Yell McGuyer (1/3/2017)

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Prof. R.H. Mabry of Clemson wrote a paper about this topic. The paper spends a little too much time dispelling the Phillips curve, but has some great quotes...

dietztm (1/3/2017)

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I do believe that as a nation we need a strong and secure safety net and affordable education, so people aren't forced into jobs they hate, just to survive....

David.Poole (1/2/2017)

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Now imagine the AI in the query optimiser reaching the stage where it simply doesn't matter how you write the query, as long as you can write the query...

I bought my grand daughter an arduino-based robot kit. I suspect that will take up some of my time;-)

Otherwise I will be spending time on the continuous refinement of my...

This is the...

Another example of wacky interview questions:

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/10-brain-teasing-questions-to-ask-when-interviewing-it-professionals/?ftag=TREf7159e0&bhid=12393500

I really feel this is just smoke and mirrors, more about the interviewer's interpretation of themselves and/or their company as hip and innovative. But in...

This potentially could be a good test, if the example is well chosen.

We read of all kinds of tests, some of which border on the ridiculous: throwing bizarre (often not...

There are so many variables:

Is the system currently causing a problem? or is it just slower than it could be? Trimming 20 minutes off a weekly task may be fun,...

Or we could go completely the other way.

As it is, the job system is an awkward fit into the SQL management world. You can do a lot with it, but...

After 1 day, the user was able to connect. I don't know why, they should be using the same domain controller, but for whatever reason, all is well

thanks

Sometimes, also, the line between whistle blower and disgruntled employee can be a little hard to nail down. If a potential whistle blower illegally hacks into a system to get...

The company I work for was purchased and split into two separate companies at the same address. The names were almost identical, plus each one had subsidiaries with totally unrelated...

The distinction would be between data and information. Information is far more valuable, because that is what is left after the irrelevant and wrong is removed. Lots of data...

Eric M Russell (8/23/2016)

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I hate "security questions". If I'm a hacker and want to know your grandfather's first name or your mother's mainden name, I can just go to ancestry.com....

I have found wireless K&M to be more trouble than they're worth. Wired ones seem to be a lot less trouble, and the wire is no real inconvenience.