Damn you, Eric S Raymond!

Well, let me introduce you to Eric S Raymond, he is prominent speaker for Open Source Movement. His book, Cathedral and The Bazaar, is a must-read for Open Source enthusiast and hacker. His roles in Open Source movement are as historian and ambassador.

For me, his most engaging article he ever written is How To Become A Hacker. The term hacker in this case is closer to Linus Tovalds, rather than Kevin Mitnicks. Hacker in this case is problem solver. Able geniuses that trying the best to solve the hardest and most interesting problem in the world. People that collaborate, learning, and sharing knowledge to everyone that care. People with passion and excellence in everything they do.

And that comes the reason why I hate him. You know, for now, everything in my life is in steady, and very much stable. I make good money, not much, but enough. I am happy with my situation, solving business problem with software engineering, learning to understand business domain, learning new .NET technology. Handling some annoying user but still tolerable. In the end, I have a dream to dwell deeper in IT Management by taking Master Degree in that fields. All change when  I read his article “How to become a hacker”.

How to get date in T-SQL?

From Internet Forum when I browse about SQL:

Another interpretation of the question, “How to get a date in T-SQL?”:

Find out what your database’s interests are, and talk animatedly about them.

Use subtle flattery, “Wow, that’s a really nice stored procedure you got there.”

Don’t overemphasize or show too much interest in physical hardware and specs, most databases consider that shallow and sexist.

Remember that each database is unique, what works well for one may be a total disaster for another.

Always listen. CPU utilization might only be 7%, but that might be a problem for some databases. Be empathetic.

Don’t assume that because everything goes well at first that you’ll be granted full permissions to every part of the database. Work your way up to it, and enjoy the journey. Your database will appreciate the attention.

…and always remember, GetDate() will get you a date, but it may not turn out exactly the way you want it.

SELECT ThePerfectWoman
FROM AllTheWomenInTheWorld
WHERE HerInterests Like Mine
AND CurrentMate Is Null
AND CurrentlyLives IN (‘Jakarta’, ‘Surabaya’)
GROUP BY CASE WHEN AsManyAsWillHaveMe>AsManyAsMyStaminaWillAllow
THEN AsManyAsWillHaveMe ELSE AsManyAsMyStaminaWillAllow * 2 END
HAVING Max(Libido)>=Mine

Pelajaran dari program Buy America

Jika kita bicara soal negara maju superpower, maka kita akan teringat satu nama, Amerika Serikat. Baru-baru ini pemerintahan Obama meluncurkan program Buy America, sebuah program yang dirancang untuk merangsang perekonomian AS menjadi lebih sehat, dengan memaksa warga AS, dan perusahaan di AS membeli barang2 dari AS sendiri, dan harus 100% AS.

Okay, sure things. Ini akan membuat ekonomi AS maju kan? Ini bisa menciptakan lapangan kerja, dan mendorong ekonomi AS pulih dari krisis dengan cepat?

PLN: listrik untuk kehidupan yang lebih baik?

Ada 3 hal yang mengilhami tulisan ini:

1. Tiba-tiba ada undangan grup FB: sejuta facebookers prihatin PLN (or something)

2. Tulisan manusia super tentang PLN.

3. Jakarta yang ada pemadaman bergilir.

Pertanyaan sederhana: trus PLN itu bisa apa?

Berbagai argumen terlontar agar PLN melakukan pekerjaannya lebih baik lagi. Ada yang bilang “PLN itu monopoli, seharusnya untungnya banyak, dong”, “PLN itu perusahaan negara, harusnya melayani rakyat, dong”, dll.

Kenapa kok bisa begitu? Kenapa kinerja PLN begitu buruknya?

Menkominfo malu, saya juga malu pak!

Berita dari Detik mengabarkan bahwa Menkominfo kita yang baru malu karena Indonesia terkenal karena memuncaki akses pornografi di Internet. Detik mengutip:

“Saya malu mendengar Indonesia karena terkenal dalam mengakses pornografi,” sesalnya di hadapan para audiens.

Saya sepakat pak Menteri! Kali ini saya sepakat dengan anda.