Remember their motto of "move fast, break things." Go look at their data load some time. I doubt they're running a version close enough to stock that Oracle would be able to support it if they wanted to. Their backup/recovery system alone is insane, and they host 2 custom branches of MySQL on GitHub. When was the last time a software vendor supported a client's custom patches?

Keep in mind that Facebook employs more than 10x as many people as MySQL, and has multiple MySQL teams. It wouldn't surprise me if Facebook has a bigger MySQL dev effort than the company. Either way, they handle all database support internally.

Facebook is a lot more open than Google about their hardware, so I will use them. Facebook has a hadoop cluster that holds 250+ PB and a cluster for pics/video that holds 100+ PB. That puts them at having 80,000+ drives. Based on average write speeds from Tom's Hardware Guide, it would take under 6 hours to fill a 3TB drive, and Facebook needs at most 5 batches. 30 hours is within the time period mentioned, and at 70 hours instead of 40, is still slightly faster (assuming the microSD was the original data location and didn't need to be copied there).

However, the article neglects both 100GB Ethernet and bonded ports, making this still useless.

.... CDs....

Old people and their ancient technology ways...

Isn't this used in setting up web encryption? What other options are there?

Sometimes whale specifically means the suborder of mysticeti (baleen whales), and others it includes all cetacea (namely odontoceti or toothed whales, which includes dolphins). I'm no expert, but I would consider toothed whales as whales, which is how I've typically seen it classified.

So you're telling me there is a chance they might be wrong when they say prehistoric animals lost their spine when evolving into whales, and that I shouldn't necessarily trust them?

They have orders from NSA and Prism was a state secret. Failure to comply is an act of treason, and after enough resistance from a company they would probably seize all the computer equipment (Internet without Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft, etc.). Of course, they would run the proper propaganda campaign first, so we don't execute the politicians for treason ourselves.

Companies have been fighting in unhelpful courts instead. What they should also do is run disturbing political ads against all incumbents in Congress who are supporting the NSA (e.g. "Big Brother is watching you" billboards, with the politician's face), and start the campaigning before the politicians do.

I would accept a compromise of gutting software patents to 5-7 years. It would be much easier to get large companies and patent trolls to agree to it, and cause much less damage.

I can't count the times I had to ship Windows code to Linux in order to sort out an error in compiling. Also, bunch of vim windows is much more powerful than the MS IDE, not to mention all the command utilities and ease of scripting.

Those features and more are available in vim, if you care to learn how to use it and maybe install a plugin or two. I assume emacs can provide them as well. Linux also lets me have 10 code windows and a larger compiling window simultaneously visible on a dual 1920x1080 monitor setup.

Look into computerized stock trading, where software is making all the decisions. They spend all day long making billions of trades of hundreds or thousands of shares of stock at a time on their own markets, and prices are negotiated to 1/1000 of a cent for less than a rounding error of profit per trade.

What do you think the real reason is for Google Fiber? They don't want to pay, and this mess has come up before. Google seems to be making an excelent run at undermining telecom monopoly practices with minimal government regulation. I think if Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Wikipedia and Microsoft would just tell Verizon, "No! We will firewall Verizon before paying," then Verizon would have to back down or they will be thrown out of business.

It's MY bandwidth!!! I bought it from them with my money! It is mine to waste how I want, as long as I comply with the laws and TOS. Bandwidth is not returned like a leased car, so you cannot say I'm merely leasing it. The lines, hardware and other equipment may be leased, but once the month is over, the bandwidth allocated for my use is gone whether I used it or not. Any purposful attempt to take away my bandwidth to the full Internet will be considered theft by me.

It's normal for 2008 patents to be enforced on 80's touchscreen technology? Just because you were the first to mass-market an idea doesn't mean you deserve a patent. Apple's touch screen patent covers any type of screen technology or touch technology yet to be invented and "other devices, such as personal computers and laptop computers." Basically they have a patent on moving things with their fingers. Is that normal? (I'll be fair and admit it's a patent on using a touchscreen to move digital things and concede some of the included tech might be as recent as 1990)

I don't know as much about the headphone jack detection, but my 2001 phone could tell when I plugged in my headset. Is adding stereo (featured in my 2005 phone) really such a revolution that they need a patent in 2007? It doesn't appear to detail any new method of detection, other than maybe individual channels, but I think my Pocket PC's did that.

I find it infuriating that the US government is just handing rights, an unfair market position, and a lot of business over to Apple with the touch patent, and so many people are defending Apple. Meanwhile, the government is setting a precedent that with enough lawyers, patents, political connections, and stupid jurors you can claim ownership of what you didn't invent and kick competition to the curb. As a small, inventive company, it makes work look like a game of waiting to get squashed.

What kind of ill intentioned group is both smart enough to pull off an attack, and stupid enough to think the government isn't spying on everything? My Venn diagram the two circles in different zip codes.

Personally, I think we would be better off if we weren't antagonizing everyone. Instead, we're spending a fortune to make enemies, and we publicly mock politicians for having a foreign policy as "unamerican" as George Washington's.