User: RatRagout

Re:"NULLS are bad." quote

On: SQL, XML, and the Relational Database Model

The S in SQL points to the fact that the Query Language is structured...not the data...

The real problem is the stupid people...

On: Confession For Two: A Spammer Spills it All

...actually buying the products. Good people of earth! STOP BUYING PRODUCTS ADVERTIZED IN SPAM! Good people of the USA. Alter your spam-laws.

Re:Java worms soon to come.

On: Sun Opens JDesktop Integration Components

The again Visual Basic had this years ago: "The idea is to create a Java API that allows Java applications to better integrate with a modern desktop. It allows apps to embed a web browser component, access/launch desktop applications and associate filetypes"

Re:variable names nad #defines

On: Is Caps Lock Dead?

It's rather common, and also considered good pratice, to do final variables in all caps. Also all caps are frequently used for #-defines in C and C++

Re:I use it all the time

On: Is Caps Lock Dead?

Table names and field names can be case sensitive in SQL. Also proper capitalization makes reading the non-capped table and field names a lot easier.

Re:Wow next thing you know...

On: Online Plagiarist Sues University

"Stella awards" comes to mind. Some guy broke into a house, and decided to leave the house via the garage. Unfortunately the door to the house locked shut when he entered the garage, and he couldn't get out. He ended up living of pepsi and dry dog food for eight days, until the homeowners came home. The story says he sued them for undue mental anguish and won and got $500,000...

Re:IMHO

On: Is Swap Necessary?

I *really* think this i something the operating system should do by itself... And they probably do... except windows98 which is made of duplo lego.

Re:In other news...

On: Swedish Carbon-Fiber Stealth Ship Runs NT

The "bluescreen of death" will finally get a literal meaning

Re:Googled HTML

On: Using GPUs For General-Purpose Computing

Well, the graphs surely looks nice...