by Jason L Froebe on May 6, 2010, 3 comments
It is really really easy to change the default NLS_DATE_FORMAT setting but to be honest, you should set it at a session level IMHO. We basically just need to run “ALTER SYSTEM SET NLS_DATE_FORMAT=’YYYY-MM-DD’ SCOPE=SPFILE” as a user with sysdba privileges. If you started the Oracle instance without a spfile (it should be located at [...]
by Jason L Froebe on July 16, 2008, 2 comments
The building of the free windsurfer (using the Ez-12 Parabolic Reflector Template) from freeantennas.com is particularly interesting. The website claims an amplification of about 9 dBi of gain with the standard size template and 12 dBi of gain if you double the size. Something I will definitely try tonight