SQL Server: The 64-bit Sweet Spot

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Sweet spot on the moon

Sweet spot on the moon 04/15/2005 12:27 PM
USA Today Apr 15 2005 4:50PM GMT

A Sweet Spot for Every Listener

A Sweet Spot for Every Listener 08/04/2004 08:33 PM
Using computers, sound-processing algorithms and an array of speakers, sound effects can be made to seem as if they are coming from outside the auditorium.

OpenOffice Finds Sweet Spot with
Governments

OpenOffice Finds Sweet Spot with
Governments 01/02/2004 07:17 AM
The State of Israel is the latest government to shun Microsoft's software in favor of the OOo's open source tools.

The Java + Open Source Sweet Spot

The Java + Open Source Sweet Spot 06/22/2005 02:04 AM

Check out this piece from Tim O’Reilly. The O’Reilly people track sales trends in tech books, not just their own but the whole industry. They’re transparent about their methodology and in my opinion these numbers are very solid and believable. Anyhow, in this case, you need to read the narrative that goes along with the picture. The growth is being driven by the OSS+Java stuff: Spring, Struts, Lucene, and so on. Hey Tim, how about doing middle-aged eyes a favor and making future versions of the graph a little bigger?

Mars Rover Hits Sweet Spot

Mars Rover Hits Sweet Spot 01/05/2004 06:12 AM
The Spirit rover declares its safe landing inside what scientists term a 'glorious' Martian crater by beaming stunning images of the planet's surface back to Earth. Delivered in stereoscope, the photos have extraordinary depth of field.

15-Inch PowerBook G4s: Apple Hits The
Sweet Spot, But Machines Have
Inconsistent Quality

15-Inch PowerBook G4s: Apple Hits The
Sweet Spot, But Machines Have
Inconsistent Quality 11/19/2003 11:36 PM
The new 15-inch PowerBook G4s are impressive pieces of engineering, with stunningly bright screens, plenty of power, all the right ports, and a solid feel. We hope that by the time you read this, Apple will have worked out the kinks in the consistency of its PowerBooks, so the laptop you receive will be the laptop you love. By Chris Breen (Macworld via MyAppleMenu)

Check n Raise Poker.com Announces Their
First Annual
"Quarter-of-a-Million-Dollar Competition
for Gold, Glory & Sweet, Sweet Cash"

Check n Raise Poker.com Announces Their
First Annual
"Quarter-of-a-Million-Dollar Competition
for Gold, Glory & Sweet, Sweet Cash" 08/03/2004 02:24 AM
Check n Raise Poker.com announces their first annual "Quarter-of-a-Million-Dollar Competition for Gold, Glory & Sweet, Sweet Cash." Online poker players of all levels are invited to gather together, test their skill, sharpen their minds, and try to win cash, prizes and World Series of Poker entries. [PRWEB Aug 3, 2004]

Customers Gain Reliability of Mainframes
on Fujitsu's Next-Generation High-End
Server for Windows Server 2003,
'Longhorn' Server

Customers Gain Reliability of Mainframes
on Fujitsu's Next-Generation High-End
Server for Windows Server 2003,
'Longhorn' Server 06/28/2004 10:07 AM
In a press conference held here today, Fujitsu Limited Chairman Naoyuki Akikusa and Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer announced a significant expansion of the companies' long-standing global enterprise relationship. The companies entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with respect to their companies' commitment to collaborate in the development of Fujitsu's next-generation Intel(R) Itanium(R) Processor Family-based server for Windows Server(TM) 2003 and next-generation Windows Server (code-named "Longhorn" Server), as well as in platform integration, services and mission-critical customer support.

Sweet, sweet RAM

Sweet, sweet RAM 08/27/2004 02:12 PM

I’m now sporting 1 gigabyte of memory in my Thinkpad. It was a lot cheaper than I expected; the last time I was shopping for laptop RAM it was mostly proprietary, super-expensive stuff. The gig I just bought only cost $220 before tax.

Sweet T

Sweet T 06/05/2005 10:50 PM

The one shirt I've always wanted is finally reprinted and up for sale. Double-bonus is that the ten dollar shirt sale is still on at Threadless so it's cheap to boot. Kickass!

Sweet BBQ

Sweet BBQ 04/27/2004 03:15 AM
The sun is out and the birds are singing and all my neighbors are roasting flesh on the communal patio, so I've been thinking about buying a BBQ. I think I just found it: the futuristic, portable Q:

Looking like a cross between the Starship Enterprise and a jet engine, the Q BBQ can be carried around like a briefcase, but opens up Transformer-style to become a stylish, stand-alone, gas-powered grill. Crafted in durable steel, the Q uses inexpensive little propane tanks that fit right inside the grill. You'll get hours of cooking time from just one tank! It also has dual gas controls with a full range of temperatures, so you can sear burgers on one side of the grill and gently toast buns on the other, just by adjusting the flame.

Link (via Gizmodo)

Almost Sweet

Almost Sweet 01/09/2004 10:12 PM
It's somewhat vindicating to be ahead of the curve. Years ago, I started to do whatever I could to eliminate excess sugar from my diet. Now I'm learning that restaurants like PF Chang's and TGIF's are beginning to offer low-carb menus. Even The Cheesecake Factory is now using Splenda in their desserts! It was difficult to allow Jamba Juice into my life - but I'd never touch fruit otherwise....

Cheesy, But Sweet Gig

Cheesy, But Sweet Gig 01/22/2004 02:13 AM
C I Host, a Web hosting provider, gave a journalist a Ford Expedition and told him to hit the road and report on Wi-Fi around the country: The "Wi-Fi Guy" plans to take a big road trip and report on his experiences at hotspots. The "Wi-Fi Guy" apparently doesn't have another name and the announcement doesn't mention where you can find his reports. While this sounds like fun, the guy also has to drive around in a gas sucking SUV "boldly wrapped in C I Host's trademark orange and blue."...

Sweet Tentacles

Sweet Tentacles 06/06/2005 12:08 AM

« Tippaleivät in the Eckberg window. »

The traditional Vappu tippaleipä cake is so hard and crunchy that I can only imagine it as a torture device for the hungover as the loud noise inside your head when eating them is truly painful. It makes me wonder if some old granny made them as a cruel way to get back at the drunks in the park. :) [ Well, if I am to believe what I read on the internet, the tradition here came from Germany to western Finland in the 1700s. They were first made in Helsinki in the 1830s at Kaisaniemi restaurant by Kajsa Wahllund (namesake of the park) and became a traditional treat only after the 1900s. They were known as "lonkeroleivistä" or tentacle cakes. :) Sadly, no mention of a vengeful granny. ] They are much like American funnel cakes (and we even have a Fu nnel Cake King) but the ones people buy from the stores are hard to the point of just assuming that they're stale as they don't really taste like much of anything. Like a bird's nest without the birds. They're also rather expensive since they're a traditional treat that everyone buys instead of making at home. I tested my homemade tippaleivät on a dinner party and everyone, especially the kids, seemed to love them, even those who said they really never liked the traditional crunchy ones.

I consulted my copy of Kotiruoka for a recipe and it had the absolutely brilliant idea of using a catsup or mustard bottle for pouring the batter into the hot oil. Both the funnel technique and the old plastic bag trick are a pain in the ass and make a huge mess. With the catsup bottle, you can make the batter, pour it into the bottle and store it in the refrigerator overnight if you don't want to make them right away. The soup ladle technique is also a great idea although I just used some egg forms I have for frying eggs or small pancakes that worked very well.

For frying, choose a deep metal pot with a lid that fits as it's safer to use with less hot oil splattering around the kitchen. Keep the lid handy in case of problems. The tongs and the oven mitts also minimize contact with the hot oil and the pan. Tongs are better at manipulating the cakes than a spoon or a fork, too. The temperature of the oil is important but it doesn't need to be exact. Sunflower oil has a high smoke point so just keep the oil hot and mind the burner setting to keep it from smoking. Be sure to remove any bits of cake left behind as they'll burn in the oil and start to smoke. The cakes take about a minute to fry and, once they're a nice and medium golden brown on both sides, use the tongs to lift the cake up from the oil, shake a bit of the oil from it and place it onto a cooling rack lined with paper towels to drain. Top with powdered sugar or cinnamon sugar. Eat. :)

Tippaleivät or Finnish Funnel Cakes

Makes: about 24 cakes
Time: less than an hour
Special tools: catsup bottle, deep metal pot, tongs, round egg forms or large soup ladle with long handle
Source: Kotiruoka

• 4 eggs
• 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 tablespoon vanilla sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 dl or 1 cup whole milk
• 4 dl or 1.75 cups wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• about 500ml or 2 inches deep in the pot sunflower oil for frying
• confectioners' sugar and/or cinnamon sugar for dusting

1. Whisk eggs in a bowl with a fork. Add sugar, salt, milk and flour/baking powder mixture. Mix batter well until smooth.
2. Pour batter into a strong plastic bag (double-layer) and close the bag. The batter is handily piped from a clean plastic catsup or mustard bottle. (brilliant idea)
3. Heat the oil in a thick-bottomed iron pot to 180C/355F. Sink a round steel soup ladle into the hot oil so that it is half-full of oil. Cut a small corner from the plastic bag. Let the batter run in a thin ribbon into the ladle so that it slowly forms a lattice. Cook 2-3 tippaleipä at a time. Turn the cake when the bottom turns a golden brown.
4. Lift the finished cakes onto a cooling rack lined with paper towels to drain. After they have drained, decorate with confectioners sugar and/or cinnamon sugar before serving. Serve with sima.

Sweet. Opera 7.50 for OS X

Sweet. Opera 7.50 for OS X 04/09/2004 04:13 PM
Today, Opera Software released Opera 7.50 Preview 3 for Mac. Nevermind the “Preview 3”, Mac-addicts, this is actually the...

Sweet Pea Shadow

Sweet Pea Shadow 08/17/2004 02:07 AM
To bring you this photograph, Dear Reader, I braved the slings and arrows of outrageous misfortune or at least skepticism on the part of my loved ones, provoked merely by my taking seventy-four exposures, each different in the fast-setting sun, of this little tableau...

Sweet Opportunity?

Sweet Opportunity? 06/09/2004 10:58 AM
Could chocolate sellers benefit from a move into fair trade?

Oh, finally...sweet

Oh, finally...sweet 12/02/2003 01:26 AM
My screams have been answered. Skate Canada has finally credited me for all the tests I have done up to...

Short And Sweet

Short And Sweet 06/08/2004 01:28 AM
Judging by the changes documented in the release notes, this update closes all the UPI/Launch Services-related vulnerabilities that have been publicized in the last month. By John Gruber (via MyAppleMenu)

Sweet jealousy

Sweet jealousy 05/19/2004 07:41 AM
My girlfriend seems to like dessert more than she likes making love with me!

Sweet System 1.0

Sweet System 1.0 04/07/2005 12:08 AM
12 freeware icons inspired by the sweet look and feel of baby rooms artwork.

Sweet Thirty-Six

Sweet Thirty-Six 07/14/2004 01:32 AM

"Sixteen Candles" Adds 20 More to the Cake

"Alas, convergent friends, we are aging. That seminal movie of the 1980s, "Sixteen Candles," is celebrating its twentieth anniversary. To honor the John Hughes classic, AMC is airing it at 8 tonight, followed by an episode of its behind-the-scenes series, "Backstory" in which they'll talk with stars Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall. Truly, for those of us in and around the high school class of 1986, this is as TiVo-worthy as it gets." [Lost Remote]

I happened to catch part of the movie tonight (wish I'd known about the special afterwords - damn my late reading of my aggregator!), and I laughed pretty hard when one of Farmer Ted's geek friends says, "I'll bet you a dozen floppy disks you don't even get a kiss." Which, of course, is followed up for a request for a video as proof, which Anthony Michael Hall rejects because it would get duped "like a hundred times" and show up everywhere. Ah, the days before P2P and the internet....

Sweet misery

Sweet misery 09/26/2004 07:14 AM
Just this morning, we were in the shower together, quoting Eddie Izzard to each other and laughing.

Now, a few measly hours later, my love is gone again, going back North, and the house seems so awfully empty. The sun is shining, it is warm outside, like a summer's day, and a lost fly flies frantically about in my apartment, desperately seeking something but only finding a place to die.

I still have packing to do, as I am leaving for Stuttgart in a couple of hours.

I wrote some code yesterday morning, as she was still sleeping, as I did not have the heart to wake her up.

I just miss her so terribly already.

A sweet diversion

A sweet diversion 06/06/2005 12:11 AM
Yesterday I just stopped, in the shop, right next to the sausage section. I saw a beautiful woman, packing Carelian pastries in a paper bag, oblivious to my staring. I just couldn't help looking at her, and smile like an idiot.

She turned and came to me. Asked: "What are you laughing at?"

And I replied: "I was just looking at you. I think I'm still terribly in love with you."

I'm so happy I found her.

Oh, sweet London

Oh, sweet London 12/30/2003 01:24 AM
This city is most certainly a place where it's impossible to get bored. Yesterday, after an early arrival, we went to see the Lord of the Rings exhibition at Science Museum, which was very well worth the rather steep 12£ admission: some of the miniatures are simply amazing, Sauron and the ringwraiths can scare you witless even if seen from a distance, but the best part are some of the paintings and sketches: I felt like any weak-minded creature in front of the Ring as I let my eyes rest upon the artwork of Sauron overseeing his troops at the plains of Gorgoroth... This must be mine - my precioussss...

Afterwards, we were - completely accidentally - treated to the artwork of Yann Arthus-Bertrand, who had an outdoor exhibition of 3x2 meter photographs outside the Natural History Museum. Go see the stuff this guy shoots - some of it is quite simply breathtaking. Especially in large size.

Anyhow, the tournament looks like it's going to be a good one: plenty of nice people all around, good location, relaxed schedule... Well, I might still lose all of my games :)

Unfortunately, I am not able to get GPRS roaming work, so it looks like no moblogging. I even forgot all of my USB leads home, so I can't even upload any pictures. Oh well.

Sweet Revenge

Sweet Revenge 12/22/2004 01:33 AM

Korean soccer is definitely improving and the recent win against Germany's lossless team is extra sweet too.

freakin' sweet!

freakin' sweet! 06/22/2005 02:37 AM
All you Family Guy fans, get ready to have a sexy party:LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Family Guy" creator Seth...

Sweet (In)security

Sweet (In)security 04/11/2005 06:11 AM
With our November issue, Fast Company will celebrate 10 years of publication. Each month until then, we'll review one of our favorite editions from the first decade.

Wrigley, You're So Sweet

Wrigley, You're So Sweet 01/08/2004 07:11 PM
The chewing gum giant is solid and heads to Spain for latest acquisition.

Perl is Sweet Sixteen

Perl is Sweet Sixteen 12/20/2003 12:23 AM
surflorida writes "Perl turned sweet 16 yesterday. 'Larry Wall released Perl 1 on this day in 1987, so today Perl is 16 years old. Happy birthday Perl! You can ...

EU not sweet on Bt11 corn

EU not sweet on Bt11 corn 12/08/2003 02:22 PM
USA Today Dec 8 2003 1:36PM ET

Sweet New Sanyo 3G Phone

Sweet New Sanyo 3G Phone 03/23/2005 10:06 AM
Wireless Watch Japan Mar 23 2005 1:29PM GMT

Pepsi's Sweet Numbers

Pepsi's Sweet Numbers 04/14/2005 07:22 PM
The beverage and snack maker beats analyst expectations for the first quarter.

"My sweet little autistic nerd boy"

"My sweet little autistic nerd boy" 02/01/2005 09:08 PM

That's how Jenna Cohen describes her hubby, BitTorrent creator genius Bram Cohen in an excellent Wired article about the paradigm shift that is occurring with the rise of peercasting.

The article also includes tidbits from an interview with Cohen — that in itself makes the article worth reading (by the way, reading about Cohen's penchant for strategy games reminded me of a certain Gadgetopi-eer.)

Sweet Dreams Are Made By This

Sweet Dreams Are Made By This 01/17/2004 10:47 PM

Not my sweet, beautiful pans?!

Not my sweet, beautiful pans?! 11/15/2003 02:20 PM
"Pending its review, the EPA says it is not now advising consumers to stop using Teflon products. The results of the agency's review of the safety of C-8 and of Teflon-related products that may release it are expected in coming months" Teflon may cause birth defects and illness. D'oh!

The Sweet Success of Smell

The Sweet Success of Smell 04/18/2005 08:41 AM
Business Week Apr 18 2005 12:30PM GMT

sweet home alabama

sweet home alabama 07/29/2004 01:40 PM
Attention Alabama Sex Toy Shoppers: the Feds have agreed that you will have to buy your buttplugs, rabbit pearls, and french ticklers elsewhere.

Nextel's Sweet Spectrum Win

Nextel's Sweet Spectrum Win 07/09/2004 03:25 PM
Business Week Jul 9 2004 8:04PM GMT
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