Sorry, but your post isn't entirely clear to me. Do you mean the wikipedia article is made up, or that this whole topic (false fact on Wikipedia proves itself) sounds like a story from J.L. Borges?
There should be no reason they'd need your email address unless I wish to receive digests of posts via email.
Well, in the case of Bugzilla (which was what the GP was talking about), it's useful because the software notifies you when comments are made or questions are asked about the bug you logged.
In reality, people may respond to your bug weeks or months later, asking questions on how to reproduce it, etc.
You need the login, but I agree that it's a pain to create a separate account. But view it this way: it's free software, all you have to do is create an account and log a bug.
I agree with you that groveling shows some weird stuff going on. But that's not what I said. I just don't think you should lose self-respect when you discuss a purchase with your wife.
keep a separate bank account for discretionary purchases which your wives have neither control of nor access to. Life without self-respect (and gadgets) is not worth living.
So what you're saying is that when you tell the wife that you want to buy a gadget, and she tells you why it's not a good idea, then you lose your self-respect?
Think about it. Why on earth would talking with your wife about a purchase lower your self-respect??
Seconded. One of the best things you can do is establish the idea of a slush fund for both sides of the relationship
I beg to differ.
One of the best things you can do, is to communicate and agree with your girlfriend/wife. We always discuss any stuff costing more than $50.
In the end, you're just fooling yourself with a slush fund. Do you really think that when you spend $300 on a gadget, this does not influence the mutual financial situation? Of course it does.
Point is, he writes his own PHP. It's very easy to include URL parameters into a query string, don't validate input for mail() et cetera. He needs someone to tell him where is PHP is wrong.
I'd do the following. Put your code in Subversion or some other version control system. Find someone (maybe in your environment, maybe on Elance) who does this sort of stuff for a living.
Pay him to check out the code of your sites and your databases. Let him save his changes in your version control system, then go look for yourself to see what he changed. Reserve an extra hour of face or phone time with the guy to walk through all changes.
but then I can't imagine anyone running a high-end scientific database through MySQL
I can. We're developing a Qt-based client-server system for reading out sensors and (off-the-shelf) measurement instruments in a scientific institute. The backend is MySQL. Completely relational (InnoDB) setup except for the full-text search table which is filled with stored procedures.
I'm not saying MySQL would be my first choice if I'd have to do it again, however it works fine, has all the features we need and is easy to use.
Because we ALL know there are no obsessive, jealous, and insecure males of the species, right?
Damnit John, why do I catch you logging into this stupid website everytime? Since I said 'I do' you've paid more attention to your PC than to me and I'm sick and tired of it.
You get your ass here RIGHT NOW and start mowing the lawn. And maybe -MAYBE- you won't have to sleep on the couch tonight.
Actually I don't think it's a concern. There are only a couple of distributions from which to choose: Ubuntu, Fedora, RedHat and Debian. If you're from Europe, add Novell's SuSe. That's it. If you want more or are confused, you'd really have to look for it.
When I started my own company on the side, I bought two servers and installed some virtual machines on them. I figured I'd use the NATO alphabet and when I ran out of letters, I'd think of something else.
Of course after three years I was still at 'delta'.
They're promoting other options for software. This can be labeled silly or not so interesting, however I think it's great that there are people passionate about something. And put time and energy in putting up a site listing alternatives.
Actually I think it's a great idea, which could be used for lots of other software categories like word processing, image editing, mail clients et cetera.
I can attest to this. An Australian company called Sparx Systems produces an UML modelling tool called Enterprise Architect.
In a previous job, this piece of software was used and to my surprise, Linux was supported. It's up to version 7 now and for the last couple of major versions, Linux support is provided through Wine. More specifically, they support running it through the commercial version of wine, Crossover Linux.
Several reasons I could think of: - on my back it's not easily reachable (think being able to fetch PDA, phone, wallet, passport or agenda) - but much more easily reachable by others - company doesn't supply a backpack - when you wear a suit or any other business-like attire, you ruin the jacket with a backpack
And weight isn't an issue because we all have laptop bags or backpacks
It happens to me that I'm walking around for 30-60 minutes on the airport with a laptop bag hanging on one shoulder and rolling luggage on the other hand.
I'll tell you I'm pretty glad if I get to sit down and let the laptop slide off the shoulder.
That is a good idea, but the other half of the battle is ensuring that your PC gets fresh power. You can easily make sure of this by smelling close to the power outlet. Old power has a slightly, but distinctly musty smell, like French cheese.
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Hmm I didn't think about that, good point.
Sorry, but your post isn't entirely clear to me. Do you mean the wikipedia article is made up, or that this whole topic (false fact on Wikipedia proves itself) sounds like a story from J.L. Borges?
There should be no reason they'd need your email address unless I wish to receive digests of posts via email.
Well, in the case of Bugzilla (which was what the GP was talking about), it's useful because the software notifies you when comments are made or questions are asked about the bug you logged.
In reality, people may respond to your bug weeks or months later, asking questions on how to reproduce it, etc.
You need the login, but I agree that it's a pain to create a separate account. But view it this way: it's free software, all you have to do is create an account and log a bug.
OK sorry, non-native speaker. I looked up but still misunderstood 'slush fund'. A fund for play money, that's indeed a good idea.
I agree with you that groveling shows some weird stuff going on. But that's not what I said. I just don't think you should lose self-respect when you discuss a purchase with your wife.
keep a separate bank account for discretionary purchases which your wives have neither control of nor access to. Life without self-respect (and gadgets) is not worth living.
So what you're saying is that when you tell the wife that you want to buy a gadget, and she tells you why it's not a good idea, then you lose your self-respect?
Think about it. Why on earth would talking with your wife about a purchase lower your self-respect??
Seconded. One of the best things you can do is establish the idea of a slush fund for both sides of the relationship
I beg to differ.
One of the best things you can do, is to communicate and agree with your girlfriend/wife. We always discuss any stuff costing more than $50.
In the end, you're just fooling yourself with a slush fund. Do you really think that when you spend $300 on a gadget, this does not influence the mutual financial situation? Of course it does.
Point is, he writes his own PHP. It's very easy to include URL parameters into a query string, don't validate input for mail() et cetera. He needs someone to tell him where is PHP is wrong.
I'd do the following. Put your code in Subversion or some other version control system. Find someone (maybe in your environment, maybe on Elance) who does this sort of stuff for a living.
Pay him to check out the code of your sites and your databases. Let him save his changes in your version control system, then go look for yourself to see what he changed. Reserve an extra hour of face or phone time with the guy to walk through all changes.
"Relational." "Rational" isn't a word that's often applied to MySQL.
Come to think of it, "Relational." isn't either :D
but then I can't imagine anyone running a high-end scientific database through MySQL
I can. We're developing a Qt-based client-server system for reading out sensors and (off-the-shelf) measurement instruments in a scientific institute. The backend is MySQL. Completely relational (InnoDB) setup except for the full-text search table which is filled with stored procedures.
I'm not saying MySQL would be my first choice if I'd have to do it again, however it works fine, has all the features we need and is easy to use.
Because we ALL know there are no obsessive, jealous, and insecure males of the species, right?
Damnit John, why do I catch you logging into this stupid website everytime? Since I said 'I do' you've paid more attention to your PC than to me and I'm sick and tired of it.
You get your ass here RIGHT NOW and start mowing the lawn. And maybe -MAYBE- you won't have to sleep on the couch tonight.
Actually I don't think it's a concern. There are only a couple of distributions from which to choose: Ubuntu, Fedora, RedHat and Debian. If you're from Europe, add Novell's SuSe. That's it. If you want more or are confused, you'd really have to look for it.
Soon, you run out of colors. Because between us men, 'turqoise' is NOT a color :D
When I started my own company on the side, I bought two servers and installed some virtual machines on them. I figured I'd use the NATO alphabet and when I ran out of letters, I'd think of something else.
Of course after three years I was still at 'delta'.
Yes I know this country. It's next to the country of Amsterdam, yeah? :D
They're promoting other options for software. This can be labeled silly or not so interesting, however I think it's great that there are people passionate about something. And put time and energy in putting up a site listing alternatives.
Actually I think it's a great idea, which could be used for lots of other software categories like word processing, image editing, mail clients et cetera.
I can attest to this. An Australian company called Sparx Systems produces an UML modelling tool called Enterprise Architect.
In a previous job, this piece of software was used and to my surprise, Linux was supported. It's up to version 7 now and for the last couple of major versions, Linux support is provided through Wine. More specifically, they support running it through the commercial version of wine, Crossover Linux.
What chipset do you have? Try 'lspci'.
Several reasons I could think of:
- on my back it's not easily reachable (think being able to fetch PDA, phone, wallet, passport or agenda)
- but much more easily reachable by others
- company doesn't supply a backpack
- when you wear a suit or any other business-like attire, you ruin the jacket with a backpack
And weight isn't an issue because we all have laptop bags or backpacks
It happens to me that I'm walking around for 30-60 minutes on the airport with a laptop bag hanging on one shoulder and rolling luggage on the other hand.
I'll tell you I'm pretty glad if I get to sit down and let the laptop slide off the shoulder.
I enjoy using it and after turning off UAC [...] recommend it to clients
Are you saying you'd recommend Vista to your clients, with UAC turned off? Do you think that's a good idea?
These kids nowadays. Real men telnet to port 110!
In GMail's case, they telnet to port 993 and decipher the SSL stream manually...
That is a good idea, but the other half of the battle is ensuring that your PC gets fresh power. You can easily make sure of this by smelling close to the power outlet. Old power has a slightly, but distinctly musty smell, like French cheese.