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Two days ago, I wanted to update my graphics drivers because the Sleep function on my laptop wasn't working fine. Initally I thought it would be done very fast, but it wasn't. I have two graphics cards, an Intel and an AMD card, so I had to update two drivers. First I updated the Intel one, and that was fastly done. But then I saw in the Device Manager that my AMD driver was wiped from the system, probably because of the Intel update. So I couldn't update my AMD driver using the Device Manager. So I had to re-install it. This was a lot harder than I thought. First, I used the Auto-Detect tool to detect which driver would be the best for my computer and then install it. When trying to install the driver, I couldn't because of incompatible hardware or software. I saw that the Catalyst Control Center was still installed, so I tried to uninstall that because after searching, I found that it had to be removed before installing a new driver. Then I tried it again, but it could still not install. So I tried to install something else: the latest version of the Catalyst Display Driver, and that installed successfully. But it didn't instally a driver, only the Catalyst Install Manager. Thereupon, I installed the latest AMD beta driver. This installed successfully and the AMD driver appeared again in the Device Manager. Great!
Then I brought my computer in Sleep, to test whether it was working fine now. And it worked! But when I woke up my laptop, it suddenly restarted instead of waking up. Changing some configruations in the Power Options solved this problem, and then Sleeping and waking up worked fine. But I tried it a second time, and then, when waking up my laptop, the screen was continuously flickering, and I couldn't do very much, so I restarted my laptop. When doing that, I got a bluescreen, and I got the Startup Repair tool that fixed the problems. After several minutes, the tool was ready and I could log on. I was wondering how the tool fixed the problem and I went to the Device Manager. I saw that the tool removed the AMD driver to fix the problem, and that worked. I don't get bluescreens anymore, and I still can use my Intel driver. So all problems are fixed now? No, not all, there is just one problem remaining: my Intel driver does not support Sleep...
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Back to Square One  ????
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You gotta love Windows eh?
Basically, you broke the rules. Microsoft say that no one would be stupid enough to have two graphic cards, therefore you cant. End of story.
By the way the repair tool just did a 'last known good' ie, it reverted to the last driver state that booted successfully.
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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Munchies_Matt wrote: Microsoft say that no one would be stupid enough to have two graphic cards
Can you provide a link for reference?
Munchies_Matt wrote: therefore you cant
Why not? Before trying to update, everything worked fine1 and I could switch between my two graphics cards.
1 Except the Sleep function, which sometimes worked fine and sometimes not.
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I am only joking of course. 
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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Oh, I missed that 
I didn't see the "Joke" icon, so I thought it was serious.
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Yo ucan see why though, its not normal to have two graphics cards, so the installer from one is killing the other.
What you could try is getting hold of just the inf and sys file for each, and doing an upgrade of the driver in device manage and not use the supplied installer. You might be ok.
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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Munchies_Matt wrote: doing an upgrade of the driver in device manage and not use the supplied installer
I will try that next time, but now it's too late because I can't install the AMD driver. I'll probably re-install Windows in July (when I have time) to solve all potential problems, and then I can try that.
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I was just having a look at MongoDB, and so far I can say that I don't get the point (yet). You have no relational integrity, and you can insert whatever you want. Why on earth would anyone use a DB if he can't use relational integrity? Isn't this approach doomed to fail? I didn't look too deep yet, and I'm also not a database expert, but for me this whole fuss doesn't make sense. If MongoDB is just a database without relational integrity (this is as what I see it right now) I could just be using MariaDB or SQLite with RI turned off?
I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.
How to ask a question
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This is first time I realized it is Mongo and Mango.
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I think they are trying to replace flat file data with this DB.
rahul
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MongoDB is not a database it is a document suppository!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: document suppository
 
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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It helps to think of it as a file system full of spreadsheets rather than a database...
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Despite the DB in it it's name is not a database as we used to know. It is from the family of document-base (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document-oriented_database[^]). However I found it very useful for log. The fast (and somehow careless) insert, and the ability to filter log records by any of the properties fit me there...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Don't think from a RDBMS perspective. It is meant for a different use. There are few advantages of MondoDB over Traditional RDBMS.
- Really flexible data structures and data types
- Meta data, you can attach any type of information to any records/rows (using traditional db, this is a nightmare, now imagine all those custom fields you need for a CRM application)
- Unmatched Read and Write Performance
- Scalability, you can store really 'big' data
- HDD Storage is cheaper than RDBMS, specially when you need tens of terabytes of storage.
- No need for ORM, you can store your Code side Classes in Database without any extra efforts
So you cannot replace your RDBMS with NoSQL Database, but when you need to store some scientific data, or you want to implement custom caching, or when you want some intermediate space to perform a complex computing, there is no better option.
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This is a curious one, I suppose it is horses for courses. We use Couchbase (which I'm lead to understand is similar). We use an in-memory couchbase instance as a cache repository- this works quite well. We also have a disk based instance to store some application information that would normally be held in web.config - this last saves us a re-deploy when version numbers change for example. I dare say NOSql would be good for logging.
Some people rave about NOSql DBs, but I wouldn't want to use one as a main backing store - I saw one company fail as it bought a system that effectively used SQL Sever without referential integrity. [Repair] jobs were lost in the system an the insurer we did the jobs for sacked the company off due to lack of reliability. The company at the time claimed their software handled the integrity and this was more efficient than letting the database do it. A miracle given how many man-years companies like Oracle & MS spend doing the same thing.
Marco Bertschi wrote: You have no relational integrity, and you can insert whatever you want
Marco Bertschi wrote: I don't get the point
I think the second follows the first: to make an SQL database work properly you have to know what you are doing and this is skilled work. Most companies get devs to do their database work, and this leads to poor database design resulting in rigid structures, poor performance and when really bad a lack of integrity. So the devs fall back on on the idea that I mentioned about the company I worked for that failed - that they'll be easily able to code integrity where needed. My view is this is the point where you should be looking at a relational DB. This link[^] lists relational DB anti-patterns that indicate a NOSql DB might be better, I suspect there is call for the "opposite" set of slides which show signs you'd be better of not using NOSql for certain tasks.
[Edit]
Nice article here: http://news.dice.com/2012/07/16/sql-vs-nosql-which-is-better/[^]
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Thanks Keith - this made some question marks vanish.
I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.
How to ask a question
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It's based on {key : value} pairs and JSON []
If you think creatively, I am sure you will find great uses for it. RESTful API
David
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After a decades of adeventure, I am hanging my boots as a consultant. No more yearly contract extesnion pangs or search of the next job.
I have decided to accept the permanent job from my present consulting Jig.Starting Mid of May, I would be their full time emplyoee.
Its kind a reverse thing for most people, but with a kid and a family, I have decided to take a safe bet now.
I hope, this will turn up good.
Yay.. 
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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Congrats to the new position, and wise choice of life. Enjoy your family ! 
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Good luck Sir!
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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Congrats and Good Luck!!
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Unless you take responsibility for the code you write rather than getting paid the contract hours you are a contractor - very different from a consultant. I know, I was a consultant in the 90s and have been a contractor for the last decade, contracting is simple compared to consulting.
And yeah kids cause a completely new risk profile. The wife will feel one hell of a lot more secure for the next couple of years (which can have it's own benefits  ) and at least you won't be going through a probationary period - congrats.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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