Monthly Archives: August 2012

Milk

I love this quote: “[we] ran it through a fairly sophisticated computing gobbledygook. It spit out at the other end predicted transmitting ability, predicted genetic values of whatever sort.”  How would you like to explain your complex analysis to a business … Continue reading

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T-SQL Tuesday #33 – Trick Shot

It’s T-SQL Tuesday time again, and this is my post for #33. The host is Mike Fal and his topic is Trick Shots, which is an interesting one. I’m not a tricky guy, and I tend to lean towards common, … Continue reading

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No Limits

We’ve had Amazon Web Services (AWS) available for some time, and used for some interesting projects that wouldn’t be possible if groups had to purchase their own equipment. From password cracking to cancer research, there are some amazing possibilities. Windows Azure works as … Continue reading

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Separate Accounts

Many years ago I worked in a small company that only had about 5 or 6 servers. We had one system administrator whose job it was to manage all the servers. One day our sysadmin was on vacation when there … Continue reading

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