Hardcore optimization story – Would you believe me if I claimed that an algorithm that has been on the books as “optimal” for 46 years, which has been analyzed in excruciating detail by geniuses like Knuth and taught in all computer science courses in the world, can be optimized to run 10 times faster? Bjarne …
Monthly Archives: January 2011
FireWire port is a big security hole
Today, reading Larry Osterman’s blog, I learned something new. I always knew, that physical access to computer / server almost always means, that it may be compromised in one or another way, like Cryogenically frozen RAM bypasses all disk encryption methods. More here. One thing I didn’t know, is FireWire (IEEE 1394 interface) Security issues. …
No ODBC driver after installing Oracle 11g R2
Today, after installing Oracle Database 11g R2 Client there was no ODBC driver listed under Data Sources (ODBC) window. First I tried to change Setup type to Administrator, then Instant Client, etc… noting worked. Then I remembered my last issue with Same / different file problem on 64-bit / WoW64. As you remember, you cannot …
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