Lux (7/25/2008)

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Well, now you're confusing Texans with Americans. Texans will be happy to tell you that theirs is the only state that was an independent country....

Many of the social networking sites have the ability to screen who can see what information about you - you can lock down your facebook profile, you can create groups...

Oh, and a thought on the security comments - there are two types of security (well, probably more but two I will distinguish here) - security from outside invaders and...

From my perspective there are two other advantages to stored procedures that aren't addressed in this article because they are more process oriented than technical.

#1) When you have a...

At my last job I could work from home anytime I didn't have to be at a client site or need "face time" with other people at the office. ...

PS. You've had *24* cars??? Wow. I'm on my third and at the rate I'm going will probably have fewer than 10 in my lifetime.

At least one part of the reason cars in other parts of the world than the US get better mileage is that they are smaller and more streamlined and built...

Well, I can't tell a joke to save my life but I'd like to think I have a sense of humor anyway. I'm a CUSA but I tend to...

So many businesses fail the mack truck test - they have one person controlling crucial knowledge such that if that person were hit by a mack truck, it would be...

In theory I would like to be a DIY'er but in practice I'm really not. I once decided to paint my house myself, and discovered that I really just...

Steve Jones - Editor (7/10/2008)

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I like Dan's notes here, and it's likely an EMBA is more than a regular one, but I was thinking of a degree I could pursue...

The link to the Bloomberg article made me laugh out loud. My degrees are both in geology and I worked as a geologist for a couple years before switching...

Some questions I would ask to answer the "release or delay" question:

1) If it were released as is, would people get any increased benefit out of using the feature...

Every time I interview I get asked if I consider myself more of an application developer or a database developer and I have to always answer "both". I use...

Tom Garth (6/26/2008)

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I've generally gone by Programmer or Developer. Developer leads some to believe that I build shopping malls or homes, so I might make it Software Developer, but Programmer...