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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Jan 11, 2013 - 10:23pm PT
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didn't they also tell us to stalk up on duct tape and water for y2k?
edit: i typed 'stalk'... leaving it!
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 11, 2013 - 10:27pm PT
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the present generation under the age 25 is holy and wise
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Jan 12, 2013 - 01:57am PT
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THEY CAN HAVE MY COFFEE WHEN THEY PRY IT FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 12, 2013 - 02:24am PT
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Brazil nuts, commonly referred to as nigger toes, walked out of talks today with Djakarta's top coffee experts and exporters in a protest against renaming the popular beverage.
Many coffee drinkers call their cup of joe "Java." There is a movement afoot to get as many people as possible to call the drink not "Java" but "Brazil," since it is a staple of the Brazilian economy, even moreso than that of Indonesia, or Malaysia, or whatever they call the place.
Brazil nuts have often sided with non-coffee interests in the past, and they are referred to in the coffee trade as Joe Toes or Ho Joes, thought to be a double entendre aimed at the popular chain restaurant, Howard Johnson's, which serves Brazilians as well as Indonesians. It's law.
My brain is sore now. Can I go to bed? I don't want to have to explain that again.
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froodish
Social climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jan 12, 2013 - 03:08pm PT
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Almost all of the recent bad browser exploits have used either Flash, Java or PDF. Disabling all those in your browser is prudent IMO.
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TwistedCrank
climber
Dingleberry Gulch, Ideeho
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Jan 12, 2013 - 03:56pm PT
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Let's hope this sounds the death knell for Oracle. That would be funny as all get out.
OK Wishful thinking, but whatever.
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Jan 12, 2013 - 04:19pm PT
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I dont drink coffee, so, no.
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 12, 2013 - 04:47pm PT
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^Yeah I don't think Oracle will die soon
Oracle continues to be steady in terms of selling new database and middleware licenses and cloud-service subscriptions, which rose 5 percent over 2011. Conversely, Oracle is still struggling in its hardware division, which makes servers, storage, switches, and other items. Total hardware revenue dipped 19 percent from a year ago.
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Oracle-Profits-Up-But-Revenues-Slip-128028/
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 12, 2013 - 05:00pm PT
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Let me get this straight, the person who checks my bung hole at the airport
is also telling me what's gud for my 'puter? Damn! The guvmint is really
getting cost effective!
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jstan
climber
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Jan 12, 2013 - 05:13pm PT
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My browser is too old to allow me to access the government link above. I would disable Java if I
could find the application allowing it. I have started to encounter more Java script icons on my
desktop and the computer's performance has gotten more and more unreliable. It could be caused
by changes in software generation being used out there, or it could be a symptom of something else.
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froodish
Social climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jan 12, 2013 - 09:44pm PT
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John,
Java != JavaScript
Despite the similar names they are not related. Java in the browser is implemented as a plugin and I doubt you'll miss it if you disable it.
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ec
climber
ca
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Jan 13, 2013 - 12:24am PT
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Say, "NO!" to Decaf!!
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froodish
Social climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jan 13, 2013 - 01:04am PT
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This kind of sh1t is highlarious.
Disable ur computer! Only way you're gonna be "safe".
Well, I for one in computing (and climbing) usually pay attention to the odds. Given that almost all the recent browser exploits have been due to shoddy programming in the Flash, Java and PDF browser plugins (and there's one about every month), I choose to disable those. Not sure why that's "highlarious", seems like the smart thing to do IMO.
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TwistedCrank
climber
Dingleberry Gulch, Ideeho
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Jan 13, 2013 - 10:35am PT
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Java programmers make big bucks. Especially if its bolted to Oracle.
Somebody's making out, and its not the consumer.
I was at Hidden Valley and Larry Ellison was there, and he got all bitchy when I urinated on his campfire. I told him to take a chill pill.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 14, 2013 - 11:06am PT
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I would like some straight up honest advice from a non-paranoid. Is there
really anything to this? I have to have Java on my machine so the wife can
access her work system from home, otherwise she never comes home. I thought
I saw on WindowsBBS that Oracle had fixed it.
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