(Apologies for the long post.)

The UN global warming report was published with 52 scientists signing on. In 2007 over 400 scientists refuted it. In 2008 that number has grown...

Steve Jones - Editor (2/11/2009)

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They're for some developers. I know plenty of developers that have done well sharing space with 1, 2, or more others in an open environment. I've...

Oh what I'd give for an office with a door. Or a holocaust...

Recently, I emailed photos of my work area to Steve for comparison. Per Steve's suggestion: Here's majority of the email...

"Steve Jones" wrote on 02/11/2009 09:06:50 AM: (Steve's...

The lawyers and politicians need job security, so let's constantly create fear and a crisis...

I agree with the sentiment, trust / respect your fellow man until shown reasons...

We have a list of files explicitly skipped. Not just file extensions. Plus a complete scan during our maintenance window on Sundays. Plus the server sits...

blandry (1/26/2009)

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Oh, Lord help us - I can just see it now... Reboot police, and for those who excel, Reboot Detectives. Then? Oh yes, I am sure...

If my employer started that, I'd be REALLY screwed. Our parent IT organization is so paranoid, we have heaps and heaps of "extras" on our laptops for security. ...

Like the script. However, I noticed 2 areas for improvement. If I'm "deleting" all the rows from the primary key, I want all the foreign rows wiped out...

Wayne West (1/13/2009)

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Wow. That'd require a lot of work! Most of my databases (individually, not collectively) would fit on my 8 gig flash drive, my biggest is our...

I would think you could get a handle on the sizes simply by querying the backup history tables.

For me, much of this is simply ease of administration. As stated,...

Ben Moorhouse (1/13/2009)

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I do backups for various solutions - not just SQL server, and with every one I backup to individual files.

I just keep the filename format the same eg....

I agree with your state concerning multiple backups in a single file. Even with all of the redundancies built into our infrastructure.

For our investment accounting system I created a procedure...

Captain Miserable (1/9/2009)

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Personally, I thought it was fun coming straight out of college into a "Grown-up" job, where I was required to wear a tie like a "grown-up". But,...

blandry (1/9/2009)

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Then again here, late in my career, I have a closet full of suits and ties that have not seen "action" in (whoa...) well over a decade. And...