Is there some level where frequent random inserts and deletions would make a clustered index a poorer choice, because of constant movement of data (where it would seem that a...

Gary Varga (6/26/2014)

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I agree with most of what Charles says here but, at least for my part, executable text is verifiable whereas a non-executable graphical representation is not. A document...

My life time has bridged the gap between the computer and non computer worlds (I'm 64). In school I never had a calculator (just a slide rule). I still have...

Documents never get rev'ed to keep up with changes. Human memory is faulty, and certainly we find ourselves clicking the wrong button at times

Alas, scripts (especially the 'auto answer' variety)...

True crypt has an interesting feature. You allocate encrypted 'drives' which occupy large files (the unused part is randomized). In addition to the primary encryption key, you can create a...

Big amounts of garbage data is still garbage. Throwing more data on a flawed analysis does not make it better. With enough data you can draw all sorts of correlations...

Eric M Russell (4/8/2014)

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I hate to say it, but the only way we're every going to see any industry wide application of standard data security policies is through government regulation...

That is certainly a variant of one of the reasons one can expect it to vary client to client e.g. I cannot imagine that the DoD (or any other equivalent...

Personally I keep my devices and company devices completely separate. Better for both parties.

It's time for MS to follow the TurboTax model, and provide an app that asks the right questions, interprets your requirements and comes up with a recommendation (or choices). It...

There is a tendency to fall into a 'us and them' mentality when people take these distinctions too seriously Not everyone or every group falls into this trap, but it...

below86 (3/27/2014)

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I know this may not be what you meant by "The first is willfully taking part in any illegal activity.". But what about a home poker game? ...

Gary Varga (3/27/2014)

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... Particularly here in the UK, many people who would fall under the fired category agree to technically resign as this is deemed to be in the best...

In a job that is, for the most part, worthy-but-dull, rather than the stuff of dreams

Most good jobs are like that. Glamor is transient, but the enjoyment of doing something...

Gary Varga (2/25/2014)

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We should be doing the right things and be seen to be doing them. Except for a possible small number of exceptions, I would hazard a guess that...