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The DBA has traditionally been the person in charge of strategies, optimization, capacity planning and security for databases that store and supply information to a given application. However, it occurred to me that the role of the DBA has changed dramatically in the last few years, with a lot more changes to come. Long live the DBA!
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Nah, ours just headed to Vegas for the weekend. He'll be back.
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Vegas can be quite tempting (and dangerous if that documentary "Casino" was accurate) 
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Nah, it's more like Showgirls. 
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The DBA has a massive task that's only gotten more involved over the last decade or so.
This reminds me of something I heard one of my programming heroes say back in '06 (might've been 07.)
"We're all going to be programming in Ruby in 5 years anyway."
I asked if he minded if I quoted him on that. He said "If you feel you must."
I thought I was being a little snarky at the time. But now? I'm pretty glad I asked.
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer offers up his five management tips based on lessons he learned during his 13-year CEOship. Bonus #6: "Shout, shout, let it all out"
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When is CP going to send somone to grill interview him ?
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ledtech3 wrote: somone to grill interview him
in SoapBox preferably?
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#7: The perfect form for doing a Dr. Evil impression [^]
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Bonus #6: "Shout, shout, let it all out"
You're now, now rocking with ... Will.I.Am and Ballmer, bitch!
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Brisingr @ Gryphon-PC $ phrase type 'Ballmer management'
Parsing 'Ballmer management'...
Phrase 'Ballmer management' is an oxymoron.
Brisingr @ Gryphon-PC $
Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.
- Mitchell Kapor
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Software may be eating the world, as Marc Andreessen posits, but open-source software seems to be eating itself. And at a far faster clip. While the software world has grown used to products and their vendors dominating for long stretches (think: Microsoft in operating systems and Oracle in databases), the new world of open source is moving at an accelerated, Darwinian pace, leaving no project to rest on its laurels. "The hurrier I go, the behinder I get."
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Development for multiple devices has its challenges, but there are also possibilities which aren’t typically available on desktop PCs. Consider the vibration mechanism; it’s a simple tactile feedback device which can alert you of new messages or phone calls. It’s especially useful in a noisy environment where sound cannot be heard or quiet places where it would be a distraction. "Don't ask, don't tell"
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Give's a new meaning to "vibrator".
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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We all know which industry will use this feature first.
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In keeping with their tradition of community collaboration on the Java platform, Oracle is inviting the enterprise development community to participate in a survey to help define requirements for the next version of Java Enterprise Edition, Java EE 8. "Fools need Advice most, but wise Men only are the better for it."
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delete java;
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Valve, the online software distribution company, is shipping 300 prototype Steam Machines to beta testers on Friday. The lucky few hundred will receive both Steam's hardware and SteamOS, its Linux-based software for video games, for testing, as the company pushes to establish an open-source gaming platform. Will it fix the "catastrophe"?
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Hmm, I don't see much use for running SteamOS on a normal PC, because I could just install Steam and have exactly the same thing.
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I'm assuming that it might be useful as a dedicated machine at some point. Also, there would be a theoretical performance improvement in just having one OS before your game.
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Legit is a complementary command-line interface for Git, optimized for workflow simplicity. "Too legit. Too legit to quit."
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In yet another disclosure from Edward Snowden's pile of leaked NSA documents, The Washington Post has revealed that the US surveillance agency may be using Google's advertising cookies to track and "pinpoint" targets for government hacking and location-tracking. Google: a division of the NSA since 1997
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I've always thought Facebook was the NSA's invention to get people to keep tabs on each other for them.
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Yeah, George Orwell would be pretty happy (or really sad) about Facebook.
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Nokia's largest manufacturing center and a key piece of Microsoft's devices and services deal, is frozen along with Nokia's other Indian assets and unable to be transferred to Microsoft. The Indian government is awaiting payment on up to $3.4 billion from Nokia in taxes and penalties dating back to 2006.
"Lalalalalala, you will never get this," says the Indian government to Microsoft.
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