I avoided MySQL until 4.0 and 4.1 came out. 3.23 really lacked many basic features that I consider necessary in a database.
PostgreSQL? I looked at the Postgres website and the project looks almost inactive. No one talks about Postgres in the business press.
MySQL has many new features behind it in 4.1 and 5.0. Plus, which I consider to be very important, it has incredible momentum behind it in both the developer community and the press.
Yeah, I love the fact that there's a revision number that's global to the whole repository. We embed that number into each build of our product and our testers file bugs against a particular revision.
Has anyone done that for Subversion with some Java build tools like Ant or Anthill? Do you incorporate the build number into your WAR or EAR file?
Also, have there been many problems that required atomic commits? Can someone explain why this is important?
Well, to database developers, the thought of having SQL scripts committed WITHOUT atomic commits is very scary. I use CVS to record the SQL DDL scripts for database generation (and backup). If I commited a new table.sql script, for example, and that conflicted with a sequences.sql, which was not commited atomically, my database keys could completely meltdown...
Fortunately, we don't have enough developers with CVS for that to be a problem, but I plan to move us to Subversion soon.
But Google toolbar might raise some privacy concerns. Here is their privacy policy. The IE toolbar does contact Google's servers to check page rank of the pages you visit. Yahoo also has the Yahoo Companion toolbar.
For right now, I'll stick with Google from Mozilla Firefox browser.
You're incorrect. It's "Kleenex-brand FACIAL TISSUE". If you buy any other brand, you'll also see "Scott-brand facial tissue" or "Dove-brand facial tissue" or whatever. By calling it "kleenex-brand kleenex", you've just proved that "kleenex" is a brand-name that has become a generic term for "facial tissue." Your parent (reglar_joe) is correct.
On the other hand with Google, I think Google is more concerned about wide-spread brand recognition than the loss of trademark rights, at least at this point.
article: the number of industries and critical systems that are based around these technologies that could be damaged by new exploits found in this source code is something that doesn't bare thinking about.
what could be a better argument for open source code, in which potential vulnerabilities are always exposed to the developer community?
from the article: The films will not be sold separately, at least initially, according to Fox representatives.
Movies from the Indiana Jones trilogy were not released until October 2003, and then only in a
DVD boxed set for $69.98 retail.
Looks like Lucas is following that marketing strategy.
They should definitely keep "Mozilla" in the name, for non-/. general public recognition. And before they changed "Firebird" to "Firefox", they had a nice symmetry with "FireBIRD" and "ThunderBIRD". I vote they change the name back to "Mozilla Firebird" and "Mozilla Thunderbird".
Some of us are required to us IE at work because the bosses won't let us install anything else.
You don't have to "install" anything in Windows to run Mozilla Firebird. In fact as of version 0.7, Firebird doesn't even have an official Windows installer. Just download, unzip, and double-click!
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I avoided MySQL until 4.0 and 4.1 came out. 3.23 really lacked many basic features that I consider necessary in a database.
PostgreSQL? I looked at the Postgres website and the project looks almost inactive. No one talks about Postgres in the business press.
MySQL has many new features behind it in 4.1 and 5.0. Plus, which I consider to be very important, it has incredible momentum behind it in both the developer community and the press.
and also this /. story about Real's real big problems with MS Media Player.
Yeah, I love the fact that there's a revision number that's global to the whole repository. We embed that number into each build of our product and our testers file bugs against a particular revision.
Has anyone done that for Subversion with some Java build tools like Ant or Anthill? Do you incorporate the build number into your WAR or EAR file?
Also, have there been many problems that required atomic commits? Can someone explain why this is important?
Well, to database developers, the thought of having SQL scripts committed WITHOUT atomic commits is very scary. I use CVS to record the SQL DDL scripts for database generation (and backup). If I commited a new table.sql script, for example, and that conflicted with a sequences.sql, which was not commited atomically, my database keys could completely meltdown...
Fortunately, we don't have enough developers with CVS for that to be a problem, but I plan to move us to Subversion soon.
Yes, if you've used TortoiseCVS before, you might want to check out TortoiseSVN...
It integrates into Windows Explorer and allows you to do all the updates, commits, etc with right mouse clicks.
This photo from the exhibition sure brings back memories about arcades.... I hope visitors have to put in quarters for each play.
The standard rule at the arcade was placing a quarter on the machine for "next game". Ah... such memories.
For a web database of video games, check out KLOV, Killer List Of Video games.
The page for Pac-Man is here.
But Google toolbar might raise some privacy concerns. Here is their privacy policy. The IE toolbar does contact Google's servers to check page rank of the pages you visit.
Yahoo also has the Yahoo Companion toolbar.
For right now, I'll stick with Google from Mozilla Firefox browser.
I don't use Google's homepage much, now that Mozilla Firebird/Firefox has the Google search box right next to the URL box! Thanks Mozilla team.
TortoiseCVS, now that is nice integration. Isn't there a subversion version of it somewhere?
Yes, it's TortoiseSVN. I've used it on some small projects and it works well. It's basically the same as TortoiseCVS.
Subversion itself has been self-hosting with Subversion since 2001. Subversion 1.0 source is currently hosted on Subversion 0.37.
If the leaked source code reveals any more Windows security issues, I'll just wait until Microsoft Corporation emails me an .EXE file patch.
;)
and paris hilton
most kleenex you use isn't Kleenex-brand kleenex
You're incorrect. It's "Kleenex-brand FACIAL TISSUE". If you buy any other brand, you'll also see "Scott-brand facial tissue" or "Dove-brand facial tissue" or whatever. By calling it "kleenex-brand kleenex", you've just proved that "kleenex" is a brand-name that has become a generic term for "facial tissue." Your parent (reglar_joe) is correct.
On the other hand with Google, I think Google is more concerned about wide-spread brand recognition than the loss of trademark rights, at least at this point.
What hardware are they running it on?
Well, we know what hardware Slashdot is running on. At least, what hardware in June 2000...
Yahoo has gone so far as to imitate Google's search results design:
title: blue, size +1
excerpts: two lines
date: green, size: green, "cached" link: gray, etc.
Yahoo does not have a time stamp for pages, but everything else looks very similar!
Of course, no discussion of haikus and computers would be relevant these days without mentioning SPAM...
Haiku'da Been a Spam Filter
Windows.Source.Code.w2k.nt4.wxp.tar
isn't it ironic that the leaked source would be distributed in a *nix archive file format?
article: the number of industries and critical systems that are based around these technologies that could be damaged by new exploits found in this source code is something that doesn't bare thinking about.
what could be a better argument for open source code, in which potential vulnerabilities are always exposed to the developer community?
from the article: The films will not be sold separately, at least initially, according to Fox representatives.
Movies from the Indiana Jones trilogy were not released until October 2003, and then only in a DVD boxed set for $69.98 retail.
Looks like Lucas is following that marketing strategy.
Someone needs to invent a new SF franchise.
: 1970s scifi/fantasy trilogy :: : 2000s scifi/fantasy trilogy
Star Wars
Lord of the Rings
How about Mozilla Browser and Mozilla Mail?
...using 0.8 as I type.
Yes, that would also keep the symmetry and the Mozilla brand recognition.
They should definitely keep "Mozilla" in the name, for non-/. general public recognition. And before they changed "Firebird" to "Firefox", they had a nice symmetry with "FireBIRD" and "ThunderBIRD". I vote they change the name back to "Mozilla Firebird" and "Mozilla Thunderbird".
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Some of us are required to us IE at work because the bosses won't let us install anything else.
You don't have to "install" anything in Windows to run Mozilla Firebird. In fact as of version 0.7, Firebird doesn't even have an official Windows installer. Just download, unzip, and double-click!