And hacking closed source software allows you to take action...

robert.sterbal 56890 (3/3/2016)

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Notice that I didn't say it is more secure. But perhaps that shouldn't be the only thing we think about when evaluating security?

Do we have a good breach...

Two Fathoms

Yes, FOSS is no better than hidden source software, and also no worse than it, from a security point of view. And the reluctance of manufacturers to apply fixes,...

Has something gone wrong with sending notifications over the last day or two? A lot of new posts on the thread, but I haven't had a single notification...

Bells

Nice editorial with valid points, but perhaps too many "amazing"s :-).

It looks to me as if Microsoft is at last taking large scale configuration mnagement seriously, using it to control...

Good article.

I don't agree with you that IPR should be a reason for not publishing algorithms and code. I know it wasn't an editorial about IPR, but...

djackson 22568 (2/29/2016)

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Kyrilluk (2/29/2016)

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The real issue from the perspective of the left or extreme-left London School Of Economics about using algorithms, is that they tend to confirm prejudices instead of...

TheFault (2/29/2016)

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GeorgeCopeland (2/29/2016)

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Some of the posters here appear to have never seen a system that was put together by people who didn't know what they were doing. Windows tools are...

Nice question. And nice tolearn about an SSIS transform I hadn't come across before.

Glad to see the statement on the referenced page that the tagging will some times be wrong...

Luis Cazares (2/29/2016)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (2/29/2016)

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Alan.B (2/29/2016)

It's not a bad thing for a recruiter to work with the candidate to modify the resume for a position provided everyone...

Jacob Wilkins (2/29/2016)

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My assumption is that this line from the BOL entry for COALESCE

has the intended meaning of

If and...

Hugo Kornelis (2/28/2016)

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Good question, and I am glad that the answer I expected to be correct was not listed.

I do want to point out a few things, though.

First, on ISNULL...

Basically I agree with Hugo, but I'd express it mperhaps more simply (and perhaps more bluntly).

Although using a column to identify a single row is certainly a valid thing within...