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  • RE: When Is Work, Work?

    David.Poole (9/10/2008)


    I have to ask those of you who have worked mega-hours. Looking back, how much did it benefit your career? When I've worked the silly hours it...

  • RE: When Is Work, Work?

    I don't miss 4 A.M. deployments or dinner-time emergencies, but I picked my current job because it doesn't have the potential for them... but when I did have them, I...

  • RE: An IT Union - Database Weekly (Sept 8, 2008)

    I've never gotten the podcast feed to work with my Zune since the last update they did to the feed... Fortunately, I can just loop the "new" Dilbert animated comics...

  • RE: An IT Union - Database Weekly (Sept 8, 2008)

    There are as many IT organizations out there as there are disaffected ex-IT workers who think "community organizer" sounds like less work than what they were doing before. Well, almost....

  • RE: An IT Union - Database Weekly (Sept 8, 2008)

    ¡¡What a great way to encourage more outsourcing!! :w00t:

    Maybe I should've wrapped that in sarcasm tags, since not everybody recognizes the sarcasm mark.

  • RE: Believe in Your Data - Database Weekly (Aug 25, 2008)

    I remember reading a post (I thought it was Schneier) on using cryptography, public key-style, to provide for anonymous authentication and repudiation of election results. When I originally read it,...

  • RE: Believe in Your Data - Database Weekly (Aug 25, 2008)

    I've seen proposals for electronic voting widgets that print out the ballot for later stuffing into boxes, maybe some exist already, but like Penelope says, nothing's human-proof.

    😛

    Having been involved more...

  • RE: Believe in Your Data - Database Weekly (Aug 25, 2008)

    Before we moved north, I got the opportunity to use a couple different electronic machines in Houston. I didn't like the way that the UI worked personally, but I imagine...

  • RE: A Release from Data

    cy (8/14/2008)


    Ted Pin (8/14/2008)


    This is why every form/kata that I've ever learned or seen begins with a block...

    Depending on your way of thinking, there are no blocks, just strikes. 😉

    If...

  • RE: A Release from Data

    For us, martial arts has always been a family thing, long before I got into software development professionally. My wife and I met on the sparring mat in a college...

  • RE: A Good Case For Reference

    laker_42, I'm not sure what you mean exactly by a "code table" but if my suspicions are correct, you're essentially talking about a generic master data management application. With the...

  • RE: Social Profiling

    Here's a twist... Everybody so far has focused on what YOU post about your life on the web. How does the fictitious HR person distinguish between what YOU post and...

  • RE: A Good Case For Reference

    Wayne Stauffer (7/15/2008)


    I'd like to see an example of a global business application that tracks events in multiple timezones.

    You've got a tough nut to crack there, Wayne. But it's a...

  • RE: A Good Case For Reference

    maloneyk (7/15/2008)


    I hope you don't think I was referring to SQLSvr when I used the term "tacked on" in an earlier post.

    No offense taken. Because I ran a development shop...

  • RE: A Good Case For Reference

    David.Poole (7/15/2008)


    Please M$ smarten up the error messages in SQL. For example, we have email alerts when replication has a problem. Would it really be that much of...

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