[quote user="rad131304"]The original thread on some of the CS "attacks" is here[/quote] That's the best thread I've ever seen.

[quote user="Cad Delworth"][quote user="The Bytemaster"]For the set part:  I have no Idea why they are casting it.  Value would alrady be of type WebServiceElement.  I am guessing some manager put down a standard, or everyone is just very fond of copy/paste.[/quote] Or: someone read one MS example of GET/SET ...

Click things randomly until you either succeed in starting the VM, or accidentally delete the VM.

[quote user="blakeyrat"][quote user="Lorne Kates"]It makes a webcall to Stack Overflow, looking for information defending the use of SQL. It then wraps it in a quote supposedly attributed to an industry leader that a CEO would recognize, like Steve Jobs or Enstien. Then when the CEO comes down talking about this amazing new ...

It's a trap. He's an HR plant, and they're trying to secretly find out if you're a good hiring manager. Ask if he likes snuff films.

[quote user="bullrider718"]Where I work we're split into client side (handle client-specific customization) and product side (focus on out of the box functionality). I'm on the client side. Recently one of my clients encountered critical defect 'A' in our product. Three weeks later a product patch (Patch 1) is issued ...

Duly noted, though I can't imagine there's no way to quote/escape characters in the connection string.

I mostly work with SQL Server, and thought I'd like to try out Oracle a bit, in case I ever need to work with a client that uses it. I downloaded and installed Enterprise Edition on my desktop. Created a listener. So far so good. Now it's time to create The Database. I run DBCA, use the General Purpose template with a few tweaks, get to ...

[quote user="blakeyrat"]Don't try to do Blakeyrat, only Blakeyrat can do Blakeyrat.[/quote] But this is different; Windows is closed-source.

[quote user="OzPeter"]Cal/cm2[/quote] This is the standard SI unit of pizza.