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Aug. 17th, 2006
SQL Server 2005!
Aug. 17th, 2006 12:46 pmI am, by normal trade, a database programmer. I do relational database development and SQL Server administration, my normal tools of the trade are Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access. It definitely behooves me to stay current on those two products.
Well, it turns out that I'd fallen a little behind the times with SQL Server. I thought there was a 2003 edition, turns out that it's a 2005 edition. But amongst the many things that Microsoft does that aren't cool, there's one thing they do that is supremely cool: they sell a Developer's Edition of SQL Server 2005 for $50. And it isn't no wimped-down little version: it's a copy of the Enterprise Edition. EVERY feature that SQL Server has available is included with this set, so there are no restrictions on what you can do with it, as long as you're in a development environment.
For $50, it's a great tool to learn a system!
I installed it on my laptop last Friday. I go to open the database manager to do some putzing about and looking at the new features, and it won't start. So apparently somehow I managed to screw up the installation. I was going to install it on my work computer the following Monday, but that didn’t happen – a virus/worm outbreak pretty much preempted the day.
So Friday evening I get home and fire up my desktop. By having it on both machines, I can practice replication and other fun things! I turn off the Ethernet adapter so that the computer is no longer talking to the internet, then turn off my firewall and Spybot Teatimer (a registry protector – highly recommended!). With those off, once I start installing SQL Server, I won’t have an endless series of messages that I have to sit there and acknowledge as various programs try to install themselves and Teatimer and Zone Alarm scream that programs are installing! And I start installing SQL Server.
Once all of the configuration questions are answered, SQL Server will be off and playing with itself for a considerable period of time. Thus I turn my attention to more important things: dinner for me! Two Hebrew National Franks into boiling water, a can of Bush beanless chili into a small can, and in ten minutes I have two chili dogs with Heinz Organic Ketchup and French’s Mustard. SQL Server is still chugging away, I expect it to take 30-60 minutes. It’s now 9:45pm+, so I’m off to the living room to watch tv: South Park is due at 10:00 and it’s an episode that is new to me.
At 9:55pm the power goes out.
The conclusion of the woe to follow.
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Well, it turns out that I'd fallen a little behind the times with SQL Server. I thought there was a 2003 edition, turns out that it's a 2005 edition. But amongst the many things that Microsoft does that aren't cool, there's one thing they do that is supremely cool: they sell a Developer's Edition of SQL Server 2005 for $50. And it isn't no wimped-down little version: it's a copy of the Enterprise Edition. EVERY feature that SQL Server has available is included with this set, so there are no restrictions on what you can do with it, as long as you're in a development environment.
For $50, it's a great tool to learn a system!
I installed it on my laptop last Friday. I go to open the database manager to do some putzing about and looking at the new features, and it won't start. So apparently somehow I managed to screw up the installation. I was going to install it on my work computer the following Monday, but that didn’t happen – a virus/worm outbreak pretty much preempted the day.
So Friday evening I get home and fire up my desktop. By having it on both machines, I can practice replication and other fun things! I turn off the Ethernet adapter so that the computer is no longer talking to the internet, then turn off my firewall and Spybot Teatimer (a registry protector – highly recommended!). With those off, once I start installing SQL Server, I won’t have an endless series of messages that I have to sit there and acknowledge as various programs try to install themselves and Teatimer and Zone Alarm scream that programs are installing! And I start installing SQL Server.
Once all of the configuration questions are answered, SQL Server will be off and playing with itself for a considerable period of time. Thus I turn my attention to more important things: dinner for me! Two Hebrew National Franks into boiling water, a can of Bush beanless chili into a small can, and in ten minutes I have two chili dogs with Heinz Organic Ketchup and French’s Mustard. SQL Server is still chugging away, I expect it to take 30-60 minutes. It’s now 9:45pm+, so I’m off to the living room to watch tv: South Park is due at 10:00 and it’s an episode that is new to me.
At 9:55pm the power goes out.
The conclusion of the woe to follow.
( Read more... )
http://news.yahoo.com/fc/world/espionage_and_intelligence
Judge nixes warrantless surveillance
AP - 1 hour, 31 minutes ago
DETROIT - A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it. U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency's program, which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy as well as the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution.
So, I guess my question is in two parts: (a) how long before another court overrules/reinstates, and (b) will Bush et al just ignore it?
Judge nixes warrantless surveillance
AP - 1 hour, 31 minutes ago
DETROIT - A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it. U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency's program, which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy as well as the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution.
So, I guess my question is in two parts: (a) how long before another court overrules/reinstates, and (b) will Bush et al just ignore it?
My web site just got utterly wiped out!
Aug. 17th, 2006 04:43 pmStrangest thing. I was working on my site, Spare Brains Games, cleaning up some mis-installation stuff. I had just installed two Wiki systems for a new project (collaborative rules editing) and was down to something like 30meg available disk space. So I go to uninstall some scripts, and while they're processing, I go back to my Wiki admin screen to begin configuring it and all of a sudden I'm getting a screen like the Wiki system isn't there. I refresh, same thing. So I go back to my site's root, and I'm getting a page showing that the whole site isn't there.
Bad. Very bad.
Next, since I have the site management tool (cPanel) open in another browser (one of only two reasons that I use Internet Exploder), open the file manager and go to the WWW directory.
NOTHING THERE.
Very bad, indeed!
I was able re-upload the site from my laptop, but that doesn't include the mailing list that I'd created and had a few people join. No one had posted on my boards and there'd been only one entry in my guest list, so that's not bad, just time installing and configuring. But the addresses lost from the mailing list program is a little problematic.
I've opened a support ticket asking if they have a backup of my site, my guess is no since the cPanel software has a backup program in it. And no, I did not yet have a backup of my site. Definitely my bad. But since it was a bug in the cPanel software that wiped my site out, I'm hoping that they might be able to restore it. It's not like I'm asking them week after week to restore my site.
*sigh*
Bad. Very bad.
Next, since I have the site management tool (cPanel) open in another browser (one of only two reasons that I use Internet Exploder), open the file manager and go to the WWW directory.
NOTHING THERE.
Very bad, indeed!
I was able re-upload the site from my laptop, but that doesn't include the mailing list that I'd created and had a few people join. No one had posted on my boards and there'd been only one entry in my guest list, so that's not bad, just time installing and configuring. But the addresses lost from the mailing list program is a little problematic.
I've opened a support ticket asking if they have a backup of my site, my guess is no since the cPanel software has a backup program in it. And no, I did not yet have a backup of my site. Definitely my bad. But since it was a bug in the cPanel software that wiped my site out, I'm hoping that they might be able to restore it. It's not like I'm asking them week after week to restore my site.
*sigh*
Site restored!
Aug. 17th, 2006 10:11 pmI got my list back, apparently my guest book is broken but I can reinstall that easily enough.
They normally charge $60 to do a site restore, they waived it for me. That was very cool!
So if you're looking for a VERY good linux hosting service, check out Scottsdale Hosting.
EDIT: got the guest book working! Before the site got wiped out, I had done an update to the guest book. When they did the restore, apparently things were out of sync. I re-applied the update, and all was well.
w00t!
They normally charge $60 to do a site restore, they waived it for me. That was very cool!
So if you're looking for a VERY good linux hosting service, check out Scottsdale Hosting.
EDIT: got the guest book working! Before the site got wiped out, I had done an update to the guest book. When they did the restore, apparently things were out of sync. I re-applied the update, and all was well.
w00t!
A new phishing message!
Aug. 17th, 2006 11:48 pmFound this in my junk folder tonight:
From: "Federal Deposit Insurance Corp." <info@fdic.gov>
Subject: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Online Form
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:53:35 +0800
Prevent the risk of being targeted by criminals who use Identity Theft and get your money.
Enroll in the FDIC to project to put your deposits at safe with FDIC protection.
Don't risk to lose your kids college money, your life time saveings, your family wealth.
· The FDIC protects you against the loss of your insured deposits in the unlikely event that an FDIC-insured institution fails. If you or your family's deposit accounts at one FDIC-insured institution total $100,000 or less, your funds are fully insured. If you or your family has more than $100,000 at one insured institution, you can still be fully insured if your accounts meet certain requirements.
· The FDIC insures deposits in most banks and savings associations located in the United States. Deposit accounts maintained in separately chartered banks are separately insured by the FDIC, even if the banks are affiliated, such as belonging to a common holding company. All deposit accounts maintained by a depositor at one bank are insured separately from accounts that the same depositor maintains at a different, separately chartered bank.
We have received an application from your bank to ensure your Checking or Savings account against Fraud, phising or Identity Theft.
If you agree with the following, PLEASE ENROLL in the FDIC protection system.
Enroll Me
Getting Started with OrderMail: Before you begin, be sure that you have assembled the following current information about each of your deposit accounts at an FDIC-insured institution: Contact Information such as Phone Number(s) and Address, Financial Information such as Name of Owner(s) and Name of Beneficiaries, Personal Accounts Information that will be protected.
To obtain accurate results, your entries must reflect the information contained in the account records of your FDIC-Insured Institution (Bank Name).
Mail your questions to:
info@fdic.gov.us
Attn: Deposit Insurance and Protection Outreach Section
550 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20429
OK. So if the fact that (a) it was in my spam folder, (b) horrible spelling and English usage, and (c) the link does not go to the real FDIC, I suppose it would be easy to fall for.
Still I found it amusing.
I have a new phishing message from "ebay" that I'll post soon.
From: "Federal Deposit Insurance Corp." <info@fdic.gov>
Subject: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Online Form
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:53:35 +0800
Prevent the risk of being targeted by criminals who use Identity Theft and get your money.
Enroll in the FDIC to project to put your deposits at safe with FDIC protection.
Don't risk to lose your kids college money, your life time saveings, your family wealth.
· The FDIC protects you against the loss of your insured deposits in the unlikely event that an FDIC-insured institution fails. If you or your family's deposit accounts at one FDIC-insured institution total $100,000 or less, your funds are fully insured. If you or your family has more than $100,000 at one insured institution, you can still be fully insured if your accounts meet certain requirements.
· The FDIC insures deposits in most banks and savings associations located in the United States. Deposit accounts maintained in separately chartered banks are separately insured by the FDIC, even if the banks are affiliated, such as belonging to a common holding company. All deposit accounts maintained by a depositor at one bank are insured separately from accounts that the same depositor maintains at a different, separately chartered bank.
We have received an application from your bank to ensure your Checking or Savings account against Fraud, phising or Identity Theft.
If you agree with the following, PLEASE ENROLL in the FDIC protection system.
Enroll Me
Getting Started with OrderMail: Before you begin, be sure that you have assembled the following current information about each of your deposit accounts at an FDIC-insured institution: Contact Information such as Phone Number(s) and Address, Financial Information such as Name of Owner(s) and Name of Beneficiaries, Personal Accounts Information that will be protected.
To obtain accurate results, your entries must reflect the information contained in the account records of your FDIC-Insured Institution (Bank Name).
Mail your questions to:
info@fdic.gov.us
Attn: Deposit Insurance and Protection Outreach Section
550 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20429
OK. So if the fact that (a) it was in my spam folder, (b) horrible spelling and English usage, and (c) the link does not go to the real FDIC, I suppose it would be easy to fall for.
Still I found it amusing.
I have a new phishing message from "ebay" that I'll post soon.