The only problem with "it depends" comes when some process, task or effort stalls while someone endlessly utters "it depends" based on some as yet unknown future element. This...

Steve, you say "being more productive" and I must say, I don't agree at all. I don't call that being productive when you are constantly in "another place" than...

Geospatial data? Taxonomic data? Temporal data? Geez Phil, isn't the Northwind database supposed to be a learning database used to bring people interested in becoming SQL Gurus...

So... You want a SQL bailout?

In order to qualify for a SQL bailout there are definitive steps you must follow...

1. Lie to your clients. For example, when...

I will pass that suggestion along and thank you very much for making it.

Do you know of any specific in Surface area config that would need tweaking?

Thanks!

This all sounds VERY suspicious...

"There was a mismatch of expectations in the presentation of a new product..."

"The CEO of a 3,000+ person company had to approve a $1,500-2,000 trip...

Nice editorial Steve, but I always find discussions of office layouts most curious - as though arranging furniture and amenities is really going to have all that much effect one...

Generally speaking, DBAs do not run companies and therefore some general code of ethics for DBAs does not seem to me to be any effective effort. In fact, it...

Steve - as much as plagiarism is detestable, I would like to commend you for having the class to speak up and let your site devotees know what happened. ...

...and how exactly, does a company know the number of reboots? Do they have someone patrolling the cubicles to see who is rebooting? Does the worker then get...

"Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing." I think that's true and that's part of the reason we'd had issues in our financial markets over the last couple of...

To me, nothing is any worse than a guy wearing a suit and tie who looks like he has been forced to wear a suit and tie and is about...

As much as I commend Brad on a good editorial encouraging people to work hard and show their value, there is a dark side to what he is suggesting and...

This is one of those topics where a "keen sense of the obvious" comes in very handy, but unfortunately, in my experience, it hasn't. Its great to design a...

There is a downside to technology and a number of futurists have already pointed it out - that is, as we have more and more technology we become completely dependant...