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Courtesy of OSnews. This comic still cracks me up, weeks after I saw it. It's one of those comics that your CS teacher would print out and slap on his door, so that in the moments of doom students would at least have something humorous to look at. Here it is:

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Updated: March 18th, 2008

Today Robin Schumacher, MySQL's Director of Product Management, announced that the mysql Falcon storage engine has moved into a beta release stage. Falcon, a new transactional storage engine introduced in mysql 6 (aka 5.2), has been in alpha for years. Other popular storage engines include MyISAM, InnoDB, which Falcon is supposed to challenge (successfully? :-/), and the upcoming Maria.

Falcon features:

• ACID transaction compliant
• Crash recovery
• User-defined tablespaces
• High-speed data caches
• Advanced B-Tree indexes
• Performance/diagnostic monitoring tables
• Simplified configuration

You can download mysql 6 with Falcon here: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/6.0.html….

This is going to be epic.

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Take a look at the hidden camera videos of what hotel cleaning staff does to your drinking glasses. Watch and fear! And never use them again.

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This is an HDR photo of the Golden Gate Bridge. Tell me it's not the best picture you've ever seen of it (click to zoom)!

Credit: http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/onblack.php?id=2176897085&size=large…

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I never thought this could actually happen but Sharper Image, the home of overpriced crap that nobody ever buys, is now bankrupt. Spencer's next?

Oh, and by the way, shares plunged 72% and are now sitting at 41c. That's from a 52 week high of $14.16.

CNN Money | Reuters | Google Finance…

Updated: March 18th, 2008

"Didn't see that one coming. Their blog contains details to what this could mean for both companies. May as well be one of the most important takeovers of 2008 already!"

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Could this mean that the mysql cluster is finally going to get proper development attention? I don't know but sure as hell hope so. Congratulations to all mysql employees!…

Holy mother of god. This is the monitor of all monitors. This is the monitor king. 2880×900 resolution. Sign me up when it comes out, all I'll have to do is move into a bigger room that can actually fit it.

Source: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/01/ces-2008-alienw.html…

I saw this joke posted on the Internet and decided to keep it for future reference. But… is it even a joke? I don't think so! It's the goddamn truth.

What a woman says, what she really means…

I need = I want
We need = I want
It’s your decision = The correct decision should be obvious by now
Do whatever you want = You are going to pay for this later …

Simon, this one is for you.

Jason Bourne Roommate Conflict Resolution – Watch more free videos…

Finally, the snowstorms in Tahoe are raging! CNN posted this video of a reporter Kevin "Coop" Cooper in Kirkwood, CA resort, who talks about current weather conditions and gives some snow stats. Who's up for some snowboarding?!

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Christmas Tree in Kharkov, Ukraine 2007-2008
YouTube – Новогодняя елка в Харькове 2007-2008

I've never seen a tree this cool, even in US. Makes me kind of proud of the city where I grew up. Check it out….

Today Google announced the release of 29 translating robots that you can just add to your friends list in Google Talk. Then you can talk to them, getting instant translation in return. You can also enter a group chat and use the bots as translators between other people and yourself.

The only downside is that the Google Talk client doesn't seem to support group chats just yet, so you have to use the Gmail in-page one.

I think it's a brilliant idea if you ever deal with foreign languages. How many times have I forgotten a word while translating a paper or trying to talk to my mom back in Ukraine? A quick IM to the en2ru Google bot and …