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pkgsrc on Solaris

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

For many years, building and installing third-party software on Solaris has been a huge pain. For people who do not use 

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Update your Java FX SDK to 1.2.1

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

New version of Jav FX SDK is available for download from the javafx.com site. The users of NetBeans IDE 6.7.1 and 6.7 ca

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Download A HOUSE IN BALI

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

Colin McPhee’s 1947 memoir, A HOUSE IN BALI, long out of print, can be downloaded in full from the internet archive as a single PDF file.

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This is too easy

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

This is really a 'they wish' (http://gop.gov), 'you get' (http://gop.org)

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[MySQL][Spider]Spider storage engine 2.3 released

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

I'm pleased to announce the release of Spider storage engine version 2.3(beta).Spider is a Storage Engine for database sharding.http://spiderformysql

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3 ways MySQL uses indexes

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

I often see people confuse different ways MySQL can use indexing, getting wrong ideas on what query performance they should expect. There are 3 mai

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EU Should Protect MySQL-based Special Purpose Database Vendors

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

In my recent post on the EU antitrust regulators' probe into the Oracle Sun merger I did not mention an important class of stakeholders: the MySQL-ba

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More changes for performance monitoring

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

I have pushed more performance monitoring changes to the Facebook patch on Launchpad. This includes:Support for SHOW INNODB FILE STATUS t

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Going from closed source to open source

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

I think I have mentioned Picok before on my blog. This is a system that lets users arrange and configure a number of portlets in order to be able to

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Porting a web site from MS SQL to MySQL - Part 2

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

In a previous post, I outlined a plan to port the Build-It-Blocks web site from MS SQL to MySQL.  I plan to run the Windows stack (Windows, .asp

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OpenSQL Camp

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

My travel is booked for OpenSQL camp in Portland on November 14 and 15. It should be a great event in my favorite city. It is also an opportunity to

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The difference between a unique index and primary key in MySQL

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

There’s a really important difference between a unique index (MySQL’s answer to a “unique constraint”) and a primary key in M

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Snow Leopard blues

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

On Friday afternoon, I went to give a presentation about MySQL advanced features at the Sardegna Ricerche technology park. The presentation included

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Cache Miss Rate as a function of Cache Size

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

I saw Mark Callaghan’s post, and his graph showing miss rate as a function of cache size for InnoDB running MySQL.  He plots miss rate aga

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Pano, Sun Ray, and the Wintel gestalt

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

The Pano is popular with the PC press, Sun Ray untouchable - and yet, what's a Pano that isn't 15 years behind?

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3rd gen iPod touch contains an 802.11n-capable WiFi chip

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

The fantastic folks from iFixit have got their hands on a brand new, hot out of the factory 3rd gen iPod touch. So what do they do with it? Tear it a

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Video: The lessons of failure

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

Folks in many companies do not understand the natural cycle of failure, and therefore are doomed to repeat the same mistakes over and over again. Thi

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Video: Introduction to ERP complexity

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

Many of the failures I describe in this blog afflict large software systems called "enterprise resource planning," or ERP for short. This video expla

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Finally, technology is about people

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

By refocussing its software on business execution, SuccessFactors is putting people, rather than technology, back at the center of enterprise endeavo

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Micropayments in Google Checkout soon

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

It sounds like Google is going to start allowing merchants to accept micropayments soon -- that menas accepting payments anywhere from a penny to a s

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Siemens cans SAP support

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

Rumors have been circulating for weeks that Siemens plans to ditch SAP for its ERP support. The story goes that Siemens had become fatigued with the

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Court overturns $358m verdict against Microsoft

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

Court: Damages for a patent infringement on one little widget in Microsoft Outlook should not be based on the value of the whole software package.

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Tests show Safari 4 "clearly the worst" for battery life

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

AnandTech just published an interesting set of test results that shows the browser you pick can have a significant effect on your portable computer's

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Pioneer's Project ET networked entertainment concept phones home (theaters)

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

After bailing out of the plasma HDTV market, Pioneer seemed destined to selling Blu-ray players and A/V receivers, but it has a bigger idea in mind w

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Voice-to-text deal could spur new mobile services

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

Two vendors of mobile voice technology have teamed up to power carrier services that transcribe voicemail messages and conference calls into text.

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Brussels Chosen for June 2010 Meeting

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

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Status Update: IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Implementation

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

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Wisdom Launches E-Marketing Services Along with Web Design and Web ... - PR Web (press release)

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

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Hostirian Purchases Web Hosting Provider ATCI Hosting - Emediawire (press release)

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

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Web Host Daily.co.uk Announces the Launch of Windows Reseller Hosting

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

Daily.co.uk announce the launch of Windows reseller hosting. Following on from the addition of Windows 2009 shared hosting accounts to its range in J

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Heard the One About .BERLIN Domains for a430? Not True!

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

One of the longest established candidates for a new generic TopLevel Domain (gTLD), dotBERLIN, have denied reports that .BERLIN domain

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Professional poker player wins domain name case

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

Gustav Hansen,a.k.a Gus Hansen,a professional poker player who won three World Poker Tour submitted a complaint with the WIPO Arbitration and Medi

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Will .COM Domains Fall to $4 Per Year?

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

The Domains has highlighted an interesting issue with .COM domainnames, noting the financial publication Barrons has claimed sharepric

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Bangkok Joins Growing List of CityTLD Proposals

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

Bangkok has joined the growing list of potential applicants for genericTop Level Domains (gTLDs) when ICANN calls for applications with a

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How to display pictures that appear to be partially hidden

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

If you insert a picture into the middle of a paragraph and Word doesn't adjust so you can see it, check out this simple setting.

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Video: TR Out Loud - September 11, 2009

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

From the hottest discussion threads to the most active members to fun community participation, this week's TROLOV -- or TR Out Loud on Video -- has i

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Employee vs. manager: Why is my manager so secretive?

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

Why do managers who are otherwise very open with their staff sometimes act so secretive?

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Product Spotlight: KnowledgeSync data management tool

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

Derek Schauland shares his experience working with the business data management tool KnowledgeSync. It provides monitoring, alerts, and reporting fun

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Apple's 9/9/9 event: Video and photo highlights

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

Steve Jobs, the next generation iPod Nano, iTunes 9, NFL Madden 10 for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and more are highlighted in this Apple event roundu

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Oracle tries to stop Sun's bleeding: Is it too late?

Mandrake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:01:43 VET

Oracle has launched a full-court press to convince Sun customers to stick around. Read about Oracle's new ad series.

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