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Egyptian Radio in the 1930s and Cybersecurity

By wolfgang. 4 June 2009 03:09

Here is an interesting article that dovetails 1930s radio legislation with the Obama administration's Cyberspace Policy Review:

 

"Seventy-five years ago today, on May 29th, 1934, Egyptian private radio stations fell silent, as the government shut them down in favor of a state monopoly on broadcast communication. Egyptian radio 'hackers' (as we would style them today) had, over the course of about fifteen years, developed a burgeoning network of unofficial radio stations. They offered listeners an unfiltered, continuous mix of news, gossip, and live entertainment from low-powered transmitters located in private houses and businesses throughout Cairo."

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SQL Server Tip: Bulk load a csv file

By wolfgang. 17 February 2007 10:28

Create your table in SQL 2000 or 2005. The table's columns must match the .csv (comma separated value) columns. Then, from Query Analyzer, execute the following command:

-- Load contents of the csv file into the table.

Bulk
Insert
YourTable
From
'C:\YourDataFile.csv'
With (FieldTerminator = ',', RowTerminator = '\N'
)
Go

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