I'm not sure I understand what is meant by the application having to make secondary database calls. For example, if you have a SQL Server database containing invoices with multiple...

Economic forecasts are not a good reason for an organization to grow or shrink their IT staff (hire and retain the right mix and number of staff based on what...

According to Gallup polls, more than half of Americans say they want to lose weight, but that's not necessarily a reason for gym owners to expect a surge in membership...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/24/2015)

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Eric M Russell (7/24/2015)

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rclark-1124819 (7/24/2015)

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if I didn't drop a zero somewhere, the 7 billion in population would fit into the state of Colorado if we...

rclark-1124819 (7/24/2015)

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if I didn't drop a zero somewhere, the 7 billion in population would fit into the state of Colorado if we all lived in the density of the country...

Chris Harshman (7/24/2015)

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Think about the times on Jeopardy (it was only a few but still) where the response required some kind of reasoning, common sense, or other ability...

What makes AI so useful; it's not just the fact that it can make decisions faster, it's that an AI is (ideally) not subject to the same biases, physical shortcomings,...

The problem with technology is that at some point it stops being about science and practical commercial applications and instead is driven by pedestrian consumer demand and marketing. I mean,...

I'm not concerned about robot overlords exterminating mankind in the future, but I do believe that artificial intelligence has created a sort of soft tyranny here and now. Think about...

Naveen PK (7/23/2015)

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My company has central database server and all other database servers subscribe to that central server to keep a local copy (nightly replicated). That way I dont need...

jckfla (7/21/2015)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/20/2015)

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jckfla (7/20/2015)

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Maybe I'm not seeing something right about CI...but to me, it seems to me very loosely defined.

I would think Continuous Integration would be...

That's why, when gathering and documenting requirements for a new project, it's helpful to also document separately what is Out Of Scope. Not only does it keep the development on...

It may be legal, but that doesn't mean we can't scoff at it.

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/17/2015)

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Eric M Russell (7/16/2015)

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I'm not familaiar with unit testing frameworks; I typically do input / output unit testing in the development environment while I'm coding....

jckfla (7/16/2015)

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xsevensinzx (7/16/2015)

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jckfla (7/16/2015)

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If consumers would more readily reject what wasn't exactly what they need or what doesn't work right, manufacturers would have no option but to make sure quality...