The next few weeks will probably be a bit lighter in terms of content than our non-existent reader base might expect. The reason is that I am getting ready to move to Durham, North Carolina into a new house. This will be my first home, having lived in an apartment for the past several years,…
Presenting At SQL Saturday #217
Next Saturday (June 8th), I will be giving a presentation at SQL Saturday #217 in Columbus, Ohio. The title is What's In YOUR DB Wallet? and here is the abstract: When you have one SQL Server instance to maintain, you can give that instance plenty of TLC. When you have a hundred instances, many things…
Taking It To A Patent Troll
Vermont is suing a patent troll. Good on them; I hope they win.
Manliness
Peer-reviewed science proves that there is a correlation between manliness and conservatism among men. No word on whether the amygdala is involved in any way, other than cowering in fear of conservatives' manliness.
Witchcraft And Heresy In Academia
It's an hbdchick linkfest. The concept of academic freedom is so bourgeois and archaic; long live witch hunts! Jason Richwine understands what's going on, too. Although when I agree with Andrew Sullivan, I have to degrade my priors just a bit...
Government Failure Notes
The IRS corruption scandal is going to federal courts. Avik Roy argues that, in order to reduce IRS power, eliminate two Obamacare mandates which strengthen the IRS considerably. I'm all for that. Shocking: Obamacare has yet another case of unintended consequences. We must have a Five Generation immigration plan. As usual, read Sailer and ignore the comments.
Sgt. Obama
He knows nuzzing. Nuzzing! Presumably, nobody put this information up on the teleprompter, so that would explain everything.
Security Notes
Another government needs to get its act together. People who think that government can fix the problem of data breaches through legislation need to pay attention to just how porous government systems are. Interesting malware. It's intermittent, low-harm, and mostly exists to serve up ad revenue for the malware authors. Hint to Saudis: Moxie Marlinspike…
Your Depressing Essay Of The Day
Privacy is dead, according to Bruce Schneier.
Obamacare An Even Bigger Failure Than Expected
If this is right (and it sounds like there might be some legal questions about it), Obamacare just introduced anti-insurance: extremely basic coverage for minor things, but no coverage at all for catastrophic care. Catastrophic care is the reason insurance exists in a private market (as opposed to a government market, in which we're coerced into…
36 Chambers - The Legendary Journeys: Execution to the max! 