Month: October 2008

Old Oracle, New(ish) Linux

Okay, so as part of my amazing scheme to take a very old netapp, built around Oracle and PL/SQL and running on ancient end-of-life unsupportable SPARC hardware, and port it to low cost Linux boxen, I’ve finally gotten round to attempting to shoehorn Oracle9i and OAS onto our preferred linux – CentOS 4.6. CentOS 4.6

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Banks can now lend you your own money.

“THE government is to invest £50bn of your money in British banks so they can lend it back to you with interest.The historic move is being hailed as a lifeline for the financial system as long as nobody asks too many questions. Julian Cook, chief economist at Corbett and Barker, said: “The government will give

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Ace Lyric #6

Alone in the clouds all blue Lying on an eiderdown Yippee! You can’t see me But I can you Pink Floyd w/ Syd Barrett – Flaming

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