seatedElephant (8/15/2016)

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This may not be popular (and "party pooperesque"), but I'm not sure the Earth needs the ill effects of burning tonnes of rocket fuel for the pleasure of those...

Yep...but it is not only time but energy required. Both...

Some people seem to truly believe that one should "live each day like it is your last" but I want to live long enough to enjoy reaping the rewards of...

Eric M Russell (8/11/2016)

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That's one problem with being the DBA, we're obliged to sit in...

call.copse (8/11/2016)

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djackson 22568 (8/10/2016)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (8/10/2016)

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I don't think I type too hard, but I do miss the old IBM, heavy, beige, clicky mechanical keyboards. I've had a...

I am useless at the whole work/life balance malarkey.

I work too many hours, try to give all I can to my wife and children then end up with too little...

djackson 22568 (8/10/2016)

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...I guess you could argue it this way. Each individual has certain ethics. In some cases those are pretty strong, in some cases they are pretty...

Tom, the book title was all I needed to read to get a first impression that nothing else could shift.

The use of this as the basis of decision making is, whilst pragmatic, the fundemental reason for modern commercial...

Should this editorial have been titled "The ease to distract professionals through distruction" as I think we are all mostly curious how you destroy so many keyboards.

BTW As for comments...

Eric M Russell (8/9/2016)

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If your job is to manage an ever expanding database containing a record of every eCommerce website mouse click or a record of every public toilet flush...

Sean Redmond (8/9/2016)

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...Whenever a new application is developed, I tell them of the need to build in archival system from the beginning but there is little interest. There is always...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (8/8/2016)

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...What we do with the DLM automation, or the capturing of changes with ReadyRoll, isn't really removing work. Instead, we capture what you do, maybe...

patrickmcginnis59 10839 (8/8/2016)

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...I recently saw a post identifying the"if" statement as an antipattern. It was thoughtfully written explaining why and what needed to be done. Unfortunately I get...

Removing old data is something that I have heard discussed more and more over the last couple of years. However, almost everytime someone has said that they are not prepared...