At one job in downtown Long Beach CA I worked for a software outfit in s nondescript brown building with underground parking. We shared with overflow offices for the City...

Remember the 2008 case of the City IT manager who was soooo good at his job and only he had the passwords to all the routers and had buit a...

Unlike the aforesaid replies about esoteric futuristic stuff, my favorite was a real one.

Back in the heady days when the 386 was announced. I went out and purchased a new...

I have been reading through all the posts here and I admit that perhaps I had gone off topic.

The last few posts talk about the mechanics of relational data and...

To Aurelio,

Oh that life and databases were so simple.

I think the "How can it be..." examples you postulate are perfect examples of why the errors occur. It's because no one...

Its all very well and good to discuss "Stolen" data but a very real concern to thousands of people is the screwed-up records as I will explain.

Experien, Equifax, TRW and...

Yes,

It's all fine if the person who posts a seemingly stupid question, showing he's out of his depth or a complete tyro, then we should say "Welcome ...but this is...