I have become skeptical of "scientific" findings regarding food and medicine. There seems to be scientific studies backing every cockeyed conclusion both for and against.

I second baen free library as well.

http://www.baen.com/library/titles.htm

I have still not finished all the free books after that I will buy the paid books. The best thing is...

There is ROWID in oracle but its absolutely useless. At the first reorganization or defragmentation etc. the rowids will change. If it cant change then the database can't...

That might be true but the majority of employees in ANY company look at their employer...

Here are some things that I follow to reduce eye strain:

1. Turn off gamma in your LCD monitor. It will be...

"Or do you think that SQL should remain in the hands of only those who know what needs to be done and how to do it?"

Installing and configuring SQL Server...

"Eh, the Cloud will become like electricity. One day we won't even think about it but it will be integral to daily life. "

That's what they said about flying cars...

I keep my cell in silent mode or off all the time. Every few hours I switch it on and return missed calls. That way the phone doesn't...

How about this - let's replace the space shuttle with a vehicle that has not been tested, is poorly designed, and was developed with no analysis up front on what...

"[a-z]+[0-9]*@\w+[.](com|com.uk|com.np|net|com.in)$"

This is not enough to validate all emails, try this:

[a-zA-Z0-9]+([-\._][a-zA-Z0-9]+)*@(\w+(-\w+|_\w+)*\.)+[a-zA-Z]+$

"Even though many of those constraints don't apply, I still try to be careful and watch my data types, watch my round trips, and be aware that there are actually...

I would frantically try to build a time machine to throw me back into 2010.

"Please feel free to say hi"

Hi.

99% of the internet is crap, but I cant live without the internet.

We just have to learn how to find out what is crap and what is not.

"far more viruses nowadays are after your cpu- and bandwidth-resources to circulate spam, organise coordinated dos-attacks or try to steal any commercially interesting data."

I am very sensitive to bandwidth usage...