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Rich Mechaber SSChampion Points: 11130 More actions · Answer 1

jeff.mason (3/24/2012)
If you remember that other apps use SSPI besides SQL Server this wasn't hard. But a good reminder though.

Yup, that was my "process of elimination" mental pathway, too. Plus, the other two options weren't as obscurely worded as Microsoft often seems to prefer.

Rich

Dana Medley SSCertifiable Points: 6764 More actions · Answer 2

Easy point and great start to a Monday.

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EL Jerry SSCertifiable Points: 7064 More actions · Answer 3

Thanks for the easy question. Nice way to start the week.

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March 26, 2012 at 9:11 am

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This was an easy one - thanks!

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March 26, 2012 at 9:17 am

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thanks for the question

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104768 More actions · Answer 6

nice easy question.

cengland0 (3/26/2012)
It could stand for any of the following:
Security Support Provider Interface (Microsoft)
Security Service Provider Interface (Microsoft)
Society of Satellite Professionals International
Steady-State Plasma Insulin
Signs and Symptoms of Psychotic Illness (rating scale)
Salle de Soins Post-Interventionnels (French: Post-Interventional Room Care; recovery room)
Soldier Sensor/Platform Interface (ITT)

Apart from the quoted list available at TheFreeDictionary.com, other possibilities which may amuse people interested in future power supply technology, a corporation making use of mathematical information theory, exploitative pseud-science, spookery, or injecting things into people are

Space Solar Power Institute

Statistical Signal Processing Inc

Spirit Search Paranormal Investigations

Single Source Processor (IMINT)

Schmidt Sting Pain Index

If there's a genetic chemistry biologist amongst the readers, maybe he can tell us what sspI stands for when it's a restriction enzyme - I can't, I don't understand that stuff at all: the molecular structure of anything more complex that aniline is way beyond the ken of anyone like me, and I don't know what any of it's called (I can just about remember what RNA stands for on a good day, or even DNA on a very good day).

Tom

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281344 More actions · Answer 7

thanks. Good way to start the week.

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Peter Trast SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4392 More actions · Answer 8

Thanks for an easy one. It's been a tough day 🙂

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March 26, 2012 at 12:46 pm

#1464472

Easy one. Thanks

DBA_Dom SSCrazy Points: 2902 More actions · Answer 10

Had to think about it for a second, but nice simple question to start a long week.

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March 26, 2012 at 3:41 pm

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+1

Gazareth One Orange Chip Points: 27737 More actions · Answer 12

L' Eomot Inversé (3/26/2012)
If there's a genetic chemistry biologist amongst the readers, maybe he can tell us what sspI stands for when it's a restriction enzyme - I can't, I don't understand that stuff at all: the molecular structure of anything more complex that aniline is way beyond the ken of anyone like me, and I don't know what any of it's called (I can just about remember what RNA stands for on a good day, or even DNA on a very good day).

Restriction enzymes cut DNA at a specific sequence of nucleotide bases, in this case, AATATT. They're used to isolate the whole gene from the rest of the genome, usually so it can be produced in large amounts via Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). From here, the manufactured genes can be spliced back into the genomes of other yeast cells in great number, creating your own little sspI protein-generating mass production factory.

The sspI restriction enzyme is so named because it's used to cut the sspI gene from the genome. The gene itself appears to encode for a spore protein in yeast.

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March 26, 2012 at 4:18 pm

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I enjoyed that! 😎

Ken SSCoach Points: 17191 More actions · Answer 14

Nice and easy. A good start to the week. Liked the other acronyms too!

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104768 More actions · Answer 15

Gazareth (3/26/2012)
The sspI restriction enzyme is so named because it's used to cut the sspI gene from the genome. The gene itself appears to encode for a spore protein in yeast.

Thanks, Gazareth, now we know what it is. 🙂

But we still don't know what it stands for when used in that context. 😉

Tom