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Femur

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About Femur

Oracle DBA living and working in Houston, TX.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #28599648

    Hey Alex, Just wanted to drop in this thread and let you know I think you have an awesome product and I have been happily using speedify for almost a year now. I hope you keep up t…

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    Comment #23390765

    What amount of vitamin D is toxic?

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    Comment #20670735

    Have you tried increasing your wages?

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    Comment #16709961

    This is the fact that I always come back to when I assert that I think Adnan is actually guilty.

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    Comment #12209921

    I wonder is there a compelling reason that Postgres does not use 64-bit XIDs?

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    Comment #5507270

    Same for iPad.

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    Comment #5425011

    >Can you imagine living on $20K, $30K, $40K, a year? Yes, because I have done it every year for the past decade. Having lived in several large metropolitan areas, I don't consider …

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    Comment #2506209

    >>"The long term storage of significant amounts of antihydrogen should soon settle the question of whether antimatter falls up or down." Would this mean that if I am "holding onto"…

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    Comment #2289612

    It wasn't until the end of 'Blue Mars' that Sax Russell and his team at Da Vinci were able to create a memory enhancing drug.

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    Comment #2198372

    >In the current economic climate, it is pretty much a waste "investing" in anything until you have, say, an 8-figure sum in cash laying around doing nothing. Why do you say that? I…

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    Comment #2197752

    >I'd head over to the Bogleheads forum and spend a week or two reading. The bogleheads forum is a fantastic resource with many published authors and other smart folks. I have been …

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    Comment #2197735

    Given the abundance of academic research on the subject of the efficient-market hypothesis, I think it is futile and foolish to try to "beat the market" by trying to pick individua…

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    Comment #2139325

    It is a proper sail propelled by light pressure instead of wind. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Solar_sail

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    Comment #2015276

    The new version was not properly linked from the blog post. I had to grab it from the forum.

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    Comment #1713749

    The scrolling feedback button on your About page is very annoying. Here is a screenshot to show you what I mean: http://i.imgur.com/zUHud.jpg

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    Comment #1623925

    Fascinating. I imagine you are ludicrously rich via these obvious and well-publicized methods? How long did it take you to learn and implement these tactics? I would also love to s…

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    Comment #1552816

    I also am a follower of Dr. Davis' very interesting blog.

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    Comment #1552667

    I would note that the NPR interview referenced and linked within this article is very interesting and informative; I recommend giving it a listen.

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    Comment #1367545

    Boy, did that surprise the heck out of me. I never worry about keeping my speakers turned up when going to google.com

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    Comment #1221214

    That is not necessarily true. The 'last ditch' operation oracle will perform before a full-table scan is an index range-scan (very IO intensive compared with common index use). The…

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    Comment #1221202

    Excellent demonstration of Oracle's inner workings! The modern Oracle uses a Cost-Based approach wherein the query optimizer will attempt to perform the lowest-cost opration to sat…

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    Comment #1201433

    I create adventure. I leave slain dragons in my wake. I build monuments, plant flags, discover wonders, and lead armies. I sing duets, dance tangos, and play concertos. I cook banq…

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    Comment #1169851

    In addition to ETFs, I would also like to be able to add mutual funds. Specifically, those offered by Vanguard.