Alternatives to CASE in Oracle 8i
Query works on Oracle 11g but fails on Oracle 8i
Urgent Sydney transit visa question Sorry for the title, its hard to put the problem into proper words.  Basically, in Firefox or Chrome, I try to navigate to stackoverflow.com.  The request fails and the URL I see in the navigation bar is:  http://d2e24t2jgcnor2.webhostoid.com/Secure/Error?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fstackoverflow.com%2F&amp;ResponseCode=504&amp;user_id=5b5033d3-3543-4b7c-9844-055afde93841&amp;uc=20140915&amp;subid=20140915&amp;source=browsersafeguard-rockettab-spigot&amp;version=1.0.5370.12627&amp;implementation_id=browsersafeguard-rockettab-spigot%20&amp;block_host=False&amp;reg=False&amp;redirectms=True   This looks shady and my internet seems slower lately. I have a few questions:   Why is my request going through this strange URL? Do the query parameters reveal my identity? How can I stop this?   I use my cell phone’s 3G network and tether it to my laptop. How can multithreading speed up an application (when threads can't run concurrently)? 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To open it as Admin, I have to:  Press  > Right-click Terminal > More > Run as Admin  > ◀ > ENTER Some solutions say to use the following, but it can only open powershell, not wt:  +X > A > ◀ > ENTER While  say to use the following, but it also doesn't work:  +R > SHIFT+CTRL+ENTER   How do I open Windows Terminal as Admin via a command? What should the standard spelling be - British or US? I just saw someone edit the title of  question to  the spelling from favourite (The British spelling) to favorite (The US-English spelling).  Does SOFU have an accepted standard on language and spelling? Which is it? Assuming I have a Czech license and break a minor law in Germany which incurs me a certain number of "violation points" (e.g. speeding), would those points be eventually transferred to my Czech license? I would obviously have to pay the fine (either on the spot or by mail), but it's not clear if EU countries exchange data on traffic points.  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I've been trying to prove the following:     If $S \subset R$ is a maximal multiplicative set, then $R \setminus S$ is a prime ideal of $R$.   I have spent some time in it, but nothing is coming to my mind. Any idea/solution will be appreciated.