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Tuesday, June 26, 2007 11:33 AM

:) A book with no words for $95.00?

The Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” calendar of 2007 states, and I quote: Elbert Hubbard’s book “An Essay On Silence” contains no words! The book is available from Amazon marketplace: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00088QN6E/ref=sr_1_olp_1/104-9207632-5992766?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182129503&sr=8-1
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007 11:31 AM

SYSK 352: Windows Workflow Foundation Runtime Footprint

After seeing presentations that assert that “Workflow runtime is lightweight” and not finding any concrete numbers to support that claim I decided to do some of my own profiling. Here is what I’ve done, measuring memory utilization after every step (the
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007 6:16 AM

:) New Year’s Day in March?

Did you know that in England and America, the New Year’s Day prior to September 1752 was celebrated on March 25 th ? Source: Ripley’s Believe It or Not Calendar 2007.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007 6:14 AM

SYSK 351: "Agile Development: Fact or Fiction" by Matthew Hotle

While this article is not new (was published in October 2006), and you can purchase it from http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?id=497386&ref=g_sitelink , I thought it might be of value to quote (and paraphrase) a few key points: 1. “In most successful
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:22 AM

Words of Wisdom #5

“When we rush in, we often want to rush out”. Source: For Women Who Do Too Much Calendar 2007
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:19 AM

SYSK 350: How Much Electricity Does Your Computer Actually Consume?

There is a nice device called Kill A Watt™ which plugs into the wall outlet or power strip, and then you plug in the device you want to test (be it your computer, a light lamp, or any other appliance) and it will tell you how many amps or watts the device
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Monday, June 18, 2007 5:52 AM

SYSK 349: What’s New in SQL 2008 (code named Katmai)?

Here are some of the new and improved features (extracted from David Campbell’s presentation) that will be available in SQL 2008: - Transparent data encryption - External key management - Data auditing - Pluggable CPU - Transparent failover for data mirroring
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Monday, June 18, 2007 5:52 AM

:) What famous writer was the first to use the term ‘skim milk’?

Answer: William Shakespeare used the term skim milk in his play King Henry IV, Part I. He also used this term in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Source: The 365 Amazing Trivia Facts Calendar 2007.
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