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Comment Postgresql real problem (Score 5, Interesting) 245

by petermp on Monday September 23, 2013 @01:59AM (#44921757) Attached to: Will Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn Stay With MySQL?

I personally think that the real problem with Postgresql happened 10 years ago. At that time it was not possible to run Postgresql on Windows(it was only possible via cygwin). That helped mysql get critical mass and Postgresql stayed behind. Then the snowball effect came into play and mysql was getting much more users compared to Postgresql.

Submission + - Google: Gmail users 'have no legitimate expectation of privacy' (rt.com)

Submitted by petermp on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @12:04PM

petermp writes: Google made the statement that people can't expect privacy when sending a message to a Gmail address in a response to a class action complaint filed in multi-district litigation.

Comment Samsung is still the king (Score 2) 166

by petermp on Saturday August 03, 2013 @11:57PM (#44468215) Attached to: Samsung Smart TV: Basically a Linux Box Running Vulnerable Web Apps

I own both LG(2013) and Samsung(2012) Tvs. I bought it on purpose w/o camera ;-) However Samsung is still the king, apps are much more polished,DLNA works MUCH better. However you realize that after you buy something different from Samsung. If you use DLNA a lot, Samsung is the only way to go.

Submission + - PayPal Spaces-out with Paypal Galactic (paypal-galactic.com)

Submitted by sl4shd0rk on Thursday June 27, 2013 @02:04PM

sl4shd0rk writes: Presuming Aliens won't have terrible Ebay experiences, PayPal means to position themselves to take on payments in the cosmos: "With our fifteen years of experience in global online payments, PayPal has a unique perspective to speak to the possibilities of an interplanetary economy." Apparently, Paypal is taking up bedmates with Virgin Galatic along with Buzz Aldrin and the SETI Institute to allow you to "explore the possibilities of travel" as well as tourism and commerce. Let's hope Black Holes don't end up being a common excuse for lost Troll Doll shipments.

Comment Internet is for porn ! (Score 1) 247

by petermp on Thursday June 17, 2010 @02:53AM (#32599342) Attached to: Over a Third of the Internet Is Pornographic

Internet is for porn ! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5430343841227974645# :-)

Comment I was just asked for 50 USD for the upgrade !!!!!! (Score 1) 406

by petermp on Monday October 05, 2009 @05:17PM (#29650185) Attached to: Hidden Fees Discovered For "Free" Windows 7 Upgrade

I was juts asked for 35 EURO by HP for teh upgrade LOL free upgrade ?!!!!!!!!!!!! Shopping Cart * Model Name: 6930p Operating System Edition: Windows 7 Professional 32 bit â 34,90 Total: â 34,90

Comment Even cheaper is possible ? (Score 1) 227

by petermp on Tuesday July 14, 2009 @05:14AM (#28688067) Attached to: Building a 10 TB Array For Around $1,000

6 x 1.5 TB Segate = 720 USD Motherboard Intel (6 SATA ports) = 70 USD Processor Core2duo - 100 USD Ram 1G: 10 USD Case + extra power supply: 50 USD Flash drive(to hold os): 10 USD FreeNAS(provides software RAID): $0 USD 9 TB = 960 USD, all included :-)

Comment a browser ? (Score 2, Funny) 437

by petermp on Tuesday June 16, 2009 @01:16PM (#28349905) Attached to: Opera 10.0 Released, With Integrated Web Server Functionality

Webserver, extras etc ? I wish it had a browser....:-)

Submission + - Google plans to make PCs history (guardian.co.uk)

Submitted by

petermp

on Tuesday January 27, 2009 @08:02AM

petermp writes: "Google is to launch a service that would enable users to access their personal computer from any internet connection, according to industry reports. But campaigners warn that it would give the online behemoth unprecedented control over individuals' personal data.
The Google Drive, or "GDrive", could kill off the desktop computer, which relies on a powerful hard drive. Instead a user's personal files and operating system could be stored on Google's own servers and accessed via the internet."

Comment Re:Er... (Score 1) 270

by petermp on Thursday August 21, 2008 @03:11PM (#24693699) Attached to: A Mozilla Plugin to Help Overcome IE Rendering Flaw

It allows web developers to take advantage of this feature, but still have their sites be accessible by people using IE (out of ignorance or otherwise). Right now no web-developer can really target features not available on IE unless they want to alienate a large percentage of their user base.

As a professional web developer I can say that is complete rubbish. We can not rely on most IE users to have this plugin so we can not take advantage of any new features. The fact is that while IE is as prevalent as it currently still is we have to develop primarily for that platform. In the corporate world a great many people still use IE6 so we have to test under that very thoroughly too.

The plugin will be very useful for intranets where IS the standard. So yes, it will help web developers for Intranets.

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