First of all, thanks Steve for the recommendation of the podcast 'Revisionist History'! It is my podcast of choice now on the train to/from work (when I'm not cycling).
 For...

This worked.
Thanks very much Scott.
Sean.

I rather like being without the Internet. It's a bit like being without access to a coffee-machine. I realise that when no coffee is available, I can live perfectly well...

I agree with John Rees' suggestion but I'm more fascist about it.

I'd rather the warning be, from the first release in 10 years' time (a specific year can...

It depends on who asks the question.
If a primary school child asks me, I tell them that I manage all of the x data. People put it in on...

I bought a Windows 10 installer DVD for that very purpose and I do go online very occasionally, whenever I need to activate software, for example, but I have been...

Skimming through the Microsoft article, it mentions the need for optimistic concurrency and row-versioning. That sounds an awful lot like the isolation level RCSI (Read Committed Snapshot Isolation).
Does anyone...

Windows 7 will be running out of support in a year or two's time. I will have the dilemma of what I shall replace my home internet machine with: some...

NULLs are a necessary evil, they are a reflection of the real world. I try to avoid them whenever I can but one cannot avoid them. They can be present...

Happy Fourth of July to all of you in the States!
We have our national day in Switzerland on August 1.
Kind regards,
Sean.