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  • RE: Ethics in IT - Database Weekly (Nov 17, 2008)

    It's interesting how morality (at all levels) becomes more important during more difficult economic times and less so during more prosperous times. In personal relationships, in politics and in business....

  • RE: How Productive Are You?

    If Fred wasn't still with us, he'd be spinning in his grave. He's probably sitting in a coffee shop somewhere with his head in his hands wondering why people are...

  • RE: The Security of You

    Steve Jones - Editor (11/12/2008)


    Yikes, a smell sensor?!?!

    Not sure I want to handle data quality on that one

    The smell data is coming. Several entertainment companies are jousting patents over home...

  • RE: DBA Value

    I've worked as a people manager for more than one executive who had a severe allergy to single-purpose employees (especially DBAs and data architects). Even when I knew that I...

  • RE: The Security of You

    The recent defeat of drive encryption by researchers using a spray can of chilly stuff and a RAM reader will also defeat the hidden o/s trick, I would imagine. Turning...

  • RE: The Security of You

    I've always been skeptical of biometric security simply because it assumes secure endpoints, which is precisely the least logical assumption that a security system should make. With USB fingerprint devices...

  • RE: Bootstrap

    Love the quote, Christopher. It seems like a corollary to my theorem that if humans ever produce self-aware Artificial Intelligence™ on par with human cognizance it will be by accident....

  • RE: Bootstrap

    Me, too, Steve.

    :crying:

    I liked working for Me™ a lot and plan to do it again someday, but we'll have to see if Change™ can save us from the Evil Economy™....

  • RE: The October 2008 Energy Update

    Steve Hoyer (10/30/2008)


    Government also has the funding to push for something that can be seen as having global importance. I guess that boils down to what you think governemnt...

  • RE: The October 2008 Energy Update

    blandry (10/30/2008)


    We used to be "Americans" - now we are "Republicans" and "Democrats".

    Besides pointing out that you need some in-depth American history lessons (to counter delusions of non-partisan...

  • RE: Updating Aging Databases

    Steve Jones - Editor (10/29/2008)


    Yep, would prefer pay for service, give us more time, reasonable prices.

    Define reasonable. Define license model. Define compliance methodology. Marketing will require massive amounts of data...

  • RE: A Few Good DBAs

    Michael Valentine Jones (10/29/2008)


    I can't believe he ripped me off. I posted this on SQLTeam 3 and a half years ago; it's the reason for my forum title there,...

  • RE: A Few Good DBAs

    Keller (10/29/2008)


    Yer too late. Talk Like A Pirate Day[/url] was September 19th. Arrr!

    Nah, Pilgrim. Somebody on another thread here accused me of being a Puritan. (Imagine me: a...

  • RE: Updating Aging Databases

    Hey, Phil. Do you do those every five year service calls for FREE? I'll bet not...

    😀

    Ancient SQL Server versions are supported longer than ten years, if you're willing to pay...

  • RE: Absolutely (Not?)

    Wayne West (10/29/2008)


    I rather liked the Slashdot comments about Azure Screens of Death. :hehe:

    I'm still sad that they removed the red ones from Longhorn. Red feels more like the computer...

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