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  • RE: The Years of Experience

    I sometimes hear people say that the new features in the particular technology that they use is not appropriate for their area of work. I tend to think that there...

  • RE: Security Decisions

    Wayne West (12/14/2015)


    ...Yeah, I'd say it's a problem. For some reason I think that VTech toys may not be best sellers this Xmas season...

    Unfortunately, I believe that parents will...

  • RE: Security Decisions

    My interpretation on this editorial is that it is about taking responsibility for those machines under our control (and perhaps highlighting the issue to the appropriate people when they are...

  • RE: The $90,000 Laptop

    Ed Wagner (12/13/2015)


    ...Then again, I have a desktop at work and even it has full-disk encryption on it. It's a pain sometimes, but it's worth it to mitigate the...

  • RE: Building Better Communication Skills

    TomThomson (12/11/2015)


    Gary Varga (12/10/2015)


    It just needs to stop sentences like:

    I cannut spoll.

    It is the simple language spelling errors that are the most unprofessional. Incorrectly spelt esoteric terms, words and even...

  • RE: Are We Engineers?

    Iwas Bornready (12/10/2015)


    Gary Varga (12/10/2015)


    There have been a number of incidents that could have kick started it. Regardless, governments could have put a framework in place and demanded that all...

  • RE: Are We Engineers?

    This thread, albeit not yet very long, leads me to think that this editorial's title really should be:

    Should we be engineers?

    For me the answer is "Yes". Obviously.

    (Depends on what we...

  • RE: Are We Engineers?

    nicksamuel (12/10/2015)


    ...There are several reasons for this, which I will not list here, but all are symptoms of a general lax approach, especially by coders and development management...

    I, for one,...

  • RE: Building Better Communication Skills

    TomThomson (12/9/2015)


    Gary Varga (12/9/2015)


    Ralph Hightower (12/9/2015)


    ...Her emails have many misspellings and grammatical errors...

    Someone please point her to the option in her email client that enforces a spellcheck before sending!!!

    You mean...

  • RE: capture invalid connection

    It requires PowerShell 2.0 or above.

    Maybe this will help: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2182666/powershell-2-0-try-catch-how-to-access-the-exception

  • RE: An Inconceivable Scale

    Eric M Russell (12/9/2015)


    GoofyGuy (12/9/2015)


    Eric M Russell (12/9/2015)


    GoofyGuy (12/9/2015)


    If the promise of quantum computing is realised, a great deal of data might be stored in a series of superimposed states....

  • RE: Are We Engineers?

    I have wanted our industry to be "certified and regulated" every since I was a couple of years in and could understand how shockingly bad some people are and are...

  • RE: IT Data Governance and the Insider Job

    mjh 45389 (12/9/2015)


    ...I am now in favour of watching a person clearing their desk and escorting them from the premises...

    If everyone was treated the same it would end up protocol...

  • RE: Rethinking Hiring

    Wayne West (12/9/2015)


    Gary Varga (12/9/2015)


    ... No worries Jeff. I am not easily offended. (If that was you intention then you need to try harder ;-))

    I take it "Your mother was...

  • RE: capture invalid connection

    If you change your "catch" to a "catch [<ExceptionType>]" (e.g. "catch [System.Net.WebException]") or the correct type then you will be able to handle it gracefully.

    NOTE: I cannot remember the specific...

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