PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, and many other database systems (including commercial and open source) have been ACID compliant for quite some time. Not to mention the abundance of features that other database systems have, like stored procedures, triggers, views, subselects, etc. Many of those features have not yet made their way into MySQL and may not until 5.1; some have been recently added to production releases; others are still in "5.0" beta.
Even then, data integrity and features have never been a primary concern of MySQL developers.
Access manages to beat MySQL; MySQL completely chokes (for whatever reason) on joins that Access handles in seconds. SQL Server, PostgreSQL handle these queries fine.
By *dynamic*, they mean content that is somehow generated every time the page is viewed. Examples would be Slashdot, forums, high-traffic news sites, etc.
ANd why not use PHP to implement them?
It's unnecessary, that's all. A text or HTML editor with FTP, SFTP, or WebDAV can do the job just as well. And for sites that actually get traffic, it's best to minimize the amount of database hits and processing required to display a page.
Just because you *can* is not a reason why you *should*. (Now if only I'd think that way while driving...)
Some company did this before. They had a bunch of cell phones connected to VoIP service, and offered unlimited calls for $10-20/mo. (The phone companies weren't too happy about it.)
I think it was on Slashdot, but I can't find the link.
I've been able to get an American from Dell by choosing Small Business tech support. They were able to help me with the generic customer service issue I had that the foreign Customer Serivce people couldn't.
Yeah, you *can* do CSS tricks. There's no way to get rollover effects to work like that reliably and without problems without using some sort of JavaScript (for IE). The effort needed to do all that compared to a single window.open is not worth it.
As for people with visual impariments, I'm not concerned with helping them view my sites. I guess that makes me a horrible person.
Blah blah blah. There are situations where that's actually the most user-friendly thing to do, like when you're editing or entering information and need to display detailed instructions without losing the form, along with some other situations.
Of course and the fact that Apple will be using the same hardware as that lower priced PC, but charges more for it, the software and added functionality are enough to justify a $300 to $500 higher price tag.
I would disagree... without spending any money at all and without pirating I can have software that's just as capable as Mac OS X..
Also note that iLife is a separate package from Mac OS X (although it is included), so the actual "retail value" of this software is more than $130...
OSXi will have a web browser
Windows: Internet Explorer
Linux: Firefox, Mozilla, Konqueror
email program
Windows: Outlook Experss
Linux: KMail, Mozilla, others
video editor
Windows: Movie Maker
Linux: I don't know
media player
Windows: Media Player -- or free iTunes!
Linux: XMMS, others
calendar program
Windows: Don't think it has one built-in
Linux: should have plenty
and a user friendly UI
Windows: Friendly
Linux: Sort of friendly
You cannot find that with any Windows or Linux bundled PC
But you can find most of it, for a lower cost.
nor can you find it for paying $300 to $500 more for software to do the same thing in Linux or Windows as OSXi does.
Really? I can do almost everything you listed in Windows or Linux without anything more than the base operating system. Add on some free or cheap software and I can do everything you listed...
Yet it is quality hardware, while the same as other PC systems that cost less, they do not have the Apple brand logo on them that certify their quality.
The Apple logo certifies quality? If they're using the same parts, what magical "quality" does Apple provide?
Only Apple will bring those programs to you, for $129 for the OS, and a premium price for the hardware.
Windows - $100 (OEM Home)/$0 (included with system), no premium on hardware
Linux - $0, no premium on hardware
it has nothing to do with the frequencies or power so much as the way the bitstream is transferred.
CDMA (Verizon, Alltel, Sprint, US Cellular) uses a channel approx. 1.25MHz wide that, I believe, handsets transmit on constantly while on a a call. In this context CDMA refers to Qualcomm's cellular solution CDMA; CDMA can also refer to the much more abstract concept of code division multiple access. Many other technologies, like 802.11b, V
TDMA (time division) based technologies (TDMA: AT&T/Cingular; GSM: AT&T/Cingular, T-Mobile; iDEN: Nextel) use a channel of a smaller width (GSM is 200KHz) and transmit in short bursts. The constant switching on and off of the transmitter causes the interference you hear. Since CDMA transmitters do not shut off constantly.
Oh like say actually accessing your real desktop and not a completely seperate terminal server profile. For remote access I'd rather access my real desktop thanks.
That's what I do with Remote Desktop, which is why it's called Remote Desktop (in Windows XP). There are ways to connect to the console on the server versions.
And ever tried UltraVNC with the Mirror Video Driver? Its just as responsive as RDP.
It is not. It's nowhere close, especially over slower connections.
RDP has advantages over VNC but VNC has come a long way and has nice features like File Transfer, Chat, decent speed, a bunch of different viewer, multiplatform support, and also an encryption plugin.
RDP has had file transfer since Windows 2000, I think. Chat is not possible with RDP. While VNC may have what you think is "decent" speed, it's not as responsive as RDP. VNC has a lot of viewers, but you must note that advanced features (such as better compression, file transfer, etc.) are only supported on a subset of these clients. Multiplatform support is unimportant; if you need to connect to Windows, RDP is the best tool; otherwise, use VNC or whatever that OS has to offer. RDP has had builtin encryption (without any quirky plugins) for quite some time. RDP has other advantages you failed to address, such as printer/serial port access, client file sharing (instead of using a WSFTP-like interface to transfer files, they appear as network shares in My Computer and orhter software), and SOUND SUPPORT. Its largest drawback, IMO, is that you can't remotely control the console session without disconnecting it. In cases where this is needed, I use VNC. However, for accessing my Desktop Remotely, RDP does the job much better than VNC could ever dream of.
Face it, until there are a lot of changes made by vendors and MS running as anything other than admin makes life difficult for regular consumers.
I have very, very little trouble. Windows asks for the admin password before launching programs named setup.exe; everything else I have to run as admin manually, but it's not that hard (right-click and Run As.) As for users knowing to create a non-admin account, that is a problem. But, a "power user" or even anyone who has someone they can call for help when they have trouble has no trouble using non-administrator.
after logging in, look in My Computer. as long as you have a recent server, you'll be able to see your client drives. i think you can copy-paste files between the two systems, too, but i'm not sure. (it might only be one direction...)
why is it better? because it's not microsoft, right?
http://www.nomachine.com/store.php -- its licensing isn't completely open.
if you aren't running an X server on your client machine, you have to use RDP or VNC anyhow.
I remember reading through the directions on those two sites and not following either exactly. BTW, the Google search query I used was windows xp sp2 remote desktop concurrent connections
Some sites say you can only have two concurrent users, but that is not so. My original purpose for the hack was to allow myself to RDP in as an admin user, as I do all my daily computing as a non-administrator user. I also gave out access to a few people so they can get on AIM from school.
Of course it would be unsupported, but there's no reason why it would be unstable. Many of the binaries between the two versions of Windows are the same. Much has changed since NT3.5/4; such instabilities are rare now.
and in some cases, the licesne may already be paid for. if I ever find a compelling reason to do so, I can install a legal XP Pro using my laptop's license.
I just integrate SP2 into the install disc; problem solved.
VNC is far better? *cough* RDP has a ton of features missing in VNC, such as:
Sound support
Automatic color depth and resolution changing support
Remote printer/serial port access
Client file access
Remote Desktop is also much speedier. Even with the latest, greatest, fastest version of VNC, Remote Desktop is still much more responsive. On Windows XP, you can even use a certain file from an old Service Pack 2 beta and support multiple remote users on the same machine.
and the eaiest way I've found to avoid getting "crap" is to not run as administrator. *poof*, no more problems. I'm surprised more people haven't figured that out yet.
Having the capability and really using it is different. It's not reliable and prevalent since people don't use it.
What are you talking about? You DO NOT live here, so please DO NOT make comments like this. GSM is prevalent and reliable, and has captured a large percentage of the US market (but not as much as CDMA).
I've been to the States... Blackberry devices and pagers are more prevalent than SMSers.
How would *you* know that? Once again, you don't live here, and have seen a very small subset of devices. I assume you were on a business trip, since you saw a lot of Blackberries... other than Sidekicks, you won't see many devices with keyboards outside of business users.
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PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, and many other database systems (including commercial and open source) have been ACID compliant for quite some time. Not to mention the abundance of features that other database systems have, like stored procedures, triggers, views, subselects, etc. Many of those features have not yet made their way into MySQL and may not until 5.1; some have been recently added to production releases; others are still in "5.0" beta.
Even then, data integrity and features have never been a primary concern of MySQL developers.
Access manages to beat MySQL; MySQL completely chokes (for whatever reason) on joins that Access handles in seconds. SQL Server, PostgreSQL handle these queries fine.
ANd why not use PHP to implement them?
It's unnecessary, that's all. A text or HTML editor with FTP, SFTP, or WebDAV can do the job just as well. And for sites that actually get traffic, it's best to minimize the amount of database hits and processing required to display a page.
Just because you *can* is not a reason why you *should*. (Now if only I'd think that way while driving...)
Thanks! Going into my sig.
I think most people that can write a decent book and that *should* be writing books are smart enough to use a better database than MySQL.
I think it was on Slashdot, but I can't find the link.
From what I understand:
1) is in Asia
2) is probably in Europe
3) was outsourced to an Asian company
4) actually Motorola's American division
Messages like that would be generated on the client side.
(This was for an Axim.)
..but very few of them have foreign accents.
As for people with visual impariments, I'm not concerned with helping them view my sites. I guess that makes me a horrible person.
Blah blah blah. There are situations where that's actually the most user-friendly thing to do, like when you're editing or entering information and need to display detailed instructions without losing the form, along with some other situations.
All X30s shipped with 2003 Second Edition. Maybe you have an X3?
I would disagree... without spending any money at all and without pirating I can have software that's just as capable as Mac OS X..
Also note that iLife is a separate package from Mac OS X (although it is included), so the actual "retail value" of this software is more than $130...
OSXi will have a web browser
Windows: Internet Explorer
Linux: Firefox, Mozilla, Konqueror
email program
Windows: Outlook Experss
Linux: KMail, Mozilla, others
video editor
Windows: Movie Maker
Linux: I don't know
media player
Windows: Media Player -- or free iTunes!
Linux: XMMS, others
calendar program
Windows: Don't think it has one built-in
Linux: should have plenty
and a user friendly UI
Windows: Friendly
Linux: Sort of friendly
You cannot find that with any Windows or Linux bundled PC
But you can find most of it, for a lower cost.
nor can you find it for paying $300 to $500 more for software to do the same thing in Linux or Windows as OSXi does.
Really? I can do almost everything you listed in Windows or Linux without anything more than the base operating system. Add on some free or cheap software and I can do everything you listed...
Yet it is quality hardware, while the same as other PC systems that cost less, they do not have the Apple brand logo on them that certify their quality.
The Apple logo certifies quality? If they're using the same parts, what magical "quality" does Apple provide?
Only Apple will bring those programs to you, for $129 for the OS, and a premium price for the hardware.
Windows - $100 (OEM Home)/$0 (included with system), no premium on hardware
Linux - $0, no premium on hardware
Parent is by far the most beautiful comment I have ever read on Slashdot.
Rock on!
CDMA (Verizon, Alltel, Sprint, US Cellular) uses a channel approx. 1.25MHz wide that, I believe, handsets transmit on constantly while on a a call. In this context CDMA refers to Qualcomm's cellular solution CDMA; CDMA can also refer to the much more abstract concept of code division multiple access. Many other technologies, like 802.11b, V
TDMA (time division) based technologies (TDMA: AT&T/Cingular; GSM: AT&T/Cingular, T-Mobile; iDEN: Nextel) use a channel of a smaller width (GSM is 200KHz) and transmit in short bursts. The constant switching on and off of the transmitter causes the interference you hear. Since CDMA transmitters do not shut off constantly.
There are more uses for Remote Desktop than administration.
That's what I do with Remote Desktop, which is why it's called Remote Desktop (in Windows XP). There are ways to connect to the console on the server versions.
And ever tried UltraVNC with the Mirror Video Driver? Its just as responsive as RDP.
It is not. It's nowhere close, especially over slower connections.
RDP has advantages over VNC but VNC has come a long way and has nice features like File Transfer, Chat, decent speed, a bunch of different viewer, multiplatform support, and also an encryption plugin.
RDP has had file transfer since Windows 2000, I think. Chat is not possible with RDP. While VNC may have what you think is "decent" speed, it's not as responsive as RDP. VNC has a lot of viewers, but you must note that advanced features (such as better compression, file transfer, etc.) are only supported on a subset of these clients. Multiplatform support is unimportant; if you need to connect to Windows, RDP is the best tool; otherwise, use VNC or whatever that OS has to offer. RDP has had builtin encryption (without any quirky plugins) for quite some time. RDP has other advantages you failed to address, such as printer/serial port access, client file sharing (instead of using a WSFTP-like interface to transfer files, they appear as network shares in My Computer and orhter software), and SOUND SUPPORT. Its largest drawback, IMO, is that you can't remotely control the console session without disconnecting it. In cases where this is needed, I use VNC. However, for accessing my Desktop Remotely, RDP does the job much better than VNC could ever dream of.
Face it, until there are a lot of changes made by vendors and MS running as anything other than admin makes life difficult for regular consumers.
I have very, very little trouble. Windows asks for the admin password before launching programs named setup.exe; everything else I have to run as admin manually, but it's not that hard (right-click and Run As.) As for users knowing to create a non-admin account, that is a problem. But, a "power user" or even anyone who has someone they can call for help when they have trouble has no trouble using non-administrator.
after logging in, look in My Computer. as long as you have a recent server, you'll be able to see your client drives. i think you can copy-paste files between the two systems, too, but i'm not sure. (it might only be one direction...)
http://www.nomachine.com/store.php -- its licensing isn't completely open.
if you aren't running an X server on your client machine, you have to use RDP or VNC anyhow.
http://profiles.indesolutions.com/paul/tech/archiv es/000064.html p
http://sig9.com/articles/concurrent-remote-deskto
I remember reading through the directions on those two sites and not following either exactly. BTW, the Google search query I used was windows xp sp2 remote desktop concurrent connections
Some sites say you can only have two concurrent users, but that is not so. My original purpose for the hack was to allow myself to RDP in as an admin user, as I do all my daily computing as a non-administrator user. I also gave out access to a few people so they can get on AIM from school.
and in some cases, the licesne may already be paid for. if I ever find a compelling reason to do so, I can install a legal XP Pro using my laptop's license.
VNC is far better? *cough* RDP has a ton of features missing in VNC, such as:
- Sound support
- Automatic color depth and resolution changing support
- Remote printer/serial port access
- Client file access
Remote Desktop is also much speedier. Even with the latest, greatest, fastest version of VNC, Remote Desktop is still much more responsive. On Windows XP, you can even use a certain file from an old Service Pack 2 beta and support multiple remote users on the same machine.and the eaiest way I've found to avoid getting "crap" is to not run as administrator. *poof*, no more problems. I'm surprised more people haven't figured that out yet.
very nicely written. I agree.
What are you talking about? You DO NOT live here, so please DO NOT make comments like this. GSM is prevalent and reliable, and has captured a large percentage of the US market (but not as much as CDMA).
I've been to the States... Blackberry devices and pagers are more prevalent than SMSers.
How would *you* know that? Once again, you don't live here, and have seen a very small subset of devices. I assume you were on a business trip, since you saw a lot of Blackberries... other than Sidekicks, you won't see many devices with keyboards outside of business users.