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Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Choosing a database

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bis22111978

on Wednesday June 27, 2012 @06:59AM

bis22111978 writes: "I am looking at storing data from all the energy measuring meters in the surrounding. I am assuming that the maximum number of energy measuring meters will be 100,000.
I believe that the data will be streaming from all the meters concurrently.I would like to come out with a low cost storage solution. Should I use a normal RDBMS (Postgres,MySql etc) or a NoSQL database? Which database use will be leveraged in a better way? Can I use R easily to run analytic s from the chosen dataset in a reliable and fast manner? Please share your thoughts and experience in the scenario I have described. All your thoughts and reviews will be very helpful."

Submission + - EU:Microsoft fined $1 billion for antitrust violation (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by a_n_d_e_r_s on Wednesday June 27, 2012 @05:49AM

a_n_d_e_r_s writes: The ongoing sage since 2004 about Microsoft then misuse of dominant position in the EU marketplace to block competitors may be finally over and the fine has been set to 860 million euro (just over 1 billion dollars). In 2004 Microsoft was ordered to provide certain information to competitors but failed to do so and was given an hefty fine. Now the EU General Court in Luxemburg has upheld the EU Commission decision and ruled against Microsoft.

Submission + - Fit teenagers less likely to suffer from depression as adults (cisionwire.com)

Submitted by G3ckoG33k on Thursday June 14, 2012 @04:55AM

G3ckoG33k writes: A study of more than a million men reveals that good physical fitness at the age of 18 is associated with a reduced risk of serious depression later in life. Previous studies have shown that a sedentary lifestyle increases the risk of depression, but most of these have been based on interviews with adults. The study covers men born between 1950 and 1987 in good mental health on enlisting for military service. For these 1,117,292 men, the researchers compared the results of physical tests at the time of enlistment with national disease registers. Separate analyses were performed to allow for reverse causality – in other words the possibility of very early symptoms of depression leading to reduced fitness in the physical tests. But even after taking this into account, there were still the same associations. Even more remarkable is that the increase in risk could be observed up to 40 years later. By undertaking a special analysis of the roughly 380.000 brothers covered by the study, the researchers were also able to rule out environmental and hereditary factors. So, slashdotters, how fit were you when you were 18?

Submission + - UK Government Retreats on Secret Courts System (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by BiophysicalLOVE on Tuesday May 29, 2012 @09:49AM

BiophysicalLOVE writes: The current UK Government has been trying a pass a change in the justice system to allow for an expected increase in court cases which contain militarily or politically sensitive information — for instance the UK Citizens in Guantanamo Bay planning action against the Government. There has been much talk on secret courts and cases falling through due to witness exposure. I expect the courts to secretly still go ahead.

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