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Diagnosing an Internet Explorer Loading Problem.
I had an interesting little problem when viewing some websites; including the Lottery Post. The web pages took forever to load. I could not understand why some pages would work fine and some would not. Anyway, I found a way to diagnose the problem using Microsoft Internet Explorer. The actual problem turned out to be an Add-On for Internet Explorer. You can Quick Check this by starting Internet Explorer without Add-ons....
Nov 23, 2008, 9:46 am - JADELottery

Updating Large Value Data Types in SQL Server 2005
SQL Server 2005 added some new large value data types that are extremely useful for storing large chunks of text. Such is the case with any large forum web site, such as Lottery Post. Each forum post whether humongous or a couple of words occupies just one row [record] in the database. In fact, the entire content of a forum post is contained within just one cell [field]. The Lottery Post database was formerly stored using SQL Server 2000,...
Jul 20, 2007, 7:33 pm - Speednet

toying with excel's TIMER in VBA
interesting little experiment, works just like VB6 in that a call to RND(-1) always starts you at the same place in the list, brings up some interesting questions... 1.) does their RNG continue along the same path (no RNG(-1) call)? 2.) does the date play a factor? RANDOMIZE(NOW()) vs. RANDOMIZE(TIMER) 3.) are they using hardware sources for entropy or does the state's choice of COBOL as a programming language play any type of contributing facto...
Nov 25, 2005, 9:17 pm - hypersoniq

If You Hate Your Job!
IF YOU HATE YOUR JOB! I had a job that lasted 15 years. There was a lot of things I was unhappy about and I became bitter. Lots of other people just quit. I lost my job. It happened July 2004. I had been smart enough to be out of debt, so I only had a mortgage, no car payment, two cars a...
Sep 20, 2005, 5:23 pm - Tenaj

Performance Increases
Today I spent some time working with Lottery Post's SQL Server database engine, tuning the performance. It seems there were a few tricks that I wasn't utilizing before, in order to use memory on the server more effectively. After making some changes, it appears that they seem to be paying off. Just about every page is showing some performance increase, and on some pages the increase is dramatic. Lack of proper tuning is the reason many web sit...
Jul 8, 2005, 2:59 pm - Todd

04/26 Lottery Wars Games (Results P-4)
Lottery Wars for 4/26 <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />...
Apr 27, 2005, 12:07 pm - adolf

The 19 Smartest People The World Has Ever Seen
The end of the year invites reflection, a look back to the mistakes we've made and the successes we've achieved. There is no question that a high IQ brings plenty of both. The following list has more than its share of tortured geniuses along with some ordinary folk doing their best to get along in the world. Measuring IQ is an inexact...
Dec 29, 2011, 8:28 am - Starr920

The K Street President
The K Street President Michelle Malkin | Aug 13, 2014...
Aug 13, 2014, 9:37 am - MADDOG10

WinXP, Firewalls, Internet Sites, operating systems and software.
I am using Win XP, it is not bad, but I was using an old firewall, sygate, the free version, it was very good for very many years, but now many Internet sites and or people go thru it as if it wasn't there at all. It was the best free firewall that I could find for very many years and I had tested very many free firewalls. But it didn't last forever, I have now tested several other free firewalls all over again as I did years ago. Since I have WinXP fir...
Jun 26, 2013, 12:12 am - MonEl

Red States
Sent to me by a friend, probably in reponse to signed petitions seeking permission for their states to peacefully secede from the United States. I find this amusing, not neceessarily my point of view! Dear Red States:...
Nov 13, 2012, 10:49 am - dbello