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Comment Re:PostgreSQL (Score 1) 335

The reason we use PostgreSQL instead of MySQL at work is mainly because the JDBC drivers for MySQL are GPL licensed, while Postgres' isn't.

Um... wouldn't that be a reason to use MySQL?

Comment Maybe this was just a symptom... (Score 2, Informative) 600

Right after college, desperate for a job, I interviewed with Circuit City.

I had to go to the main place down near the city instead of out in Henrico.

First thing I notice is there are a bunch of people who look like a bunch of junkies hanging out in fron of the door.

I walk past that into the reception area. After a brief wait, a guy and a girl who I think were younger than me at the time, took me into an office for the interview.

As soon as I sat down they started reading questions from their clipboard.

These questions weren't the kind that would see if you knew anything about their products or could otherwise do your jobs. They were all about "If you saw one of your coworkers using illegal drugs in their home, what would you do?" With few exceptions they were all about drug use.

The last question was, do you have any questions for us? My answer was "Yes I do. Since y'all seem extremely interested in drug use, does Circuit City have a lot of employees with a drug problem? I certainly don't want to work in such an environment."

They gave me some BS answer about weeding out that kind of employee.

I walked out the door knowing I would not accept a job with them no matter what.

Of course they didn't call me either so I guess I didn't give them the answers they wanted.

Comment Trek fan and the new move. (Score 1) 169

I am a trek fan and excited about the new movie

Not possible. The phrase before the conjunction is contradicted by the phrase after the conjunction.

Either you're a trek fan and your horrified by the new movie. Or you're not a trek fan and are excited about the new movie.

Google

Submission + - Italy tries execs for being employeed by google (freeliberal.com)

stry_cat writes: Four executives of Google — call them the Milan Four — are on trial in Italy for the crime of being employed by Google when an objectionable video was posted to a Google video site. The charges are defamation and privacy violation. The accused face jail time.

Comment Re:Not good enough. (Score 1) 1044

It's already happened before (back when you still used film in cameras). Some folks took pictures of their kid in the tub just playing with some kid's toys.

The person at the place that developed the pictures (fox photo I think), call the police and I believe the parents ended up with jail time and had their kid taken from them.

Comment Re:New model? (Score 1) 580

The real problem in my mind is that really, it's either the user *or* the supplier that will benefit, but not both.

The transaction won't happen unless both parties benefit. It's not an either or proposition.

This model has the advantage that if you just use Word once in a while you can use it without paying the $$$ that you now have to do. Just need it to open that job application. That's just $1.15.

Supplies will benefit b/c more people will be able to afford their product and they'll sell more.

Personally, to me it is worth it to put up with the disaster known as Open Office just to avoid MS. However most people don't have that hangup and will love the new model.

Spam

Submission + - SPAM: Spam printers from the Web? Researcher shows how

alphadogg-nw writes: Aaron Weaver has made a discovery the world could probably do without: He's found a way to spam your printer from the Web. By using a little-known capability found in most Web browsers, Weaver can make a Web page launch a print job on just about any printer on a victim's network. The Web site could print annoying ads on the printer and theoretically issue more dangerous commands, like telling the printer to send a fax, format its hard drive or download new firmware.
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