter was crashing. I would think that was more likely a bug in the benchmark software (or Intel's driver optimizations producing unexpected results which expose a bug in IOMeter) than any fault with the hardware itself. I could be wrong though.... Maybe the whole system crashed, but the article was not very specific about that point.
Is Perry county full of shredded tires too? I drove through PA on I-80 last summer and it seemed like I had to dodge a large shredded truck tire about every 5 miles or so...
I think you may have mis-interpreted that when you took it out of context:
1. Initiate sales tax on custom software: The governor estimates a business tax increase of $64 million by eliminating the distinction between canned software sold at retail (subject to sales tax), custom software (subject to service occupation tax on the value of tangible personal property transferred with the software) and software licensed or leased by the developer (currently not taxed). The Governor's proposal would either repeal the Department of Revenue regulation that distinguishes between a sale and a license of software or create an entirely new tax on revenues from software licensing.
My reading of this is that a "service occupation tax on the value of tangible personal property transferred with the software" is what is currently in place regarding "custom" software. It seems that the actual proposal is to either change the law to allow the existing sales tax to be applied to the sale of a software licence, or to create a new tax on the sale of software licences.
Yes. I read an atricle about that in Consumer Reports once I think. The reason is that the light fall-off at the edge of the "light cone" is much sharper with the HID lights than with conventional lights. This causes them to appear to flicker from bumps in the road.
I've had to point my side mirror at the ground because the guy tailgating me is hugging the centre line instead of driving in the middle of the lane. His headlight reflecting off the mirror and staring me in the face.
Well, I suppose you could go into the registry and remove the entries under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Handler for the its:, ms-its:, ms-itss: and mk: protocols. These registry keys contain a CLSID of the COM component that provides the protocols. If you remove them, IE shouldn't know what those protocols mean. Alternatively, if you were brave you could write a wrapper protocol handler to filter out the bad URLs and replace the CLSID with your new handler. Heck, if you want to be funny you could replace them with the CLSID of the about: protocol or something.
However, it does work for IE (which is basically the same program as explorer). If you run IE as administrator (if you trust it), then type "c:\" in the address bar, you have an "explorer" window that is running with different rights. Not particularly obvious, but it does work if you need it. The only thing that i've found so far that doesn't seem to work is Add/Remove programs when launched from this "explorer" window. None of the uninstall programs will run.
Wow. Are you talking about my sister? In an average car, the fan control has ~5 or more different speed settings. But for her, there is only two: OFF and MAX.
even when in those lanes, a lot of drivers ignore them in roadway bends
I don't know if it's so much that they ignore them, or that most drivers seem to be incapable of keeping their car between two lines (sometimes even when the road is straight). The guy who's cutting into the bike lane probably has the guy to his left cutting into his lane too. Why can't people manage to stay in their lane? The average car is what..? Maybe 6 feet wide. Most normal-sized driving lanes are at least double that.
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If you're interested, support for the Nikon D200 was added to Camera Raw in the 3.3 update back in January. The latest vesrion is 3.4 though.
The DBMS is not validating the user's input. That is the application's job. The DBMS is validating that the data an application is trying to store conforms to the schema. The DBMS is your last hope of having correct data. Your application could be blowing chunks all over the place. As long as the data is correct, then the problem can be fixed.
In a small web environment this distinction is harder to see. There is usually only one version of the client application in existence. In a larger system you can't always trust the application. Servers in a large server farm may have slightly different versions (e.g. if updates are applied in stages to avoid crashing the entire system because something was missed in testing). Different applications sharing the data (e.g. common data but different needs: sales and management). You might also have a "thick" client application the versions of which are often very difficult to control. If one in-use version validates incorrectly then you can't trust the data anymore, even if the majority of in-use versions are correct.
Have you tried dscaler and a basic tv tuner card? I don't have a projector, but it does a pretty darn good job of making NTSC look decent at 1600x1200 from close range on my 19" CRT. If anything you could run the projector at its native resolution and the video scaler in a PC's video card might do a better job than the projector's.
They implemented their own replacemnt for the TiVo guide server that you can run on a linux box. I think their software generates its guides using the XMLTV project. There is even a complete, step-by-step HOWTO guide. They will only give you access to the CVS server containg the needed software if you can prove that you live in Canada though (presumably to keep the TiVo people off their backs).
I pity you. I only had to suffer through a month of the 70s.
Ah, good point. I never thought of how a proportinal system would actually work in practice. I'm in Canada, and we do it like the British here (for now).
In a parliamentary system, the prime minister is merely the leader of the governing party (i.e. the party with the most seats in the house).
Most (all?) credit card issuing companies already try do something similar to this in reverse (i.e. you have to call them to activate your card). Unfortunately their implementation is rather useless: Last time I did this I don't think they asked for any identifying information that was not included in the envelope with the card.
I think a big part of the problem is with the places that offer "instant" credit. You walk into some big-box store, and they offer you 10% off your purchase if you open a credit account with them and charge your purchase right now. All you need to open that account is a major credit card. It doesn't matter much to the crook even if he can't later activate the card that goes with the account, because his (presumably) big-ticket item is already charged to the account. If credit companies had to call you at home to verify, they could not do this anymore. That would probably be a good thing as it would have the side-effect of preventing some people from opening credit accounts that they really can't afford to have.
This actually exists.
Do you happen to know if mozilla mail or thunderbird has a way to set the address for the Sender header?
I think the grandparent was referring specifically to pay phones when he said that the tone is generated by the phone (probably as a security feature so that the receiver is not direcly connected to the network until the phone decides you are authorized to make a call). With most pay phones I've used in recent years you dial the number and then there is a pause and the phone will display something like "Calling 555-555-1212..." (I'm pretty sure you even hear the tones again at this point, I can't remember). This is usually on a phone that has a card reader for making card calls instead of having to dial 0 or whatever to make a card call.
I remember reading a recipt left sitting on the machine once while waiting for it to do something. The balance was something like $19000!! I thought something like "must be nice"... then I noticed what the account was: A *line of credit*. Ouch.
Is Perry county full of shredded tires too? I drove through PA on I-80 last summer and it seemed like I had to dodge a large shredded truck tire about every 5 miles or so...
My reading of this is that a "service occupation tax on the value of tangible personal property transferred with the software" is what is currently in place regarding "custom" software. It seems that the actual proposal is to either change the law to allow the existing sales tax to be applied to the sale of a software licence, or to create a new tax on the sale of software licences.
Yes. I read an atricle about that in Consumer Reports once I think. The reason is that the light fall-off at the edge of the "light cone" is much sharper with the HID lights than with conventional lights. This causes them to appear to flicker from bumps in the road.
I've had to point my side mirror at the ground because the guy tailgating me is hugging the centre line instead of driving in the middle of the lane. His headlight reflecting off the mirror and staring me in the face.
Well, I suppose you could go into the registry and remove the entries under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PROTOCOLS\Handler for the its:, ms-its:, ms-itss: and mk: protocols. These registry keys contain a CLSID of the COM component that provides the protocols. If you remove them, IE shouldn't know what those protocols mean. Alternatively, if you were brave you could write a wrapper protocol handler to filter out the bad URLs and replace the CLSID with your new handler. Heck, if you want to be funny you could replace them with the CLSID of the about: protocol or something.
However, it does work for IE (which is basically the same program as explorer). If you run IE as administrator (if you trust it), then type "c:\" in the address bar, you have an "explorer" window that is running with different rights. Not particularly obvious, but it does work if you need it. The only thing that i've found so far that doesn't seem to work is Add/Remove programs when launched from this "explorer" window. None of the uninstall programs will run.
Wow. Are you talking about my sister? In an average car, the fan control has ~5 or more different speed settings. But for her, there is only two: OFF and MAX.