User: arnonym

SQL Express Edition

On: Vista Not Compatible With SQL Server

To all those guys labeling SQL Express Edition 'not corporate':

A lot of mobile applications in the business world (CRM, ERP) use the desktop versions of 'real' DBs. Oracle has an Express Edition too. Mobile in this case means notebooks or tablet PCs, allowing offline use of business applications. Sales reps in the pharma-business for example rely heavily on this DBs.

So the topic of this article IS quite important. However: MS will fix this with SP2.

What about the environment?

On: Gloss Plastic Could Eliminate Auto Painting

"Classic" painting uses a lot of nasty chemicals, but is the production of this new plastic in any way safer?

erratum

On: Microsoft PPTP Buffer Overflow; VPNs Vulnerable

phion is located in innsbruck, AUSTRIA. not germany. it's a HUGE difference, you know..

if you like ie6

On: "Fastest Browser On Earth" Cuts Crud

if you like ie6 but are missing features like tabbed browsing, a fully configurable pop-up blocker etc., try the crazybrowser (what a stupid name). it's basically an third-party upgrade for the ie. it's free too!

http://www.crazybrowser.com

i used to surf with opera, but since 6 it got unstable when viewing more than 7 tabs.

religion?

On: Pledge of Allegiance Ruled Unconstitutional

religion is opium for the masses.

don't believe it?
palestinia, lebanon, irak, iran, abu sayyaf, taliban, waco, republicans, scientology, pat robertson, ... the list is endless.

for me (i'm european), the usa are a christian-fundamentalist nation, comparable to iran and other islamic countries.

i wonder if dubya is a creationist (what? the earth is not flat and the center of the universe!? can't be!)