jim.powers (6/18/2008)

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majorbloodnock (6/18/2008)

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Of course, being "indispensable" is not a good position in which to find yourself. Companies aren't comfortable with being beholden to one person, since it gives that person...

Of course, being "indispensable" is not a good position in which to find yourself. Companies aren't comfortable with being beholden to one person, since it gives that person too much...

Well, let's face it. The solution was all about second-guessing what the QOTD author was trying to say; were they stating the obvious, or throwing a curved ball? And the...

For all those who don't like the chair analogy, perhaps we ought to come up with an alternative.

An SSC member starts putting together a Question of the Day, and, halfway...

Eventually, though, we're paid to produce solutions for problems. If what we produce does the job and isn't storing up obvious problems in the future, we've done what we're paid...

What do I expect on Friday 13th?

1. A cooked breakfast in our canteen. Happens every Friday

2. Another Vorhees family sequel.

3. Being surrounded by people using superstition as an excuse for...

Several people tried to do that a couple of pages ago, but you still wanted the last word. It was on page 4 of...

VALEK (6/10/2008)

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Where is the simularity between the queries?

Both return a single value (or an empty set).

Give it up. Neither of us is going to change the others minds on...

Well, I'll admit that if a project of mine started looking like that, I'd pull the plug pretty quickly 😉

Like this?

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

Sorry, I'll get my coat....

I apologise in advance for quoting from, of all things, a Kenny Rogers song. I'll take myself off somewhere private later and punish myself appropriately.

However....

"You gotta know when to hold...

Desiderata

A cliche? Perhaps.

A grain of truth? Definitely.

With the greatest of respect, the original question was asked on 29th March. It's now the 6th June, so I suspect that might have provided enough time to read at...

The heart of the question was an illustration of a useful point, so was good. The wording was grammatically correct, and so actually asked exactly what was intended (same result...

paulm (6/4/2008)

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"Software developers don't get sued very often where doctors live with the very real possibility of lawsuits all the time."

I can't remeber the last time a software program was...