A few weeks ago I read a similar item in 'New Scientist' magazine.

From what I understand, various financial institutions have been using mathematical models to calculate risk which they...

My name, like Shaun's, is towards the other end of the rarity spectrum from Steve Jones, so if I google for it, most of the entries on the first 5...

For the past 3 years my job title has been 'Technical Project Manager'. I'm also a registered PRINCE2 practitioner (for those who don't know PRINCE stands for PRoject management IN...

As I mentioned,...

I got thius right because I'd seen this error before, but also think more people would not have picked up the error if 600000 had been offered as an answer,...

I think everyone agrees that the price/performance ration is the key driver for business, but there's usually also a minimally acceptable performance to be taken into account.

Sometimes, any performance is...

I wish I could have scrapped Hungarian notation on the database I've been working on for the past couple of years. Almost every table has a tbl... prefix, which adds...

I notice that the ODBC datetime format is very strict!

select { ts '2008-09-21 12:34:56' }is OK.select { ts '2008-9-21 12:34:56' } produces a conversion error!

I've found that getting a reasonable work/life balance depends more on the manager than the company.

In my current role, I used to have a manager who 'micro-managed' and insisted on...

Miles Neale (9/23/2008)

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Great Question. I got it right but for the wrong reason. After the explanation I see most people's point about the same not being the same.

I always thought...

bitbucket (9/23/2008)

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I would like to thank all who have commented. I have learned a little more to apply to any additional QOD that I may submit. Please note...

Wasn't there a similar QOD a few weeks ago and the discussion came down the fact that this is basically a trick question relying on the multiple meanings the word...

Since, as mentioned, the article referenced is about 3 years old, it would be interesting to hear how NASDAQ got on and if, in fact, they used CLR.

I got the...

Most of the companies I've worked for have been fairly relaxed about timekeeping. As long as I was seen to put in reasonable hours and got the job done, management...

I knew there was a reason I'd switched to preferring COALESCE over ISNULL... 🙂