Comment Re:Not a language, really (Score 1) 382
ANSI SQL is not Turing-complete. If you add stored procedures you can get a Turing-complete language, but blech.
Comment TFA says they did pay (Score 1) 296
The linked blog post points out that AOL Hometown was provided as part of people's monthly AOL charges. If that's true, this is more like .Mac shutting down in 10 years, after most people have lost interest, sending official notice to people's ancient email addresses, and giving them four weeks to get their data before they pull the plug. If you've accepted money for hosting data you have a lot bigger obligation to your clients. I've hesitated to add premium services to recipething.com for just that reason -- I don't want to mislead people into expecting more of the site than I'm able to provide.
Submission + - France outlaws filming of violent acts.
chowder writes: France has outlawed the filming of violent acts and posting the video to the internet. The offense is punishable by up to 5 years in prison.
Submission + - Tories want open source Whitehall
azminadeem writes: "The BBC is reporting that Tories want open source Whitehall. The Conservative party's Shadow Chancellor is claiming the the IT bill of Whitehall can be cut down by 5% if the British government used more open source software."
Submission + - Can you solve Joe Celko's SQL puzzles?
PetManimal writes: "Computerworld has a book excerpt of Joe Celko's second book of SQL puzzles, which includes three puzzles and Joe's solutions. Are your SQL skills up to par?"
Journal Journal: Hooray P-I, Boo Times 3
John Popper of Blues Traveler was arrested for pot possession. But almost every article out there makes it sound like he was arrested for gun possession, or that the gun possession was somehow legally significant.
Kudos to the Seattle P-I for not putting the guns in the lead or headline, and for clearly stating the charges are only for the drugs and driving.
Submission + - All Microsoft updates phone home
juct writes: "In the wake of heise Security's report on the garrulous WGA Notification, Microsoft has now supplied additional details on the data sent and has revealed developers that apparently all updates relay information to the company in Redmond."
