Phillip: Are Agile Development and Extreme Programming the same thing?

Extreme Programming and SCRUM are two Agile methodologies.

Eric: Does the emphasis on short term (30 day) results lead to problems because...

Yes, Francisco, those are sweet features! You can drag objects...

Create your template just like any other SQL script. Then do a File->Save As and choose Template SQL Files (*.tql) from the Save As Type dropdown list. You can save...

Another useful keyboard shortcut for working with templates is CTRL+SHIFT+INS. This brings up a File Open dialog in the default templates folder and lets you choose a template. The selected...

I blog a little bit using the free Blogger service. I think it would be neat if you added blogs to the site but I don't know if you need...

I read the books a long time ago so I can't really compare the movie to the book with any accuracy. My wife is a big Douglas Adams fan (re-reading...

All Big Bill is interested in is cheap labor. Competent workers are threatened constantly. Threatened with losing their severance if they don't cross-train their replacements before they get laid off....

Hiring on visas also reduces the tax base. H1-B and L-1 visa holders do NOT pay taxes while they are here. They do pay into Social Security but get their...

I worked at a place where a combination of admin incompetence and backup system unreliability resulted in no backups on tape when I needed them. I was not in charge...

One thing to keep in mind is that the DBA is responsible for backups, even if you have no control over the tape backup system. If you can't or don't...

I set my kids' accounts on their WinXP computers as "Power User" so that they can install some programs without admin rights. Newer installers (and even many older ones) seem...

My little ones have had their own computers since they were three. No, I am not loaded I either pass down the...

If you don't like your kids being monitored so much, you can move out where I live. Though I work in the city, I live in the country and the...

Actually I was agreeing with you. I should have started a new paragraph when I started expanding on my earlier argument that we don't need any more articles on examples...

Exactly Scott! It's OK to present new ideas and use other people's ideas to improve existing standards as well. I don't think there are many people in this community who would...