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Meanwhile, Emma and the gang try to make a hole into the ice wall, because they believe that the curse will not affect them if they leave Storybrooke. However, they fail, but Elsa finds Anna's necklace inside a crack in the ground and she can now try to find her sister with the locator spell, since she now has something that belonged to Anna. So, Elsa and Emma visit Belle, who tell them that she can make the counterspell with a strand of Anna's hair, because Ingrid already used the Shattered Sight curse on her once before.
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#19073 closed Bug (worksforme)
strange behaviour of select_related
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Sometimes Django uses inner join instead of left outer join in queries with select_related. This breaks queries with nullable OneToOne fields.
Here's the example
class A(models.Model): pass class B(models.Model): pass class C(models.Model): b = models.OneToOneField(B) a = models.ForeignKey(A) class D(models.Model): b = models.OneToOneField(B, null=True)
D.objects.all() [<D: D object>, <D: D object>, <D: D object>] #ok >>> D.objects.select_related('b').all() [<D: D object>, <D: D object>, <D: D object>] #ok >>> D.objects.select_related('b', 'b__c').all() [<D: D object>, <D: D object>, <D: D object>] #ok >>> D.objects.select_related('b', 'b__c__a').all() [] #WRONG! empty result >>> print D.objects.select_related('b', 'b__c__a').all().query SELECT "app1_d"."id", "app1_d"."b_id", "app1_b"."id", "app1_c"."id", "app1_c"."b_id", "app1_c"."a_id", "app1_a"."id" FROM "app1_d" LEFT OUTER JOIN "app1_b" ON ("app1_d"."b_id" = "app1_b"."id") LEFT OUTER JOIN "app1_c" ON ("app1_b"."id" = "app1_c"."b_id") INNER JOIN "app1_a" ON ("app1_c"."a_id" = "app1_a"."id")
INNER JOIN "app1_a" should be LEFT OUTER JOIN "app1_a" imo
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comment:1 Changed 6 years ago by
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Here's the result I get on master with the models described above:
>>> from test19073.models import * >>> D.objects.create() <D: D object> >>> D.objects.all() [<D: D object>] >>> D.objects.select_related('b').all() [<D: D object>] >>> D.objects.select_related('b', 'b__c').all() [<D: D object>] >>> D.objects.select_related('b', 'b__c__a').all() [<D: D object>] >>> D.objects.select_related('b', 'b__c__b').all() [<D: D object>]
This bug may have been fixed after 1.4, or your report may be incomplete.
Please reopen if you can reproduce the bug on master.
comment:2 Changed 6 years ago by
|closed → new
|strange behaviuor of select_related → strange behaviour of select_related
With the model defined above, the following test fails (django 1.4):
def test_bug19073_ABCD(self): nb_of_objects = 10 {D.objects.create() for _i in xrange(nb_of_objects)} self.assertEqual(len(D.objects.all()), nb_of_objects) # ok self.assertEqual(len(D.objects.select_related('b').all()), nb_of_objects) # ok self.assertEqual(len(D.objects.select_related('b__c').all()), nb_of_objects) # ok self.assertEqual(len(D.objects.select_related('b__c__a').all()), nb_of_objects) # nok self.assertEqual(len(D.objects.select_related('b__c__b').all()), nb_of_objects) # nok
A similar problem is with the following model (OneToOneField 'hidden' in the inheritance):
class R(models.Model): pass class P(models.Model): pass class Q(P): r = models.ForeignKey(R) pass class O(models.Model): p = models.ForeignKey(P, null=True)
and with the following test:
def test_bug19073_OPQR(self): nb_of_objects = 10 {O.objects.create() for _i in xrange(nb_of_objects)} self.assertEqual(len(O.objects.all()), nb_of_objects) # ok self.assertEqual(len(O.objects.select_related('p').all()), nb_of_objects) # ok self.assertEqual(len(O.objects.select_related('p__q').all()), nb_of_objects) # ok self.assertEqual(len(O.objects.select_related('p__q__r').all()), nb_of_objects) # nok
In every "nok" cases, there is a INNER JOIN in the underlying query that messes things up.
Strangely enough, note that the following "simpler" model J->K->L->M (no inheritance as opposed to O->P=>Q->R and without going reverse C->B as in D->B, C->{B,A} above), works:
class M(models.Model): #rush pass class L(models.Model): #captured_snapshot m = models.ForeignKey(M) pass class K(models.Model): #snapshot l = models.OneToOneField(L) pass class J(models.Model): #talk k = models.OneToOneField(K, null=True)
Tests are all ok here:
def test_bug19073_JKLM(self): nb_of_objects = 10 {J.objects.create() for _i in xrange(nb_of_objects)} self.assertEqual(len(J.objects.all()), nb_of_objects) # ok self.assertEqual(len(J.objects.select_related('k').all()), nb_of_objects) # ok self.assertEqual(len(J.objects.select_related('k__l').all()), nb_of_objects) # ok self.assertEqual(len(J.objects.select_related('k__l__m').all()), nb_of_objects) # ok <- strange!
comment:3 Changed 6 years ago by
Could this be a regression of #7369? It seems related...
comment:4 Changed 6 years ago by
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|new → closed
We are not going to fix this in 1.4. Our backporting policy is such that only critical bug fixes are applied to released versions.
aaugustin tried to reproduce this on master and the queries worked. There have been some improvements in select_related for 1.5. So, it is likely that this has been fixed in 1.5.
Re-closing as worksforme.
EDIT: As a workaround you can add a filter like
Q(b__c__a__isnull=True)|Q(b__c__a__isnull=False) to the query. The filter doesn't actually filter anything out but it forces a LEFT join for the problematic join.


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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron has delivered closing remarks at the Conservative party's annual conference in an effort to drum up support amid eroding public confidence. The party is trailing behind the Labor opposition in opinion polls as it takes fire for sweeping spending cuts. David Cameron has had to avoid even using the word "austerity" which he helped popularize after coming to power. Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence party, says that Tory policies are not bringing any meaningful change to the country's economy.
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text: This week, on "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," the ladies of Atlanta got together for part one of a three-part reunion special and it proved to be one of the most exciting nights in "Housewives" history. The ladies tackled a number of dramas including Chateau Sheree, Kandi's sex toy line, NeNe's "rich b—ch" claim and more. Read about all of the juiciest moments below. –nicholas robinson


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Nice Hiroshi Ono Small Appliances For Guzzini
It's always nice to have a touch of color in the kitchen, especially if the rest of it is mostly monotone. Either way, we really like these neat looking small kitchen appliances by Hiroshi Ono. It will certainly set your kitchen apart from the usual brushed aluminum look.
These cute little appliances make some people smile. They are very visible, in their bright colors especially. Hiroshi Ono calls his design site Happy Design. His designs have smooth shapes, that almost have no edges. Needless to say that they stand out, no matter where they are put.
From the espresso machine to the electronic toaster, Ono's designs stand out. They are a mix of different influences that work well. These small kitchen appliances were designed for the Italian company Fratelli Guzzini, who's well known for their dishes and cutlery.
While some appliances, like the electronic toaster, have been on the market for a while, some of the others were just announced by Guzzini. You'll have to scour the web in order to find a place that has them, unless you're traveling to Europe and come across a Guzzini store. As they are Italian designer wares, they don't come cheap. The electronic toaster sells for approximately $185 in the UK.
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Yes a Family Guy and the Simpsons crossover IS HAPPENING. Not a joke. Not a lie. Next fall, in an episode of Family Guy, the Griffins will go to Springfield and meet the Simpsons (all the voice actors from the show will reprise their roles). TvLine has the exclusive, which also details the plot for the episode:
It doesn't matter in the least to Homer that Peter is (in his jaundiced eyes) albino — in no time, the plus-sized pals are drinking brews and debating whether Duff or Pawtucket is the better beer. Meanwhile, Stewie is charmed by Bart's old-school mischief; Lisa makes it her mission to find Meg's talent (good luck with that!); and Marge and Lois become bosom buddies.
This isn't the first time the two shows have crossed over, loosely speaking. Both have taken shots at the other over the years, with the most overzealous joke being this one. However, last year, a "nicer" joke occured during an episode of Family Guy involving Peter and Homer and the former beating the latter to a plot.


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The Yakima Reds (3-3), holding down fourth place in the Western Division of the USISL's Pro League, come into town after knocking off the division's first-place team, the Everett (Wash.) Bigfoot, last weekend.
The teams will play tomorrow at Aloha Stadium and on Kauai Sunday. No site or time for the Kauai game has been announced.
"If we can take two this weekend we'll move into fourth, and that's where we need to be to make the division playoffs," said Tsunami head coach Andrew Rowley.
The Tsunami are 2-3 in league play (2-4 if you count an exhibition loss last week).
They beat Yakima, 3-0, last year on the road. But the Tsunami lost six of their best players to Major League Soccer, including one of the USISL's top goalkeepers, Mark Dougherty.
Goal is an area that has been of grave concern this season to Rowley. In six games, Sander van Stiphout of the Netherlands has given up eight goals and newcomer Antone Gutierrez has yielded four.
But Rowley said he hopes to get an emotional boost between the pipes when his team takes the field at Aloha Stadium at 7:30 p.m. That's because Gutierrez will be facing his former teammates.
"I hope that he'll be pumped," said Rowley. "They (Yakima) might come in overconfident."
"It will be just fun to see him and play against him," said Yakima head coach Bryan McGinnis. "He may try to prove a point. I remember him as a goalkeeper who is strong on the ground, with fast reflexes."
Gutierrez played six games last year for Yakima and won two.
Hawaii is about to activate its newest acquisition in goal, 34-
year-old Chris Carniato, who has experience playing in second division Dutch soccer.
He'll be needed, because van Stiphout was involved in a bloody practice collision at the stadium yesterday with midfielder Cris Fisher. Fisher was going full-speed, one-on-one with Stiphout, and caught him in the head with a knee that sent the Dutchman crashing face-first to the turf.
He said van Stiphout suffered a concussion and needed a number of stitches in his head.
The Yakima striker that Gutierrez will be most concerned about is Eric Hildebrand, who has four goals. Hildebrand is a former Central University (Wash.) Division II All-American.
Rowley also will be looking for more offense this weekend. The Tsunami have scored only seven goals this season, and Pearl City's Jerry Proctor has three to lead the team.
"We'll be looking to Proctor, who plays real well on artificial turf," said Rowley. "He loves the crowd and he's fast."
But Rowley said Hawaii needs more than offense to get on track this year.
"We just have to play better defense, and look for opportunities when they're on," he said.
Hawaii hopes to get some additional firepower from newly signed central midfielder Manny Catano. The 22-year-old Catano originally was signed by Columbus of MLS, but was put on waivers when he got hurt.
Kurt Funkhouser, Hawaii's most consistent midfielder, is out with a back problem. Newly acquired striker Keith West, a former Cal State-Northridge standout, has a pulled groin muscle. Attacking midfielder Ramon Raya (Mexico) is out with a pulled quad muscle.
McGinnis said he has watched tape on the Tsunami and is not sure how much of a challenge they present this year. "To be honest, they're not as strong as they were last year," he said.
Admission for tomorrow's 7:30 p.m. game at the stadium is $5 for adults, $3 for children under 16. Children under 4 get in free.


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So you're interested in how to get into the games industry are you? You should probably listen to these guys then. We asked ten of the top devs for their advice on breaking into development and this is what they told us.
this interesting and helpful article has no place on N4G! Lets get back to bashing COD, 360, wii, and world of warcraft!
Tip from personal experience, be a programmer or character modeler. Development companies are always looking for programmers and skilled modelers.
Do have to be able to code to work in game design?
I'm very artistic and good at drawing (not to kiss my own ass:P) but coding makes me want to shoot myself out of boredom and confusion!


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The Internet brings lots of helpful information at our fingertips. Unfortunately, not all of it is accurate. And it is difficult to know what is reliable information and what isn't.
Case in point, is the fair market value of real estate. A lot of what Realtors do is recommend prices for property, both to buyers and sellers. These profession opinions are based on going in and out of a lot of property and knowing what factors such as location, features and condition will play on market value.
You can also find suggested prices for property on the Internet, sometimes referred to as a zestiment. Watch out for these estimates, whether you are buying or selling real estate. These prices are determined strictly by manipulating data. No one visits the property or drives by.
Last year, I sold a home in Avon, NY for $129,900. This was after it was on the market for many months, with a lot of advertising, six open houses and probably 30 showings. While it was a very nice house with a great open floor plan, the house needed some updating and sprucing up. With the amount of exposure and the number of people that looked at it, there is no doubt in my mind that the market value for this home is $129,900.
Want to know what the zestimate is? $147,500!!! Don't believe me? Follow this link: See home details page The site even acknowledges that the house recently sold for $129,900 but they still estimate its value at $147,500.


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Erm... no. I'm not arguing that all software must be licensed under the compiler's license. That's goofy. I'm just pointing out what the GPL says. The GPL requires derived works to be put under the GPL; the Visual Studio EULA does not require derived works to be put under the EULA. Many (most?) Microsoft EULAs go out of their way to define works made using those products to be the property (and thus, the responsibility) of the creator.
That's goofy.
Well, at least we agree on one point.
The GPL requires derived works to be put under the GPL
Yes, but what in the world makes you think that compiling an unrelated program in a compiler makes it "derived" from that compiler? It's generated, not derived. To derive from that compiler, you'd need to take code, or at least algorithms or ideas from it, and at that point it doesn't matter where you compile it, it would still be a derived work.
the Visual Studio EULA does not require derived works to be put under the EULA
I have to admit, I've never read the VS EULA. Still, I'm quite certain they don't allow you to create a derived work from it - you can't copy the VS installation CD and add a couple features to it, then resell. Obviously, though, they let you do whatever you want with programs you create yourself. Just like every other compiler...
Do you understand what a compiler does? It's basically a translator. If I wrote a speech in German, then had some program translate it into Russian, the speech still belongs to me and I can do whatever I want to with it. Just because the translator was GPL software doesn't mean my speech somehow gets infected and I then have to release it under the GPL as well. If I create a picture in GIMP, or a document in OOo, or a webpage in Firefox I don't have any obligation to release those under a certain license either.
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Wow! I cannot believe it has been 3 months since my last post! Time flies when you're transitioning to a brand new country, language, and culture. A lot has happened since October. The Cubs won the World Series! Boy, was that a crazy time. We got a puppy! "Rizzo" fits our family just perfectly and is quickly becoming the second best dog ever (Rocky will always be the BEST of course). We finished our time at language school and moved to El Ayudante over Thanksgiving weekend!
Every year El Ayudante hosts a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner for all of its Honduran and North American staff. I'm not going to lie, we were a little worried about the food. I've always hosted Thanksgiving for both sides of our family so this was going to be different. Most Hondurans don't even eat turkey! Would we have all the flavors and comfort we were hoping for? Well let me tell you, we were NOT disappointed! The food was delicious and the fellowship was very special. We started our time in worship, both in English and Spanish, ate some yummy food, and then each of us shared what we were thankful for (in Spanish!)
The moving process was a lot of work but pretty entertaining. How did we have so much STUFF? The very last load from Siguatepeque looked a little bit like National Lampoon's Vacation, but everything made it here in one piece. We made quick work of unpacking and then our dear friend Kelly came down to help us paint and finish settling in.
During the middle of December I had the privilege of taking a kid-free getaway to celebrate my mama's retirement! My sister and I had planned a surprise trip for her to Belize so I met them and my Dad in the Belize City airport. From there we took a plane to Dangriga and a shuttle to Hopkins. The resort was so nice and located right on the beach. Us girls went snorkeling, my dad went fishing, and we all went to explore some Mayan ruins. I think we all really enjoyed spending some quality time together – just the four of us. I hope my mom enjoyed the time away as she faces this new transition period in her life. I don't know that she is "done" working, but I know she will miss her Kaiser family very much. From there we said, "Nos vemos," because my parents are visiting in February and Amanda is coming in March!
As I returned from Belize it was time to hit the ground running to prepare for Christmas and VISITORS! Shane's parents arrived on December 18th and his aunt and brother arrived on Christmas Eve. It was such a fun, busy time. I think it was almost as good as being home for Christmas. I felt completely unprepared as far as shopping goes, but God is good and come Christmas day everyone had lots of fun presents to open and I think we all felt very loved. I also cooked a turkey dinner and we had the Mohagens over to join us. One benefit to not being home for Christmas was the ability to take a trip north to the beach. We all spent a few days there after Christmas just playing, relaxing and enjoying the view.
Shane's parents and brother left on the 30th and Aunt Suzy left on January 6th. And then what? Well, to be honest we went through a little bit of the post-holiday-transitioning-to-a-new-place blues. We got really homesick for the first time since we left. Fortunately we know that it's "normal," but that doesn't make it any less hard. The adrenaline has worn off, the new and exciting has lessened, the family has gone, and now begins the real work of starting our jobs here and building a new life. We are still learning the language. Funny as it seems, three months of language school doesn't mean you're automatically a fluent speaker. So we have a teacher coming to our house four hours a day to help us push forward. Language is just so, so important here. You're never going to build deep relationships unless you can speak and understand with confidence.
Speaking of relationships, we had a wedding here last week! The first team of the year helped us to make 2 couple's dreams come true last Friday. It was so neat for Shane and I because we actually had the privilege of being here last year for EA's first ever wedding and now we were able to attend the second. The team and all of the staff did an amazing job preparing everything for the big day. Even the kids LOVED serving food and drinks during the reception. Pictures just do not do justice to how beautiful and special it was. It was a great reminder of why we're here and that God has indeed called us to be here for such a time as this.
We also had some supporters of ours and the Mohagens here for the last two weeks. Janice is a dental hygienist and Paul is a realtor. We had gotten to know them because Paul and his daughter were our realtors for our last two home purchases, but they have known EA and the Mohagens for a long time. They've always wanted to come serve and finally had the opportunity. It was so nice having them! Janice served in the clinic most mornings and in the office some afternoons. Paul didn't know how he would serve but simply that he would help wherever needed. Well, when he saw that our new learning center was ready for paint he took that on as his baby. He nearly painted the whole thing himself. He also did some painting at the mission house. Someone who loves painting – what a blessing!
And now we are back to regular life for a while until the next team comes or my family comes to visit. There's lots of planning and preparation going on for the new year of ministry here at El Ayudante. Our focus for 2017 is education. "Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name." Psalms 86:11. That is our focus for this year, that every aspect of ministry would grow from an educational standpoint, both practically and spiritually. We look forward to all that God will show us in 2017!
Thank you so much for loving us, praying for us, encouraging us, and following along!
~ Jess


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September 2002, Volume 6, Number 1
The NDB Project has redesigned the NDB Web site and has made it available for beta testing by our user community. This beta site will be used to present new developments for feedback before they are integrated into the current NDB site. The beta NDB Web site (http://beta-ndb.rutgers.edu/) will be linked to from the current NDB home page.
Redesigned Look and Layout
The new NDB site graphics and layout have been created to enhance navigation through the site. There are eight main sections Atlas, Deposit, Download, Search, Reports, Education, Standards, and Links available from the navigation link at the top of most NDB pages. A site index shows the entire NDB site at a glance.
New Atlas
Nucleic acid-containing structures determined by NMR are now included in the new database and in the Atlas Section of the beta NDB site.
The new Search page available on the beta NDB site is an extended version of the Quick Search page on the current NDB site. The new search allows queries of X-ray structures, NMR structures, or
both. Query fields are divided into categories: General Information,
Experimental Type, Sequence, Biomolecule, Nucleic Acid Modifications,
and Structural Features. The Search page is being updated on a regular
basis and new query fields will be activated once they have been tested.
We look forward to all comments on the new NDB site at http://beta-ndb.rutgers.edu/ please send them to firstname.lastname@example.com.
The NDB is particularly excited about the new Atlas available from the beta site. This Atlas was generated due to the extraordinary efforts of the students participating in the NDB Summer 2002 Internship Program: Goran Aleksic (Rutgers College, 2004), Joanna de la Cruz (Rutgers College, 2003), Gregory Donahue (Rutgers College, 2003), Dipannita Kalyani (Bryn Mawr College, 2003), Dan Kulp (Rutgers University College, 2004), and Hari Narayan (Rutgers College, 2004).
An article describing the NDB has been published in a special issue of Acta Crystallographica B/D:
The NDB presented a poster "Nucleic
Acid Database: New Features" that described the new features
of the NDB at the XIX Congress and General Assembly of the
International Union of Crystallography in Geneva, Switzerland
(August 6-15, 2002). Thanks to everyone who stopped by.
Helen M. Berman, Zukang Feng, Lisa Iype, Xiang-Jun Lu, Wilma K. Olson,
Bohdan Schneider, John Westbrook, Huanwang Yang and Christine Zardecki


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Industry and Agencies Join Forces to Improve Water Qualityby Harvey I. Mack, U.S. Dep of Agriculture, Washington, United States,
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text: Hi Oded! Trimming your message. On Sunday 18 Oct 2009 08:51:23 Ohad Lutzky wrote: > In the case that this is only a 20 minute lecture, I wholeheartedly agree. > I do think that git should be mentioned, in a one-liner, as "a more > advanced tool that also allows you to work offline". > Naturally, you should mention it for completeness sake. You should also mention bzr and Mercurial and/or refer people to http://better-scm.berlios.de/ or something similar [better-scm] for further reading, a comparison and discussion. Here is what I think of the various prominent FOSS VCSes : * Subversion (svn) - naturally, I may be biased towards it because I'm still using it for a lot (probably most) stuff, and have also contributed to it, a long time before git or hg existed (or even Bazaar and Bazaar NG which is now bzr), when its main competitors were Arch/larch/tla and Aegis and later darcs. See also: http://onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/01/29/scm_overview.html ( Monotone is still around and served as the main inspiration for git, but from my impression very few people use it. ) Subversion is very polished - it compiles and runs well on most (all?) modern UNIXes and many old ones, works very well on MS Windows (as a client and as a server), has an intuitive syntax and command output and mostly works as expected. Branching and merging there is much nicer than with CVS, at least in my opinion, though branches and tags are just free form directory copies - not "real" repository-wide tags and branches which git and hg support. I can probably rant a lot about the unjustifiably poor perception of Subversion in the blogosphere that I read, where people often do a apples-to- oranges comparison of it to something else. I have learnt git and hg and am still more than willing to use Subversion for some stuff due to its usability, portability and software engineering (having APIs, etc.) advantages, which I have called its "polish". In any case, as Ben Collins-Sussman notes, while Subversion has proven popular in the open-source world to a large extent (though lately there was a trend to use VCSes such as hg, bzr, git, etc. instead), it has been extremely popular among the "80%" of software developers: various developers who are not working on shrinkwrap software (or alternatively shrinkwrap software that is niche but still profitable enough to make a living out of), and that are using it as a high-quality, cheap (gratis in fact) and open-source alternative to Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, CVS, Perforce, ClearCase, etc.: http://blog.red-bean.com/sussman/?p=79 I know at least two people in Israel who give Subversion consulting, and often it just means they get a monthly or yearly consulting fee to agree to support Subversion in case there's a problem with it, which usually does not happen because it works very well, but is needed to settle the pointy-haired bosses (PHBs) who need commercial support. This is still probably cheaper for them than paying for a ClearCase licence, and naturally Visual SourceSafe, despite an innocent and easy appearance, is much more hazardous and time consuming in the long run (and obviously is not portable at all). OK. enough about svn. * bzr - my main problem with it is that it is painfully slow. Many local bzr operations are slower than even the equivalent svn operations which finish pretty quickly here. While it may be another SNAFU on my relatively-old-and- constantly-updated Mandriva Cooker system, which works pretty well and is fast, but sometimes acquires some weird problems, http://dazjorz.com/ have said that a local filesystem bzr was slower for him than svn in conjuction with Sourceforge, and he is using Debian I think. Part of the problem seems to be that bzr is written in pure-Python, while hg which is also mostly Pythonic has parts written in ANSI C for speed. In any case, this horrible performance makes bzr a non-starter for me. As patient as I can become, it is still too slow to be effective. Now the GNU project wants to convert the Emacs CVS repository (with a large codebase and years upon years of history) to bzr (which is not in the process of becoming a GNU project - possibly a typical GNU NIH), so hopefully this will motivate some work on optimising bzr and making it scale better. * git - I've been using git in conjunction with github for a long time now. github is a very nice service (though I'm skeptical about its profitability), but git still leaves a lot to be desired. I still could not fully get to the bottom of the program model of git, and a lot of git usability and tricks stuff has been the topic of a lot of blog posts lately. I don't recall so many blog posts about Subversion when it started to become popular. There are several possible explanations for this, but I tend to think part of the problem is that git has a more complex and counter-intuitive architecture[intuitive] and provides more fodder for blogging than svn which is easy, simple and easy-to-understand. git often throws me off and gives me a weird error which I cannot tell how to avoid or workaround . The Freenode #git people tend to be very helpful about that (they never tell me to "RTFM" - :-)), but I still find it frustrating that I cannot figure out something so mundane on my own. ("Why does git do it to me?"). git also lacks a good API that svn, bzr and hg have, and seems to be a mish- mash of stand alone programs (with a monlithic library - ?) - some of which are written in shell or Bash - that emit inconsistent output, which is mostly human readable (though is often too verbose, IMO), but I'm not sure if it's as easy to parse as that of the Subversion svn client, to say nothing of using the svn ANSI C APIs or Perl/Python/Ruby/Java/etc. bindings. Another aspect I dislike about git is not technical but social: its hype. git converts tend to be arrogant, snobbish, boastful (about git at least) and blog about it indefinitely to everyone's displeasure. It's possible that they are a minority, but they are a loud and vocal minority and I dislike it. I don't think believe in a conspiracy theory that there's a single corporate entity hyping git as was the case for Sun and Java at the time, but even grassroots hype tends to be a big red flag for me. Looking back, I can recall many technologies that were not hyped at all, whether by the community or by a company, and yet proved to be very popular: HTML, C, Perl, Unix. They tend to have gotten established by the time most people have heard about them. None of them are perfect, but many hackers are still fond of them. There were many fine technologies that were hyped or even still are, but I keep feeling that those who hype them tend to hide something, and are not completely honest about their limitations, which may often make them a non-starter even for hard-core hackers. I have learnt git and it's not too bad, though as Shachar indicated may be very dangerous and destructive for allowing you to lose history (at least from what I understand). However, I still find the hype suspicious and a vice to git. * Mercurial / hg - I've recently played with Mercurial, and even worked on a few projects using it. I found it easier to use than git, a bit less counter- intuitive than Subversion (there are usually useful workarounds) and pretty nifty overall. I did run into a case where it didn't do the right thing after having several clones of a remote repository which caused the Directed Acyclic Graph not to merge gracefully. It's reversible, I think, but still threw me off due to my expectations with the non-DAG-based Subversion. Nevertheless, hg seems to combine some of the best advantages of git and svn, while having relatively few disadvantages of its own. ---------------------------- There are many other FOSS players in the version control system, and naturally there are many low-quality and high-quality proprietary alternatives, but these seem to be the most popular 3rd generation version control systems (after RCS and CVS). Regards, Shlomi Fish Footnotes: ---------- [better-scm] Caveat: better-scm is a site I originated and still am the primary maintainer - there may be similar sites elsewhere, and naturally, one can contribute to it by sending me patches. [intuitive] You are probably familiar with the old quote on one of the Linux newsgroups that "The only intuitive interface is a nipple. Everything since then is learned." This quote, while amusing and while it has a grain of truth to it, is not true. First of all, intuition (as opposed to say "instinct" or "inborn tendency") is something that we acquire as we go along. Reportedly, the differences that were discovered in the brain's biology between males and females, may be in a large part due to different treatment and baby care from the parents and from other people. (On the other hand, according to Feeling Good, one's favourite flavour of Ice Cream is believed to be mostly influenced by genetics.) What I'm trying to say is that we come to use a certain program (or even a library or API) with certain kinds of previous expectations brought on by years of previous experience with the real world or with computers. Some programs are very easy to use straight away. Some require a substantial amount of training and research, even if you're a geek. I'm not claiming the latter approach is necessarily worse, but we all agree that building an intuitive interface that is easy to get accustomed to has its merits. I recall that back when I was looking for a better job as a programmer and went to visit my future boss who told me about the wonderful productivity of Perl and showed me a small program he was working on (without syntax highlighting, though), and despite the fact that I had already known C and BASIC, I could not make a lot of sense of it. Later on, after I studied Perl, I found it a joy to use and a good productivity boost, because it combined the advantages of both BASIC/QBasic/etc. and C (while still being somewhat slow and memory hungry, though, but this is usually not a large concern for me.). On the other hand, a Teluxer once told me that he did not understand what the Python-ILers have to discuss because Python was trivial. (He had done a lot of Perl). He told us that he once looked at a Python program and while knowing very little about Python, was able to hack on it right away. However, while I can be productive in Python, I still often miss many of Perl's advanced features, which are completely non-existent in Python due to design choices and "There's one good way of doing it"-ism. This is similar to the fact that I sometimes write funky code in Perl to work around the lack of Lisp's macros. So Python is more intuitive than Perl, but it comes at the cost of smaller expressiveness. (I don't want to start another Python vs. Perl holy war - let's not go there.). -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Optimising Code for Speed - http://shlom.in/optimise Chuck Norris read the entire English Wikipedia in 24 hours. Twice.


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The department of justice has struck again, this time imposing a $7 billion fine on Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) as a charge on the bank being found liable of misleading customers with its mortgage securities during the peak of the economic crisis. Despite receiving the huge fine from the Department of Justice, Citigroup which is one of the biggest banks in the World was still able to beat estimates with its second-quarter earnings, posting a profit of $1.24 per share for the quarter.
Despite the unending tussle with the Department of Justice over its mortgage practices, Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) was able to generate revenue of nearly $19.4 billion against estimates of $18.8 billion. Citigroup is not the only bank that has been under the scrutiny from regulators over illegal mortgage lending practices, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), Wells Fargo &Co (NYSE:WFC) and Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) have also found themselves in the same troubles.
FBR Capital Markets managing director, Paul Miller, has told Fox Business that despite the numerous challenges that Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) faced in the quarter, they put-out a decent number in terms of earnings. Focus now shifts to Bank of America, which, Miller believes, could experience a huge fine of up to $13 billion.
Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) soared on the announcement of the solid results that beat estimates with Mr. Miller saying the fine could be the bulk of it, seen by the fact that company stock soared on the announcement of the solid results. Citigroup is required to pay $4 billion of the $7 Billion fine in cash "It wasn't that much, just $7 billion it is really four and half billion in cash, so it gets a big chunk behind them" said Mr. Miller
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