greg.bull (3/13/2012)

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I didn't design the table - although I'm sure the developers who did would appreciate those design comments. If they were still alive. Often, we just have to work...

vliet (3/13/2012)

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Banking is a good example. However, transactional consistency is not about deposits and withdraws, but about transfers. If you transfer money from your account to another account to pay...

Paul Stafford (3/13/2012)

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GSquared (3/13/2012)

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I think local, up-to-the-hour, or up-to-the-day data is probably good enough for a lot of things. Like ads on websites (to name one with a lot...

Lynn Pettis (3/13/2012)

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And the broken record returns.

Why can't he give it a break. He wants everyone to be just like him. He really needs to get over himself....

Joe! Back in your cage! Time for your meds!

On-subject:

It looks like a fairly simple self-join will solve the immediate problem with the data. I'm assuming this is...

I think local, up-to-the-hour, or up-to-the-day data is probably good enough for a lot of things. Like ads on websites (to name one with a lot of money attached...

I use hotmail, mainly. ...

On the "great but humble" point, I like to tell people I have a horrible flaw in my personality, without which I would exceed all possible definitions of perfection. ...

As far as value of great dev vs good-enough goes, I would say it depends on what you're trying to do.

If your goal is to use technology in an irrational...

jcrawf02 (3/2/2012)

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Isn't poverty based on an absolute income level? http://coverageforall.org/pdf/FHCE_FedPovertyLevel.pdf

No idea how they calculate that level, but this level/dollar amount defines whether you can receive government benefits such as Medicaid...

Brandie Tarvin (3/2/2012)

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I know this is not what you said, but the idea that poor people aren't "smart" (which is what it sounded like) really, really bothers me. As someone...

An aside about the nitpick, poverty is considered as a percentage of the average income. You can certainly work the numbers so you don't have anyone under 20% of an...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/2/2012)

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GSquared (3/2/2012)

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a) There are a lot of people looking for work, many of whom have valid credentials/qualifications for the field they work in, and many...

I'm basing my disagreement with you based on scientific studies I've read that control for poverty and poorly funded schools. When that's controlled for, our students are just as good...

Don't use this code.

I just tested, and names like "George" and "Sally" come up as exact matches.

Other examples of "exact" (rank 3) matches:

Beth, Stephanie

Gus, Lisa

Pie, Hello

Not sure what's wrong with...