Regarding my previous post (here), it seems Guenadi N Jilevski has now removed the articles that are direct copies of mine. Thankyou for the quick action. There is still at least one article remaining that contains large chunks of text scraped from my site. I guess the fact he has included his own screen grabs [...]
Thanks to Don Burleson for pointing me at this article by Timur Akhmadeev that lists a whole bunch of articles that have been stolen by Guenadi N Jilevski. Unfortunately, this is only the tip of the iceberg. Just looking at the stuff he’s stolen from me, there are three types ripoff: 1) Complete Copies. http://gjilevski.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/edition-based-redefinition-in-oracle-database-11g-release-2/ [...]
The Last Airbender is really hard to make a judgement on. At some points the acting is really cringeworthy, followed by scenes with Dev Patel who is really cool. There are sections of dialog that could have been written by a five year old, then visuals that are absolutely fantastic. I’m sure kids will like [...]
Unseen Academicals is the 37th book in the Discworld series. When I first started reading the series I found Terry Pratchett‘s writing style a little strange. Having had a long break from reading his stuff, switching back was a little difficult at first. Fortunately the characters are brilliant, so you get drawn back in fairy [...]
Question: What is the most important skill any Oracle DBA/Developer needs? Answer: Knowing how to search the Oracle documentation. The Oracle database is a massive product. There are sections of it I’ve never ventured near. Do I spend my time trying to remember syntax and procedures for every possible occurence? No. I try to understand [...]