I dunno, I realise that it's unlikely that he's spent 11 years on only this problem, but I can't imagine that there aren't any other problems/topics that are more important that he could concentrate on.
Assuming of course that there are no useful applications of a coloured dye that sticks to bubbles.
I think there's hope for MySQL. With Oracle's products becoming more affordable and the recent purchase of InnoDB it looks bad for MySQL but I think this could be there chance to become more independant of other companies.
I think this could be the big push that they needed to seriously consider teaming up with the Postgres guys, which could be good news for everyone interested.
Regardless of how good this movie is, I'm just glad that people haven't completely given up on one of the coolest internet "features" (the spoof movie/game/some), due to the fear of getting crushed by the big bad MPAA and Co.
This may be slightly off-topic, but I think it's worth mentioning. Is it just me or have Nokia phones become seriously unreliable lately.
I purchased a brand new 8800 a couple of weeks ago, only to have to return it when I got home to find that it refused to turn on. I was told at the store that the phone was faulty, beyond repair, but having spent over $1000 on it they replaced it on the spot with a completely new one.
I was rather unimpressed to find that this new replacement was also D.O.A. After heading back to the store again, i settled for a Sony-Ericsson K750i and haven't looked back since.
At first I thought it was an isolated incident, and it's becoming normal to accept relatively high rates of failure for the first batch of any new tech product, but after chatting with the store staff I found out that it was surprisingly common for a large number of "first-wave" Nokias to be faulty. Oddly, apart for the ill-fated Treo, this rule doesn't generally apply to other manufacturers.
If they're tracking anonymous data, then I'm fine with that. They're providing the service for free, so it's not unreasonable for them to try and benefit out of it, and as far as ways to get something back from the subscribers, it's not a bad one.
I'd love to see what kind of stuff they come up with.
Anyone know of any legal issues concerning google doing something like this?
Have kids grown out of the idea of becoming astronauts?
I wish my school had a program like that, the closest we ever got to something like that was seeing who build the tallest free standing structure from a sheet of A4 Paper.
It's admittedly very cool, but I have to ask with the big push towards free (or otherwise) online based email services, is it too late to make any difference.
Working at a small software startup I find that I use my company account far less than before, and increasingly receive mail from companies/suppliers/magazines/pretty much everyone from Gmail or Hotmail.
I'll definitely check it out, but other than the novelty value, why bother?
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I guess I must have missed it.
I dunno, I realise that it's unlikely that he's spent 11 years on only this problem, but I can't imagine that there aren't any other problems/topics that are more important that he could concentrate on.
Assuming of course that there are no useful applications of a coloured dye that sticks to bubbles.
I think there's hope for MySQL. With Oracle's products becoming more affordable and the recent purchase of InnoDB it looks bad for MySQL but I think this could be there chance to become more independant of other companies.
I think this could be the big push that they needed to seriously consider teaming up with the Postgres guys, which could be good news for everyone interested.
Regardless of how good this movie is, I'm just glad that people haven't completely given up on one of the coolest internet "features" (the spoof movie/game/some), due to the fear of getting crushed by the big bad MPAA and Co.
I'll definitely check this out.
I purchased a brand new 8800 a couple of weeks ago, only to have to return it when I got home to find that it refused to turn on. I was told at the store that the phone was faulty, beyond repair, but having spent over $1000 on it they replaced it on the spot with a completely new one.
I was rather unimpressed to find that this new replacement was also D.O.A. After heading back to the store again, i settled for a Sony-Ericsson K750i and haven't looked back since.
At first I thought it was an isolated incident, and it's becoming normal to accept relatively high rates of failure for the first batch of any new tech product, but after chatting with the store staff I found out that it was surprisingly common for a large number of "first-wave" Nokias to be faulty. Oddly, apart for the ill-fated Treo, this rule doesn't generally apply to other manufacturers.
If they're tracking anonymous data, then I'm fine with that. They're providing the service for free, so it's not unreasonable for them to try and benefit out of it, and as far as ways to get something back from the subscribers, it's not a bad one.
I'd love to see what kind of stuff they come up with.
Anyone know of any legal issues concerning google doing something like this?
Have kids grown out of the idea of becoming astronauts?
I wish my school had a program like that, the closest we ever got to something like that was seeing who build the tallest free standing structure from a sheet of A4 Paper.
It's admittedly very cool, but I have to ask with the big push towards free (or otherwise) online based email services, is it too late to make any difference.
Working at a small software startup I find that I use my company account far less than before, and increasingly receive mail from companies/suppliers/magazines/pretty much everyone from Gmail or Hotmail.
I'll definitely check it out, but other than the novelty value, why bother?