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MySQL Conference 2011

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Administrator

I went to the MySQL Conference once again at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Executive Summary: The talks and informal conversations centered around these main issues: fragility of replication, and need for a global binlog ID and checksums stalls in … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Reactor Failures Comments

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Administrator

Whenever anybody asks me about the nuclear reactor problems in Japan, my reply is this. A few days after the tsunami, I saw a video of one of the reactors exploding, with a white high-explosive shock wave clearly visible above … Continue reading →

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Honshu, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Administrator

Just monitoring the tsunami activity after the Honshu, Japan 8.9 earthquake: “At 9:46 PM Pacific Standard Time on March 10, an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 8.9 occurred near the east coast of Honshu, Japan . (Refer to the United States … Continue reading →

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Documentaries on Japanese I-400 and Midget Submarines

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Administrator

It seems like Japanese WW2 submarine documentary week on PBS … “Japanese SuperSub” talks about the I-400, which was a 400′ submarine with a hangar large enough for 3 Seyron bombing aircraft, each with a 1,700-pound bomb and a 85′ … Continue reading →

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SVLUG: Greg Lindahl on Blekko Search Engine

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Administrator

Greg Lindahl from Blekko gave a talk tonite at Silicon Valley Linux Users Group (SVLUG.) Blekko is positioned as an alternative search engine to the currently entrenched ones. Some of the alternative features are: slashtags UI feature for end users … Continue reading →

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