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  • RE: Software Patents

    patrickmcginnis59 10839 (2/20/2014)


    teresalinus (2/20/2014)


    Let me try to answer your question in a very simple way.Suppose you have an idea, for example a mobile application, which you find worthy and therefore...

  • RE: Time to Retire

    Markus (2/18/2014)


    I can understand both sides of it really... the thing is a furnace, washer, car doesn't run completely on software that needs to be patched every single month. ...

  • RE: Time to Retire

    Markus (2/17/2014)


    Funny this article comes up. Saturday I was at my parents house and my Mom said look at this message I am getting on our PC.... she fires...

  • RE: The Security of Interconnected Systems

    Companies looking to piggy back on 'freebie' consumer accounts (Twitter, Facebook, Youtube) are upset that identity could be compromised. Duh. All these 'freebie' assets available on the internet would not...

  • RE: Time to Retire

    I was just reading a comment on Bruce Schneier's blog. Apparently very many bank cash machines (ATM) are running XP. Likelihood they'll all be converted on time is about zero....

  • RE: Puzzled --log space errors in SIMPLE mode

    Thanks for the insights. I now see that the massive single statement was the issue.

  • RE: Oddball Interview Questions

    I'm of the very strong opinion that these novelty questions are basically ego stroking on the part of interviewers. There is absolutely NO scientific or statistical reason to expect they...

  • RE: Software Patents

    Interesting tidbits. An outfit that claims to hold patents on podcasting and playlists (based on the fact that the inventor operated a cassette by mail operation years ago) has subpoenaed...

  • RE: Software Patents

    Our patent offices have really lost sight of:

    'non obviousness'--really how can one NOT say that 1 click shopping, encrypting purchases or emailing a scanned image are obvious!

    Limited scope, specifity-- patents...

  • RE: Redundant Redundancy

    The trick is isolating the critical warnings. Email for everything simply means that critical stuff will get lost. Getting the right balance, getting bothered only when necessary, is the tricky...

  • RE: Job Activity Monitor

    I'm having this problem with multiple machines that PREVIOUSLY WERE WORKING.

    For some time I've had both sql2005 and 2008 management studio on my machine. A little while back the job...

  • RE: The Holiday Challenge

    The holidays are quiet as a tomb around here, so it's a good time to get stuff done. Especially the week from Christmas to New Year because it's a global...

  • RE: Time for Learning

    It is claimed that it takes a dog 500 tries to learn a trick ... at 5 tries /hour that works out to 100 hours. Seems about right. ...

  • RE: What's in a Name?

    Beatrix Kiddo (10/29/2013)


    I agree with jay-h, which I am mentally pronouncing, er, JAY-AITCH :-D. I don't think people who get your name wrong are usually doing it to assert dominance.

    My...

  • RE: What's in a Name?

    lnardozi 61862 (10/29/2013)


    My standard reply when they mispronounce my name the third time is, "It's okay, I know stupid people can't pronounce it."

    Whip THAT one out in an important meeting...

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