Yeah, like you can download RHEL without having to buy a subscription, and without having to register or anything, and its a full version, not some crappy evaluation version. Oh, wait.....

Oracle *database* is expensive. OEL is free.

And Linux Mint is just what a Fortune 500 company wants running their mission-critical systems.

https://oss.oracle.com/ol6/docs/RELEASE-NOTES-UEK2-en.html

which includes this little tid-bit

"The Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel is available as binary RPM packages that can be installed from Oracle's public yum repository as well as the Unbreakable Linux Network. The kernel's source code is available via a public git source code repository from http://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=linux-uek-2.6.39.git"

http://www.oracle.com/us/media/calculator/linuxtco/index.html

No, it was because 'A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state'. They opposed the idea of having a standing army, because standing armies had been used against citizens in the revolutionary war and in other countries. The idea was that everyone would have a weapon so that in the event of the 'security of (the) free state' being threatened, 'a well regulated militia' could quickly form to remove the threat.

IIRC, the USA has a reasonably well-equipped defence force to deal with threats to the security of the USA (opposition to the idea of standing armies notwithstanding) so, yes, the 2nd amendment is past its use-by-date.

http://www.axpo-kompogas.ch/index.php?path=home&lang=en

http://tstbob.blogspot.com/2009/05/retro-goodness-vintage-sexist-adverts.html

I must have missed the part on the x-plane website that shows how it can 'allow pilots to experience real-world combat situations' and 'is also configurable, which allows the evaluation of "novel systems and concepts"'

And where does it say that the AUD 1.7M is on software?

"While the idea of universal free happy healthy health care sounds sugary sweet, there are some dire consequences of handing our individual health to governmental control"

as opposed to handing your individual health to an HMO whose goal is to maximize the return to its share holders, partly by minimizing costs by refusing to pay for treatments. Assuming you can afford to be with an HMO in the first place.

So you must have missed where he said, right at the start

'I want to experiment at home...'

re needing Oracle EE + Dataguard to get a standby database - you can still get a standby database with SE - DataGuard is just the framework that that makes managing a configuration easier, but with SE you can still set everything up manually ie configure remote log_archive_dest, and manually manage the standby ("recover managed standby database disconnect from session;") and failover.

Also, with 11g, RAC is now included with SE, but an option on EE (go figure).

see http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/oracle11g/pdf/database-11g-product-family-technical-whitepaper.pdf

look up 'herd immunity' - IIRC, government is supposed to act in the interests of the general population.

According to The Register

The US Air Force, in charge of the commander-in-chief's longhaul transport, has issued a request for information under the banner "Presidential Aircraft Recapitalisation". As the airmen note, the existing VC-25 planes are modified Boeing 747-200s, a type which has now ceased service with airlines. This has made spare parts and tech support much more expensive than formerly.

According to the USAF, this means the time has come to get some new planes:

        The Air Force conducted an Analysis of Alternatives to examine if it would be more cost effective to maintain the current Air Force One, or to buy a new aircraft. Given the diminishing parts supplier base, increasing maintenance time, and system upgrades that would be necessary to meet future air traffic control requirements, it was found that replacing the VC-25 was the most cost effective option.

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