You're right....

phonetictalk (2/19/2014)

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I have this problem! I have my phone by me all day and forget to plug it in. Then, when I'm out & about and go to use my...

Well if you go...

Markus (2/18/2014)

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I can understand both sides of it really... the thing is a furnace, washer, car doesn't run completely on software that needs to be patched every single month. ...

The problem with Microsoft wanting to retire things is that they have to convince the public that new is actually improved.

If I'm normal consumer with a seven year old PC...

Another question to always keep in mind is how long is do you want to keep the tran log/differential backups.

If you have a business that is doing a hundred new...

SQLRNNR (2/11/2014)

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I have a client that is in the same boat.

IMHO - they need to tread very cautiously toward the cloud. That said, the cloud is an acceptable solution...

ccd3000 (2/11/2014)

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Anyway, the monolithic company with the monolithic marketing message needs to be careful it doesn't spook an entire segment of lucrative customers away. We plan some of the these...

Craig-315134 (2/11/2014)

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But it *is* the case, Gary.

That's the way the system works. Poorly-managed companies can't compete ad infinitum. True, bad managers can and do pop up even in well-managed...

One that I ran into was testing the EOM processing compared to daily production during a SW upgrade.

We took a copy of the Accounting DB and put it on the...

Markus (2/10/2014)

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One guy I worked with here since 1998 was a great employee, go getter, always kept on top of advances but he left because he advanced as far as...

Jeff Moden (2/9/2014)

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We don't want some arrogant jerk or some lame sot that won't be able to communicate without pissing everyone off. There's no reason at all why someone...

That is the best way to look at an interview.

I can understand the oddball question being asked. But I put it in...

David.Poole (2/4/2014)

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@Jason, that is a very good point. Under the UK data protection act an individual can ask that their records be removed in certain conditions. Imagine having...

I worked for a bank for many years. The actual day-to-day servicing company would give us a monthly dump of all transactions by the customers for their checking, savings, mortgage...