Author Archives: Erwin Wester

Dr. Tom’s Workshop: How Table Variables Can Speed Up Your Queries

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27maart2012

Tom Moreau Link to original article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa175774(v=sql.80).aspx For years, you’ve seen Tom Moreau solve many T-SQL problems, eschewing such ugly approaches as temp tables, their table variable cousins, and–worse yet–cursors. This month, Tom makes a concession, showing that the exception proves … Continue reading

http://www.random.org/

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20maart2012

What’s this fuss about true randomness? Perhaps you have wondered how predictable machines like computers can generate randomness. In reality, most random numbers used in computer programs are pseudo-random, which means they are a generated in a predictable fashion using a mathematical formula. … Continue reading

The hot chocolate effect

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16februari2012

Hot chocolate effect – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Hot Chocolate Effect also known as the Allassonic Effect is a phenomenon of wave mechanics first documented in 1982 by Frank Crawford, where the pitch heard from tapping a cup of hot liquid rises after the addition … Continue reading

Oh, no. My TortoiseSVN icon overlays are missing

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15februari2012

Oh, no. My TortoiseSVN overlays are missing It’s a matter of time. Good were the days when almost no application knew how to put overlays on your file icons in Explorer. These days it seems this is the coolest thing … Continue reading

Windows 8 is de toekomst van de pc

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21september2011

15 februari 2010 door: Jelle Wijkstra Windows 8 wordt een totaal nieuw platform dat het denken over pc’s en de manier waarop we die gebruiken totaal zal veranderen. Dat stelde althans een enthousiaste Microsoft-medewerker in een blog, die vervolgens spoorslags … Continue reading

Windows 8 heeft nieuwe bootprocedure

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21september2011

21 september 2011 door: Thijs Doorenbosch Een opvallende functionaliteit van Windows 8  is de snelle opstart. Maar de interactie met de Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), de opvolger van BIOS, is ook ingrijpend veranderd. De meeste hardware die nu op … Continue reading

Google helpt HTC in rechtszaak tegen Apple

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8september2011

Google helpt HTC in rechtszaak tegen Apple Techzine – ICT Nieuws – Business – De community voor ICT liefhebbers en professionals Tweet Donderdag 8 september 2011 13:25 door Coen van Eenbergen  De juridische strijd tussen HTC en Apple is flink … Continue reading