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- Where to Start with Linux
- I am a database analyst working with MS-SQL 2000 on a number of flavors of Windows both desktop and server. To expand my skill set, I am interested in learning how to set up, build and maintain databases on Linux servers or FreeBSD or whatever.I have, over the last...
- Tags: gsquared, Linux, Web
- Discussion threads 2006-12-18
- The connection between open source adoption and gaming
- Games in WINEI tried WoW in CrossOver (which, from what I can tell, is a common version of WINE), while trying out Linux a few weeks ago.It played, but with no audio, and with an odd color-channel problem on the characters.This can, I'm sure
- Tags: games, gsquared, Linux, Microsoft Windows, game, open source
- Discussion threads 2006-12-18
- logical problem solving
- Set-Based SolutionOn the 12/13 balls:For any set A, with a number of units X, you divide it into subsets of size X/2, plus a subset of size X%2 (modulus [remainder] of X divided by 2). This creates sets A', B' and C', with A' and B' having a si
- Tags: C/C++, gsquared, weighing
- Discussion threads 2006-12-12
- Windows Vista Editions--there's only one real choice
- Minor DetailI agree that Ultimate is the top choice, if you have the budget for it. If you don't, but you do have the budget for a less expensive upgrade, maybe one of the other editions will be the choice to make. Or maybe wait till you can...
- Tags: windows, gsquared, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2006-12-06
- Windows Longhorn Server (successor to Windows 2003 Server)
- Advertisement?Does this entry read like an advertisement intentionally?"You've stuck with them through the bad, why not stick with them through the good?" Does it get sillier than this?I started reading this entry with the hope it would act
- Tags: window on windows, useless, vista, longhorn, windows, server, gsquared, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2006-11-28
- Using SQL Server JOINs for easy range lookups
- Range JoinsI've also found range joins very useful on date fields.select *from customersinner join promotions on customers.dateadded between promotions.startdate and promotions.enddatefor example.I've used a few joins with > relation
- Tags: gsquared
- Discussion threads 2006-11-14
- Microsoft's splintered DRM will kill Zune
- TechRepublic's Slip is Showing (off-topic)Below George's post, in the Comments section, the page is showing:WordPress database error: [Lost connection to MySQL server during query]SELECT * FROM ou_comments WHERE comment_post_ID = '364' AND com
- Tags: george ou, techrepublic, security, gsquared, Microsoft Corp., Apple Computer Inc., George, Microsoft Zune, digital-rights management
- Discussion threads 2006-11-08
- screen resolution problem
- Hello,I am working on an older computer with an nvidia vanta vid card running 98SE. I have used the WD utility to copy from an old drive to a new 40 gig drive. It boots, everything works fine with the exception of the screen resolution. The col
- Tags: AGP, BIOS, card, gsquared, hardware, monitor, screen resolution, software, video, windows, wordmaster1
- Discussion threads 2006-11-06
- Questions to ask a SQL Server database developer applicant
- Hiring a DBAI'd hand them a computer with a badly designed local database on it and ask them to identify some problems with it.Make it something with 3 or 4 tables, maybe a customers table and a contacts table and an orders table. Name the tables Table01, Table02, Table03,...
- Tags: database, dba, gsquared, hiring, it management, join, Microsoft SQL Server, sql
- Discussion threads 2006-10-17
- Making use of INSTEAD-OF triggers in SQL Server 2005
- Why use Views?Views, especially ones with triggers on them, degrade the performance of the database by a huge amount.You can accomplish the same things by using a select stored procedure or user defined function and an update stored procedure.Don't give your front-end developers access to the tables directly. Just...
- Tags: database, gsquared, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, performance, software, sql, trigger, VIEWS
- Discussion threads 2006-09-11
- Geek Trivia: Pulp fission
- Quibble"But what you won't find in most of those history books is a mention of the third bomb from the Fat Man/Little Boy development series--one that never saw completion due to the technical limitations of the era and the inherent flaws of the bomb's design."Um ... "third bomb" was the...
- Tags: bomb
- Discussion threads 2006-08-09
- In Search of Perfect Software
- In Search of Perfect SoftwareI have seen, a million times if not more, all the complaints about how MS releases software with bugs in it.People ask, "Are we all beta testers for MS?" and similar questions.Not to put too fine a point on it, but I would like a list...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., software
- Discussion threads 2006-08-01
- Microsoft hands out 'private' folders
- Private FoldersIf employees can install it in the first place, that's an IT dept failure.If employees put data in there that can, if lost, cause a problem, that's an IT dept failure, because they haven't provided a safe way to store information that they can support.I don't see these as...
- Tags: information technology, IT Dept, windows, security, it, users, gsquared, programming, Microsoft Corp., backup
- Discussion threads 2006-07-11
- Trial software trying PC users' patience
- Build My OwnThere are reasons I build my own computers. They're cheaper and run better. Clean install of the OS and any apps I actually will use, with the options I actually want.I used toI used to build my own, but the last two computers I've owned, it...
- Tags: spyware, TRIAL, Dell Computer Corp., PC, windows, security, applications, gsquared, programming, Crippleware, software
- Discussion threads 2006-05-31
- Research: Annual PC game spending hits $1.4 billion
- Error in Article$292-million from 1.4-million subscribers seems like an error.World of Warcraft had over 5-million subscribers by the end of 2005.
- Tags: gsquared, error, programming, computer game, game, PC
- Discussion threads 2006-05-25
- Headlines Double-standard
- Of course there's a double-standard! We're talking about "MicroSucks" here!If anyone actually points out that Firefox has more security issues than IE, which is true, it's likely to result in being burned at the stake!After all, this isn't about technology! It isn't about security! It's about fashion...
- Tags: Secunia, Microsoft Internet Explorer, FF, security, firefox, ie, gsquared, off-topic, security issue, Mozilla Firefox, Secunia Advisory, patch management
- Discussion threads 2006-04-14
- 'World of Warcraft' patch downs servers for hours
- 'World of Warcraft' patch downs servers for hoursarticle rootNews MediumNow, it almost makes sense for an IT newsletter to carry data about WoW servers being down. I imagine a measurable percentage of the readers play WoW.What I'm looking forward to is the day when an online game's servers being...
- Tags: Sure WoW, humor, world of warcraft, WoW Server, gsquared, hardware, game, server
- Discussion threads 2006-03-29
- Google lets slip talk of online storage
- Where Next?Okay, so from articles I'm reading today, it looks like, in the relatively near future, I'll have a mini-tablet PC Origami project with all of the data stored on Google servers and the applications all accessed through services across the Web via my browser. The OS will pretty...
- Tags: computer, google, Google Inc., Google Let, gsquared, hardware, origami, PC, storage, vista
- Discussion threads 2006-03-08
- California bill would bar toxins in gadgets
- DHMOYes, but do the toxic substances include DHMO this time around? (www.dhmo.org)Anaheim the city of Disneyland tried to ban styrofoam products from public events because styrofoam is made with DHMO. New Zealand tried to legislate a complete ban of all DHMO from the islands. And so on.Spoiler: DHMO,...
- Tags: DHMO, environment, gsquared, H2O, hazmat, it management, law
- Discussion threads 2006-03-01
- IE 7 bugs abound
- Unnamed Security SoftwareI had specific troubles with Panda Platinum while installing IE 7 Beta. That may be the "unnamed security software".On the other hand, I have had to turn off the Panda security software for other installations as well. (Wouldn't let me upgrade my video driver and didn't...
- Tags: Web browsers, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
- Discussion threads 2006-02-02
