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  • RE: Backup to the Clode - No Excuses

    Paul White (8/9/2009)


    If a 747 were to crash into our data centre, I wonder how high up the list of concerns wondering if we had backups in the cloud would...

  • RE: Building an API

    in a previous life, I built object libraries in C++. The greatest (and most rewarding part) was conceptualizing the object trees, the relationship of objects, inheritance and methods into a...

  • RE: Learn A Bit More

    Gee none near the NY/NJ/PA metro area???

    This could be nice, I'd make the weekend trip as a mini-vac if the distance wasn't that far and the site was in a...

  • RE: Building an API

    A good API is an excellent resource and often better than source code for customization.

    However, the API has to really be properly thought out and well structured, not added as...

  • RE: SQL Server vs. JET

    It would seem reasonable that SQL, being a general purpose relational database probably carries a lot of overhead that simply is not needed in the much more tightly controlled world...

  • RE: Basically Available, Soft State, Eventually Consistent

    ganotedp (7/13/2009)


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    It's like the difference between a go-kart and a Hummer. The go-kart is lots easier to build, and may have some specialized military usage. But the Hummer...

  • RE: Basically Available, Soft State, Eventually Consistent

    It's a matter of appropriate tool for the job... sometimes you need a hammer, sometimes a nail gun.

    I remember one user who had a small (3000 name) ad hoc, lightly...

  • RE: The Worst Advice

    We had one product that insisted on using the SA account for installation (administration account was not usable because their complex installation program was hardcoded to use SA with whatever...

  • RE: Making Demands

    My dog omes with me.

  • RE: Trusting Online

    Lynn Pettis (6/25/2009)


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    I have to disagree. I think "trust " is the correct word. You "trust" a doctor to provide you with proper medical career, but would you...

  • RE: Trusting Online

    trust (or distrust) is one of the most sophisticated of human behaviors. There is a strong instinctive basis, and we spend much of our formative years refining it. It makes...

  • RE: Becoming a DBA

    It's like when is a person a mechanic? There's a difference between doing a competent job on mufflers and brakes at Midas and being on a F1 pit crew. Both...

  • RE: Mining for Quitters

    GSquared (6/10/2009)...It doesn't help predict individual behavior, and is obviously no substitute for human contact. BUT, in a company with thousands of employees, can top management, or even upper...

  • RE: Mining for Quitters

    skjoldtc (6/10/20090

    This is really bad. The more I hear and read about Google, I'm getting the idea that they may be using technology for bad purposes.

    The problem is bigger...

  • RE: Mining for Quitters

    I see this as a negative, kind of like police profiling, or lie detectors.

    Sure it's cast here as a 'good thing', but in the long run it can get pretty...

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