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  • RE: Byte Me: Supervirus

    Years ago some people overheard a phone conversation where the person said "I am going to re-sign" and assumed he was leaving when in fact he was extending a contract...

  • RE: Scary Deployments

    I started one job with the understanding I would be part of a small team moving a product forwards. It turned out that that the product (including IP and source)...

  • RE: The Remote DBA

    Sadly I have encountered one to many people who believe knowledge is power and keep things to themselves. If they do not end up leaving they often morph into poor...

  • RE: The Remote DBA

    When I suffered this attitude (you were expected to struggle in even in artic conditions) I believe the person did not trust others because when he was working from home...

  • RE: The Remote DBA

    Rod at work (7/15/2016)


    Steve, you ask would I like to work from home?

    YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!

    YES!...

  • RE: The Remote DBA

    In my first IT job I did occasional days in the home office when I was working on specifications, database design, etc. The work all got typed up when I...

  • RE: Byte Me: Behind Times

    SQLBill (7/13/2016)


    Heck with floppies...my first computer used a cassette tape.

    -SQLBill

    Cassettes here as well on a shared Nascom-1 (strangely Chris Shelton its developer is virtually forgotten unlike Clive Sinclair). My true...

  • RE: Losing Rows

    I get badgered about NoSQL regularly as a) it is a buzzword and b) everyone is big data obsessed. Having looked at NoSQL there are clearly areas in which it...

  • RE: Fuzzy Processing

    djackson 22568 (7/7/2016)


    I am not sure of the background education of everyone here, but my guess is that there are at least a few people who are unaware of the...

  • RE: Byte Me: DeleteDeleteDelete

    Away from the workplace I think we have to not just declutter possessions but sometimes also friends. If someone takes and never gives, or just annoys you, then declutter them...

  • RE: Fuzzy Processing

    Iwas Bornready (7/7/2016)


    Over forty years ago one of my advanced math classes had a problem about how to aim a moving sub's torpedo at a moving ship and hit it....

  • RE: Byte Me: DeleteDeleteDelete

    It would need careful implementing to prevent self-deletion! Mind you it would have been useful where I worked nine years ago. Assuming I read everything right there would only have...

  • RE: Fuzzy Processing

    crmitchell (7/7/2016)


    Peoples' names would be another, especially if it needs to handle misspellings, contractions and variants. There is also the issue as to whether middlenames are used.

    I was using Soundex...

  • RE: The Bad Data Shutdown

    This reminded me of an e-mail that did the rounds 15 - 20 years ago. It was entitled "If Microsoft made cars". Included were descriptions of drivers having to get...

  • RE: Independence Day II

    First of all I would like to wish everyone "All the Best on Independence Day"!

    There are rumours that the UK will have its own Independence Day as a result of...

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