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  1. BP and ConocoPhillips are two examples of majors using Linux clusters for seismic data processing and reservoir simulation.......many of the major geophysical data processing centres (Fugro, CGG) have already moved this way also. The company I work with, Apache, is also currently evaluating Linux with a view to phasing out Solaris in the near-term.

    Perhaps this isnt the direction industry is taking for Oracle/SAP, but in the geoscience and reservoir engineering sphere, where volumes of data and requirements for processing power are orders of magnitude greater, Linux-based systems are steadily taking over.

    Got to agree with this, I work for a company that provides seismic data processing/imaging, petrophysics ect. software (probably the company that provides the sw that Hugh Jazz is talking about, think BP are using our stuff at the moment) and we are moving to drop Solaris support soon as the major oil companies are moving away from Solaris to linux/windows.

  2. ... and no, a greengrocers is not the answer i am looking for.

    i want to look decidely more pirate in my appearance, and wondered where you can buy bandana type things in aberdeen? a black one would be ace.

    also, eye patches, broadswords, faux parrots, hooks, peg legs?

    If you are looking to do this on the cheap I believe ARI supply eye patches, hooks and peg legs upon display of an appropriate injury. I suggest a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, followed by juggling/playing keepie up with a chainsaw.

    Hope this is of help.

  3. Absolutely rank. Pushes the depictions of gore well beyond the previous two, and is cleverly written. Usually films like this are crap and have no real plot or anything but the clever ending's pretty awesome.

    8/10

    Nothing to do with the film, but has the phrase "Absolutely rank" changed meaning? It certainly used to mean crap when I was a lad.

  4. The Evening Express last month ran a feature on the newest fashion craze for this summer' date=' Manbags, and went as far as putting one on one of their plebs and going round building sites asking brickies what they thought of it. Apparently the high street stores will all be selling them this year.

    A bit like they all were last summer when I first bought one. And probably the summer before that as well. Good old E.E.[/quote']

    Well good on you for admitting to owning a manbag. I myself could never own one for fear of sounding like john inman if I ever misplaced it and had to say "now where did I leave my manbag?"

    By the way I'm not trying to imply that manbags are gay, I'm sure you look very masculine walking down the street with your manbag 8)

  5. well i enjoyed it! i haven't read the book' date=' but when it's coming out at the cinema, why bother :D 2 hours to see a film, 2 years to read a book. that's no choice for me!

    /x[/quote']

    2 years to read a book?

    You are allowed to read more than one page a day. May I ask which 10 or so books you have managed to read so far in your lifetime?

    Of course if it turns out you have some awful disease that gives you terrible paper cuts every time you turn a page I shall feel just awful for taking the piss.

  6. marion? anyone remember them from the mid 90's? i saw them supporting morrissey in 1995' date=' although they may possibly have released a second album in japan.

    astrid only released one album an all, think it only came out in japan.[/quote']

    If I'm thinking of the same Astrid they released three albums, "Strange Weather Lately", "Play Dead" and "One in Four"

  7. Thanks!

    That code sounds right but how do i get it to choose the "Head Type" Column from the table if you know what i mean like

    Head Type = Iff([Heada] Is Not Null' date='[Heada'],(IIf([Headb] Is Not Null,[headb],[headc])))

    or

    Iff([Heada] Is Not Null,[Heada],(IIf([Headb] Is Not Null,[headb],[headc]))) - I want to run this command for a spefic column..

    Sorrry if im confusing u i am a little confused myself

    Ok, had another play and got it to work using the following,

    =IIf(Not IsMissing([Heada]),[Heada],IIf(Not IsMissing([Headb]),[Headb],[Headc]))

    I'm assuming here that heada, headb etc are fields in a table.

    If so you create a report (I used the wizard) containing Job number and heada, then open the report in design view, right click on heada in the detail section and select properties, paste the above code in the "control source field" on the data tab, rename the text box on the other tab so it's not heada (gets confused between the text box and field name) and it should all be cool.

  8. You are ok as long as it's a train that will not have a lot of football or rugby fans on it (i.e. there isn't an aberdeen way game in edinburgh or a scotland game at murrayfield), they become dry trains and you aren't allowed alcohol on them.

    So apparently what happens now is people are forced to leave there carry outs on the station and the local kids come round and nick them for some under age drinking action.

  9. I NEED to to know what the name of this film is where there is this painter guy who is absolutely terrible' date=' and he moves to france to try and make his trade and meets this american painter who is magic, but everyone likes the terrible guy's paintings and then eventually some art gallery comes to check out his paintings and thinks that the good guys ones are the famous ones and so the terrible guy pretends that he painted them. the main guy is british, small and sort of fat. it's really funny and i saw it on channel 4 months ago but never found out what it was[/quote']

    "The Rebel" with the great Tony Hancock.

  10. What exactly did you say? If I was an accomplished artist who had a reputation like those two' date=' I'd be pretty fucked off if someone was in the dressing room name dropping a junkie too..

    Maybe have some consideration for the artist's ego before complaining about these things?[/quote']

    I don't know if you're taking the piss but Brett Anderson was also addicted to heroin (apparently), of course he could be a born again anti-drug campaigner now for all I know.

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