Comment Iâ(TM)ve seen this movie (Score 1) 98
I saw this movie as a kid, but I had no idea it was based on a true story.
Comment Re:Waiting for a capable PostgreSQL front-end (Score 1) 344
Actually, I don't know of anyone in the Postgres community that looks down on SQLite. And most people don't look down on Access either, at least as a front-end.
Comment Re:"Great leap forward" (Score 1) 344
Even better than 0000-00-00 is 2010-02-35.
Comment Re:"Great leap forward" (Score 2, Informative) 344
The Feb 30 issue gets *even better*. For years I used that as a prime example of what's wrong with MySQL, so I was a bit disappointed when I found out they'd fixed it.
Then I discovered that Feb 35th is *STILL* a valid date! The only thing they fixed was Feb 30th and 31st!
MySQL clearly just doesn't get it.
Submission + - How good software makes us stupid (bbc.co.uk)
siliconbits writes: The BBC has an interesting article about how ever improving software damages our ability to think innovatively. "Search engines(TM) function of providing us with information almost instantly means people are losing their intellectual capacity to store information, Nicolas Carr, said". This sadly convinced some journos to come up with wildfire titles such as "Google damages users' brains, author claims".
Endangered Species Condoms 61
The Center for Biological Diversity wants to help put a polar bear in your pants with their endangered species condom campaign. They hope that giving away 100,000 free Endangered Species Condoms across the country will highlight how unsustainable human population growth is driving species to extinction, and instill the sexual prowess of the coquí guajón rock frog, nature's most passionate lover, in the condom users. From the article: "To help people understand the impact of overpopulation on other species, and to give them a chance to take action in their own lives, the Center is distributing free packets of Endangered Species Condoms depicting six separate species: the polar bear, snail darter, spotted owl, American burying beetle, jaguar, and coquí guajón rock frog."
New Call of Duty Titles Announced, Fired Devs Sue For Name 134
eldavojohn writes "Activision has announced new Call of Duty titles while fired Infinity Ward Developer leads Jason West and Vince Zampella sue them for the rights to the name. According to Activision, 'The company intends to expand the Call of Duty brand with the same focus seen in its Blizzard Entertainment business unit. This will include a focus on high-margin digital online content and further[ing] the brand as the leading action entertainment franchise in new geographies, new genres and with new digital business models.' Ars opines that Activision is set to over-saturate the market with tons of CoD titles similar to how it expertly brought down Guitar Hero."
Comment Re:Programming + Mouse ? (Score 0, Offtopic) 569
You should have simply replied with "First UID".
Comment Re:Programming + Mouse ? (Score 0, Offtopic) 569
As opposed to your high UID?
Comment Re:What this really points out... (Score 1) 456
That will sync the disks, but it won't stop the database from accepting incoming data. It won't stop cron jobs which might be just about to trigger. It won't deal with tasks that are in the middle of a big operation which involves a lot of writing to disk.
That's why you run an ACID database and not a toy database if you care about your data. If the database says "yes, it's committed" then the data damnwell better be committed (unless your hardware or OS is lying about when data hits non-volatile storage, in which case there's nothing the database can do).
Comment Re:12. Documents and App Instances on the Dock (Score 1) 936
To find out why setting up a printer on OSX is so difficult, try adding a networked laser printer without typing in the IP address. And once you figure it out, let me know.
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Real Programs don't use shared text. Otherwise, how can they use functions for scratch space after they are finished calling them?
