The largest database company in the world, 0r4cl3, whose name cannnot be mentioned out loud, must just be messing with people. Since I’m the backup sysadmin at work, and the real (hah) sysadmin is on vacation, I have to do things like installing 0r4cl3. On an approved system, (RedHat L33tnix) you have to:

1. Install the pre-installation patch.
2. Run the installer and install the program (and get some errors).
3. Install the patch program.
4. Run the installer and install the patch installer.
5. Run the installer and install the patches.
6. While running the installer to install the patches, move some files around so the installer doesn’t die from errors.

Keep in mind that this is a program that you can’t afford if you ask about the price. In fact, when you ask how much it is, they ask you how much you have. Often they have a huge list price and make you pay as much of that as you have. You’d expect a little more from a true evil corporation.

I wish I could have known earlier about Mio Gelato’s first birthday today. They had a special, $1 per scoop, about half price! I had a couple of scoops and my friend the manager told me I’d get a stomach ache at the gym. (She goes to the same gym.) I must not be working out hard enough, because I certainly didn’t get a stomach ache.