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History of the Internet
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Apache Protected Folder – How to
Password-protecting a directory served by Apache is one of those things you set up once and forget. The recipe below
YouTube – Better Quality
Back in 2009 the YouTube player had no quality switcher, but there was a trick: append &fmt=18 to any watch
Werfault.exe Process
WerFault.exe is the Windows Error Reporting client process — it’s what pops up “Program has stopped working” dialogs and ships
Restore Database with Microsoft Management Studio
Restoring a database looks trivial until it refuses to go through. These are the steps in SQL Server Management Studio,
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T-SQL Settings Explained
SQL Server session settings quietly change how your queries parse, compare, and report. A few of them also decide whether
ADD IDENTITY TO COLUMN
You have an existing table (in my case Products) and you need to turn an existing int column into an
TraceMonkey and Javascript Engines Compared
One of the most impressive features in Google’s then-new open-source Chrome browser was V8, a high-performance JavaScript virtual machine developed
SQL Server 2008 – New Features
SQL Server 2008 shipped a batch of T-SQL and engine features that changed day-to-day development — several of them became