For one thing enforcing a 'patch level' for all machines on the internet will be entirely impossible.

Millions and millions of machines in different countries. Won't happen.

It's not easy even to...

I must say that the articles add a great deal to the understanding. True, the information is probably there in the BOL, however the conceptual subtleties are not so clear....

Michael Valentine Jones (3/8/2010)

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A friend worked as a salesman for a company that was a certified vendor for nuclear power plants. They sold notebook computers at a huge profit...

I remember waking up from a peaceful sleep to an annoying noise. It was...

Gary Varga (3/8/2010)

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From a truly serious viewpoint (sorry to spoil the party - hic), I believe that IT practitioners should be regulated like the legal and medical professions. In the...

Steve Jones - Editor (2/26/2010)

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I agree here. It's still GMT to me, but I was worried everyone would correct me...

tbredehoft (2/26/2010)

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My thought is that I would rather have the time stored as Local time, with the local time zone indicated, so that if you wanted or needed to convert...

UTC is not simply 'pandering to the French'

The history of...

Steve Jones - Editor (2/25/2010)

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Those white papers cost money. The payback is salesman contacting people and making some sales. It's the same thing for contests. They pay for the prices...

One...

Steve Jones - Editor (2/24/2010)

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I hope that Google isn't implying they are removing data and then keeping it. My guess is they remove the references from my account, but they...

But with organizations located anywhere in the country, remote...

I think we sometimes get a bit too caught up in the search for the best, to the point where some people get highly stressed, even afterward, wondering if they...

It's interesting (and common) that the diatribe against the original article is turned into a gender flame war.

The initial point of Paulos argument (and indeed some of his excellent books)...

Elliott Berkihiser (9/13/2006)

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Charcoll,

Unless the connection to the witness is broken, the two messages seem to carry a contradiction: Both databases cannot be attempting to be Principal. If you refresh the...