To all SSCers: Fair winds and following seas in the new year.

Thank you Steve for all of your hard work.

Trust no one but you with your stuff. You are utlimately responsible.

Trumpet player myself. Mostly jazz with some Chicago and BS & T thrown in.

I'm not great at it but I enjoy it. :satisfied:

I'm not sure what the editorial has to do with trusting users. But I know a lot of people who don't trust Microsoft. I don't know why people trust Apple,...

Does anybody remember the term data bank? It was popularized in some 1960's movies. For most it was some magical "thing" that stored "all of the information in the world"...

I found that working with a small organization leads to more respect. A large company tends to regard their employees as "resources" and not as individuals.

lfallis (12/9/2009)

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I do agree with the editorial, but I would add two things.

1. You also need to sell something new. No one likes change, and to help get that buy...

There are at least two things wrong with this.

1. Big brother, 1984, whatever you want to call it.

2. At the risk of offending someone... I think the idea...

Best is so relative to be almost meaningless, but, there are grades from worst to best that one can use to help determine a solution. Does best include the least...

Thanks for all of your hard work Steve. It's appreciated beyond measure.

I used to be passionate about photography, BD. (Before Digital and usually in B & W film). I was...

As the Cowardly Lion says, "Ain't it the truth? Ain't it the truth?"

Lynn Pettis (11/17/2009)

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David Easley-401108 (11/17/2009)

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I agree that the question is now better worded, but still disagree with the answer. Since the output of the queries is devoid of any...

OK. I'm going to quibble a bit. I, personally, do not consider the same point in time in the mountain time zone in the U.S. to be the same time...

The MULTIFLATFILE answer looked obviously bogus to me (which is why Ipicked it ;-)). I had never heard of it (seems like a lot of others didn't either) and seems...

Steve Jones - Editor (11/10/2009)

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I was stirring the pot a little, just to see how many people might agree. good to see most don't.

Technical Debt - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_debt

A good read on...