As we saw in my previous post , the build in hash functions of SQL Server were either expensive with good distribution, or cheap, but with poor distribution. As a breath of fresh air, let us look at a useful magic quadrant: � We see that all of the hash functions exposed by HASHBYTES ...

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...ooth ( http://fea stofbooths .blogspot. com/ ); they are being read by about 20 Eurasian guys now. I’ve also posted a new ‘per sonal̵ 7; website for Blake and Cathy ( https://si tes.google .com/site/ purcellsfo rrussia/ ). It’s a little rough, but gives ...

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ginchimera : cassandrae meraldsong : astro-turtle : thedrunkenmoogle : Cave Johnson’s Flaming Lemonade (Portal 2 Cocktail) Ingredients: 10 oz. lemonade 2 oz. limoncello 1 splash Everclear (or other grain alcohol) 1 grain alcohol-soaked lemon wheel ...

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thumbcramps : On November 25th, 2011, Voice Actor Dan Green’s wife passed away after giving birth to the couples’ twins, a son and a daughter. While he has been comforted in this difficult time by the constant love and support of his family and friends, we, his fellow actors, realize t...

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Dana, Mark and Dunstan talk one-shot and Gen Ed assessments: experiments, shortcomings, follow-ups and existential musings about the utility of one-shot data. Download episode 10 : (mp3: 56 min) or listen to the streaming version: ...

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There’s the top 1% of wealthy Americans (bankers, oil tycoons, hedge fund managers) and there’s the top 0.01% of wealthy Americans: the military contractor CEOs. If you’ve been following the War Costs campaign, you already know that these corporations are bad bo...

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I showed this to my Developmental Psychology college class today. The SPLC provides the DVD with a booklet to use with students and educators for free. It is a very valuable resource so check to see if your school has it and if not, pass on the link to them and encourage them to order it. And making...

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This week, Dana Miller and Barbara Masoner’s project on the Beanstalk network closed for the season. Before they winterize their gardens in city parks all over Denver ( and at the Governor’s Residence ), they took a few minutes out of their busy picking schedule to say thank y...

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I read an article about the proposed National Convention set for July 4th, 2012. This has me very excited, and I’m sure others are too! I made an announcement about it at the General Assembly meeting and it was well received. We need to start considering delegates, and what our prioritie...

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“That best-of-both-worlds situation is exactly what the x32 ABI is trying to provide. A program compiled to this ABI will run in native 64-bit mode, but with 32-bit pointers and data values.” - Kernel development [LWN.net]......

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