So, who here thinks the move to 3rd party hosted database services will eventually make the position of SYSADMIN a toaster? :unsure:

By "toaster", I'm assuming we mean a piece of very vertical software that performs a common function, is based on publicly available source code, can be easily duplicated, and leaves...

Not only is there a high frequency of events, but there's also a number of new presentations to build. It seems I have 3-4 (at least) new talks to assemble,...

Gary Varga (10/21/2014)

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Iwas Bornready (10/21/2014)

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We did a total rewrite of our internal software package. We used new technology and the project timeline ended up doubling before we were done simply...

Iwas Bornready (10/21/2014)

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After working at several companies the most common waste of money was believing that you would save money by buying in bulk and getting the items at a...

There seems to be this prevailing thought, both in governement and within corporations, that big problems can be solved by throwing big piles of money at it. This manner of...

BenWard (10/15/2014)

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The point I make is that people get angry with the governments spending billions on something they don't want, under the mistaken impression that the money is gone forever,...

BenWard (10/15/2014)

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It does keep the financial ball rolling...

At the end of the day, if a company does nothing more than produce an honest, high paying, satisfying job for 1,000 of it's own employees, then that's a worthwhile...

There are occasions when statisticians...

joshturnbull90 (10/11/2014)

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I had an interesting one where I managed to save £40 on my car insurance by declaring myself as a business analyst rather than a project manager. If anyone...

Luis Cazares (10/10/2014)

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This editorial reminded me of this site:

http://www.tylervigen.com/

Did you now that US spending on science, space, and technology correlates with Suicides by hanging, strangulation and suffocation? Or that Divorce...

From what I've seen, restraunts with multiple TV sets (ie: sports bars) tend to have a higher calorie fried menu, and even folks who normally eat healthy will occasionally go...

BWFC (10/10/2014)

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But it's in the Daily Mail, it must be true. Are you suggesting that what they publish may not be entirely accurate. My whole belief system and...

Speaking of research studies with questionable cause and effect, I see this type of thing all the time on the morning news shows. Below is a good example.

How where you...