A CSV or XML or JSON file is a db (a DB is just structured data).
Are relational DBs always required? Certainly not.
The big benefit to a relational DB with lots of enforcement at the data layer is that you can have one or more applications reading/writing to it with minimal concern of data corruption.
What isn't obvious is that second application is often aggregate reporting for management. "How many customers are using $foo and where do they live geographically". With a relational DB, I might knock that query out in a few minutes across millions of customers.
With a flat XML file per customer spread across a number of servers, this could take days to assemble, particularly if $foo is nested deep in the structure.
Having spent far too much time writing one-off scripts to gather customer data because the middleware didn't support that type of query, I've actually gone the other way and started shoving some business logic into the DB.
Functions such as isCustomerPaymentOverdue are now in the relational DB with a very thin model in the middleware to allow for much easier and faster reporting.
The 2 largest expenses for many areas is police and fire. Without those two services your ability to own property is dubious anyway (any person or group stronger than you would take it or destroy it).
Fukushima taught me that Japanese Nuclear reactors may be too protected.
19,300 people died as a result of the tsunami. Fukushima has had minimal impact by comparison (573 related deaths thus far).
Diverting all of the safety protections away from the reactors (guaranteeing full meltdown of all 4) to add to safety protections around shoreline towns, oil refineries, chemical factories, could have saved thousands of lives reducing the 19,300 total.
It wouldn't hurt to teach the basics of electrical work and plumbing in grade 7/8.
My school taught wood working, metal working (welding, folding, etc.), cooking, sewing, etc. in Grade 7/8. I've found those skills to be more useful as a software developer than a large number of things we were taught in math.
Call to cancel your Rogers service (mean it, be familiar with Teksavvy or other alternatives) and you may find you get offered a 30% discount and elimination of the modem rental fee.
Still has to be less than transporting waste paper, recycling (large cities will have multiple plants; unprinters may mean fewer plants), transporting to a store, then delivery to the office.
What exactly about todays portable computers (cell phones) do you find underpowered to use it as a wearable?
We've reached the golden age of wearables. Nearly everybody who wants one can have one. The interface sucks but that isn't the fault of the hardware.
A massive improvement in battery capacity would be nice though I can use my Nexus S for a full day (I use it as a portable data-entry device) with 4 extra AAA batteries.
My gym charges about $650 per year or $20 for a day. Some have a $10 for an hour fee.
Are the $20/day people supposed to be outraged at paying $7300 for something I'm paying $650 for, or should they be happy they saved money for something they didn't really want.
The $10/hour guy would pay $87,600 if they used it all day every day; but why would someone doing that be paying by the hour?
With most cities daylight hours aren't actually enough anyway. A large enough percentage of the population works non-standard schedules that you need their specific waking/working hours.
Same for business. Lots of cities have restrictions on activities during the day and only take deliveries overnight.
As people move more and more to a non-farming schedule timezones become less relevant because "daylight hours" simply don't matter. Knowing that they are available from 17:00 to 9:00 is enough. You don't need to take their 12:00pm to 4:00am then convert to your local time.
Government regulation should be limited to overall guiding principles, not detailed specifications.
I would agree if pollution had a direct cost associated with it.
There are many things which have a large value to society (clean air) which have a near zero cost to the people impacting it (air pollution costs $0).
For capitalism without government regulation to work, someone needs to own the air and be able to charge for modifying its contents. Same for water sources such as large bodies of lakes and oceans; etc.
Side effects of industry go well beyond the companies bottom line. I'm a big fan of Nuclear energy but can't imagine running the plants without regulation and zero fees for radioactive waste (airborn, waterborn, or other).
Also pretty certain you would be annoyed if I bought your neighbours property and built an open pit coal fired power plant (I.e. no smoke stacks or even a building containing it; just a pit in the ground). Regulation prevents this today; not capitalism.
It's about determining what kind of crap a person will buy; they really don't care why they are buying it. If a Jew buys Christians presents on Amazon then there is a good chance they will be interested in buying more Christians presents on Amazon in the future and marketing can help make that happen.
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A CSV or XML or JSON file is a db (a DB is just structured data).
Are relational DBs always required? Certainly not.
The big benefit to a relational DB with lots of enforcement at the data layer is that you can have one or more applications reading/writing to it with minimal concern of data corruption.
What isn't obvious is that second application is often aggregate reporting for management. "How many customers are using $foo and where do they live geographically". With a relational DB, I might knock that query out in a few minutes across millions of customers.
With a flat XML file per customer spread across a number of servers, this could take days to assemble, particularly if $foo is nested deep in the structure.
Having spent far too much time writing one-off scripts to gather customer data because the middleware didn't support that type of query, I've actually gone the other way and started shoving some business logic into the DB.
Functions such as isCustomerPaymentOverdue are now in the relational DB with a very thin model in the middleware to allow for much easier and faster reporting.
Yes? So Intel was right and there are things in a CPU other than gates.
The 2 largest expenses for many areas is police and fire. Without those two services your ability to own property is dubious anyway (any person or group stronger than you would take it or destroy it).
When doing a web search with that combination you always get Ubuntu advice for that specific version.
Fukushima taught me that Japanese Nuclear reactors may be too protected.
19,300 people died as a result of the tsunami. Fukushima has had minimal impact by comparison (573 related deaths thus far).
Diverting all of the safety protections away from the reactors (guaranteeing full meltdown of all 4) to add to safety protections around shoreline towns, oil refineries, chemical factories, could have saved thousands of lives reducing the 19,300 total.
It wouldn't hurt to teach the basics of electrical work and plumbing in grade 7/8.
My school taught wood working, metal working (welding, folding, etc.), cooking, sewing, etc. in Grade 7/8. I've found those skills to be more useful as a software developer than a large number of things we were taught in math.
Call to cancel your Rogers service (mean it, be familiar with Teksavvy or other alternatives) and you may find you get offered a 30% discount and elimination of the modem rental fee.
In Japan the opposite was happening just as frequently. The endangered accidentally caught fish was being sold as a commonly available fish.
You can pull oil straight out of the air if you have an unlimited supply of cheap electricity; and it's very low pollution that way too.
Oil is a battery. We're just bypassing the production step at the moment.
How many CD, DVD, etc. drives are disposed of due to laser failure? Small percentage I would think.
Speed on spinning disk is a function of density as much as anything else.
The tighter you pack the bits, the more bits pass under the head in a given time frame, which makes it faster.
My diagrams include a cloud around my clouds. Supercloud for the win.
There are slightly more than 90 million android device owners.
Still has to be less than transporting waste paper, recycling (large cities will have multiple plants; unprinters may mean fewer plants), transporting to a store, then delivery to the office.
[b]we could alter the contract *after* we signed it.[/b]
This is done now. Take page 23 from the final copy with signatures and a modified page 21 from an earlier copy when you submit it to the judge.
Having watched this, I've become much better at ensuring my files are complete and keep offsite copies when warranted.
Careful with that. It might show up at court.
I've wondered what spinning disk could do in a vacuum chamber and with a non-contact magnetic bearing.
That's not exactly a single chip.
What exactly about todays portable computers (cell phones) do you find underpowered to use it as a wearable?
We've reached the golden age of wearables. Nearly everybody who wants one can have one. The interface sucks but that isn't the fault of the hardware.
A massive improvement in battery capacity would be nice though I can use my Nexus S for a full day (I use it as a portable data-entry device) with 4 extra AAA batteries.
Not responsible for, but you've probably tried it.
It's large.
My gym charges about $650 per year or $20 for a day. Some have a $10 for an hour fee.
Are the $20/day people supposed to be outraged at paying $7300 for something I'm paying $650 for, or should they be happy they saved money for something they didn't really want.
The $10/hour guy would pay $87,600 if they used it all day every day; but why would someone doing that be paying by the hour?
Shipping is cheap if you can fill a container. Depending on the size of the box it might be a penny to a nickel per unit.
With most cities daylight hours aren't actually enough anyway. A large enough percentage of the population works non-standard schedules that you need their specific waking/working hours.
Same for business. Lots of cities have restrictions on activities during the day and only take deliveries overnight.
As people move more and more to a non-farming schedule timezones become less relevant because "daylight hours" simply don't matter. Knowing that they are available from 17:00 to 9:00 is enough. You don't need to take their 12:00pm to 4:00am then convert to your local time.
Government regulation should be limited to overall guiding principles, not detailed specifications.
I would agree if pollution had a direct cost associated with it.
There are many things which have a large value to society (clean air) which have a near zero cost to the people impacting it (air pollution costs $0).
For capitalism without government regulation to work, someone needs to own the air and be able to charge for modifying its contents. Same for water sources such as large bodies of lakes and oceans; etc.
Side effects of industry go well beyond the companies bottom line. I'm a big fan of Nuclear energy but can't imagine running the plants without regulation and zero fees for radioactive waste (airborn, waterborn, or other).
Also pretty certain you would be annoyed if I bought your neighbours property and built an open pit coal fired power plant (I.e. no smoke stacks or even a building containing it; just a pit in the ground). Regulation prevents this today; not capitalism.
It's about determining what kind of crap a person will buy; they really don't care why they are buying it. If a Jew buys Christians presents on Amazon then there is a good chance they will be interested in buying more Christians presents on Amazon in the future and marketing can help make that happen.