奥运越来越近,每天都有机会接触和运动相关的英语。今天又学到一个:nosebleed section。
From Wikipedia:
The phrase nosebleed section is applied tongue-in-cheek to those seats of a public arena, usually an athletic stadium or gymnasium, that are highest and, usually, farthest from the desired activity. A common reference to having seats at the upper tiers of a stadium is “sitting in the nosebleed section” or “nosebleed seats.”
The reference alludes to the propensity for nasal hemorrhage at high altitudes, usually owing to lower barometric pressure.
From Urban Dictionary:
The uppermost part of a sports arena. Used to exaggerate the altitude of the highest seats, i.e. high altitudes give you nosebleeds.
e.g. We ordered our tickets later than everyone else and were forced to sit in the nosebleed section high above the field.
P.S. 词典里似乎还没收录nosebleed section,不过它已经不算什么新兴短语了。
Bonus video: Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl (Nosebleed, anyone?)
We were chatting with Jeremy Cole today and he brought to my attention last version of MySQL Community Eddition (5.0.51) was released in November 2007 - over 7 months ago. MySQL 5.0.51a and MySQL 5.0.51b security fixes were released but these can’t be considered proper releases.
If we look at the old Kaj’s Announcement we can see there suppose to be 2 yearly binary releases (which are overdue) and 4 predictable yearly source releases, which we have not seen either.
Though, Honestly, I do not care that much any more. I have adapted my ways not to go to dev.mysql.com for MySQL downloads any more but go to mirror.provenscaling.com, where Jeremy Cole promptly publish MySQL Enterprise sources and binaries. We take sources and add spice them up with other community extensions which can’t ever get included in official MySQL tree and use that version instead.
It is worth to mention at the same time there are some improvements when it comes to development community MySQL now moved sources to launchpad - now it makes it easier for you as contributor to create your branch or grab and test someone elses. If you’re just looking for stable, recent, binary MySQL Community release, there is little MySQL offers you.
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