Call me what you like;o) but I actually thought they had picked up the first visible light after the big bang on this telescope. So the definition put me straight!
Its been a while since I worked for Maplin Electronics but I seem to recall that the ordering problems are due to poor stock management procedures from head office. So I think its the business logic they have in place thats in error rather than the O/S in this case.
I do remember when I was there (and the times that I've popped back) that they where looking to migrate their EPOS to Linux. The boss of the store I worked at (Maidstone) was quite heavily involved in the migration project if I recall correctly.
This makes me think of the happy days I had as a teenager (when things were much simpler!) working at Maplins - thanks Slashdot!
"The service activation is £24 and is offered via a shared LLU line, meaning your existing BT telephone line remains unaltered, but Be will unbundle the DSL part of the line to connect it to their own hardware at the exchange. The LLU element will mean the service is limited in availability to those exchanges where Be has installed its own kit. The maximum speeds quoted are actually the ATM speeds of the line, so maximum TCP/IP throughput on a perfect line would be around 21.5Mbps downstream and 1.1Mbps upstream. Also it is worth bearing in mind that ADSL2+ is very distance dependent, i.e. that speeds approaching the maximum are only likely on a line less than 1km long. If your line can manage 2Mbps under existing BT limits, then switching to ADSL2+ is likely to give a significant speed boost. For those only getting 1Mbps and 0.5Mbps, the biggest difference is likely to be the upstream speed."
I have to say that I disagree - this story isn't a flame fest topic. The company I work at currently uses MySQL and we are considering our future database options (eg wait for 5, move to something better etc) and PostgreSQL is one alternative we are looking at. The link to the Metatron article http://www.metatrontech.com/wpapers/mysql2postgres ql.pdf is spot on. And seeing as the original article is so old it is a good time to brind this topic back up.
This is exactly the kind of story I like to see on Slashdot as it generally encourages intelligent(??) discussion on technical issues.
And sure folks from both the MySQL and PG camps might get a bit hot headed; but hey ho it makes great reading!!
"Distinguished Engineer, Windows Performance"
[snip]
"His leadership has been instrumental in winning numerous awards for Windows products and benchmarks for best-in-class networking and server performance"
Yeap someone would have to be pretty damn clever to create those situations where Windows performs well, doesn't BSOD and beats Linux in performance tests, whilst naturally demonstrating that it has a lower TCO......
.. in the UK. And the reports they generated did flag up some pretty trivial things. Also reports came up with the same minor things each time (some clients would be scanned every month and the scan would return the same thing over and over).
Whats more shocking though is that some staff running the scans/reports upgraded the security risk level of some trivial items in the reports as "they believed them to be of higher risk"!!
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Nice one....
Well nice bit of copyright infringement (??) anyway;-)
Back when I was studying Computer Science at Essex Uni the programming labs where changed from Solaris (and other commerical Unix flavors) to SuSE Linux. This was back in '99!
Shame really as I missed the chance to get some experience with other *nix Operating Systems other than Linux.
So it would seem! Bummer I want to read that. Maybe it's time to get that Slashdot subscription?
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In respect to those who have commented that everyone should throw away their old driver disks - consider the chicken and egg internet/driver situation. You are doing an OS [re-]install have an obscure modem or ethernet card (i.e. your primary means of connecting to the net) and no way of getting to the drivers from the net! Not funny when it happens (luckily most of us have more than 1 pc - and so can burn a disc with the drivers on very quickly).
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system.tumbleWeed.initialise() ?
"PC == Probable Cause" - yeah I know, looks like no one got my joke! Hey-ho!
"In the twisted logic of the law enforcement game, pretty much anything can be used as PC."
;-)
So what your saying is that PC can be used as PC?
So pretty much everyone with a Computer is screwed then!
Call me what you like ;o) but I actually thought they had picked up the first visible light after the big bang on this telescope. So the definition put me straight!
Its been a while since I worked for Maplin Electronics but I seem to recall that the ordering problems are due to poor stock management procedures from head office. So I think its the business logic they have in place thats in error rather than the O/S in this case. I do remember when I was there (and the times that I've popped back) that they where looking to migrate their EPOS to Linux. The boss of the store I worked at (Maidstone) was quite heavily involved in the migration project if I recall correctly. This makes me think of the happy days I had as a teenager (when things were much simpler!) working at Maplins - thanks Slashdot!
"The service activation is £24 and is offered via a shared LLU line, meaning your existing BT telephone line remains unaltered, but Be will unbundle the DSL part of the line to connect it to their own hardware at the exchange. The LLU element will mean the service is limited in availability to those exchanges where Be has installed its own kit. The maximum speeds quoted are actually the ATM speeds of the line, so maximum TCP/IP throughput on a perfect line would be around 21.5Mbps downstream and 1.1Mbps upstream. Also it is worth bearing in mind that ADSL2+ is very distance dependent, i.e. that speeds approaching the maximum are only likely on a line less than 1km long. If your line can manage 2Mbps under existing BT limits, then switching to ADSL2+ is likely to give a significant speed boost. For those only getting 1Mbps and 0.5Mbps, the biggest difference is likely to be the upstream speed."
... as it [mirrordot.org] doesn't cache the linked pages ;-(
This is exactly the kind of story I like to see on Slashdot as it generally encourages intelligent(??) discussion on technical issues.
And sure folks from both the MySQL and PG camps might get a bit hot headed; but hey ho it makes great reading!!
"Distinguished Engineer, Windows Performance" [snip]
"His leadership has been instrumental in winning numerous awards for Windows products and benchmarks for best-in-class networking and server performance"
Yeap someone would have to be pretty damn clever to create those situations where Windows performs well, doesn't BSOD and beats Linux in performance tests, whilst naturally demonstrating that it has a lower TCO......
.. in the UK. And the reports they generated did flag up some pretty trivial things. Also reports came up with the same minor things each time (some clients would be scanned every month and the scan would return the same thing over and over). Whats more shocking though is that some staff running the scans/reports upgraded the security risk level of some trivial items in the reports as "they believed them to be of higher risk"!!
Nice one.... Well nice bit of copyright infringement (??) anyway ;-)
Back when I was studying Computer Science at Essex Uni the programming labs where changed from Solaris (and other commerical Unix flavors) to SuSE Linux. This was back in '99! Shame really as I missed the chance to get some experience with other *nix Operating Systems other than Linux.
So it would seem! Bummer I want to read that. Maybe it's time to get that Slashdot subscription?
In respect to those who have commented that everyone should throw away their old driver disks - consider the chicken and egg internet/driver situation. You are doing an OS [re-]install have an obscure modem or ethernet card (i.e. your primary means of connecting to the net) and no way of getting to the drivers from the net! Not funny when it happens (luckily most of us have more than 1 pc - and so can burn a disc with the drivers on very quickly).
Yes I've noticed that bit of bravado before. I take all "hacker-proof" claims with a serious bag load of salt!