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I just thought I'd let you guys know the website isn't working for me.

I had to install silverlight, although I installed it before but I think that was version 1.0.

After install, I had to go back to the website, redirecting and refreshing didn't work.

Now, when I go to the site, it looks like I only see the background, but the code of conduct, terms of use, etc, links at the bottom work.

Aristo,

I'm sorry but that has to be the stupidest comment I've EVER seen on C9.

Their filming a video!!

It's about priorites.  Keeping the interviewing rolling is a higher priority (and more polite), than picking up the phone and telling them you'll call them back later.

It's like if your in line at the subway, and you have thousands of people in line behind you while you're telling them what you want, you get a call, and talk to the person for a minute telling them you'll call them back, why, what you are doing, oh no it's quick, etc.

What they should really do is before they start any interviews is ask them to turn their ringer off and let it go to voice mail and return their call later.

Let me also say, that having said that, you do need someone that is also a business person, or approaches things from a business mindset. That is extremely important as well.  You need someone who understands the technology but also the business aspect.

Loving it!!!!!!!!!!

It's not a corporate thing.  It's a book called The Color Code.  If there is one book you read, make this it!  You too will go around saying "I'm a blue", or "I'm a red", etc.

When you get the book, flip to the chapters describing the colors.  It starts with describing reds.  If you start there you will read the entire book, just read the colors, then go back to the beginning.

To put it in a way that won't convince you to buy and read the book, it will most importantly help you understand yourself more, and secondly, help you understand other people.


Anyway, Charles is right.  I don't care if you are male or female, of if it's doing a disservice to females.  It's not about doing what is best for females or males.  That isn't the question.  The question is: What is best for the company?  And, hiring a non-technical personal as a manager to manage a software project is idiotic.  Plain and simple.

Does anyone have a link to Chris Auld's stuff?  Or the you tube video?  I tried searching but couldn't find it.  Maybe I should sart using live search?

>>- Chris Auld demonstrating an IIS module that dynamically >>combines resources (css, images, javascript, etc) resulting in >>400% perf  improvements, all with no code changes (2:57)

Awesome!!!!!!  Hierchaires, Paging, etc, have always been some what of a pain in sql server.  I think adding these types and support directly into t-sql is a very good idea.

The row_id I think it is called that was added in sql server 2005 really made my paging code cleaner.

It would be REAL nice if you can add something to help with sorting.  I haven't tried in awhile the different options, but having multiple sort options in sql server using a stored procedure would be a good feature.  I tried in the past to do an ORDER BY @SORTCOLUMN type of method, and also multiple IF statements with duplicate sql statements isn't ideal either.  The only other option using sql server is to have multiple stored procedures and in your .net code putting the IF statement.

Also, is microsoft sql server ever going to have something like oracle's rac for load balanced sql servers?  I know MSFT prefers the scale out approach, and a rac type approach is technically different and ripe with problems, but just curious.

(One last thing, I found a bug in sql server 2k related to when you have two columns with certain types right next to each other.  It was really weird and was relating to data storage.  I tried several testing options, and the bottom line is when I changed the column order, the data came back correctly.  I tried posting awhile ago on C9 and sending msft an e-mail, but they wanted me to snail mail it in.  If you want me to send you the script with the table def and data let me know.  I think I might have it.)

One last comment:

Microsoft, just because we aren't vocal, doesn't mean there aren't a lot of people out there that DON'T want you to open source any of your code.

You paid someone to write it, you own it.  If you think you did a great job with it, or people could benefit from it and it's not material to your business, then share it with the world.

Most people misunderstand open source.  They think it's about code, but really it's not, that is just one facet of the debate.

The core of open source is really a philosophy, and the philosophy they believe in is more along the lines of communism or to be nice socialism.

"From each according to ability, to each according to need."

In the same way communists believe individuals should not have property rights, and that all property is the right of the state.  That is why they believe that no company should have "propietary code", and that all code should be open source.  In other words, the indiivudal shouldn't have their own property, and in this case the "code" should belong to everyone, the community, for the "greater good".  The same reason they think IP, copyrights, or patents shouldn't exist.

They say this is really the only way to have freedom, but the truth is it's the complete opposite of freedom.

In fact, just about every logical reason they state that they are for "open source" or really a broader philsophy, they get the opposite result.

The main point here is when talking\debating to a proponent of open source, just remember the debate isn't about code. 

Charles,

You brought up a great point\question that has been on my mind for awhile.

Why not add some keyword or attribute to the language itself to further enhance parrelellism?

I can't remember his name but he replied that they are looking into this level of language integration.  I'd love to see a video on that topic.

Very interesting.  Thanks Sylvan.