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  • RE: Crack that Encrypted Data

    robert.sterbal 56890 (4/19/2016)


    Has anyone set up 2 virtual machines on their desktop, one for browsing and email and one for everything else?

    I use an Ubuntu VM for general browsing. ...

  • RE: The Data Dewey Decimal System

    crlewis42 (4/11/2016)


    Seriously though wouldn't it be nice for an analyst to be able to peruse a catalog and lookup their own data sources to support whatever they are tasked to...

  • RE: Do Less

    roger.plowman (3/24/2016)


    Preaching to the choir here. 😀

    My first programming was done on a 1962 vintage IBM 1130. In Fortran. On punch cards. (laughing)

    Ditto. Fortran on punch cards. Then COBOL,...

  • RE: The Matrix

    Too much emphasis on simple skills that can be memorized or looked up with Google.

    Success comes from understanding the problem and situation, and working out a solution.

  • RE: SQL Server on Linux

    MS CEO Satya Nadella seems to be moving Microsoft towards a product company, regardless of OS. Years ago, when Steve Jobs met with Bill Gates to help save Apple, a...

  • RE: The Data Driven Event

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/8/2016)


    I used to keep an Ubuntu VM around. Might need to resurrect it.

    I use an Ubuntu VM (and CentOS) to do internet browsing, and to...

  • RE: The Data Driven Event

    Phil Parkin (3/8/2016)


    According to Brent Ozar, RC0 is out[/url].

    yea, looks like RC0 was released yesterday (March 7th, 2016).

    here is the link for the RC0:

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-sql-server-2016

  • RE: Learning from Microsoft

    Gary Varga (3/1/2016)


    Andrew..Peterson (3/1/2016)


    ...After years of neglect, SQL Server looks to be coming back.

    Or is it that a lot of this is based on work over the last few years...

  • RE: Learning from Microsoft

    MS has made some significant changes to the SQL 2016 product.

    SSRS is undergoing some major changes, including the potential to run Power BI reports locally/on-premise, along with the...

  • RE: Interesting Data Centers

    UPS driver has access to the server room!

    Years ago, I was doing a project for a mid-size company with a dedicated server room. Overall, it was reasonably organized,over head cables,...

  • RE: Forcing Strong Passwords

    I suggest everyone use 2 factor ID for all critical sites, starting with email.

    Control email, and you can take over many sites lingering in all those old emails...

  • RE: Maybe Security is Harder than Rocket Science

    robert.sterbal 56890 (2/2/2016)


    What are the best sites for reviewing what kind of security to implement? I don't think I'd send a manager to Stackoverflow.

    Is there a good cost modeler?

    100% agree....

  • RE: Rulebreaking Developers

    Mark A. Norris (1/7/2016)


    ZZartin (1/7/2016)


    Hmm... the VW thing sounds like a case where IT people were being blamed for other people's problems. And while management may have been involved...

  • RE: Rulebreaking Developers

    Wayne West (1/7/2016)


    ... When we have better solutions, or we can correct deficiencies, management doesn't want to spend the time or effort to do so. ...

    Greed, pure and simple. ...

  • RE: An Impressive SQL Server

    Salesforce.com - been told from insiders that Salesforce.com has the "...largest SQL Server installation."

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