Seriously - it will only be a matter of time, and you will get "conversion" kits to yank out the large petrol engine and replace it with some or other battery powered electric engine.
I guess it's time for a new group of people to take the current GPL code base and start maintaining that in parallel... I know - before you get on your hind legs - it's a lot easier said then done.
I will have to admit, postgres suddenly looks a lot more attractive:-(
I am amazed by some of the comments in this thread... It is obvious that there are only a small number of people that really understand databases.
In our org. we use both databases. Both have pro's and cons. The trick is to know the limitations of each, and based on that choose the best DB for a specific task. Some times you will go with MySQL, other times with PostgreSQL.
Personally I am probably a little biased toward MySQL - because I know it very well. A lot of the comments (negative wise) on MySQL in this thread simply is not true - or the user just had some very bad luck. We run several instances that run over 500 queries per second, and apart from scheduled maintenance, I only had a handful of DB crashes over the last couple of years - none of which was caused by the DB, and all crashes could be rectified with the standard MySQL tools.
Our busiest server is a IBM x-series, 4GB RAM with about 2TB disk on the SAN. We run 22 instances of MySQL on this one system. The load average on this box is always over 12 (during month ends, going to about 22), but CPU is always manageable.
My biggest gripe's:
* Dev okes blaming the DB when their app doesn't perform (it's always a case of the DBA having to provide proof, and when he does, it's usually contested till the cows come home)
where the losing party always claims foul play and then turns into a guerrilla fighting force, and the winning party (having control over the military - in general) always uses military force to suppress the voice of the losing party.
There is an African saying that goes: "You know a country changed government when there's a power outage". I think that comes from the fact that the countries power grid is a large target around election times.
In any event, I don't think the majority of Africa understand the various systems - I mean, really: most of the inhabitants cant read or write yet, and there is still a very strong factor of intimidation. Even here in South Africa (where I am), most people still don't understand democracy or what they are "really" voting for. The recent election of Jacob Zuma for the presidency of the ANC is a very good example. He is more in court for various criminal charges then he is in office. Just on pure morality I can not think how you would want this man to be a president of a nation, yet there is a very high probability that he will be South Africa's next president.
O well - that's it. I need to get back to something positive now:-)
From the future article: "Scientists today discovered what they belief was the reason for the Earth splitting event in early 2010. The remains of an old fashioned airplane (a thing early man used to fly) with what seems to have been a laser type weapon was found in..."
Yes - that is in the second paragraph of the article. So why is China not considered a super power anymore? If you leave Nukes out of the equation, I think China stand a very good change of winning a conventional war against the US - although it would not be a pretty war! Technology helps - but numbers sometime help more. The Chinese can just keep on sending troops - wave after wave. As this article also show, they are not that far behind in terms of technology either. In fact, how many electronic components in modern battle craft are manufactured in China?
The only problem for China as I see it is that they will have to fight on home soil. Supporting over a million troops half a world apart is not easy - or cheap.
This has been (or at least something very similar) in SA for about 6 or 7 months now, accept they install the cameras at traffic control points. I think the logic is that you have to slow down so that they can make sure they scan ALL the cars on a certain road during the time of the scanning. There has also been a number of Metro cop cars spotted with camaras on them, but no word yet of what they actually do - could be the same thing, or it could just be a speed monitor. For some more SA specific speed trap info, visit http://www.speedtraps.co.za/
I am now reading the book Rebel Code and it is interesting to notice that exactly this was suggested years ago. If the heads at Sun listened to the "sourceware" suggestion back then, they could have been miles ahead by now...
First of all, it would be short sited not to include Microsoft in this kind of project. Remember that Microsoft still has some social responsibility and since it's a world player it would make sense to "sponsor" a project like this. However, they should not be asking any money off it. In fact, they may even be able to use it as a tax write off - if that is possible in the US(?).
Further more, there is just so much more educational software available on Microsoft - especially older versions of MS DOS, Windows 3x, Windows 9x. Yes, I know they are no longer supported, but I am sure Microsoft could make an effort in supporting these older games - or even bring back some kind of limited support for their older OS's.
This does not however mean that Linux has lost - it merely defines what we as a community can do to guarantee Linux a spot in this market: develop quality educational software, or, let the likes of the Wine Project focus on compatibility for these older "games". That would mean that potentially Microsoft does not have to support older versions of Windows any more (since the Wine community can now do that), and it could even mean that a company like Novell or RedHat could also now start to act on their social responsibilities by supporting the Wine Project.
In the end, I support the philosophy behind the project, and personally I will take any OS and Software available to help some of the poorest children on Earth.
Just a quick last word from my side: I have a flash light with one of them handles to wind up to load the batteries. I can not see this concept fly on this Project, but if it does we will have some well developed poor people able to knock down walls with their fists:)
Today scientists discovered remains of humans, believed to live 10 billion years ago, with two heads...
Seriously - unless the fact that siamese twins existed today was well documented, how else would scientists know hundreds of years from now how Humans looked like, and more importantly, how would they know that twin headed babies had actually nothing to do with evolution?
I expect all animal species to have similar flukes - I have personally seen it in chickens and cows. The problem is that in ancient times, these occurrences were not always well documented.
This does not IMHO proof anything except that there was a creature like this at some stage of our history.
Even John Eberly uses this trick on his own pages - check his Google e-mail address on this page. Of course there are good reasons to do so, but still...
I don't think evolution has a real answer. I have also posted a piece on an earlier story (Scientists Finally Figure Out How Bees Fly) on my blog, just to illustrate the vast amount of problems in all their theories.
We do not even know how to stop the common cold which we have under our microscopes daily - but we are eager to explain things like how a star formed even though we have never observed this event from start to finish.
From the article: "Even though Internet Explorer is the root cause of the vulnerability, Google's changing its Desktop Search so that it was no longer remotely accessible though the vulnerability in IE was the responsible thing for Google to do," said Gartner Research vice president Neil MacDonald.
What would the global impact be? Are we not trying to control something which is not ment to be controled? We don't even understand global warning 100% yet, now we want to do this?
I would rather concentrate on building technology and common sense (don't build a city below water level - for example).
My 2c
PS: My prayers still go out to all victims of natural disasters - I can't imagine being in that situation. May God bless you all!
It's when I read research like this that I wonder about evolution. Apart from how right these researchers are (let's assume for this argument they are 100% right), then we should be able to "evolve" or adapt so that our body systems will become resistent to these kind of "attacks".
Maybe it's time to research a little more in the area of human adaption in cases like these. I suspect no surprises here really.
Back to the article - I wonder just how bombarded we really are? Radio, TV, Satelite, WiFi (essentially radio), Cell phones, Infra Red - the list just goes on. Surely this can not be good. Then again, do we live long enough to really care about these harmfull effects?
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Seriously - it will only be a matter of time, and you will get "conversion" kits to yank out the large petrol engine and replace it with some or other battery powered electric engine.
So, the fuel problem is now solved, and you still sit with the other problems mentioned here.
I have some more on mobile Linux on my blog...
I will have to admit, postgres suddenly looks a lot more attractive :-(
The Linux Cisco VPN works 100% - the only irritating thing for me is that you need to compile it - it's not in the standard repositories.
In our org. we use both databases. Both have pro's and cons. The trick is to know the limitations of each, and based on that choose the best DB for a specific task. Some times you will go with MySQL, other times with PostgreSQL.
Personally I am probably a little biased toward MySQL - because I know it very well. A lot of the comments (negative wise) on MySQL in this thread simply is not true - or the user just had some very bad luck. We run several instances that run over 500 queries per second, and apart from scheduled maintenance, I only had a handful of DB crashes over the last couple of years - none of which was caused by the DB, and all crashes could be rectified with the standard MySQL tools.
Our busiest server is a IBM x-series, 4GB RAM with about 2TB disk on the SAN. We run 22 instances of MySQL on this one system. The load average on this box is always over 12 (during month ends, going to about 22), but CPU is always manageable.
My biggest gripe's:
* Dev okes blaming the DB when their app doesn't perform (it's always a case of the DBA having to provide proof, and when he does, it's usually contested till the cows come home)
* Forums like this full of DBA wannabees.
Have fun
where the losing party always claims foul play and then turns into a guerrilla fighting force, and the winning party (having control over the military - in general) always uses military force to suppress the voice of the losing party.
There is an African saying that goes: "You know a country changed government when there's a power outage". I think that comes from the fact that the countries power grid is a large target around election times.
In any event, I don't think the majority of Africa understand the various systems - I mean, really: most of the inhabitants cant read or write yet, and there is still a very strong factor of intimidation. Even here in South Africa (where I am), most people still don't understand democracy or what they are "really" voting for. The recent election of Jacob Zuma for the presidency of the ANC is a very good example. He is more in court for various criminal charges then he is in office. Just on pure morality I can not think how you would want this man to be a president of a nation, yet there is a very high probability that he will be South Africa's next president.
O well - that's it. I need to get back to something positive now :-)
From the future article: "Scientists today discovered what they belief was the reason for the Earth splitting event in early 2010. The remains of an old fashioned airplane (a thing early man used to fly) with what seems to have been a laser type weapon was found in..."
Yes - that is in the second paragraph of the article. So why is China not considered a super power anymore? If you leave Nukes out of the equation, I think China stand a very good change of winning a conventional war against the US - although it would not be a pretty war! Technology helps - but numbers sometime help more. The Chinese can just keep on sending troops - wave after wave. As this article also show, they are not that far behind in terms of technology either. In fact, how many electronic components in modern battle craft are manufactured in China?
The only problem for China as I see it is that they will have to fight on home soil. Supporting over a million troops half a world apart is not easy - or cheap.
Cheers all!
This has been (or at least something very similar) in SA for about 6 or 7 months now, accept they install the cameras at traffic control points. I think the logic is that you have to slow down so that they can make sure they scan ALL the cars on a certain road during the time of the scanning. There has also been a number of Metro cop cars spotted with camaras on them, but no word yet of what they actually do - could be the same thing, or it could just be a speed monitor. For some more SA specific speed trap info, visit http://www.speedtraps.co.za/
For what it's worth - I discovered the proxy feature is broken. Once you enter your user name and password, the browser crashes (Windows XP).
Thanks !
I can second that! The last update of GNU/Solaris was Alpha 6 on 17 October 2006. I am still battling to get this version to work properly.
I am now reading the book Rebel Code and it is interesting to notice that exactly this was suggested years ago. If the heads at Sun listened to the "sourceware" suggestion back then, they could have been miles ahead by now...
First of all, it would be short sited not to include Microsoft in this kind of project. Remember that Microsoft still has some social responsibility and since it's a world player it would make sense to "sponsor" a project like this. However, they should not be asking any money off it. In fact, they may even be able to use it as a tax write off - if that is possible in the US(?).
Further more, there is just so much more educational software available on Microsoft - especially older versions of MS DOS, Windows 3x, Windows 9x. Yes, I know they are no longer supported, but I am sure Microsoft could make an effort in supporting these older games - or even bring back some kind of limited support for their older OS's.
This does not however mean that Linux has lost - it merely defines what we as a community can do to guarantee Linux a spot in this market: develop quality educational software, or, let the likes of the Wine Project focus on compatibility for these older "games". That would mean that potentially Microsoft does not have to support older versions of Windows any more (since the Wine community can now do that), and it could even mean that a company like Novell or RedHat could also now start to act on their social responsibilities by supporting the Wine Project.
In the end, I support the philosophy behind the project, and personally I will take any OS and Software available to help some of the poorest children on Earth.
Just a quick last word from my side: I have a flash light with one of them handles to wind up to load the batteries. I can not see this concept fly on this Project, but if it does we will have some well developed poor people able to knock down walls with their fists :)
SASOL already produces a gas called Kryptonite.
I guess the scientists must have been comic book lovers :-)
At least they are helping the terrorist finding targets easily.
Seriously, how many people would have thought that the particular building was a potential target? Doing this make it a no brainer.
Today scientists discovered remains of humans, believed to live 10 billion years ago, with two heads...
Seriously - unless the fact that siamese twins existed today was well documented, how else would scientists know hundreds of years from now how Humans looked like, and more importantly, how would they know that twin headed babies had actually nothing to do with evolution?
I expect all animal species to have similar flukes - I have personally seen it in chickens and cows. The problem is that in ancient times, these occurrences were not always well documented.
This does not IMHO proof anything except that there was a creature like this at some stage of our history.
This is old news. Maybe you geeks don't come out enough :)
Then again - I do live in Africa and most of you not... You are missing soooo much.
Cheers
I don't think evolution has a real answer. I have also posted a piece on an earlier story (Scientists Finally Figure Out How Bees Fly) on my blog, just to illustrate the vast amount of problems in all their theories.
We do not even know how to stop the common cold which we have under our microscopes daily - but we are eager to explain things like how a star formed even though we have never observed this event from start to finish.
http://4j.blogspot.com/2006/02/is-this-christianit y.html
From the article: "Even though Internet Explorer is the root cause of the vulnerability, Google's changing its Desktop Search so that it was no longer remotely accessible though the vulnerability in IE was the responsible thing for Google to do," said Gartner Research vice president Neil MacDonald.
Actually I belief one of two things are happening (or both): 1) God is warning the USA as a nation and/or 2) It is part of the signs of the end-times
(Luk 21:11) "And great earthquakes shall be in different places, and famines and plagues. And there shall be terrors and great signs from Heaven."
You decide...
What would the global impact be? Are we not trying to control something which is not ment to be controled? We don't even understand global warning 100% yet, now we want to do this?
I would rather concentrate on building technology and common sense (don't build a city below water level - for example).
My 2c
PS: My prayers still go out to all victims of natural disasters - I can't imagine being in that situation. May God bless you all!
It's when I read research like this that I wonder about evolution. Apart from how right these researchers are (let's assume for this argument they are 100% right), then we should be able to "evolve" or adapt so that our body systems will become resistent to these kind of "attacks".
Maybe it's time to research a little more in the area of human adaption in cases like these. I suspect no surprises here really.
Back to the article - I wonder just how bombarded we really are? Radio, TV, Satelite, WiFi (essentially radio), Cell phones, Infra Red - the list just goes on. Surely this can not be good. Then again, do we live long enough to really care about these harmfull effects?
Just wondering.
Cheers
Nico