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Open up your mind to see
The world that unfolds before you
We all know what's the reality
Some day your dreams will find you

You may walk around in your hometown
Hoping they never lied to you
But I can see the arms around us
The're just trying to bind us

Sheltering us on our way down
The're just trying to find us
Scratching their way into our minds
To see what really excites us

3/1/1982

Mall Security

What the hell is wrong with this country?  I generally try to catchup on some news headlines while eating my lunch.  Thus my being dumbfounded when I saw today's CNN "QuickVote" question: "Should there be mandatory security checks for everyone entering shopping malls?"  So I immediately weighed in my "For God's sake NO!" vote on this lofty matter and then quickly came here to blog about it!  I was relieved to see that as I write this, 83% of respondents agreed with the correct answer.  That would be a resounding "No" for my mentally challenged readers.  But amazingly enough, 17% of respondents think that you should have to go through security screening when entereing a shopping mall!

Here's the poll at the time I wrote this:

"Should there be mandatory security checks for everyone entering shopping malls?"
Yes         17%      25,332 votes
No          83%     122,535 votes
Total:   100%    147,867 votes


I can only hope that I don't know any of these nearly 25 thousand people.  If you fear for your safety so desparately that you think we need security screening at shopping malls, just start building that air tight bunker in your basement now.  Either that or you all need to move to your own highly secured private island.  Because I'm not about to live in your police state!

MyClient (Hydra)

As mentioned in this entry, I've started work on a long overdue update to MyClient.  This is a complete rewrite from the ground up and will feature several significant changes.

  • Tabbed Interface - The current version allows for 3 query windows via links at the bottom of the page.  The new version will have a tabbed interface at the top and allow for a virtually unlimited number of query windows.  Whatever your system and brain can handle.  By default it will have 5 windows and a documentation tab.
  • Multiple DB Connections - Currently MyClient will only connect the 3 query windows to one database.  The new multi-headed version —thus the "Hydra" moniker, will allow for virtually unlimited multiple database connections as mentioned above.  There will be a default DB connection for all tabs and if you would like, you can specify a different connection on a per tab basis.  So by default you can have either the old single DB, multiple query window configuration, or you can a different DB connecton for each tab.  This a fundamental change to the way MyClient operates.
  • New Look - Hydra will have a new look similar to other projects in the PolarLava family.  This will be a CSS configurable layout.
  • Internationalization - Localized enabled to support your language.
  • XHTML Compliance - Hydra  will be XHTML 1.0 compliant.
  • CSS Compliance - Hydra  will be CSS2 compliant.
  • Register Globals - Hydra  will run with register_globals off.
  • Retained Features - The ability to save and load queries as well as the data dumping option will remain.  The way these operate may change, but the basic funtionality will remain.
This project is now in active development and updates on its progress will be posted as warranted.