I know what an XT is, after all my first PC was a giant compaq "laptop" AT clone - yes, I used it on my knee!

But what is a "walk-up XT" please?

Backup and restore are new features in this latest version of the Oracle Database??

How on earth did they manage before?! Seriously? Is it just me or am I the only person who writes programs from scratch with data security, portability and safety in mind? Gosh, My data has been separate from the program since I was loading out to 90-minute Type II's!

I mean, seriously, from this article can we assume that mysqldump offered a more sensible backup than every version of the mega-expensive Oracle, until this version?

Agreed. I'm happy with 9700M GTS.

I can't imagine anybody NEEDS this latest iteration, unless they want to play "John Madden 2017" or whatever.

Hang on a minute, I just noticed - it wasn't posted AC! And I posted the comment without reading properly...

This (and many other things like it) are why anonymous coward should never be removed from these forums. Bravo!

(no Karma bonus, not Overrated!)

Originated, get that, like all of the tech YOU have is English originated, like, they don't need you anymore, just like you didn't need us!

You just validated my point, plus, you ain't the Lord of anything, either. ;-)

No, it's made in the US. Soon, you will be a second-world nation, and China will be a services-orientated economy...

| "it can only be considered a troll poll."

How about the possibility that it's simply a poorly-written question, with the intention of getting lots of geeks other than electronics and programming experts to tell us about their favourite, obscure-yet-recognizable-as-science measuring and test equipment from disciplines we don't hear about so much on here?

Just my two pence.

That's great, better than no TARDIS. Couldn't you link up and trade some destinations from another TARDIS' memory? You're welcome to my, er, dusty, devastated, flight path. I'd try to arrive before I did, though, after all, you know what they say - some of it may be true!

Thank you, unfortunately my TARDIS is having trouble manipulating the article / thread in further amusing ways because it's risky crossing my own timeline, so now I'm stuck going forward with the rest of you for a while!

And, as an aside, even WITH a TARDIS I still can't think of a way to abuse my 15 mod points without causing a paradox and undoing my first post (and all of yours!)

How much would he have cost me? ;)

I got first because I went back in my TARDIS... ;)

"Slashdot is becoming ever the shill site since took over"

Surely that's just the universal, elitist meme talking, like no-one who's here now is as cool as the original crowd, etc.?

Well sorry for not being cool enough. Blame the Roman Catholic Comprehensive school I went to.

Actually, I was right on every count! You even got modded up, too! One of my friends probably saw it and amused him / her self with their mod points. Either that, or I was right.

You will get Insightful mods, because it's a good point,and I'll get Flamebait mods because every subsequent mod who sees my comment will see your modded-up comment, and your UID, and mod it up without reading it.

THIS comment, however, will probably get "Informative" mods, but only from those who check the links! ;-)