Interestingly, I find that a lot of my effort is spent not on actually learning things, but more on meta-learning about things - for example, I don't know that much...

True, but it's the same with every service. What happens when everyone picks up the phone at the same time and wants to dial interstate ? What happens...

As far as I can tell, the real future for cloud lies in SaaS (software as a service).

The seasonal example was great for showing a compelling reason for buying massive...

Hrrmph. That'd be Joni Mitchell, though Judy Collins release the recording first.

Cloud is old news. The Russian mafia and zombie botnet owners have been using it for years....

We've been here with Steve Jones not long ago. I agree TDE would be a great feature to have on standard versions, but a lot of people remarked on...

Iain M Banks, anyone ? Have you read 'Excession' ?

I suppose that's why I feel with software a lot of the time like I'm a caveman chipping...

Regarding shouting code across the room, or a noisy phone line, why not simply use the ascii codes in their binary form ? Pretty easy to hear the difference between...

Funny, but I can hear a voice screaming at me somewhere around the back of my head. It's saying 'Visual Basic' ...

Pardon me, but shouldn't we be asking the question: given that M$ HAS encryption, should they provide a strong encryption for SPs - one that really does work ?...

I'm with Jeff on this one. I've written some pretty hair-raising stuff that I still suspect to this day might be a first, and liable for some pretty serious...

Demoware - software which can be used to build great-looking demos, but which is unsuitable for almost any real life application. eg. ASP .NET (rowrrrr)

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I hardly dare mention it after the flogging ORMs got a week or so ago, but as a frequenter of the site probably with a foot planted more firmly...

CirquedeSQLeil (4/7/2010)

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ben.mcintyre (4/7/2010)

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While I agree with the sentiment of this article, I think the most important thing is: if you DO change any data, KEEP AN AUDIT TRAIL ! ...

'Maintain' as in 'keep preserved in its original state', or 'Maintain' as in 'proactively fix something to bring it close to a chosen standard'.

Was going to comment earlier on the...

While I agree with the sentiment of this article, I think the most important thing is: if you DO change any data, KEEP AN AUDIT TRAIL ! You MUST...