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Tech for disaster coordination and management

Friday, July 16th, 2010

Raindrops will keep falling on our heads this season of the year, and yet this rainy season’s starter already induced headaches for our new administration with regard to its disaster management tactics. First was the alleged erroneous forecasting by PAGASA, and the most heartbreaking of all is the lack of calamity fund for the rest of the year. Seriously? We only had like one or two series of rains, not even storms, these past few months and the past administration already spent 70 percent of our calamity funds? Talk about disasters!

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Drooling Over Databases: SQLite, PosgtreSQL, and CouchDB

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

I’m pretty excited about this article because I’m a database fanatic / addict. For those who don’t know what a database is, simply put, a database is where your data is stored and defined (whether by a schema or by documents). You use databases everyday as long as you use a computer, a cellphone, or even a website. And for the past weeks, we’ve seen awesome news from the open source database systems community, which means we will have upgrades on how we use our databases. I’ll start off with something very new and fresh.

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Ilang grams ang 1GB?

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

May isang usapang ipinamahagi sa Hacker News tungkol sa bigat ng data sa loob ng iyong hard drive. Nagsimula ang usapan sa post na ito:

Apologies if this is the incorrect area for this question.

I’ve noticed that as I copy data/install programs on my Laptop, the weight of the Laptop increases. I have a bad back and am medically limited on the amount of weight I can carry so I need to be very carefull not to inflict injury upon myself.

I have also noticed my XBox feels heavier as well (the more games I save or purchase from arcade). I generally don’t travel with my XBox so that is not an issue for me, but note the I am having the same results.

My ask, what is the weight/file ratio? So for example, how many GB’s = 6oz? I dread the day I need a dolly to commute to work with my Laptop.

Thanks in advance!

- K McLovin

At may sumagot ng ganito:

I am glad you brought this up actually.

I don’t think this is just a technology problem. The other day, I was reading one of those MS press books (One of the Thick ones) and towards the end of the book (after reading it for about three hours) I wanted to get up for a glass of water and use the toilet eventually.

But, here’s when a strange thing happened. As i was about to get up (I usually read in bed) my head was so heavy that I couldn’t get up. I roughly estimate the wheight increase ~564.32 grams.

Well, I attributed this phenomena to the amount of information that got stored in my brain during that time (Notice the similarity there ? )

I eventually fell asleep and when I woke up a few hours later to take the MS exam guess what?!? My head was light again, and I consequently failed the Exam as I couldn’t remember anything a read on that book.

Based on my experience, what I would suggest, is turn the laptop off, leave it like that for a few hours and then you can carry it around without risking to break your back. You might risk to loose your data but hey, your health is more important.

I hope that helps

Sa tantiya ko, ang isang ideya / alaala ay 2.23GB lossy compressed, para magbigay daan sa dolby audio, IMAX movie-quality na hi-resolution video format (kasi 3D) tapos indexed words na umaabot ng 1.16 MB. Kailangan din ng backup para sa memorya. Kung ang pakiramdam ko ay mabigat ang ulo ko sa pag-iisip ng susunod na ipo-program ko, marahil ito ay aabot ng 78.412 TB, at pakiramdam ko ay may 785 grams na dagdag, kaya niyo na sigurong i-divide ito no?

Biglang pakiramdam ko naging dalawang kilo ang dagdag sa utak ko. Magpapahinga muna ako (para gumaan). XD

Kayo? Ilang grams ang isang Gigabyte?