It's middle English, not "rough spelling". Chaucer was one of the forefathers of the English language, and considered by many scholars to be one of the first major poets to write not in French or Latin (as was popular in the day), but in the language of the common people -- English.
If it weren't for Chaucer, many argue that the English language we know today never would have received the same amount of attention as it (eventually) did among the noble English class.
Sybase has produced a suite of tools called PowerDesigner DataArchitect for quite a long time. (I remember using an older version when I worked at Sybase many years ago.)
I've always wondered how the batteries in these modern hybrids hold up in the winter time. Any experiences?
(More than once I've found myself leaving work late at night in -40 degree temperatures, and have been grateful each time that my Saturn [sans block heater] has started flawlessly.)
"[T]here are some potential concerns with creatine. Because it is metabolized by the kidneys, fears have been expressed that creatine supplements could cause kidney injury, and there are two worrisome case reports"
"Another concern revolves around the fact that creatine is metabolized in the body to the toxic substance formaldehyde."
Sorry. Not too many geek-related suggestions here. But, here are a few suggestions of nice things to see in Canada while you're there (off the top of my head):
- Vancouver, Victoria ==> many touristy things to see/do (nothing that specifically stands out as "geeky", but they're two cities well worth investigating)
- Banff and Jasper, British Columbia ==> very beautiful, be sure to ride up Sulphur Mountain in Banff, and between Banff & Jasper, visit the Columbia Ice Fields
- Niagara Falls, Ontario ==> A little touristy, but nice if it's your first time
- Drumheller, Alberta ==> Royal Tyrell museum, if you're into dinosaurs/paleontology
- Toronto, Ontario ==> CN Tower, Royal Ontario Museum, science centre (though the latter is geared more to younger audiences)
- Ottawa, Ontario ==> Parliament buildings, National Art Gallery
- Quebec city and Montreal ==> lots of interesting old architecture (especially Notre Dame Basilica, etc)
- a number of East-coast Canadian sites (la Roche Percee, for example, in Percee, Quebec), or Peggy's Cove, Newfoundland
There are many other places across Canada, without a doubt. These are just a few that came to me briefly.
In Evolution, setup a filter to run a regex match for ".", and have it call the spamassassin application. You'll need a command line switch -- don't remember which one off-hand -- to tell SpamAssassin to return "0" for no spam or "1" for spam. Then, Evolution can capture that return code and you can use that to categorize the incoming mail as spam.
I've been doing this for some time, and it works great.
I've been planning to upgrade my computer at the end of this month, and have been keeping a pretty close eye on the 865/875 motherboard and chip performance reviews. This article didn't really enlighten me as much as the following Tom's Hardware reviews:
I'm glad I read this -- I was thinking for a while that I must have setup something wrong on my Apache 2.x install.
I was running Apache 1.3.x (and it worked just fine), and when I made the switch over to Apache 2.x (after I upgraded RedHat 7.2 => 9.0), I started getting all sorts of random hangs and crashes in my PHP code.
I recompiled Apache, ran gdb on it, and found where one of its children processes was segfaulting and driving CPU utilization up to 100%.... A bug like that hasn't done much to inspire my confidence.
(So, in the meantime, I've reimplemented Apache 1.3.x, the problems have gone away, and I'm keeping Apache 2.x in the oven until it's more thoroughly cooked.)
I second the Perforce bid, for all of the reasons mentioned.
I've used it in my job as a software developer at a large organization, and really, really loved it. A few more things worth noting:
- The atomic change lists are cool, and well worth underlining -- you can very easily back-out an entire change (unlike CVS, which might require you to revert to a previous tag or go and find the affected files, etc.).
- There are command line tools as well as GUI tools for a huge number of environments. All the clients are freely downloadable off the perforce website -- only the server need be licensed.
- Branch management is unbelievable. It would take a while to explain fully here (it's best to read the docs), but basically users can create their own virtual branches (which require little to no extra space on the server), modify them separately, and re-integrate back into the mainline or another branch entirely. Very cool stuff. (Users can basically create their own custom "views" and "branches" of the repositority.)
I've always found it interesting that RSA is so hyped, and elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) -- introduced independently by Koblitz and Miller in 1986 -- has received so little attention.
Basically, with a 160 bit key, ECC achieves the same level of security as 1024 bit RSA. (Another example: a 591 bit ECC key is said to possess the same security as 15000+ bit RSA. Hyperelliptic curves may achieve comparable security in even smaller keys, but they remain mostly theoretical due to poor performance and questionable security relative to elliptic curves.) And, because the keys are so much smaller -- and there are efficient techniques for scalar point multiplication over a Galois Field -- ECC tends to offer incredibly good performance.
Unfortunately, the general adoption of ECC just isn't there in the same way as RSA. Mind you, there has been some recent research in which ECC was implemented in OpenSSL (0.9.6b), but I don't think that the SSL 3.0 protocol has been extended to support it yet. Also, there is a tremendous amount of research continuing in this field to improve ECC performance (not just in software, but in elliptic curve processors for smart cards, for instance). And, of course, ANSI, IEEE, and NIST FIPS 180-2 standards are working their way thru the pipes.
But still... for an idea that's been around for more than 15 years, and which has made a lot of inroads in academia, it sure hasn't gone too far in industry (Certicom and Motorola being two notable exceptions).
You may know about it, but if not, you should try out "apt" for RPM (http://apt.freshrpms.net). It's all of the convenience of Debian with the packages and desktop (which I like:) from RedHat.
Upgarding to the next RedHat release then becomes as easy as:
apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade
done;)
(I updated today, and already began noticing that it was pulling in some new glibc updates and so on.)
MySQL works in a completely different "realm", if you will, than Oracle, DB2, Sybase ASE or ASA, etc.
Reasoning:
MySQL is a great replacement for a file system-like Berkeley DB interface. Works fine for small jobs, but it isn't ANSI SQL compliant, and doesn't necessarily support the same level of features and robustness (transaction-level rollback/commit/etc) as do the major vendors.
A prof once told me: When you buy a license from one of the big DB vendors, you aren't necessarily paying for their performance or features. (They're at a point now where they all run pretty well the same for the average user and offer pretty well the same features.) What you *are* paying for is the "guarantee" of stability and robustness in the event of a critical failure.
That said, I use MySQL for my webserver, and Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere for my business operations. ASA is fast, cheap, incredibly easy to administer, and I know that I can rely on it for my data integrity. IMO, the same cannot be said (with such confidence) about MySQL, and therein lies the difference.
Yeah, TaxWiz (which is what I bought this year instead of QuickTax) *does* have activation, but I don't think it's as intrusive as QuickTax's. It doesn't modify any bootsectors or install C-Dilla; it connects to the net and downloads the file "TW_IM32.dll" ( 30k).
Although I haven't tried it, if you've made a [legal] backup of this DLL, you'd probably be able to use it to recover a Taxwiz installation (without having to send the authentication code online). It's useful to keep in mind in the event of a disaster (not an unlikely phenomenon in Windows).
That said, I found TaxWiz activation to be pretty painless. The program sent my activation #, it downloaded the aforementioned DLL, and my app is now unlocked. (It wasn't as intrusive as other Intuit software I've read about... but it would definitely bother me if they changed that in the future.)
Silberschatz and Galvin's "Operating System Concepts", 5th ed, covers this topic in detail in section 13.2 ("Disk Scheduling"). There, they cover FCFS, SSTF, SCAN, C-SCAN, and LOOK hard disk scheduling.
It was my impression that most newer hard drives actually had this capability built into firmware, but an OS could manage it too, as S. & G. suggest. Don't know much more about it than that, but this may give you some inroads on where to search for more info, if you're interested.
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This gives a whole new meaning to the concept of "closing the backdoors to your network". :)
How does a guy earning $40k per year have a 2 bedroom apartment in Midtown Manhattan?
:)
He replied to one of the "Earn $10k a week, at home, in your spare time" spams
So why have they not simply bought SCO and used it to their advantage?
:)
You've seen Star Wars, right? Same thing here. The Emperor only reveals himself as the evil mastermind behind everything after some time has passed.
"error selecting database"
:)
Funny, I think even this error describes SCO in numerous, subtle, and surprisingly accurate ways.
It's middle English, not "rough spelling". Chaucer was one of the forefathers of the English language, and considered by many scholars to be one of the first major poets to write not in French or Latin (as was popular in the day), but in the language of the common people -- English.
If it weren't for Chaucer, many argue that the English language we know today never would have received the same amount of attention as it (eventually) did among the noble English class.
It's so hard to name because these companies all lack the synergistic, results-driven leverage that will incentivize their paradigm shift.
"It saddens me greatly to see the toy that was such a mainstay of my childhood"
Man, do I ever feel old.
Sybase has produced a suite of tools called PowerDesigner DataArchitect for quite a long time. (I remember using an older version when I worked at Sybase many years ago.)
For example,
sybase eshop
I was just thinking that trademark issues may arise from the products being so similarly named (and have somewhat similar goals).
(My guess is also that Sybase's product has been around for a longer period of time.)
I've always wondered how the batteries in these modern hybrids hold up in the winter time. Any experiences?
(More than once I've found myself leaving work late at night in -40 degree temperatures, and have been grateful each time that my Saturn [sans block heater] has started flawlessly.)
See:
Shopper's Drug Mart herbal info on Creatine
Some snippets from this link:
Hi,
Sorry. Not too many geek-related suggestions here. But, here are a few suggestions of nice things to see in Canada while you're there (off the top of my head):
- Vancouver, Victoria ==> many touristy things to see/do (nothing that specifically stands out as "geeky", but they're two cities well worth investigating)
- Banff and Jasper, British Columbia ==> very beautiful, be sure to ride up Sulphur Mountain in Banff, and between Banff & Jasper, visit the Columbia Ice Fields
- Niagara Falls, Ontario ==> A little touristy, but nice if it's your first time
- Drumheller, Alberta ==> Royal Tyrell museum, if you're into dinosaurs/paleontology
- Toronto, Ontario ==> CN Tower, Royal Ontario Museum, science centre (though the latter is geared more to younger audiences)
- Ottawa, Ontario ==> Parliament buildings, National Art Gallery
- Quebec city and Montreal ==> lots of interesting old architecture (especially Notre Dame Basilica, etc)
- a number of East-coast Canadian sites (la Roche Percee, for example, in Percee, Quebec), or Peggy's Cove, Newfoundland
There are many other places across Canada, without a doubt. These are just a few that came to me briefly.
"She'll be back."
You can use SpamAssassin with Evolution.
In Evolution, setup a filter to run a regex match for ".", and have it call the spamassassin application. You'll need a command line switch -- don't remember which one off-hand -- to tell SpamAssassin to return "0" for no spam or "1" for spam. Then, Evolution can capture that return code and you can use that to categorize the incoming mail as spam.
I've been doing this for some time, and it works great.
I've been planning to upgrade my computer at the end of this month, and have been keeping a pretty close eye on the 865/875 motherboard and chip performance reviews. This article didn't really enlighten me as much as the following Tom's Hardware reviews:
here
and
here
The REAL story
I'm glad I read this -- I was thinking for a while that I must have setup something wrong on my Apache 2.x install.
.... A bug like that hasn't done much to inspire my confidence.
I was running Apache 1.3.x (and it worked just fine), and when I made the switch over to Apache 2.x (after I upgraded RedHat 7.2 => 9.0), I started getting all sorts of random hangs and crashes in my PHP code.
I recompiled Apache, ran gdb on it, and found where one of its children processes was segfaulting and driving CPU utilization up to 100%
(So, in the meantime, I've reimplemented Apache 1.3.x, the problems have gone away, and I'm keeping Apache 2.x in the oven until it's more thoroughly cooked.)
I second the Perforce bid, for all of the reasons mentioned.
I've used it in my job as a software developer at a large organization, and really, really loved it. A few more things worth noting:
- The atomic change lists are cool, and well worth underlining -- you can very easily back-out an entire change (unlike CVS, which might require you to revert to a previous tag or go and find the affected files, etc.).
- There are command line tools as well as GUI tools for a huge number of environments. All the clients are freely downloadable off the perforce website -- only the server need be licensed.
- Branch management is unbelievable. It would take a while to explain fully here (it's best to read the docs), but basically users can create their own virtual branches (which require little to no extra space on the server), modify them separately, and re-integrate back into the mainline or another branch entirely. Very cool stuff. (Users can basically create their own custom "views" and "branches" of the repositority.)
Websites:
http://www.fool.comt p://www.canadianmoneysaver.ca
http://www.bylo.org
http://stingyinvestor.com
http://www.moneysense.ca
ht
Books:
Random Walk down Wall Street (by Walkel)
The Intelligent Investor (by Graham)
I've always found it interesting that RSA is so hyped, and elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) -- introduced independently by Koblitz and Miller in 1986 -- has received so little attention.
... for an idea that's been around for more than 15 years, and which has made a lot of inroads in academia, it sure hasn't gone too far in industry (Certicom and Motorola being two notable exceptions).
Basically, with a 160 bit key, ECC achieves the same level of security as 1024 bit RSA. (Another example: a 591 bit ECC key is said to possess the same security as 15000+ bit RSA. Hyperelliptic curves may achieve comparable security in even smaller keys, but they remain mostly theoretical due to poor performance and questionable security relative to elliptic curves.) And, because the keys are so much smaller -- and there are efficient techniques for scalar point multiplication over a Galois Field -- ECC tends to offer incredibly good performance.
Unfortunately, the general adoption of ECC just isn't there in the same way as RSA. Mind you, there has been some recent research in which ECC was implemented in OpenSSL (0.9.6b), but I don't think that the SSL 3.0 protocol has been extended to support it yet. Also, there is a tremendous amount of research continuing in this field to improve ECC performance (not just in software, but in elliptic curve processors for smart cards, for instance). And, of course, ANSI, IEEE, and NIST FIPS 180-2 standards are working their way thru the pipes.
But still
Really? That's weird. I've upgraded 7.1 -> 8.0 without any problems.
(I let it run overnight, came back the next day, rebooted the machine, and everything literally worked perfectly. No kidding.)
-kris
You may know about it, but if not, you should try out "apt" for RPM (http://apt.freshrpms.net). It's all of the convenience of Debian with the packages and desktop (which I like :) from RedHat.
;)
Upgarding to the next RedHat release then becomes as easy as:
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
done
(I updated today, and already began noticing that it was pulling in some new glibc updates and so on.)
MySQL works in a completely different "realm", if you will, than Oracle, DB2, Sybase ASE or ASA, etc.
Reasoning:
MySQL is a great replacement for a file system-like Berkeley DB interface. Works fine for small jobs, but it isn't ANSI SQL compliant, and doesn't necessarily support the same level of features and robustness (transaction-level rollback/commit/etc) as do the major vendors.
A prof once told me: When you buy a license from one of the big DB vendors, you aren't necessarily paying for their performance or features. (They're at a point now where they all run pretty well the same for the average user and offer pretty well the same features.) What you *are* paying for is the "guarantee" of stability and robustness in the event of a critical failure.
That said, I use MySQL for my webserver, and Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere for my business operations. ASA is fast, cheap, incredibly easy to administer, and I know that I can rely on it for my data integrity. IMO, the same cannot be said (with such confidence) about MySQL, and therein lies the difference.
Yeah, TaxWiz (which is what I bought this year instead of QuickTax) *does* have activation, but I don't think it's as intrusive as QuickTax's. It doesn't modify any bootsectors or install C-Dilla; it connects to the net and downloads the file "TW_IM32.dll" ( 30k).
... but it would definitely bother me if they changed that in the future.)
Although I haven't tried it, if you've made a [legal] backup of this DLL, you'd probably be able to use it to recover a Taxwiz installation (without having to send the authentication code online). It's useful to keep in mind in the event of a disaster (not an unlikely phenomenon in Windows).
That said, I found TaxWiz activation to be pretty painless. The program sent my activation #, it downloaded the aforementioned DLL, and my app is now unlocked. (It wasn't as intrusive as other Intuit software I've read about
FYI ...
Silberschatz and Galvin's "Operating System Concepts", 5th ed, covers this topic in detail in section 13.2 ("Disk Scheduling"). There, they cover FCFS, SSTF, SCAN, C-SCAN, and LOOK hard disk scheduling.
It was my impression that most newer hard drives actually had this capability built into firmware, but an OS could manage it too, as S. & G. suggest. Don't know much more about it than that, but this may give you some inroads on where to search for more info, if you're interested.