State of the Species Does success spell doom for Homo sapiens?

This was an absolutely amazing article in Orion Magazine.  Why we may or may not go extinct.  http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/7146

The End Of Desktops?

Good podcast from Tom Ashbrook with NPR.  The End of Desktops?

T_SQL Formatter plugin for Notepad++

I have discovered the holy grail of T-Sql Formatting.  Yes, Notepad++ with Poor Man's T-SQL Formatter  which can be installed with the plugin installer built into Notepad++.  I am loathe to install third party programs for this since they are probably loaded with spyware/trojans/ads and the online versions seem to take forever or get lost in my bookmark list.  But this little baby, it took this:

USE ***GO/****** Object:  UserDefinedFunction [dbo].[FN_GET_GUIDESHEET_ITEM_INFO]    Script Date: 08/15/2012 12:13:39 ******/SET ANSI_NULLS ONGOSET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ONGOALTER FUNCTION [dbo].[FN_GET_GUIDESHEET_ITEM_INFO](@CLIENTID  VARCHAR(15), @PID1    VARCHAR(5), @PID2    VARCHAR(5), @PID3   VARCHAR(5), @GET_FIELD VARCHAR(200), @GuidesheetType . . . .More of same . . . = @VCOMMETS IF UPPER(@GET_FIELD) IN ('TYPE','GUIDESHEET NAME') SET @V_VALUE = @VGuidesheetType IF UPPER(@GET_FIELD) = 'STATUS' SET @V_VALUE = @VGuidesheetStatus IF UPPER(@GET_FIELD) IN ('ITEMS','ITEM') SET @V_VALUE = @VGuidesheetItems RETURN @V_VALUE END 

And made it this:

 

USE ***

GO

/****** Object:  UserDefinedFunction [dbo].[FN_GET_GUIDESHEET_ITEM_INFO]    Script Date: 08/15/2012 12:13:39 ******/

SET ANSI_NULLS ON

GO

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON

GO

ALTER FUNCTION [dbo].[FN_GET_GUIDESHEET_ITEM_INFO] (

@CLIENTID VARCHAR(15)

,@PID1 VARCHAR(5)

,@PID2 VARCHAR(5)

,@PID3 VARCHAR(5)

,@GET_FIELD VARCHAR(200)

,@GuidesheetType VARCHAR(4000)

,@GuidesheetItems VARCHAR(4000)

,@GuidesheetStatus VARCHAR(100)

)

RETURNS VARCHAR(200)

AS

BEGIN

DECLARE @VCOMMETS VARCHAR(4000)

... more of same ...

'ITEMS'

,'ITEM'

)

SET @V_VALUE = @VGuidesheetItems

RETURN @V_VALUE

END

Thank You Internet and Thank you Tao Klerks.