Oracle's competition

I tried registering on IBM site to download and explore DB2 for Linux:

https://www.ibm.com/account/profile/us

Our apologies

We are sorry, we are unable to process your request at this time. Please
try again later.


After I entered my information for 4 times, I called the technical
support, entered it for 2 more times, lost my patience and decided that
IBM is obviously not too serious abut DB2 on Linux


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http://mgogala.byethost5.com

On Jul 31, 1:27*pm, Mladen Gogala <gogala.mla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I tried registering on IBM site to download and explore DB2 for Linux:
>
> https://www.ibm.com/account/profile/us
>
> Our apologies
>
> We are sorry, we are unable to process your request at this time. Please
> try again later.
>
> After I entered my information for 4 times, I called the technical
> support, entered it for 2 more times, lost my patience and decided that
> IBM is obviously not too serious abut DB2 on Linux
>
> --http://mgogala.byethost5.com

http://xkcd.com/644/

Hmm, you have problems accessing Oracle and IBM? Maybe the Giant
Robots From Japan have started the Robot Apocalypse.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/30/32...ch-robot-japan
http://what-if.xkcd.com/5/

jg
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@home.com is bogus.
Or maybe Oracle is just preparing everyone for a new hardware needed
mindset. http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterpri...zation-buy.php

gogala.mladen@gmail.com says...

> Nope. My browser cookie settings were too restrictive. I usually
forbid
> web sites to set cookies. I allowed IBM.COM to set cookies for the
> duration of session and all is well. I hate cookies procreating in my
> browser and am very paranoid about to whom do I allow to track my surfing
> habits.

And you'll find that if you keep your browser session running over an
extended period (sometimes it is days between my browser shutdowns) or
you've allowed IBM cookies to be beyond session-life, "old" IBM cookies
will often screw with your subsequent authentication attempts and you'll
need to manually remove them.

GM

On Jul 31, 9:52*pm, Mladen Gogala <gogala.mla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:22:13 -0700, joel garry wrote:
> > Hmm, you have problems accessing Oracle and IBM? *Maybe the Giant Robots
> > From Japan have started the Robot Apocalypse.
>
> Nope. My browser cookie settings were too restrictive. I usually forbid
> web sites to set cookies. I allowed IBM.COM to set cookies for the
> duration of session and all is well. I hate cookies procreating in my
> browser and am very paranoid about to whom do I allow to track my surfing
> habits.

Come to the dark side, all your cookies are belong to us.

jg
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@home.com is bogus.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/...-ied-software/

On 08/01/2012 05:43 PM, joel garry wrote:
> On Jul 31, 9:52 pm, Mladen Gogala <gogala.mla...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:22:13 -0700, joel garry wrote:
>>> Hmm, you have problems accessing Oracle and IBM? Maybe the Giant Robots
>>> From Japan have started the Robot Apocalypse.
>>
>> Nope. My browser cookie settings were too restrictive. I usually forbid
>> web sites to set cookies. I allowed IBM.COM to set cookies for the
>> duration of session and all is well. I hate cookies procreating in my
>> browser and am very paranoid about to whom do I allow to track my surfing
>> habits.
>
> Come to the dark side, all your cookies are belong to us.

Mmmmmh Cookies!!!!! Crunch, crunch...

robert

Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote in
news:a808ocFqfmU2@mid.individual.net:

> On 08/01/2012 05:43 PM, joel garry wrote:
>> On Jul 31, 9:52 pm, Mladen Gogala <gogala.mla...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:22:13 -0700, joel garry wrote:
>>>> Hmm, you have problems accessing Oracle and IBM? Maybe the Giant
>>>> Robots
>>>> From Japan have started the Robot Apocalypse.
>>>
>>> Nope. My browser cookie settings were too restrictive. I usually
>>> forbid web sites to set cookies. I allowed IBM.COM to set cookies
>>> for the duration of session and all is well. I hate cookies
>>> procreating in my browser and am very paranoid about to whom do I
>>> allow to track my surfing habits.
>>
>> Come to the dark side, all your cookies are belong to us.
>
> Mmmmmh Cookies!!!!! Crunch, crunch...
>
> robert
>

This may surprise you, but Cookie Monster and IBM go a loooong way back.
Have a look at this promotional video made by Jim Henson in 1967(!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJVU-7WinQc

As a matter of fact, the Wheel Stealer already appeared a year before
that in a test commercial (for General Foods Canada snack products
Wheels, Flutes and Crowns) that was never aired:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVbHJAnAPfY

Oh, and yes: you must have cookies enabled to watch these! :-)

--
Jeroen

On 08/03/2012 04:20 AM, TheBoss wrote:
> Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote in

>> Mmmmmh Cookies!!!!! Crunch, crunch...

> This may surprise you, but Cookie Monster and IBM go a loooong way back.
> Have a look at this promotional video made by Jim Henson in 1967(!):
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJVU-7WinQc
>
> As a matter of fact, the Wheel Stealer already appeared a year before
> that in a test commercial (for General Foods Canada snack products
> Wheels, Flutes and Crowns) that was never aired:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVbHJAnAPfY

Thank you for sharing these!

> Oh, and yes: you must have cookies enabled to watch these! :-)

Ooops, I watched them with cookies off. Am I doomed now?

robert