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KillerTruffle 3 years ago#61
One thing I think it would be great to get rid of in MMOs is the whole universal chat system. One thing I always hated was how as soon as you log in, you basically see everything everyone on that server is saying. IMO, "looking to sell" and "looking to buy" should be relegated to a specific message board type system - you actually approach a bulletin board or something and have access to universal sales/looking for stuff. Chat, IMO, should be limited to realistic earshot only. That would be a major step toward making a game more roleplay-centric and immersive. You can provide a way for people who want to chat with others on the server a way to do that, but don't just automatically force it on *everyone*.
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r7gerrabbit 3 years ago#62
In an MMO I want the players to tell the story. Not the developers.
reincarnator07 3 years ago#63
Not exactly. I want to have some sort of effect on the world, some sort of lasting impact.
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I hate it when MMORPGs pretend like you're the only important character, and there aren't a thousand other guys running around doing the exact same thing as you.
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hitokiri13 3 years ago#65
I played World of Warcraft. Your the one that makes the story. I have a lot of stories of PVP and exploration. There are few moments of achievement I'm not talking about those achievements in-game tab. I mean real ones that you feel that you achieve something.
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I don't care about story with MMOs. I just want awesome combat, awesome coop, an awesome huge seamless world I can freely explore with exploration actually having reward, awesome strategic battles that are challenging instead of pressing 1 and 2 and then celebrating.
Crap, I could go on forever. Let's just say MMORPGs are a great thought, but they need a serious revamp.
The story was the best part of SWTOR. I'd like more games to be that ambitious, but of course the gameplay was very substandard in TOR. I'd like a MMORPG that really does things different, sort of like the concepts behind Guild Wars 2 and then have the great storytelling of TOR. I don't think you can say a genre shouldn't be allowed to try and tell a good story. Look at the latest Mortal Kombat game, it greatly raised the bar on fighting game stories and Injustice took it even further. I'd like more progressiveness in gaming as a whole, don't half ass anything just because of what's expected of you.
LaManoNeraII 3 years ago#69
I'd prefer a MMO be designed in a way that gives players plenty of opportunities to create their own stories.
So, no, I don't like single player design being rammed into MMO design
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DBA and Developer Guide to MySQL 5.6
Building the Next Generation of Web Applications and Services
At a glance, MySQL 5.6 is simply a better MySQL with improvements that enhance every functional area of the database kernel, including:
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- Improved InnoDB storage engine for better transactional throughput
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- Better Application Availability with Online DDL/Schema changes
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- Improved Replication for high performance, self-healing distributed deployments
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Better Performance and Scalability: Improved InnoDB Storage Engine
From an operational standpoint MySQL 5.6 provides better sustained linear performance and scale on systems supporting multi-processors and high CPU thread concurrency. Key to this are improvements to Oracle's InnoDB storage engine efficiency and concurrency that remove legacy thread contention and mutex locking within the InnoDB kernel. These improvements enable MySQL to fully exploit the advanced multi-threaded processing power of today's x86-based commodity-off-the-shelf hardware.
Internal benchmarks for SysBench Read/Write and Read Only workloads show a marked improvement in sustained scale over the most current version of MySQL 5.5. The following shows that MySQL 5.6 provides "up and to the right" linear read/write transactions per second ("TPS") scale on systems that support upwards of 60 concurrent CPU threads.
Read only TPS workload sustained scale is also improved as demonstrated here:
Better Transactional Throughput
MySQL 5.6 improves InnoDB for better performance and scalability on highly concurrent, transactional and read intensive workloads. In these cases performance gains are best measured by how an application performs and scales as concurrent user workloads grow. In support of these use cases, InnoDB has a new re-factored architecture that minimizes mutex contentions and bottlenecks and provides a more consistent access path to underlying data. Improvements include:
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- Better, more consistent query execution via persistent optimizer statistics that are collected at more regular, predictable intervals
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For Linux, MySQL 5.6 shows up to a 150% improvement in transactional TPS throughput over MySQL 5.5, while similar tests run on Windows 2008 reveal a 47% performance gain.
Better Read Only Workload Throughput
New optimizations have been made to InnoDB for read only transactions that greatly improve the performance of high concurrency web-based lookups and report-generating applications. These optimizations bypass transactional overhead and are enabled by default when autocommit = 1, or can be atomically controlled by the developer using the new START_TRANSACTION_READ_ONLY syntax:
SET autocommit = 0; START_TRANSACTION_READ_ONLY; SELECT c FROM T1 WHERE id=N; COMMIT;
The results of these optimizations are shown here:
For Linux, MySQL 5.6 shows up to a 230% improvement in read only TPS throughput over MySQL 5.5, while similar tests run on Windows 2008 show a 65% performance gain.
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Better Performance with Solid State Drives (SSD)
Spinning disks are among the most common bottlenecks on any system, simply because they have mechanical parts that physically limit the ability to scale as concurrency grows. As a result, many MySQL applications are being deployed on SSD enabled systems which provide the memory-based speed and reliability required to support the highest levels of concurrency on today's web-based systems. With this in mind, MySQL 5.6 includes several key enhancements designed specifically for use with SSD, including:
- Support for smaller 4k and 8k page sizes to better fit the standard storage algorithm of SSD.
- Portable .ibd (InnoDB data) files that allow "hot" InnoDB tables to be easily moved from the default data directory to SSD or network storage devices.
- Separate tablespaces for the InnoDB unlog log that optionally moves the undo log out of the system tablespace into one or more separate tablespaces. The read-intensive I/O patterns for the undo log make these new tablespaces good candidates to move to SSD storage, while keeping the system tablespace on hard drive storage.
Learn about all supporting SSD optimizations.
Better Query Execution Times and Diagnostics: Improved Optimizer
The MySQL 5.6 Optimizer has been re-factored for better efficiency and performance and provides an improved feature set for better query execution times and diagnostics. They key 5.6 optimizer improvements include:
Subquery Optimizations
Using semi-JOINs and materialization, the MySQL Optimizer delivers greatly improved subquery performance, simplifying how developers construct queries. Specifically, the optimizer is now more efficient in handling subqueries in the FROM clause; materialization of subqueries in the FROM clause is now postponed until their contents are needed during execution, greatly improving performance. Additionally, the optimizer may add an index to derived tables during execution to speed up row retrieval. Tests run using the DBT-3 benchmark Query #13, shown below, demonstrate an order of magnitude improvement in execution times (from days to seconds) over previous versions.
select c_name, c_custkey, o_orderkey, o_orderdate, o_totalprice, sum(l_quantity) from customer, orders, lineitem where o_orderkey in ( select l_orderkey from lineitem group by l_orderkey having sum(l_quantity) > 313 ) and c_custkey = o_custkey and o_orderkey = l_orderkey group by c_name, c_custkey, o_orderkey, o_orderdate, o_totalprice order by o_totalprice desc, o_orderdate LIMIT 100;
See the blog: "From Months to Seconds with Subquery Materialization" for more details.
File Sort Optimizations with Small Limit
For queries with ORDER BY and small LIMIT values, the optimizer now produces an ordered result set using a single table scan. These queries are common in web applications that display only a few rows from a large result set such as:
SELECT col1, ... FROM t1 ... ORDER BY name LIMIT 10;
Internal benchmarks have shown up to a 4x improvement in query execution times which helps improve overall user experience and response times. See the blog: for more details.
Index Condition Pushdown (ICP)
By default, the optimizer now pushes WHERE conditions down to the storage engine for evaluation, table scan and return of ordered result set to the MySQL server.
CREATE TABLE person ( personid INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, firstname CHAR(20), lastname CHAR(20), postalcode INTEGER, age INTEGER, address CHAR(50), KEY k1 (postalcode,age) ) ENGINE=InnoDB; SELECT lastname, firstname FROM person WHERE postalcode BETWEEN 5000 AND 5500 AND age BETWEEN 21 AND 22;
Internal benchmarks on this type of table and query have shown up to 15x improved execution times with the ICP default behavior.
Batched Key Access (BKA) and Multi-Range Read (MRR)
The optimizer now provides the storage engine with all primary keys in batches and enables the storage engine to access, order and return the data more efficiently greatly improving query execution times.
Together, BKA and MRR show up to 280x improvement in query execution times for DBT-3 Query 13 and other disk-bound query benchmarks. Learn more here by reading the blog: Batched Key Access Speeds Up Disk-Bound Join Queries.
- Better Optimizer Diagnostics - The MySQL 5.6 optimizer also provides better diagnostics and debugging with:
- EXPLAIN for INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE operations,
- EXPLAIN plan output in JSON format with more precise optimizer metrics and better readability
- Optimizer Traces for tracking the optimizer decision-making process.
Learn about all of MySQL 5.6 Optimizer improvements and features, along with all technical documentation.
For a deep technical dive into the implementation, how to enable/disable where applicable and the use case specific performance improvements you can expect with each of these new features check out the MySQL Optimizer Engineering team blog.
Better Application Availability: Online DDL/Schema Changes
Today's web-based applications are designed to rapidly evolve and adapt to meet business and revenue-generation requirements. As a result, development SLAs are now most often measured in minutes vs days or weeks. So when an application must quickly support new product lines or new products within existing product lines, the backend database schema must adapt in kind, most commonly while the application remains available for normal business operations. MySQL 5.6 supports this level of online schema flexibility and agility by providing the following new ALTER TABLE DDL syntax additions:
- Change AUTO_INCREMENT value for a column
- Rename COLUMN
- Change ROW FORMAT, KEY_BLOCK_SIZE for a table
- Change COLUMN NULL, NOT_NULL
- Add, drop, reorder COLUMN
DBAs and Developers can add indexes and perform standard InnoDB table alterations while the database remains available for application updates. This is especially beneficial for rapidly evolving applications where developers need schema flexibility to accommodate changing business requirements.
Learn about all of MySQL 5.6 InnoDB online DDL improvements and features, along with all technical documentation.
Better Developer Agility: NoSQL Access to InnoDB
Many of the latest generation of web, cloud, social and mobile applications require fast operations against simple Key/Value pairs. At the same time, they must retain the ability to run complex queries against the same data, as well as ensure the data is protected with ACID guarantees. With the new NoSQL API for InnoDB, developers have all the benefits of a transactional RDBMS, coupled with the performance capabilities of Key/Value store.
MySQL 5.6 provides simple, key-value interaction with InnoDB data via the familiar Memcached API. Implemented via a new Memcached daemon plug-in to mysqld, the new Memcached protocol is mapped directly to the native InnoDB API and enables developers to use existing Memcached clients to bypass the expense of query parsing and go directly to InnoDB data for lookups and transactional compliant updates. The API makes it possible to re-use standard Memcached libraries and clients, while extending Memcached functionality by integrating a persistent, crash-safe, transactional database back-end. The implementation is shown here:
So does this option provide a performance benefit over SQL? Internal performance benchmarks using a customized Java application and test harness show some very promising results with a 9X improvement in overall throughput for SET/INSERT operations:
Not only do developers and DBAs get more performance and flexibility, they also reduce complexity as it is possible to compress previously separate caching and database layers into a single data management tier, as well as eliminate the overhead of maintaining cache consistency.
You can follow the InnoDB team blog for the methodology, implementation and internal test cases that generated the above results.
Learn more about the details and how to get started with the new Memcached API to InnoDB.
Better Developer Agility: Extended InnoDB Use Cases
New MySQL 5.6 optimizations and features extend InnoDB into more use cases so developers can simplify applications by standardizing on a single storage engine.
New Full Text Search (FTS)
Provided as a better alternative to MyISAM FTS, InnoDB now enables developers to build FULLTEXT indexes on InnoDB tables to represent text-based content and speed up application searches for words and phrases. InnoDB full-text search supports Natural language/Boolean modes, proximity search and relevance ranking. A simple use case example looks like:
CREATE TABLE quotes (id int unsigned auto_increment primary key , author varchar(64) , quote varchar(4000) , source varchar(64) , fulltext(quote) ) engine=innodb; SELECT author AS "Apple" FROM quotes WHERE match(quote) against ('apple' in natural language mode);
New Transportable Tablespaces
InnoDB .ibd files created in file-per-table mode are now transportable between physical storage devices and database servers; when creating a table developers can now designate a storage location for the .idb file outside of the MySQL data directory. This enables "hot" or busy tables to be easily moved to an external network storage device (SSD, HDD) that does not compete with application or database overhead. This new feature also enables quick, seamless application scale by allowing users to easily export/import InnoDB tables between running MySQL servers, as shown here:
Example Export:
CREATE TABLE t(c1 INT) engine=InnoDB; FLUSH TABLE t FOR EXPORT; -- quiesce the table and create the meta data file $innodb_data_home_dir/test/t.cfg UNLOCK TABLES;
Corresponding Import:
CREATE TABLE t(c1 INT) engine=InnoDB; -- if it doesn't already exist ALTER TABLE t DISCARD TABLESPACE; -- The user must stop all updates on the tables, prior to the IMPORT ALTER TABLE t IMPORT TABLESPACE;
The InnoDB improvements noted here are by no means exhaustive. Learn about the complete accounting of all MySQL 5.6 features, along with all technical documentation.
For a deep technical dive into the implementation, how to enable/disable where applicable and the use case specific improvements you can expect with each of these new features follow the MySQL InnoDB Engineering team blog.
Improved Replication and High Availability
Replication is the most widely used MySQL feature for scale-out and High Availability (HA) and MySQL 5.6 includes new features designed to enable developers building next generation web, cloud, social and mobile applications and services with self-healing replication topologies and high performance master and slaves. The key features include:
New Global Transactions Identifiers (GTIDs)
GTIDs enable replication transactional integrity to be tracked through a replication master/slave topology, providing a foundation for self-healing recovery, and enabling DBAs and developers to easily identify the most up to date slave in the event of a master failure. Built directly into the Binlog stream, GTIDs eliminate the need for complex third-party add-ons to provide this same level of tracking intelligence.
GTID positioning in the Binlog
New MySQL Replication utilities
A new set of Python Utilities are designed to leverage the new replication GTIDs to provide replication administration and monitoring with automatic fail-over in the event of a failed master, or switchover in the event of maintenance to the master. This eliminates the need for additional third party High-Availability solutions, protecting web and cloud-based services against both planned and unplanned downtime without operator intervention.
Download the White Paper: MySQL Replication: High Availability - Building a Self-Healing Replication Topology
New Multi-threaded Slaves
Splits processing between worker threads based on schema, allowing updates to be applied in parallel, rather than sequentially. This delivers benefits to those workloads that isolate application data using databases - e.g. multi-tenant systems.
SysBench benchmarks using a graduated number of worker threads across 10 schemas show up to 5x in performance gain with multi-threading enabled.
New Binary Log Group Commit (BGC)
In MySQL 5.6 replication masters now group writes to the Binlog rather than committing them one at a time, significantly improving performance on the master side of the topology. BGC also enables finer grained locking which reduces lock waits, again, adding to the performance gain, shown here:
MySQL 5.6 shows up to a 180% performance gain over 5.5 in master server throughput with replication enabled (Binlog=1). BGC largely eliminates the trade-off users had to make between performance overhead to the master and the scale-out, HA benefits offered by MySQL replication.
- New Optimized Row-based Replication - MySQL 5.6 provides a new option variable binlog-row-image=minimal that enables applications to replicate only data elements of the row image that have changed following DML operations. This improves replication throughput for both the master and slave(s) and minimizes binary log disk space, network resource and server memory footprint.
- New Crash-Safe Slaves - MySQL 5.6 stores Binlog positional data within tables so slaves can automatically roll back replication to the last committed event before a failure, and resume replication without administrator intervention. Not only does this reduce operational overhead, it also eliminates the risk of data loss caused by a slave attempting to recover from a corrupted data file. Further, if a crash to the master causes corruption of the binary log, the server will automatically recover it to a position where it can be read correctly.
- New Replication Checksums - MySQL 5.6 ensure the integrity of data being replicated to a slave by detecting data corruption and returning an error before corrupt events are applied to the slave, preventing the slave itself from becoming corrupt.
- New Time-delayed Replication - MySQL 5.6 provides protection against operational errors made on the master from propagating to attached slaves by allowing developers to add defined delays in the replication stream. With configurable master to slave time delays, in the event of failure or mishap, slaves can be promoted to the new master in order to restore the database to its previous state. It also becomes possible to inspect the state of a database before an error or outage without the need to reload a back up.
Learn about these and all of MySQL 5.6 Replication and High Availability improvements and features, along with all technical documentation.
For a rundown of the details, use cases and related benchmarks of all of these features check out Mat Keep's Developer Zone article.
Finally, you can learn more about MySQL Replication and get practical, hands on experience using these resources:
- White Paper: Introduction to MySQL Replication
- Using MySQL Replication for Highly Available Applications
- MySQL Replication Hands On Tutorial: Configuration, Provisioning and Management
Improved Performance Schema
The MySQL Performance Schema was introduced in MySQL 5.5 and is designed to provide point in time metrics for key performance indicators. MySQL 5.6 improves the Performance Schema in answer to the most common DBA and developer problems. New instrumentations include:
- Statements/Stages
- What are my most resource intensive queries? Where do they spend time?
- Table/Index I/O, Table Locks
- Which application tables/indexes cause the most load or contention?
- Users/Hosts/Accounts
- Which application users, hosts, accounts are consuming the most resources?
- Network I/O
- What is the network load like? How long do sessions idle?
- Summaries
- Aggregated statistics grouped by statement, thread, user, host, account or object.
The MySQL 5.6 Performance Schema is now enabled by default in the my.cnf file with optimized and auto-tune settings that minimize overhead (< 5%, but mileage will vary), so using the Performance Schema a production server to monitor the most common application use cases is less of an issue. In addition, new atomic levels of instrumentation enable the capture of granular levels of resource consumption by users, hosts, accounts, applications, etc. for billing and chargeback purposes in cloud computing environments.
MySQL Engineering has several champions behind the 5.6 Performance Schema, and many have published excellent blogs that you can reference for technical and practical details. To get started see Mark Leith's blog and Marc Alff's blog.
The MySQL docs are also an excellent resource for all that is available and that can be done with the 5.6 Performance Schema.
Improved Security
MySQL 5.6 introduces a major overhaul to how passwords are internally handled and encrypted. The new options and features include:
- New alternative to password in master.info - MySQL 5.6 extends the replication START SLAVE command to enable DBAs to specify master user and password as part of the replication slave options and to authenticate the account used to connect to the master through an external authentication plugin (user defined or those provided under MySQL Enterprise Edition). With these options the user and password no longer need to be exposed in plain text in the master.info file.
- New encryption for passwords in general query log, slow query log, and binary log - Passwords in statements written to these logs are no longer recorded in plain text.
- New password hashing with appropriate strength - Default password hashing for internal MySQL server authentication via PASSWORD() is now done using the SHA-256 password hashing algorithm using a random salt value.
- New options for passwords on the command line - MySQL 5.6 introduces a new "scrambled" option/config file (.mylogin.cnf) that can be used to securely store user passwords that are used for command line operations.
- New change password at next login - DBAs and developers can now control when account passwords must be changed via a new password_expired flag in the mysql.user table.
- New policy-based Password validations - Passwords can now be validated for appropriate strength, length, mixed case, special chars, and other user defined policies based on LOW, MEDIUM and STRONG designation settings. See /doc/refman/5.6/en/validate-password-plugin.html for details and available configuration options.
Learn about these and all of MySQL 5.6 Security improvements and features, along with all technical documentation.
Other Important Enhancements
- New default configuration optimizations - MySQL 5.6 introduces changes to the server defaults that provide better out-of-the-box performance on today's system architectures. These new defaults are designed to minimize the upfront time spent on changing the most commonly updated variables and configuration options.
See Changes to Server Defaults chapter in the MySQL Documentation for a complete rundown of what is changed, what parameters are auto sized based on environment, and what settings can be set and controlled at server start up.
- Improved TIME/TIMESTAMP/DATETIME Data Types:
- TIME/TIMESTAMP/DATETIME - Now allow microsecond level precision for more precise time/date comparisons and data selection.
- TIMESTAMP/DATETIME - Improves on 5.5. by allowing developers to assign the current timestamp, an auto-update value, or both, as the default value for TIMESTAMP and DATETIME columns, the auto-update value, or both.
- TIMESTAMP - Columns are now nullable by default. TIMESTAMP columns no longer get DEFAULT NOW() or ON UPDATE NOW() attributes automatically without them being explicitly specified and non-NULLable TIMESTAMP columns without explicit default value treated as having no default value.
- Better Condition Handling - GET DIAGNOSTICS
- MySQL 5.6 enables developers to easily check for error conditions and code for exceptions by introducing the new MySQL Diagnostics Area and corresponding GET DIAGNOSTICS interface command. The Diagnostic Area can be populated via multiple options and provides 2 kinds of information:
- Statement - which provides affected row count and number of conditions that occurred
- Condition - which provides error codes and messages for all conditions that were returned by a previous operation
The addressable items for each are:
The new GET DIAGNOSTICS command provides a standard interface into the Diagnostics Area and can be used via the CLI or from within application code to easily retrieve and handle the results of the most recent statement execution:
mysql> DROP TABLE test.no_such_table; ERROR 1051 (42S02): Unknown table 'test.no_such_table' mysql> GET DIAGNOSTICS CONDITION 1 -> @p1 = RETURNED_SQLSTATE, @p2 = MESSAGE_TEXT; mysql> SELECT @p1, @p2; +-------+------------------------------------+ | @p1 | @p2 | +-------+------------------------------------+ | 42S02 | Unknown table 'test.no_such_table' | +-------+------------------------------------+
Options for leveraging the MySQL Diagnotics Area are detailed in the MySQL Diagnostics documentation. GET DIAGNOTICS is well documented in the Get Diagnostics documentation.
- Improved IPv6 Support
- MySQL 5.6 improves INET_ATON() to convert and store string-based IPv6 addresses as binary data for minimal space consumption.
- MySQL 5.6 changes the default value for the bind-address option from "0.0.0.0" to "0::0" so the MySQL server accepts connections for all IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. You can learn more in the MySQL Documentation
- Improved Partitioning
- Improved performance for tables with large number of partitions - MySQL 5.6 now performs and scales on highly partitioned systems, specifically for INSERT operations that span upwards of hundreds of partitions.
- Import/export tables to/from partitioned tables - MySQL 5.6 enables users to exchange a table partition or sub-partition with a table using the ALTER TABLE ... EXCHANGE PARTITION statement; existing rows in a partition or subpartition can be moved to a non-partitioned table, and conversely, any existing rows in a non-partitioned table can be moved to an existing table partition or sub-partition. Learn more by visiting the MySQL Documentation.
- Explicit partition selection - MySQL 5.6 supports explicit selection of partitions and subpartitions that are checked for rows matching a given WHERE condition. Similar to automatic partition pruning, the partitions to be checked are specified/controlled by the issuer of the statement, and is supported for both queries and a number of DML statements (SELECT, DELETE, INSERT, REPLACE, UPDATE, LOAD DATA, LOAD XML). Learn more by visiting the MySQL Documentation
- Improved GIS: Precise spatial operations - MySQL 5.6 provides geometric operations via precise object shapes that conform to the OpenGIS standard for testing the relationship between two geometric values. Learn more by referencing the MySQL Documentation
Learn about these and all of MySQL 5.6 improvements and features, along with all technical documentation.
MySQL 5.5 has been called the best release of MySQL ever. MySQL 5.6 builds on this by providing across the board improvements in performance, scalability, transactional throughput, availability and performance related instrumentation all designed to keep pace with requirements of the most demanding web, cloud and embedded use cases. MySQL 5.6 is now Generally Available and you can download the fully-functioning, production-ready product from the MySQL Developer Zone.
As stated earlier, this article introduces many of the key features in MySQL 5.6. For a complete picture, visit the MySQL Documentation.
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V3: the new TechnoAlpin lance
At the Alpitec and at the SAM, the two main spring fairs, TechnoAlpin will present a range of new features, including the new V3 lance. The patented lance head has been fully optimized according to the motto 'Performance is all in the head'. And the V3 is certainly not short on innovation: a great many of its parts have been further developed, perfecting compatibility.
Here you can find a summary of the main new features:
1. New lance head with nucleators & nozzles.
The enhanced flush mounted propelling nozzles made of anodized aluminum with ceramic inserts guarantee optimum heat transfer between the lance head and nozzle shafts. The larger opening angle between the 3 nucleators and the new arrangement of the controllable nozzles effectively increases snow output. A special heat transfer system ensures that the lance head remains free of ice even in extremely cold temperatures and under adverse wind conditions.
2. Valve technology with water filter.
The easily accessible overground valve block made of high-quality die-cast aluminum has been recently developed. Perfected valve technology, the built-in water filter made of high-quality nickel chromium steel, the discharge valves and the reliable sensors guarantee fail-safe operation and a long service life.
3. Hydraulic height adjustment.
The hydraulic height adjustment cylinder which combines a pump and tank in one unit means that the lance can be adjusted easily with very little effort. The inbuilt throttle valve prevents the lance from jerking and, in conjunction with the template, guarantees maximum operating safety.
Download the V3 lance brochure
See the new V3 lance here:
Alpitec 2010, Bolzano, April 13th-15th, stand no. B08/10
TechnoAlpin LIVE, April 13th-15th, 6A Via Copernico, Bolzano – easily reached with the TechnoAlpin shuttle or just a 5-minute walk from the Bolzano fair.
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Private Label Tanning has a superb team that can take any concept make it a reality. With the client in mind, Private Label Tanning can also develop websites and print material that market products effortlessly, and help expanding sales potential.
There are various types of self-tanners or skin enhancers. It may be hard to determine which is best self-tanner and skin enhancer. There is a wide variety of these products with some designed specifically for use on the face or body. Product quality, efficacy and attractive packaging are part of a successful private label collection. The extensive variety of in-stock packaging at Private Label Tanning allows the client a packaging selection like no other. The personalized approach of the experts at Private Label Tanning allows clients to choose the right look for the brand, and mix and match styles.
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The new HMSI plant is located at Narsapura Area, District Kolar, Karnataka. Spread over a total area of 96 acres, the plant will begin operations in a few days, where they will be manufacturing their new range Dream Yuga motorcycle. We are not sure which other two wheelers will be produced at this plant. Honda India of manufactures the following in India, CBR250R, CBR150R, CB Trigger, CB Unicorn Dazzler, CB Unicorn, CBF Stunner, CB Shine, CB Twister, Dream Yuga, Dream Neo, Aviator, Activa and Dio.
In the first phase of production, HMSI Kolar plant will produce 12 lakh units annually, by the second phase, 6 lakhs units will be added. HMSI's first plant is in Manesar, Haryana, which has 16 lakh capacity, while their second plant is in Tapukara, Rajasthan, with 12 lakh capacity.
HMSI overtook Bajaj and became the the second largest two wheeler manufacturer in the country during 2012/13. They aim to become No 1, a position which has been held by Hero MotoCorp since Apr-Jun 2001 (Hero MotoCorp was Hero Honda back then, and they de-throned a leader in the segment for 43 years, Bajaj Auto). HMSI aims to replace Hero by 2020, or even before (by 2016), if the slowdown in economy continued, says Shinji Aoyama, Operating Officer, Hondo Motor Co.
In order to become No 1., HMSI has a plan, which is to produce more motorcycles and increase the number of dealerships. They are simultaneously working on both of them. Y S Guleria, VP, Sales and Marketing, HMSI, has confirmed that they are on the lookout for a site for their 4th plant, while they are adding 1 or 2 touch-points everyday.


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TUESDAY, Oct. 18, 2016 – Perpetually damp arm pits and a dripping forehead aren't just embarrassing. Excessive sweating sometimes leads to other skin problems, a dermatology expert says. "Many people who excessively sweat do not realize that they have a treatable medical condition," said Dr. Jenny Eileen Murase, an assistant clinical professor of dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. People who sweat profusely might have hyperhidrosis, she explained. "If you think you might be sweating too much, ask a board-certified dermatologist if it's normal. Dermatologists are one of the few doctors trained in the diagnosis and treatment of hyperhidrosis and can tell you what type of hyperhidrosis you have and the best ways to treat it," Murase said in an American Academy of Dermatology news release. She also offered these other tips for prolific perspirers: ... Read more
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Health Tip: Why Can't I Stop Sweating?
Posted 29 Sep 2016 by Drugs.com
-- Everyone sweats, but sweating profusely may be a sign of hyperhidrosis, the medical term for excessive sweating. The American Academy of Dermatology mentions these risk factors: Having another member of the family who sweats heavily. Having a medical condition such as gout, a tumor or diabetes. Taking certain medications or supplements. Undergoing menopause, which can trigger hot flashes. Read more
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Study Pits Antiperspirants Against Underarm Bacteria
Posted 2 Feb 2016 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, Feb. 2, 2016 – That antiperspirant may keep you dry, but it might also disrupt the bacterial "community" that resides in your armpits, a new, small study suggests. Researchers said it's not clear whether that disruption has any dire effects – or whether it could even be beneficial. But the findings, published online Feb. 2 in the journal Peer J, add to questions about the ways in which modern lifestyles could be altering the human "microbiome." The term refers to the trillions of bacteria and other microbes that inhabit the human body, inside and out. The skin is covered in a range of microbes --- most of which are either harmless or beneficial, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Some microbes, the NIH says, protect the skin from invasion by harmful bugs, and may also play a role in "educating" the immune system cells that dwell in the skin. "We know ... Read more
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Posted 26 May 2015 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, May 26, 2015 – As emotions go, happiness usually hides in plain sight: seen in a broad smile, heard in a raucous laugh, felt in a big hug. But new research suggests there may be a less obvious way to pick up on another person's positive vibes: smell. According to a team of European researchers, happiness may generate chemicals that get secreted in sweat, and that sweat signal gets sniffed by those around us. The experiments also suggest that we not only breathe in the upbeat emotions of others, but by doing so we actually become happier ourselves. "Human sweat produced when a person is happy induces a state similar to happiness in somebody who inhales this odor," said study co-author Gun Semin, a research professor in the department of psychology at Koc University in Istanbul, Turkey, and the Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada in Lisbon, Portugal. The findings were ... Read more
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Scientists Sniff Out Origins of Body Odor
Posted 30 Mar 2015 by Drugs.com
MONDAY, March 30, 2015 – There's new hope for people plagued by body odor, with researchers pinpointing bacterial genes that play a major role in the malodorous scent. The findings might someday lead to new ways to control the problem, the researchers suggested. As the researchers explained, body odor occurs when bacteria on the skin break down molecules in sweat. In the new study, the researchers found the DNA in Staphylococcus hominis bacteria that produce the proteins that break down sweat molecules. These proteins are responsible for breaking the sweat molecules into compounds that play a major role in body odor, the researchers said. These compounds are pungent in tiny amounts – as little as one part per trillion. One of the genes found in S. hominis was also found in two other species of staph bacteria linked to body odor, according to the study. The new research was to be ... Read more
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Health Tip: If You Sweat Excessively
Posted 29 Jun 2010 by Drugs.com
-- Hyperhidrosis is the medical term for excessive sweating. The American Academy of Dermatology suggests these possible treatment options: Prescription or over-the-counter antiperspirants. Immersing hands and feet into cool water and adding a special medical device that delivers very low-voltage electrical current (iontophoresis). Injection of diluted botulinum toxin type A at appropriate spots on the body. Oral medication to help suppress overactive sweat glands. A surgical treatment that interrupts the nervous system's interaction with the sweat glands (sympathectomy). Read more
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