BerkeleyDB , SFS and TSocks

Although it is really useful and popular in academia, there is an ongoing chaos with BerkeleyDB. I am not sure if there is a commercialization process behind the scenes (I mean removing the project from the open source etc., after takeover of sleepycat) but it is highly possible nowadays that you will get a "404 page not found" error on BerkeleyDB related web page. Anyway, BerkeleyDB owner company Sleepycat has been taken over by Oracle and hopefully the stable downloads are from here any more.

SFS (Self-certifying File System, I prefer Secure File System) is a popular file system with fine authorization and sharing (in a decentralized manner) mechanisms. More information here.

I just discovered TSocks. It is a really useful tool for Socks based connections. Tsocks wraps the application that requires Socks connection and takes it through the way it knows. You can find the details here.

Stay tuned...

What is hot?

Fight for kisses : http://www.ffk-wilkinson.com/ (Quite absurd but really original ...)

Generators

Scientific Paper Generator : http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/

Bullshit Generator : http://www.erikandanna.com/Humor/bullshit_generator.htm

Here, there, everywhere awake minds ...

Laissez faire, Laissez passer

"Let them do" belongs to Adam Smith, the founder of economics science according to some ...

Later on, big economies have been rescued from WWII crisis by Keynes who provided a different approach for the explanations of economic.

So, there are two main theories to explain macro economic processes. The former is defined as the classical theory and the latter as the modern one.

Adam Smith advocates for invisible hands and expresses self-interests will create community benefit in brief.

Keynes states there is a need of intervention to the economies.

Comments on the Results : AKP Vote Increase

My personal analysis for the AKP vote increase briefly outlined below:

1. There was no better alternative for AKP. CHP (especially with the current leader) has a known but unfavorable standing. MHP and DSP have been tried during the last coalition government (though they were in the coalition not in full power, so couldn't reflect their programs). DYP and ANAP couldn't unite so lost lots of votes. And the rest were already hopeless because of their less chance of entrance to the parliament.

2. CHP (again with the current leader) has a gap in its communication with the public. There is a big status change (in people's mind) of CHP such as they are a higher class of people away from public reality.

3. Although there are still debates about the economical achievements during the previous ruling period, the economical parameters were good (at least the ones appeared in the media) to change the opinions.

4. The local managements of AKP worked so hard to earn the votes.

These are the major reasons I have in my mind for now ...

I am not a conspirator but I like conspiracies. Because I believe they are kind of brain storming until/unless they cause mental ilness :).

So here is my conspiracy about the election: AKP won the election because the US and EU supported them. The reason for the US support is obvious because of Turkey's position with the current government for Iran and Iraq cases. For EU support, Europe (the majority) doesn't want Turkey in EU. But there are already given promises. Although the current government has done so many regulations about Europe compatability, it is possibly the main party opposing Turkey's accession to EU because of its roots. By the way this is not a criticism, I think an/a economical/trading collaboration is a better option for AKP voters as we have different moral values, religion etc. (that is a reality).

To the conspiracies ...

Current Situation : President Selected ...

Although there were some other expectations for the candidacy of Abdullah Gul, he has been nominated for the presidency and selected as the 11th president of Turkey. During the selection process, MHP and DSP provided their own candidates by coming to the parliament, and CHP didn't come to the parliament to boycott/protest. At the third tour of the process, the parliament reached enough number of votes and the selection has been completed.

Now, there are still oppositions against Abdullah Gul's presidency, lots of critics and but also support appearing. A point to note is there is no political/economical storm as exaggerated by some journalists. There will always be an eye watching on him because of the tension the selection process created.