Yes, it really does say ‘Swim across the Atlantic Ocean’. Why, considering the distance, it suggests swimming from New York to Pont Vauban and not to Southampton, or somewhere in the UK instead of going through France is a little bit of a mystery, but I guess if you are going to swim then you are not aversed to a little sight-seeing.
The biggest worry among geeks at the moment is not global warming. It is the ongoing shortage of Internet capacity.
Two stories today highlight the problem. The first, at the BBC website talks about the impending problems of the ever growing need for bandwidth and some of the potential solutions for fixing them. As the commentary mentions, we may well require a completely new suite of technology to replace the aging packet based solution we currently use.
Such radical ideas will be tough and expensive to implement, and it's not clear at this stage how this will work with some other solutions which are rapidly moving towards the packet switched model.
The biggest worry among geeks at the moment is not global warming. It is the ongoing shortage of Internet capacity.
Two stories today highlight the problem. The first, at the BBC website talks about the impending problems of the ever growing need for bandwidth and some of the potential solutions for fixing them. As the commentary mentions, we may well require a completely new suite of technology to replace the aging packet based solution we currently use.
Such radical ideas will be tough and expensive to implement, and it's not clear at this stage how this will work with some other solutions which are rapidly moving towards the packet switched model.
I'll admit to be thoroughly impressed with my two Apple notebooks. I have both a MacBook (13in) and MacBook Pro (17in). I have no problem on either running pretty much anything I want, and on the 17in MBP I frequently run multiple virtual machines within Parallels. Part of that is undoubtedly due to the Intel Core Duo CPU. Of course, that doesn't mean I'm satisfied - I could always use more horsepower if it was available.
Intel's next revision, dubbed Santa Rosa, is due out soon, and I'd love to see it in some new notebooks, as it allows for some better performance increases, including the ability to ramp up the GHz on an individual core (instead of both at the same time), which should mean more speed with a lower power cost. This article goes into a bit more detail.
I'll admit to be thoroughly impressed with my two Apple notebooks. I have both a MacBook (13in) and MacBook Pro (17in). I have no problem on either running pretty much anything I want, and on the 17in MBP I frequently run multiple virtual machines within Parallels. Part of that is undoubtedly due to the Intel Core Duo CPU. Of course, that doesn't mean I'm satisfied - I could always use more horsepower if it was available.
Intel's next revision, dubbed Santa Rosa, is due out soon, and I'd love to see it in some new notebooks, as it allows for some better performance increases, including the ability to ramp up the GHz on an individual core (instead of both at the same time), which should mean more speed with a lower power cost. This article goes into a bit more detail.
I was one of the technical reviewers on this book and can tell you that it makes a good read if you want to understand more of what is going on under the hood in MySQL. There’s a lot to cover, for example the pluggable storage engine archtiecture, how queries are parsed and executed, and how individual storage engines work.
The book is compact, but very readable, and worth a look if you any interest in how databases are programmed, or are thinking about building your own storage engine to plug into MySQL.
As an aside, I mentioned the Home Information Packs. These are a new, compulsory, initiative to make the process of selling and buying a house much easier. There's a fair amount of controversy surrounding the packs, not least because the content and focus of the pack was reduced significantly, so it now no longer contains information that would be useful to a potential buyer, such as the results of a structural survey, or information on potential flooding or subsidence.
As an aside, I mentioned the Home Information Packs. These are a new, compulsory, initiative to make the process of selling and buying a house much easier. There's a fair amount of controversy surrounding the packs, not least because the content and focus of the pack was reduced significantly, so it now no longer contains information that would be useful to a potential buyer, such as the results of a structural survey, or information on potential flooding or subsidence.
Some of the comments were interesting (and even rude), but obviously the original thrust of my anti-card slot comments were mis-interpreted. Years ago, I could fully understand why a PCMCIA slot would be useful, because the technology was modernizing all the time.
Today, most laptops come with a combination of built-in interfaces and the universal interfaces (USB, Firewire) that could be just as effective as the Express Card/PC Card slot for the types of devices we frequently use through the carded slot.
Some of the comments were interesting (and even rude), but obviously the original thrust of my anti-card slot comments were mis-interpreted. Years ago, I could fully understand why a PCMCIA slot would be useful, because the technology was modernizing all the time.
Today, most laptops come with a combination of built-in interfaces and the universal interfaces (USB, Firewire) that could be just as effective as the Express Card/PC Card slot for the types of devices we frequently use through the carded slot.
