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  • RE: No, I do not provide childcare at my technology events...

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (10/6/2010)


    Matt Miller (#4) (10/5/2010)


    I've asked this before: what's the measurable definition of a "pattern of discrimination"?

    ...

    Again, I don't have an answer. I don't...

  • RE: No, I do not provide childcare at my technology events...

    david_wendelken (10/5/2010)


    bwillsie-842793 (10/5/2010)


    david_wendelken (10/5/2010)


    The only true solution is "Equality until it hurts."

    And, unfortunately, absolutely no one wants that, as everyone has a different opinion on what "equal" means.

    Everyone wants...

  • RE: No, I do not provide childcare at my technology events...

    david_wendelken (10/5/2010)


    The only true solution is "Equality until it hurts."

    If equality means maintaining a quota system, then it will hurt. However, if we hire based solely on a candidate's qualifications...

  • RE: No, I do not provide childcare at my technology events...

    mstumpp (10/5/2010)


    Good discussion. However, one sentence caused me to read and re-read and re-read: "I think this was the precipice to his asking..." I think the word she should have...

  • RE: No, I do not provide childcare at my technology events...

    I think that men and women bring to the table a set of distinct personality traits, some positive and some negative, at least in terms of their usefulness in IT....

  • RE: Planning for Failure

    Also remember that database backups are not just for production servers, it should also go for Development or QA environments as well. Even if the data itself is replaceable, the...

  • RE: Tablediff utility in SQL 2005

    If you have SQL Server 2008 Enterprise edition, then look at the new Change Data Capture feature. It depends on what purpose the table will serve in the development environment....

  • RE: Big Data and SQL

    Nevyn (9/21/2010)

    Not true, lazy people can totally learn proper SQL.

    Just , you know, um, later.

    Hey, all the developer needs to do is make sure his SQL basically gets the point...

  • RE: NoSQL Is Not Everywhere

    mtillman-921105 (9/21/2010)


    Well, we knew that VFP was a dead-end road once it was skipped over when .NET came ou... Hey, wait a minute! When's MS going to include...

  • RE: NoSQL Is Not Everywhere

    mtillman-921105 (9/21/2010)


    Yeah Eric, I wish I could say that the last line of FoxPro code I wrote was in '98. I waited too long to switch over, but I...

  • RE: Big Data and SQL

    Steve Jones - Editor (9/21/2010)


    david_wendelken (9/21/2010)


    Half of all people are dumber than average.

    Half of all people are lazier than average.

    Lazy or dumb people can't learn to do SQL properly.

    Does that...

  • RE: NoSQL Is Not Everywhere

    mtillman-921105 (9/21/2010)


    Eric Russell 13013 (9/21/2010)


    mtillman-921105 (9/21/2010)


    To what extent were relational DBMS created because drive space wasn't cheap and processing power was weak? Big, flat tables weren't helpful in either...

  • RE: NoSQL Is Not Everywhere

    mtillman-921105 (9/21/2010)


    To what extent were relational DBMS created because drive space wasn't cheap and processing power was weak? Big, flat tables weren't helpful in either case years ago. ...

  • RE: NoSQL Is Not Everywhere

    Steve Jones - Editor (9/21/2010)


    ... We discarded MySQL and PostgreSQL for this site early on, even when funds were tight, because we weren't familiar with them and they were still...

  • RE: NoSQL Is Not Everywhere

    David.Poole (9/21/2010)


    The premise of NoSQL is that for applications where data loss is not the end of the world then the overhead of an RDBMS is overkill. They work...

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